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Today’s tweetstorm by President Donald Trump channeled legendary crooner Bing Crosby, to wit: You’ve got to accentuate the positive/Eliminate the negative/Latch on to the affirmative/Don’t mess with Mister In-Between. So it was that the Commander-in-Tweet kept the focus largely on what’s being done, giving shout-outs to FedEx, Ford, General Motors, Tesla, the nation’s governors and […]

British soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale are the latest major productions to have succumbed to the Coronavirus. ITV has suspended production of both shows from Monday March 23. The two shows, which film in Manchester, England, are the latest titles to have been affected by the global pandemic. Both shows run relatively day-and-date with the […]

The coronavirus crisis presents a challenge for Sunday morning news shows — not only in terms of production during a time of social distancing, but in trying to set the stage for the coming week in what is a fast-moving, unprecedented national emergency. The staff of Face the Nation, which on Sunday will feature guests […]

“This isn’t business as usual, and it’s a time of great stress and uncertainty,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said in distinct understatement today as the coronavirus saw more and more of America shutdown and confirmed domestic cases of the global pandemic neared 27,000. “It’s also a moment in time when the work we’re doing is […]

Los Angeles County public health officials say two more people in the county have died from coronavirus, while 59 new cases have been identified. These latest figures, released Saturday, bring the confirmed total cases across the county to 351 and four deaths. In another development Saturday night, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that a […]

UPDATED ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21 AT 9:14 P.M. PT: More television shows are donating their medical supplies to hospitals amid the coronavirus outbreak. In the latest gestures, FX’s Pose and NBC’s Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. made the donations. “Today we donated all our prop supplies to Mount Sinai hospital to help nurses […]

As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, Oprah Winfrey has launched a new Apple TV+ series on the pandemic titled Oprah Talks COVID-19. In the first episode, Winfrey speaks with actor Idris Elba and wife Sabrina Dhowre, via remote, about how they are coping after Elba tested positive for the virus. Winfrey posted a […]

Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan is the latest member of the entertainment community to test positive for coronavirus. Bryan shared details of his diagnosis Saturday on Instagram. “I just got my results back today and tested positive for corona virus,” he began. “I’ve been sick for a week and feeling better each day.” He said […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Saturday that he is directing more than $42 million in emergency funding to expand California’s health care system as hospitals prepare for a flood of patients amid the coronavirus crisis. Of this amount, the state will spend $30 million to lease two medical facilities — Seton Medical Center in Daly City […]

EXCLUSIVE: Three episodes in, the digital The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah is making the leap to linear television. Starting on Monday, March 23, The Daily Social Distancing Show, produced and distributed remotely, with Noah and the The Daily Show team working from their homes, will air weeknights in The Daily Show‘s 11 […]

Fox News Media announced Saturday that a total of four employees have now tested positive for coronavirus. “We just learned in the last 90 minutes that two additional FOX News Media employees have tested positive for COVID-19,” Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox President Jay Wallace said in a memo obtained by Deadline […]

Editor’s Note: We will continue to update this post with new information, please keep checking back. As the coronavirus crisis leads to widespread concerns about how Americans will continue to put food on the table and take care of their families, a growing number of entertainment companies and celebrities are stepping up to help. Netflix […]