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Apple’s App Store rebellion is growing. A week after “Fortnite” maker Epic Games sued Apple for booting its mega-popular game off the App Store when it tried to circumvent the company’s steep 30 percent cut of all in-app purchases, major news publishers are banding together to seek more favorable terms on commissions. In a letter …

Who’d a thunk it? In our exchanges, he’d never even cussed. Can’t say the same for myself. I know Fox and Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman long enough to be shocked that he’d speak a slur for homosexuals — the F-word — even when he thought he was off the air, let alone while attached to …

Tyler Perry and The Perry Foundation have been selected as recipient of the Television Academy’s 2020 Governors Award. The entertainment mogul will be presented with an Emmy statuette during the 72nd Emmy Awards telecast on ABC on Sept. 20. Perry is being recognized for his achievements in television and his commitment to offering opportunities to …

“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has overhauled its senior production team in the wake of accusations of racial insensitivity, sexual misconduct and other problems in the work environment at the long-running daytime talk show. The news was delivered to “Ellen” staffers Monday afternoon during a staff meeting in which DeGeneres spoke via a videoconference call. Three …

On YES last Friday, David Cone said it as a brief aside, as if it were a throwaway thought barely worth his breath. In the bottom of the sixth of a scoreless game, Rays catcher Mike Zunino squared to bunt on the first two pitches, both balls. He then flew out on a 2-0 count. …

Kiesha (Birgundi Baker) has been freed from her underground prison on “The Chi” — but her struggles are only beginning. “It’s going to continue to be tough for Kiesha,” says Baker, 28, as the Showtime series heads toward its Aug. 23 season finale. “She’s not the same person she was in Seasons 1 and 2 …

Move over, Villanelle — Freddy Lane is the new charming murderer in town. Freddy (Hermione Corfield) is a twentysomething blonde with a shadowy past who quotes philosophers and works as a phone-sex operator. She’s also a killer, and in “We Hunt Together” — a six-episode British crime drama premiering Sunday on Showtime (10 p.m.) — …

She was the darling of daytime TV talk shows — using her deadpan wit and easy demeanor to tease the best out of A-list guests from Jennifer Aniston to Jamie Foxx. Then came a single tweet March 20 — and Ellen DeGeneres’ carefully crafted image as one of Hollywood’s nicest comedic powerhouses came crashing down. …

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the largest orders ever, Lifetime has picked up six new seasons — Seasons 12-17 —  of its flagship reality series “Married at First Sight.” Additionally, Lifetime has greenlighted a new spinoff series, “Married at First Sight: Unmatchables” with an eight-episode order and has given a blind commitment to another series from …

Jerry Springer is back and taping new episodes of “Judge Jerry,” one of last season’s biggest daytime success stories. The syndicated show marked Springer’s debut as a TV judge a la “Judge Judy” et al. — and was quite a departure from the raucous “Jerry Springer Show” he hosted for 27 years. “We were mixing …