Новости за 12.04.2020

Country music star Sturgill Simpson said Saturday that he has tested positive for coronavirus. The singer blamed a European tour for exposing him, but getting tested proved to be difficult for him. In an Instagram post, Simpson said he had been on tour in western Europe for two weeks in late January and into early […]

TV viewership have been booming amid coronavirus-related Stay At Home orders, and NBC’s Saturday Night Live last night caught the ratings wave, proving that people are looking for laughs as the pandemic continues to ravage the country. In its return to television after more than a week off, Saturday Night Live at Home, with material […]

UPDATE, SUNDAY A.M.: Neither side appears ready to back down in the ongoing debate over who has the authority to close New York City Schools for the remainder of the school year. A day after Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city’s schools were closing, Governor Andrew Cuomo continued to say that the final decision […]

It was a very different Easter Sunday for Donald Trump and the world. The President became the first Commander-in-Chief to take in services remotely, tuning in to the presentation by Rev. Robert Jeffress at the First Baptist Church in downtown Dallas. The church has hosted past Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush […]

The pre-recorded Disney concert set for streaming Monday evening as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund has been canceled. The charitable organization was unable to reach an agreement with the American Federation of Musicians over streaming rights. “Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway” was staged last Nov. […]

British comedian and actor Tim Brooke-Taylor has died at the age of 79 after contracting coronavirus. In a statement, his agent confirmed the news: “It is with great sadness that we announce Tim’s death early today from COVID-19. Joining [Cambridge University] Footlights in 1960 took him to providing a huge variety of splendid entertainment — […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital on Easter Sunday as he continues his recovery from coronavirus. Downing Street confirmed his release from hospital in a brief statement, adding that he will continue to convalesce at Chequers, the PM’s country retreat. He is not yet returning to work, however, with foreign secretary Dominic […]

Let’s just say it’s too soon. Saturday Night Live‘s special “at home” quarantine edition, with cast members appearing remotely in pre-taped, Zoom-like, mostly solo bits, won’t exactly be remembered for contributing big laughs to a nation under lockdown. But we did get to see a few glimpses of where the stars live, so there’s that. […]

NBC’s Saturday Night Live closed out its first “at home” edition with a heartfelt tribute to the show’s longtime sketch music producer Hal Willner who died Monday of complications related to COVID-19. He was 64. A slew of former and current Saturday Night Live cast members, including Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, […]

Live via Zoom, it was Saturday Night Live at home. The NBC sketch comedy series returned with a special remote episode tonight featuring the cast practicing social distancing, and a surprise guest spot by Tom Hanks. In his first TV appearance since being diagnosed with coronavirus, Hanks hosted the show and said it was good […]

Shailene Woodley has spoken out about a health scare that almost ended her career. The Big Little Lies actress, 28, told the New York Times in a Friday article that she became “very, very sick” while making the Divergent films. “I haven’t spoken much about this yet publicly, and I will one day, but I […]

The WWE has confirmed the first COVID-19 case among its ranks. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, which broke the story, the infected individual is an on-camera talent, but not a wrestler. The publication said the person is believed to have contracted the virus after going out to dinner with friends who work in the health […]

The death toll from coronavirus continues to climb in Los Angeles County. Twenty five more people died in the past 24 hours, and another 456 cases were confirmed, local health officials said Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths to 265 and 8,873 cases, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said on […]

Surgeon General Jerome Adams says he meant no harm when he made comments directed at people of color during Friday’s White House COVID-19 briefing. In fact, he says he was trying to help. Adams made headlines while addressing how coronavirus is disproportionately affecting African Americans and Latinos in several parts of the country. During his remarks, […]

Laura Gordon, a rising star TV literary agent at ICM Partners, has left the agency and is finalizing a deal to join CAA. Gordon was a homegrown ICM talent. She started at the agency in 2011 as an assistant and was in its trainee program before becoming TV lit coordinator. Since her promotion to an […]

UPDATE SATURDAY: Tonight’s Saturday Night Live will be a full-length, 90-minute original episode, which will air live on both the East and West Coast. Originally, SNL was supposed to come back with some original content, including Weekend Update, tonight, April 11, airing at 11:30 PM ET/PT. Now the new airtime is 11:30 ET/8:30 PM. PREVIOUS […]

UPDATE: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo claimed that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio does not have the authority to declare schools closed for the year. “He didn’t close them and he can’t open them,” Cuomo said after de Blasio claimed that schools would not reopen until September. “It is my legal authority in this […]

The iconic City Lights bookstore in San Francisco has apparently avoided a shutdown, at least for now, raising more than $400k out of a goal of $300k in a GoFundMe.com campaign that saw more than 8,000 people donate. Elaine Katzenberger, the publisher and CEO of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, claimed that the pandemic shutdown […]