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Fox Business host Trish Regan was blunt when she addressed her audience on March 9: “Many in the liberal media using, and I mean using, coronavirus in an attempt to demonize and destroy the president.” That was two days before the World Health Organization officially called it a pandemic. By March 28, that comment cost

John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Hello in There” and scores of other indelible tunes, died Tuesday at the age of 73. His family announced his death from complications from the coronavirus; he died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in

Several weeks into a mass effort to socially distance from people in order to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, many aspects of daily life feel markedly different than they did less than a month ago. For those lucky enough to be able to work from home, pants have largely gone by the wayside,

Before deleting it mere hours later, Neil Young, the Canadian rock icon, released the entirety of a previously-unreleased 1991 concert with Crazy Horse, his longtime backing band, on Tuesday. The unedited footage surfaced on the Neil Young Archives website (NYA) on the morning of April 7, along with a short message from the 74-year-old artist.

President Donald Trump, who has long been an ally of the right-wing Johnson, sent well wishes to his “very good friend” Monday, saying at his press briefing that he was “very saddened to hear that he was taken into intensive care.” “Americans are all praying for his recovery, he’s been a really good friend,” Trump

Indian Paintbrush/Kobal/Shutterstock Combat Monday melancholy with some free movie streaming. Beginning today (April 6), Focus Features is launching “Movie Mondays” on its Facebook page. You can catch a movie from the studio’s vault for free at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST every Monday this April. All four of this month’s livestreams will include exclusive Q&A

Four days before the release of their sixth studio album, The New Abnormal, The Strokes have released a new single: Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus. “A little something new for you all,” the band wrote in an Instagram post on Monday morning. The four-minute rock track comes two months after the release of the upcoming record’s lead single,

We know what you’re going through. You’re stuck at home and you’re bored and you just want to enjoy some damn BOOKS. But how? Brick and mortar stores are shut down and Amazon is, to put it lightly, f*cking evil. So what are you going to do? Well, hope is here. You can support your

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who have recently moved to the Los Angeles area after stepping down from royal duties, said on Monday they were looking to set up a new charitable organization called Archewell. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, whose baby son is named Archie, gave up their jobs as working

As fact-checkers, other media professionals, and at least a handful of small children, sports mascots, and domesticated animals have pointed out ad nauseam by now, when Donald Trump or anyone else from his administration claims that no one saw the coronavirus coming, they are completely full of shit. In fact, health officials had been warning

Feels like you’ve really brought a sense of purpose to every set since you realized the reach you have: pushing voter registration with Michelle Obama, dedicating a set to healthcare workers… is this a movement? Absolutely. And that’s the goal…well, the goal is twofold. I want you to have fun but I also want you

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gerard Way, frontman of My Chemical Romance (MCR), has surprised fans with the release of four previously unheard solo songs. On Saturday, Way, 42, shared what he calls the “Distraction Or Despair” collection to SoundCloud, which includes the tracks Crate Amp_2, Welcome to the Hotel, Success! and Phoning It In (2)

Westworld co-executive producer and director Fred Toye told Vanity Fair last season: “We return to the facility that we’ve seen, and it’s destroyed now. It’s covered with sand, and it looks like a lot of time has passed and all of that. That’s all part of establishing that timeline.” Toye said a number of other

It feels like a movie: COVID-19 is the Titanic and we are stuck on the ship. We have all been asked to do our part in the fight against COVID-19, from social distancing and self-isolation to shutting down businesses for many. It’s a tough pill to swallow for all of us, but it seems some

Mike MarslandGetty Images Tom Holland and his family friend Olivia Bolton were first romantically linked last July, when photos of the two on a date in London’s Hyde Park were released on the internet. Now, the two have reportedly called it quits, per The Daily Mail. The Spider-Man: Homecoming star and Bolton are said to

Shirley Douglas, the impassioned Canadian activist and veteran actor who was mother to actor Kiefer Sutherland and daughter of medicare founder Tommy Douglas, has died. She was 86. Sutherland announced his mother’s death on Twitter, saying she succumbed to complications surrounding pneumonia on Sunday morning. “My mother was an extraordinary woman who led an extraordinary

