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As we settle in for another week of social distancing, news scrolling, and panic shopping, it’s key to put it all into perspective and seek out the positive. In times of crisis, communities get creative when it comes to forging ahead. Art and culture streams on, neighbors reach out, and cute animals continue to save

Netflix has announced a US$100 million global relief fund to support workers in the creative community, including Canada’s, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ted Sarandos, the streaming giant’s chief content officer, says in a blog post that most of the fund will go toward support for the hardest hit workers on Netflix’s own productions around the

And yet, “immunity” or “immune system boosters” have the early makings of an unfortunate pandemic buzzword. No one can promise immunity from the deadly virus. At least not yet. And these supplements, which claim to fortify your immune system, are largely unnecessary even in times of plenty. One should be “skeptical of anyone trying to

[embedded content] Praise the Dark Lord, What We Do in the Shadows is returning to FX next month for its second season! The brilliantly funny series is based on Taika Waititi’s 2014 cult classic mockumentary film about vampire roommates struggling to find their place in the modern world. The FX series features the same premise,

If this were the olden days, the restrictions on public contact would have made it almost impossible to acquire any new music. And while it’s true that record retailers are getting hammered by the coronavirus crisis, the supply of new tunes via digital services remains uninterrupted, not to mention sanitized for your protection, too. Here’s

This post contains spoilers for Better Things Season 4, Episode 4. In Thursday night’s episode of Better Things, the word “cunt” is said 18 times in a single scene, in what must be some sort of primetime record. The word is tossed back and forth during a heated stand-off between Sam (Pamela Adlon) and her

On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced he was initiating the Defense Production Act (DPA), “just in case we need it.” The DPA is a Korean War-era law that gives the president sweeping control over American manufacturing. Essentially, it lets Trump order private companies to meet demand for products vital to national security, which in this case

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t watched tonight’s episode of Big Brother Canada on Global, then STOP READING NOW! Spoilers lie ahead… — To say the first two weeks of Big Brother Canada Season 8 have been chaotic is an understatement. It started with an unprecedented self-eviction, then live eviction audiences were banned due to the coronavirus outbreak,

Daniel Dae Kim has revealed that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday. The Hawaii Five-0 actor shared a 10-minute video on Instagram, opening up about his journey to the diagnosis and telling his fans to self-isolate. “Ready for a fight? I am. Yesterday I was diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the #coronavirus,”

The Queen has departed Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle as the coronavirus epidemic grips London, and though the 93-year-old monarch is at high risk for the virus, she will have a team of the best medics on hand while she keeps up as much of her schedule as she can. Dr. Anna Hemming, who was

Rachel MurrayGetty Images To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before actress Lana Condor was one of many who spoke out against President Donald Trump’s decision to refer to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus” yesterday. She urged him to “be better” than using racist language that offends and endangers so many. (There has already been a

Two women have written an ode to the face of B.C.’s fight against the coronavirus. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has been the point person, and often calm voice, for daily information about the spread of COVID-19. 2:58 B.C. women perform ‘Dear Dr. Bonnie’ tribute video to province’s top doctor B.C. women perform ‘Dear

The White House has found a new messenger to communicate the coronavirus crisis to the public: First Lady Melania Trump. After largely distancing herself from husband Donald Trump’s presidential agenda, the First Lady is now pitching in to help the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, which has ramped up in recent days as the president has

Good work, fellow millennials, we might just have killed Playboy magazine. CEO of Playboy enterprises ben Kohn shred a blog post on Medium today explaining that the current, just-published issue of the iconic magazine will be it’s last for 2020, and possibly forever. This is big, considering the cultural pervasiveness of the Playboy brand, but

Celebrities, politicians and professional athletes faced a backlash this week as many revealed that they had been tested for the coronavirus, even when they didn’t have a fever or other tell-tale symptoms. That’s fueling a perception that the wealthy and famous have been able to jump to the head of the line to get tested

Each week, GQ utilizes the latest in deal-identifying technology—i.e. one of our staffers spends most of his day shopping online—to uncover all the wildest markdowns on wardrobe-boosting buys from the best men’s clothing sales on the internet. This time out, we’ve got 27 wild buys from Nordstrom’s just-launched sitewide sale—for a limited time, the department

The 50th annual Glastonbury Festival has officially been cancelled. Initially set to take place between June 24 and 28, the Somerset, England-based music festival was affected by the growing worldwide pandemic and associated concerns of the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. As confirmed in a statement issued by the event’s organizers on Wednesday,

As national figureheads, Kate Middleton and Prince William have had slightly different concerns that the world at large when it comes to responding to the coronavirus crisis. As Queen Elizabeth retires to the more secluded Windsor Castle this week, the couple is planning to refocus their attention on responding to the disruptions the virus has

Vanessa Hudgens is under fire after making dismissive remarks about the novel coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, during an Instagram Live stream on Monday. While rambling on about her recently postponed trip to London, England, the High School Musical actor also complained about the global pandemic to her fans, suggesting that she doesn’t feel fazed

Though the primary elections taking place Tuesday night were occurring in a much different world than those in recent weeks, the result has been the same: Joe Biden had yet another good night. As voters went to the polls amid the escalating global pandemic and widespread social distancing efforts, the former vice president racked up

Social distancing due to COVID-19 safety has made it the unofficial season of binge-watching. Luckily, one of the year’s most-anticipated new series is on its way to keep us occupied during self-isolation. Tomorrow, the first three episodes of Little Fires Everywhere—based on Celeste Ng’s bestselling 2017 novel—will be available to watch on Hulu. The limited

Four Brooklyn Nets players, including Kevin Durant, have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA. The Nets did not name the players Tuesday, but Durant told The Athletic he was one of them, saying: “Everyone be careful, take care of yourself and quarantine. We’re going to

There was a bit of hope that Black Widow would still make its May release date, but news broke today that Disney was pulling Marvel Studios’ summer blockbuster indefinitely. While it’s a bit upsetting, seeing as there is no new date for Black Widow, it’s also a hopeful sign that the film will still one day have

Members of the Big Brother Germany household are in for a surprise on Tuesday when they find out about the novel coronavirus outbreak for the first time. The contestants have been living in the house, disconnected from the outside world, since Feb. 6. As such, they had no idea what was happening outside the four

Your ’90s nostalgia for the club heyday of New York will be so intense when this is over that you’re going to have to watch Madonna’s doc Truth or Dare (Amazon/iTunes) or Parker Posey’s Party Girl (Tubi/Vudu/Amazon). The Marky Mark Workout: Form, Focus, Fitness; 1993, 1 hour, 10 minutes Gear: Three chairs, two dumbbells, a

Late afternoon on a Wednesday in December, and I’m in a glass-walled conference room in a Hollywood office building, waiting for an audience with Dwight Yoakam. This is his office. The plan was we’d meet at 4:30, but then 4:30 comes and goes, and then a Los Angeles winter sunset stripes the sky outside the