In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, The Office alum John Krasinski is making an effort to share “some good news” with the world — as opposed to that which pertains to the novel coronavirus. After reaching out to fans asking for some positivity last week, the 40-year-old actor launched his own YouTube series on Sunday covering
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This post contains frank discussion of Westworld Season 3, Episode 3 “The Absence of Field.” If you’re not all caught up, now is the time to leave. This week’s episode centers on Tessa Thompson’s character Charlotte Hale. Though, of course, it’s not really Hale in there, is it? So who might it be? We’ve got
Donald Trump previously called Meghan Markle ‘nasty’ after she clapped back at some of his misogynistic comments, and he’s slamming her yet again! UPDATE (3/29/2020 @ 10:15 P.M. ET): Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have since refuted Donald Trump’s tweet with a statement. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have no plans to ask the
The spectre of disease, pandemic, and death have been with us since life emerged on this rock. And once we got around to discovering music, homo sapiens (and perhaps Neanderthals, whose numbers were probably drastically culled by disease), began reacting to these periods of widespread sickness with stories, art, and song. The first recorded pandemic
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed the press on Saturday and unveiled an emergency plan should hospitals run out of ventilators during the coronavirus crises, as many are predicting. The National Guard may soon be trained to operate manual bag valves, which are inexpensively produced devices that could provide the oxygen patients need while combatting
Mariah Carey loves a celebration — or shall we say, anniversary! The singer rang in her 50th birthday with a delicious chocolate cake and her twins at-home. Despite being under quarantine, Mariah Carey celebrated 50 in style! The “Honey” singer was all glammed up for the milestone anniversary — that’s what Mariah calls birthdays —
One of Nova Scotia’s most celebrated stars has brought her tremendous global platform to highlight environmental racism in her home province. Ellen Page, along with collaborator Ian Daniel, sought to highlight the stories of Indigenous and Black Nova Scotian communities that have been disproportionally affected by decisions to place hazardous waste sites near their homes.
Ozark’s Julia Garner has been waiting out the coronavirus quarantine like the rest of us—by alternating bouts of anxiety and state-of-the-world-induced depression with therapeutic binge-watching, like Love Is Blind (“It’s next level, it’s so good”) and Tiger King (“I’m obsessed. It’s like Ozark but 100 times weirder.” ) On Friday, as the world lurches into
Fresh off her fire collaboration with Drake’s friend PARTYNEXTDOOR, Rihanna is more than ready to drop her ninth album — and we can’t wait! Rihanna, 32, has new music on the mind! “Rihanna has over a hundred songs either fully recorded and produced, various beats and tons of lyrics and plenty of unfinished songs scattered
The stars of the 2011 virus thriller Contagion — a prescient film these days — have reunited for a series of public service announcements to warn about COVID-19. Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Ehle have teamed up with scientists from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health to offer four individual homemade videos with
As the Times notes, the lifted restriction could be a “potential bonanza” for these one-percenters, and marks the second-biggest tax provision in the entire stimulus package. “It’s a pretty big deal,” Peter Buell, who runs tax services for accounting firm Marcum’s real estate practice, told the Times. All told, the move could result in $170
Khloe Kardashian and daughter True are still making time to see her ex Tristan Thompson! The NBA star was on hand to watch the ‘KUWTK’ premiere with his ex and daughter. Despite being in quarantine, Khloe Kardashian, 35, and daughter True Thompson, 1, are still seeing Tristan Thompson, 29! It turns out the NBA star
Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group is exploring debt restructuring options that include a potential bankruptcy filing, after it was forced to cancel shows because of the coronavirus outbreak, people familiar with the matter said. The famed Montreal-based circus company, largely known for its regular shows in Las Vegas venues, had to temporarily lay off most
One of the most consistent and dangerous hallmarks of Donald Trump’s presidency thus far has been the Trump administration’s continued efforts to roll back environmental regulations. The administration has gutted more than 90 environmental rules and regulations since the president took office, from headline-grabbing moves like pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, to cutting
