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UPDATE, with specific show details Broadway will remain closed through June 7, a two-month extension of the current coronavirus shutdown that would seem to retroactively end the 2019-2020 Broadway season with the March 12 shutdown. No mention was made in the Broadway League’s announcement today of officially closing the Broadway season – theoretically, at least,
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Dennis Leupold/USA Network Todd Chrisley is on the mend after testing positive for coronavirus.  The Chrisley Knows Best star and wife Julie Chrisley revealed the news on Wednesday’s episode of their podcast, Chrisley Confessions.  “Can we talk about this bitch called corona?” he shared. “I have been battling corona for 3 weeks. I was in the hospital for 4
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A protest against LGBT+ rights in Banda Aceh, Indonesia (Adli Dzil Ikram/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty) A vicious mob who doused a trans woman in petrol and burned her alive will not face murder charges, Indonesian police have confirmed. The 42-year-old woman, named locally as Mira, was set upon by a gang of thugs for allegedly stealing a
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Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon have one question: You home? On Tuesday, the longtime pals teamed up to perform their “Quarantine Remix” during an at-home episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon—and it’s super relatable.  Performing from their respective houses, Justin and Jimmy gave fans a look at how their social distancing has been going
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Not all heroes wear capes, but a whole bunch of them wear scrubs. As doctors, nurses, scientists and other health care workers continue to work around the clock to help patients battling the Coronavirus, people around the world are applauding their healthcare worker in honor of World Health Day. More recently, Vancouver residents came together to express their gratitude in
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Jennifer Lopez appeared on Tuesday’s at-home edition of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and opened up about how the global coronavirus pandemic has impacted her and Alex Rodriguez‘s wedding date.  “Actually, it did affect it a little bit,” the 50-year-old actress and singer said via video chat. “So, we will see what happens now. Honestly, I
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Ethan Miller/Getty Images A WrestleMania so big, it required two nights! With everyone busy social distancing and staying inside amid the coronavirus pandemic, WrestleMania 36 proved to be the perfect distraction this weekend. As we previously reported, rather than cancel the beloved wrestling event, the WWE declared that they would make WrestleMania a mega, two-night
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Book club alert!  Zooey Deschaneland Property Brothers Jonathan Silver Scott took to Facebook to do a live reading of him and his brother’s children’s book Builder Brothers: Big Plans. “We have big plans to read Big Plans, ’cause we were so busy, we had to clear our schedules,” the two joked before starting their live reading.  “I’m actually really busy,” Zooey
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Tommy Ferris tows his grandmother’s wheelchair on his sit-down lawnmower. (Screen capture via BBC) A gay grandson caring for his 81-year-old grandmother with dementia has documented his time spent in lockdown as Britain comes to grips with the coronavirus. Tommy Ferris, 31, from Yate, Gloucestershire, recorded the tearjerking moments he shared with Nana Jean, from
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Mitchell Haaseth/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank It’s been over a decade since we first arrived at Greendale Community College. When Community, Dan Harmon‘s increasingly meta comedy about a group of oddballs at said community college whose study group quickly evolves into something like a family, first debuted on NBC on September 17, 2009 as a part of
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Selena Gomez has opened yet another chapter of her personal life.  On Friday, the pop star spoke to Miley Cyrus via Instagram Live about her years-long struggle with her mental health. Selena, 27, shared for the first time that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during a recent stay at a Massachusetts psychiatric hospital. Selena explained that she’s
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Kathy Kozachenko. )Human Rights Party (Ann Arbor, Mich.) records / Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) Forty-one years ago yesterday, on April 2, 1974, out lesbian Kathy Kozachenko made history as the first openly gay person elected to political office in the US. Three years before Harvey Milk, the more well-known gay-rights advocate commonly given
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One of the most creative videos to come out on the planet this year is California’s psych band Revolusn’s (spelled the Russian way), “Electric”, released April 1 2020. The song hits you like an avalanche spiraling down a mountain side with no prior warning or regard for sensibility. It’s a journey through a real of
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(From L-R) Elton John, Kylie Minogue and Phoebe Waller-Bridge and many more paid tribute to NHS workers shaken by the viral pandemic. (Screen captures via Twitter) Legends Elton John, Kylie Minogue and Phoebe Waller-Bridge are among a constellation of stars to take part in an emotional tribute video to the British National Health Service, strained
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Sara Bareilles is feeling “really grateful for every easy breath” she’s able to take as she recovers from the coronavirus.  On Thurs. afternoon the star took to her Instagram Story to reveal she’s on the mend after being one of the many individuals who contracted COVID-19. However, she assured, “I’m fully recovered, just so you know.”
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Arielle Charnas denies accusations of faking a coronavirus diagnosis, and also wants to set the record straight after coming under fire over both her family’s access to tests and decision to flee New York City despite statewide stay-at-home orders issued due to the pandemic. On March 18, the 32-year-old influencer and married mother of two announced on Instagram that she
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Stock image of blood donation. (Pexels) After pressure from politicians and LGBT+ advocates, the rules on gay and bisexual men donating blood in the US have finally been relaxed amid the coronavirus crisis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revised its guidelines to allow for more blood donations from gay and bisexual men, as
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Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope
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