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Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor agency is launching a new podcast, “Making the Call,” co-hosted by Emanuel’s top-doctor brother. Dr. Zeke Emanuel and Jonathan Moreno, Ph.D., aim to tackle tough questions on the coronavirus crisis. The architect of the Affordable Care Act, Zeke is an oncologist, bioethicist and a University of Pennsylvania vice provost. Moreno’s …

“That’s hell” is how one Met described what could be ahead for players if a plan MLB has mulled to play all of its games in Arizona is enacted. “I mean we’re talking 120 degrees every day and playing weekly doubleheaders and 20 days straight,” the Met said on the condition of anonymity, making reference …

The coronavirus has created a weird divide among the Big Apple’s grocery stores — and the supermarkets that cater to the rich have been caught on the wrong side. Initial waves of citywide binge-shopping in mid-March spurred social media posts of wiped-out shelves and empty freezer bins at Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. But since …

I’ll take “predicting the future” for $1,000, Alex. “Jeopardy!” fans were bowled over on Tuesday night when a clue on the board seemed to reference the coronavirus pandemic. But the April 7 episode — in which three university students were competing as the storied ABC game show’s two-week-long College Championship — was filmed in early …

Television personalities are trying to get to the bottom of the coronavirus broadcasts — by not wearing any. A video montage compiled by John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” contains dozens of clips of local news anchors across the country asking colleagues and guests on-air, “Are you wearing pants?” “I do have pants on. You’re just …

Supersuccessful novelist Danielle Steel: “My Paris apartment here is where I live half the time. I got caught in it March 1. I’m scared to death to be a world away. It’s traumatic. Although I have help, I’m afraid. I can write up a storm but — I’m unnerved. “Anxious about my kids. Nervous if …

Rick Springfield serenaded NBC’s Kate Snow and her husband Chris Bro with his hit “Jessie’s Girl” — as Bro continues to fight the coronavirus. Snow, NBC News’ Senior National Correspondent, has been caring for Bro at their home in Austin, Texas, since she fell ill last week. She admitted that caring for Bro and their …

Hal Willner — the respected producer who worked with Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull, was a long-time “Saturday Night Live” staffer and compiled a series of eccentric all-star tribute albums — died Monday at the age of 64. A rep for Willner confirmed the producer’s death to Rolling Stone. While a cause of death has …

André Balazs has donated $100,000 to his Chateau Marmont employees after being forced to lay them off amid the coronavirus pandemic. The hotelier has put the cash into a GoFundMe he has set up for the 270 staffers at the iconic West Hollywood haunt, which is now being used to house medical personnel. “The drastic …

Nippon Professional Baseball announced that the start of the Japanese baseball season, which was rescheduled for April 24, now will not happen until late May at the earliest. But it could be a lot longer than that after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a national state of emergency Tuesday. A prominent baseball agent in …