For only the fourth time in her 68-year reign, Queen Elizabeth addressed the U.K. during a primetime broadcast Sunday, warning of difficult days to come as the coronavirus crisis intensifies across the country. The speech was recorded at Windsor Castle, where she is currently self-isolating along with Prince Philip. In an emerald green crepe dress

The British do so many things well: cucumber sandwiches, fancy hats, sketch comedy. But perhaps their strongest export to date is their seemingly inexhaustible supply of murder mystery dramas. From Broadchurch to Grantchester to Sherlock to Luther, the Brits have a knack for gripping whodunits jam-packed with excellent actors and dreary scenery. The latest addition

When I was a kid, I toted my Lloyds transistor radio everywhere, including when I went to bed. It would sit quietly playing on my pillow until I fell asleep and my mom would take it away. The family’s station of choice was 680 CJOB in Winnipeg. They didn’t play much in the way of

Pop star Pink has disclosed that she and her three-year-old son tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks ago but are now over it and feeling better. And now that she’s back in the pink (look, I’m sorry) she’s handing out some green (I’m really sorry) by donating $1 million to help fight the pandemic. Half

Getty Images Justin Bieber You could wear a gray sweatsuit. A baseball cap. Maybe some Converse. Alternatively, you could do what Bieber does, and turn the huble sweatsuit into a Miam-at-4am fantasia. Start with the ultra-magenta color. Add a beanie and some chunky skate shoes. Top it off with a pair of ’90s-inspired blades and

Without a live studio audience and with heavily recommended social distancing regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a self-isolating Jimmy Fallon was left with no choice but to host The Tonight Show from the comfort of his own home two weeks ago. Each night, in that time-span, the former Saturday Night Live (SNL) actor

Honestly, he’s doing a great job right now The coronavirus pandemic has produced a lot of unexpected outcomes, from Mitt Romney’s embrace of a universal basic income to Britney Spears calling for a general strike and the redistribution of wealth. But few have been more surprising than Doug Ford’s transformation from a carbon-tax hating, license-plate

The singer Pink had tested positive for COVID-19, she said Friday, also announcing that she is donating US$500,000 each to two emergency funds. In a pair of tweets, she said she and her three-year-old son were displaying symptoms two weeks ago, and she tested positive after accessing tests through a primary care physician. (1 of

On Saturday The Hollywood Reporter published what was surely meant to be fun piece about WME partner Richard Weitz throwing mini-parties via Zoom during the coronavirus pandemic. It began organically, something for his daughter’s 17th birthday, but now the virtual concert series is the new hot ticket in town. A virtual shindig on April 1st

George PimentelGetty Images Once coronavirus became a global pandemic and communities issued shelter-in-place orders, we’ve all had to adjust our day-to-day lives to accommodate these new, weird circumstances. Taylor Swift, like the rest of us, has her own quarantine routine. On Friday, she helped launch Hits 1 n chill, a Home DJ series on Sirius

The mother of a Coquitlam, B.C., actor who passed away suddenly at the age of 16 says the novel coronavirus pandemic has put her son’s funeral plans on hold, forcing her to grieve alone. Logan Williams was best known for playing the young Barry Allen on The Flash, the popular CW television series that films

Trump almost certainly has his role backward. Under our system, the federal government is a government of limited powers; the Constitution enumerates its specific responsibilities, and under the 10th Amendment, all other powers are reserved to the states. The most important of these reserved powers is what constitutional scholars call “police power,” which gives state

Judging by the popularity of last week’s Zoom backgrounds compilation post, many are in search of the perfect backdrop for our new video call-oriented lives. Since another week has come and gone, you may be looking to start afresh and dazzle unwitting coworkers with something new for next time. Luckily, users on Twitter continue to

Lindsay Lohan, the famed American actor, just made her comeback… to the music scene? That’s right, not including the snippet of a track called Xanax — released exclusively through Instagram’s IGTV in 2019 — the 33-year-old released her first single in 12 years on Friday, Back to Me. The release of the two-minute, 30 second-spanning pop track