Tyler Perry surprised elderly shoppers Wednesday morning after paying for their groceries at 74 stores in Atlanta and New Orleans during the coronavirus pandemic. According to People, the actor, filmmaker and comedian paid for the groceries of all elderly shoppers at 44 Kroger stores in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as 29 Winn Dixie stores in
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Shortly after 11:45 on Wednesday morning, Bernie Sanders announced his exit from the Democratic presidential primary, clearing former Vice President Joe Biden’s path to the nomination. “I cannot in good conscience continue to mount a campaign that cannot win and which would interfere with the important work required of all of us in this difficult
Courtesy of Focus Features Eliza Hittman has an affinity for the taboo. Her films confront how young people navigate impending adulthood: 2013’s It Felt Like Love follows a 14-year-old pursuing an older, more experienced boy with dangerous consequences, while 2015’s Beach Rats focuses on a 19-year-old Coney Island drug dealer exploring his sexual identity as
In an attempt to fight boredom in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, one local Ontario family has come together to recreate the iconic opening to The Simpsons. Along with his wife Colleen and three children, Joel A. Sutherland — an author based out of Durham Region — used the self-isolation time to not only
Shine your chakrams and toasters, practice your war cries, and buckle the frak in, because sheltering in place just got a whole lot more fun thanks to SYFY’s announcement that both Battlestar Galactica and Xena: Warrior Princess will be available in their entirety to stream via SYFY’s app and site. As if that wasn’t enough,
In lieu of holding political rallies where he rails away on everything from the news media to Parasite winning best picture at the Academy Awards, President Donald Trump has turned his daily coronavirus briefings into a socially distanced substitute: press conferences that afford the president another opportunity to punch down at his perceived enemies in
In these uncertain times, Canadians are hungry for accurate, informative news. Armed with questions about coronavirus, citizens from coast to coast are searching for the best ways to keep themselves and their families safe. Amazon Prime Video has partnered with Global News to do just that — provide live, 24/7 national and regional news and
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