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Hours after making a nationwide address on Monday from Rideau Cottage, a self-isolating Justin Trudeau enlisted some of the country’s biggest celebrities to help spread the word of his own #PlankTheCurve movement. The movement, which Trudeau is promoting on Twitter, asks Canadians to share videos of themselves staying home in an attempt to combat the

The coronavirus outbreak is forcing event organizers around the world to re-think their upcoming 2020 events, with even this summer’s Olympics getting postponed until 2021. But the Democratic National Committee is still remaining optimistic about its summer convention—at least to the public. Organizers for the DNC convention set to take place July 13-16 in Wisconsin

Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky is the first U.S. senator to test positive for Covid-19. While other legislators, like Texas senator Ted Cruz and Arizona congressman Paul Gosar, both of whom came into contact with a person infected with coronavirus at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, have self-quarantined out of an abundance of caution,

Mountain Equipment Co-Op and Cineplex Inc. have laid off thousands of employees as the companies closed stores and theatres as instructed by various governments in an effort to stem the transmission of COVID-19. MEC, which announced March 18 it was closing its 22 Canadian stores until March 30, sent a notice to its full- and

In the middle of her morning bath on Sunday, Madonna became the next in the ever-expanding roster of celebrities and musicians sharing their thoughts on the novel coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19. That’s right, on March 22, the Like a Virgin singer took to Instagram, sharing her own minute-long rant about the rapidly-spreading virus. The video

“It’s a shitshow,” the senior Wall Street executive tells me. “I have a thousand balls in the air, trying to manage this, which is not easy.” His biggest concern? “A worry of the unknown.” Like nearly every business everywhere—with the notable exceptions of companies such as Zoom (its stock is in the 52-week high range)

20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock As we settle into a strange new homebound normal to help stop the spread of novel coronavirus, my social distancing partner and I have, like so many others, created a list of classic movies to re-watch. After finishing Animal House (which, wow, doesn’t sit well in the #MeToo era), he asked: “My

The producers of Big Brother Canada (BBCAN) are now taking additional safety precautions to protect their Season 8 houseguests amid concerns of the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. On March 22, Insight Productions — the company that produces the reality TV series — issued an official statement revealing the steps now being taken to ensure the

So, then, is Medieval World actually Westeros? No. The costumes, for one, are very different. But it’s pretty fun to imagine Cersei as a deadly Host waking up to the nature of her existence. Rick and Morty: The saga of Maeve in escalating levels of a simulation may seem familiar to fans of Rick and

It’s been over a year since Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse hit theaters, but we’re still in love with the ridiculously clever and gorgeously animated film. In fact, doctors agree that re-watching the film lowers blood pressure and eases anxiety (okay, they didn’t say that, but it sounds true right?). Like all great films, Spider-Verse began

This is an unprecedented time for Canadians and everybody around the world. As the novel coronavirus spreads, every day brings to the fore new questions, new concerns and a cascade of unfiltered information from all corners of the globe. Global News wants to help Canadians from all walks of life aggregate and understand the latest

As rumored, Donald Glover has released his eagerly anticipated new album, 3.15.20, a 12-track body of work that features appearances from Ariana Grande, 21 Savage, and Khadja Bonet. A week ago, Glover streamed the album on his website for less than a day. Fans who tuned in caught glimpses of the multi-hyphenate’s genius, as well

TV medical dramas have donated face masks to hospitals to help fight coronavirus. Global TV’s New Amsterdam donated “everything to Bellevue Hospital in NYC,” where the series is actually shot. Showrunner David Schulner confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter after production of the series was shutdown. READ MORE: Daniel Dae Kim reveals he’s tested positive for

Celebrity responses to the coronavirus pandemic have been been all over the spectrum, from Josh Gad telling us it is okay to cry, to Gal Gadot and her squad singing “Imagine.” Phish frontman Trey Anastasio has already written, recorded and released three new tracks and none other than Charo has a suggestion in case of

Even though there’s no trace of the novel coronavirus in my house (yet), I’m doing the responsible social-distancing thing, venturing out only for quick trips to the store, to the Indian takeout place, and to walk the dogs. And since I do most of my work out of the home office/studio, over the phone, through

The coronavirus quarantine is hard on everyone but it just got a little bit harder for Kanye West. With so many of us staring at our phones and laptops, even those who long ago tapped out of his feud with Taylor Swift are agog at the latest development, a newly leaked video. It’s a major

Social distancing and quarantine means people have a lot of time on their hands. They’re also binging a lot of movies. So it was only a matter of time before people starting coming up with all kinds of theories about at least one of these movies. Disney’s 2010 film Tangled is in the spotlight right

A country musician from B.C. has released a song about the coronavirus pandemic. Titled Quarantine Blues, the song by Ben Klick of West Kelowna is about trying to self-isolate to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Klick said he got the idea this week after returning to the Okanagan from Nashville. READ MORE: Big-name music

[embedded content] DC Universe just dropped the first trailer for season two of their adult animated series Harley Quinn. The bombastic and raunchy series follows Harley (The Big Bang Theory‘s Kaley Cuoco) as she assembles a team of villains to join the Legion of Doom. Joining her are fellow baddies Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) and

Customers lined up along a popular downtown Toronto street waiting to get into EB Games to get their hands on two popular video games amid the coronavirus pandemic. Animal Crossing: New Horizons and DOOM Eternal were released on Friday and many lined up along Yonge Street, just south of Dundas Street, to make their purchases.

Donald Trump addressed the press Saturday to discuss the ongoing coronavirus crisis and, for a long stretch, he was relatively calm and mature, at least by Trump standards. It was not a repeat of Friday’s temper tantrum, in which he responded to NBC’s Peter Alexander‘s reasonable question about the American public’s worries by calling him

With a new world order shaped by the novel coronavirus pandemic, many of us are stuck inside our homes trying not to go insane from lack of human interaction, while helplessly waiting for a deadly disease to potentially ravage ourselves, our loved ones, and our livelihoods. People who have lost their jobs can’t even hug

Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as Lucille, Lady and Islands in the Stream and embraced his persona as The Gambler on record and on TV, died Friday night. He was 81. He died at home in Sandy Springs, Georgia, representative Keith Hagan told

For weeks prior to the White House designating the coronavirus outbreak a national emergency, Donald Trump downplayed the severity of the pandemic, assuring his supporters it was “totally under control.” Just last month he insisted, without evidence, that warmer weather makes the virus “miraculously” disappear and wrote off media coverage as a “hoax” created to

Steve Aoki began his Neon Future IV: The Color of Noise tour in Toronto on March 5 before having to postpone the tour due to the global coronavirus pandemic. “I am truly heartbroken to say my Color of Noise tour will have to be postponed. Not only did the local health authorities and governments recommend

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