Draya Michele got major attention when she shared videos that showed her putting on makeup, facial oil, and lotion as her body was on display in a blue lace lingerie set from Rihanna’s line. Draya Michele, 35, stunned social media users on Mar. 25 when she shared various gorgeous videos of herself wearing an electric
Dr. Ian Lipkin, the medical consultant for the record-breaking 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion, has tested positive for the new coronavirus. The renowned professor announced the news on Tuesday during a live television interview with Fox Business‘s Lou Dobbs. The revelation came after Lipkin detailed some of the experiments he and his team at Columbia University had
The coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. has resulted in empty streets, shuttered businesses, and gut-wrenching impacts on everything from the restaurant industry to live entertainment. But as Americans remain stuck in their homes, some businesses, from grocery stores to Amazon, find themselves instead struggling to keep up with an unprecedented demand—and not even Facebook has
Travis Scott and Stormi Webster shot hoops together while someone else filmed! This led some fans to believe Travis is actually quarantining with Kylie Jenner. Amid alarming updates about the coronavirus crisis, Travis Scott and Stormi Webster’s father-daughter quality time brightened fans’ days! On March 24, Travis shared a video of himself shooting hoops with
Days after the entirety of a controversial, 2016 phone call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West leaked online, Kim Kardashian — West’s wife — is holding Swift accountable for supposedly sparking life back into the four-year-old feud between the musicians, while also criticizing her and branding her a liar. On Monday evening, Kardashian, 39, took to Twitter, calling
The coronavirus outbreak is forcing event organizers around the world to re-think their upcoming 2020 events, with even this summer’s Olympics getting postponed until 2021. But the Democratic National Committee is still remaining optimistic about its summer convention—at least to the public. Organizers for the DNC convention set to take place July 13-16 in Wisconsin
Hailey Bieber just took on Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Savage’ challenge in a new video and her hubby Justin Bieber couldn’t help but get in on the action. Hailey Baldwin, 23, and Justin Bieber, 26, are spending their quarantine in Canada and like so many of us they’re making TikTok videos to pass the time. In
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So, then, is Medieval World actually Westeros? No. The costumes, for one, are very different. But it’s pretty fun to imagine Cersei as a deadly Host waking up to the nature of her existence. Rick and Morty: The saga of Maeve in escalating levels of a simulation may seem familiar to fans of Rick and
Kim Kardashian looked hotter than ever as she headed to husband Kanye West’s Sunday Service, but it turns out the skintight outfit was a nightmare to get on! It takes a village to look this good! Kim Kardashian, 39, turned heads at Paris Fashion Week when she rocked a series of sexy latex outfits from
Even though there’s no trace of the novel coronavirus in my house (yet), I’m doing the responsible social-distancing thing, venturing out only for quick trips to the store, to the Indian takeout place, and to walk the dogs. And since I do most of my work out of the home office/studio, over the phone, through
Donald Trump addressed the press Saturday to discuss the ongoing coronavirus crisis and, for a long stretch, he was relatively calm and mature, at least by Trump standards. It was not a repeat of Friday’s temper tantrum, in which he responded to NBC’s Peter Alexander‘s reasonable question about the American public’s worries by calling him
Rebel Wilson had a closed-down Disneyland to herself as she celebrated her milestone 40th birthday with friends just before going into quarantine! Rebel Wilson, 40, is looking better by the day. The actress has been actively showing off her incredible weight loss over the past few months, and we are so thrilled for her! Rebel
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as Lucille, Lady and Islands in the Stream and embraced his persona as The Gambler on record and on TV, died Friday night. He was 81. He died at home in Sandy Springs, Georgia, representative Keith Hagan told
For weeks prior to the White House designating the coronavirus outbreak a national emergency, Donald Trump downplayed the severity of the pandemic, assuring his supporters it was “totally under control.” Just last month he insisted, without evidence, that warmer weather makes the virus “miraculously” disappear and wrote off media coverage as a “hoax” created to
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade are entertaining themselves during the quarantine as they played an innocent prank on their precious baby girl Kaavia, 1. Gabrielle Union, 47, has been flooding her social media with the cutest snapshots and videos of her one-year-old daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade. And the Bring It On star didn’t disappoint when