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Costume designer Patricia Field is the mastermind behind the iconic fashion looks on “Sex and the City,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Ugly Betty” and “Younger.” And now, the native New Yorker is sprinkling her stylish magic dust on 2020’s most in-demand and important accessory: the humble face mask. “Let’s look at it as the new …

Alyssa Milano still has a few lingering symptoms after overcoming coronavirus. “I still have occasional heart palpitations,” she wrote in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday. “I still forget my words (absolute worst part). But it’s not nearly as bad as it was a few weeks ago.” Milano, 47, revealed she tested positive for coronavirus …

Some 881,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic kept the job market under pressure, the feds said Thursday. The significant drop in initial jobless claims was likely the result of changes to how the US Department of Labor reports the weekly numbers. The agency started using a new method for …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding an apology from a San Francisco hair salon owner for what she is calling a “set up” against her, after the California Democrat was caught inside the salon without a mask in violation of city guidelines. The city had forced salons to close in March to limit the spread …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked states to be ready to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine by November 1, according to new reports. In a letter to state governors and health officials last week, CDC director Robert Redfield said that Texas- based McKesson Corporation would soon be requesting permits to build distribution …

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on Wednesday revealed that he and his family recently battled the coronavirus, describing the ordeal as a “kick in the gut” — as he expressed gratitude that they’ve all since come out on the other side. The actor, 48, shared on Instagram that he, his singer wife Lauren Hashian, 35, and …

Amtrak will furlough more than 2,000 workers as a result of the steep decline in travel demand from the coronavirus pandemic. House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio said the workers were notified this week they would lose their jobs. In May, Amtrak said it needed a new $1.5 billion bailout and disclosed plans to cut …

Ford will offer early retirement incentives with hopes of cutting its US white-collar workforce by 1,400 more positions. Kumar Galhotra, the company’s president of the Americas, told employees about the offers Wednesday morning. The company says they’re part of an $11 billion restructuring plan that started more than a year ago. Most of the reductions …

Australia’s economy suffered its sharpest economic contraction since the Great Depression due to the pandemic, with data released Wednesday confirming the country is in its first recession in 28 years. The economy shrank 7 percent in June, the biggest contraction since records began in 1959, the government reported. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Parliament: “This …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) visited a San Francisco hair salon for a wash and blow-out on Monday, the salon’s owner told Fox News, despite a citywide closure on hairstyling businesses. San Francisco only allowed hair salons to reopen with outdoor services on Tuesday, following a closure to combat the coronavirus pandemic. However, Pelosi …