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Germany tried paying people for not working after WWI. It didn’t turn out so well. Massive government debt, sky-high unemployment, the economy frozen, idle workers receiving payments from the government. This might sound like COVID-19, but I am actually talking about post-World War I Germany. If your high school history teacher skipped this story, here’s …

The lead singer of Scorpions has dismissed rumors that the band’s 1990 power ballad “Wind of Change” was written by the CIA as a piece of Cold War propaganda. Klaus Meine appeared on SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation” where he explained that a reporter contacted him for a podcast investigating the mystery surrounding the epic anthem. The …

Broadway types are fuming after CBS announced that a singalong version of the 1978 film “Grease” will replace the Tony Awards on the network next month. One theater insider even sent us an email with the eye-catching subject line “Grease is the turd!” — adding, “a rough season for Broadway types just got a whole …

Martha Stewart continues to booze her way through the pandemic. Last month she explained a garbled Instagram comment by admitting, “I have been drinking” — and this week she told fans that she likes her martinis very cold, and very large. “I like mine stirred, not shaken, And I like it icy, icy cold and …

It’s not so much the one that we want, but the one that we got saddled with. CBS announced Friday that a musical will, indeed, fill the June 7 time slot vacated by the 2020 Tony Awards this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It just won’t be live — or new. Instead, the network …

Bet he wishes he were in a galaxy, far far away right about now. A Lucasfilm executive is feeling the heat after calling “Star Wars” “fake” on social media, which has prompted the space opera’s devout fans to dub him a charlatan and a sellout. The triggering moment occurred Saturday while Matt Martin, the story …

Looks like Jax Taylor won’t be getting a bartending gig at TomTom any time soon. The “Vanderpump Rules” star, 40, took to social media to shade Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz over their restaurant and lounge, TomTom. Both Sandoval, 36, and Schwartz, 37, invested $50,000 into opening TomTom and $50,000 into the new garden lounge …

Mark Hamill brought a new dark side to Wednesday’s episode of the FX series “What We Do in the Shadows.” The “Star Wars” legend fluttered into Staten Island for a guest role as pale, cape-wearing Jim the Vampire. And the 68-year-old Luke Skywalker actor gave fans what may have been a brief, nostalgic nod to …

Answer: This morning show co-host recently said it would be fun to be next host of “Jeopardy!” Question: Who is George Stephanopoulos? During an interview on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show on Wednesday, 59-year-old Stephanopoulos admitted he’s not against becoming host of the longtime game show if Alex Trebek, who’s currently battling pancreatic cancer, were to …

Anderson Cooper said Tuesday that he has decided to co-parent his new son with ex boyfriend Benjamin Maisani, and declared that his friends have become his family. The CNN host told Howard Stern on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show that he has remained close enough to his former flame, Benjamin Maisani, whom he dated for …