Since late Thursday night, the White House and its allies in the media have been working tirelessly to spin Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection and portray the news as beneficial to his reelection campaign. One of the main talking points used by the president’s defense squad has been the claim that Trump testing positive for COVID-19
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Many designers feel escapism is the right tone for the moment: think of Tom Ford, that balletic airy Hermès show, or even Celine’s Elysian Fields of TikTok. But escapism can also feel like a copout. Fashion can do so much more than make you feel good, first of all. And there is also just so
Corus Entertainment, the parent company of Global News, is supporting a new initiative aimed at boosting diversity and addressing systemic racism in entertainment and media. HireBIPOC is an online roster of professionals in roles across the industry including on-air, production, behind the scenes, marketing and communications. The database was created by the advocacy group BIPOC
When Prince Harry was first dating Meghan Markle, Prince William was so concerned about how quickly things were moving between them that he asked his uncle, Charles Spencer, to intervene. According to a new excerpt from Battle of Brothers, the book by royal expert Robert Lacey, “From time to time Diana’s younger brother had played
PARIS — Kenzo Takada, the iconic French-Japanese fashion designer famed for his jungle-infused designs and free-spirited esthetic that channeled global travel, has died. He was 81. The family said in a statement to French media Sunday that Takada died from complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris. A public relations officer for
North West seems to have provided a solution for how we can all survive the rest of 2020: “I would make everybody love each other,” she told CR Fashion Book, per Page Six. “And make the coronavirus go away and make everyone have more dogs.” This series asked several fashionable people how they would make
Despite being at least the third Republican senator to test positive for COVID-19 within the last 24 hours, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin still doesn’t think mask mandates are a good idea. On Saturday, hours after announcing he had contracted the coronavirus, the GOP lawmaker reportedly said that masks may help reduce the risk of infection
“Saturday Night Live” went political with a parody of this week’s presidential debate, Chris Rock’s jab at U.S. President Donald Trump and Megan Thee Stallion’s message supporting Black people during her performance. The NBC late-night sketch series on Saturday night jumped into the reenactment of the recent debate between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic
Since his arrival at Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis has been a matter of much scrutiny and debate. His doctors have taken a cue from the Trump administration, delivering confusing and misleading press conferences that contradict reports from within the White House. In an effort to reassure the public,
Musicians have been taking it in the neck ever since the coronavirus began to wreak havoc on the music industry. Income from CDs dropped further from their pre-pandemic levels. Income from vinyl is negligible except for a very lucky few. Streaming brings in a little money, it’s not enough for most to live on. Some
[embedded content] After its COVID sheltering from home and a summer hiatus, Saturday Night Live tried to tackle the impossible in Saturday’s season premiere. Blessings and fruit baskets to the writer’s room for the number of jokes they must have scrapped and rewritten with each of the past 48 hours’ ground-shifting news development. Our president
Entering the 2019-2020 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers consisted of two great players and a disheveled supporting cast. Their preseason over/under came in several games below the Utah Jazz and Philadelphia 76ers, while data-fueled projection systems gave them almost no chance to win it all. Yes, they finally traded for Anthony Davis, but in
The President of the United States announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19—and people have *theories* Well folks, it happened. President Donald Trump has COVID-19. On October 2, the POTUS made the announcement on Twitter, writing: “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We
As Donald Trump spends his second night at Walter Reed Military Medical Center, the White House is scrambling to contain the biggest crisis of Trump’s presidency, 31 days until the election. On Saturday, the West Wing plunged into damage-control mode after Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, told reporters that Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19 on
Jon Bon Jovi is back with his 15th studio album called 2020. The 58-year-old singer-songwriter recently joined hosts Jeff McArthur and Carolyn Mackenzie at The Morning Show to talk about new music. The frontman for rock band Bon Jovi says he’s toured in Canada several times but when it comes to the future of playing in front
Arnold JerockiGetty Images Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik became new parents to a baby girl at the end of September. “Our baby girl is here, healthy & beautiful,” Malik tweeted on September 23, alongside a photo of his daughter’s hand holding his. “To try put into words how i am feeling right now would be
Canadian actor Rick Moranis was the victim of an unprovoked attack on a New York City street Thursday morning. According to a report in the New York Daily News and ABC, the 67-year-old SCTV alum was walking on Central Park West near his home in the Upper West Side at approximately 7:30 a.m. when a stranger
John Fetterman was getting ready to introduce Joe Biden at a campaign event less than 24 hours after the ugly first presidential debate. That Fetterman—the tattooed, goateed progressive who was elected lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania two years ago—is enthusiastically backing the centrist Democratic nominee is plenty significant, ideologically. More important, strategically, is where the two
Pictures of the late Chadwick Boseman in one of his final roles have been released. Boseman stars alongside Viola Davis in Netflix’s adaptation of the 1982 play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, by Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson. The gorgeous pictures highlight what’s sure to be a moving film, made all the more poignant as we
With news that United States President Donald Trump and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, the upcoming documentary Totally Under Control couldn’t be more apropos. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Going Clear), along with Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger, the documentary was shot in secret over the last five months. Read more:
After I got kicked out of Jesuit high school, I went to a public high school, where they had resources such that I learned developing and printing and use of an SLR [single-lens reflex camera]. I remember going on assignments in New York City and taking pictures and coming back thinking, ‘Geez, these are all
Despite assurances that the president was experiencing “mild” symptoms of COVID-19 and that he was in “good spirits,” the White House said late Friday afternoon that Donald Trump had been transported to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he would stay for “the next few days.” The escalating situation wherein the leader of the
By Staff The Associated Press Posted October 2, 2020 3:50 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Harvey Weinstein was charged Friday with the rape of two more women, Los Angeles County prosecutors said. Weinstein was charged with three counts of rape and three counts of forcible
Canadian funnyman Jim Carrey is known for his spot-on impersonations, and his next role as presidential hopeful Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live looks to be no exception. In an NBC promotional tweet for the show, Carrey — along with costar Maya Rudolph, who will be playing Biden running mate Sen. Kamala Harris as she’s
When Seth Meyers taped Thursday’s episode of Late Night, he probably couldn’t have guessed that mere hours later, President Donald Trump would announce that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Indeed, Meyers opened his latest edition of A Closer Look with a clip of Trump at a rally the host described as “one of
lim hyo seonNetflix Think you’ve watched all of Netflix during quarantine? Think again. If you’re not already on the K-Drama train, you’re missing out on some heart-stopping, tear-jerking drama. The Korean wave is officially here to stay—we’re using their beauty products, listening to their music, and watching their movies now more than ever—so there’s no
Donald Trump has been hinting that he might not participate in the presidential debate process since late last year, so when he actually did take the stage with Joe Biden earlier this week, I’ll admit I was a little surprised. It probably helped that that debate was hosted by Fox News, one of the only
Jessie Buckley has only had a handful of starring roles, many of them in smaller films—so it’s possible you haven’t seen her in anything yet. But if you have, it’s impossible to forget her. From her star-making turn in 2018’s Wild Rose to a heartbreaking supporting role in HBO’s Chernobyl to I’m Thinking of Ending
Borat is back. Sacha Baron Cohen‘s satirical character from Kazakhstan is heading off on another adventure, back to the United States on a “secret mission.” This time around, he’s accompanied by his teenage daughter for what’s sure to be a wild, outlandish movie. Read more: Chrissy Teigen, John Legend announce death of baby following pregnancy