• ‘Aliens’ actor Jay Benedict dead at 68 from coronavirus

    ‘Aliens’ actor Jay Benedict dead at 68 from coronavirus

    Actor Jay Benedict, who appeared in “Aliens” and “The Dark Knight Rises,” is the latest celebrity to die from the coronavirus. He was 68. “It is with profound sorrow that we must announce Jay’s death on the 4th of April due to complications arising from a COVID-19 infection,” his official website announced. His agency, TSG, …
  • Hoda Kotb opens up about loneliness amid coronavirus pandemic

    Hoda Kotb opens up about loneliness amid coronavirus pandemic

    “Today” anchor Hoda Kotb has opened up about battling the loneliness that millions of Americans are now feeling. She’s living outside New York City with her fiancé Joel Schiffman, her partner of six years, and their two young daughters and she leaves for work at 3:45 a.m. every today to helm the NBC show from …
  • Ariana Grande surprises quarantined fans with ‘virtual love’ song

    Ariana Grande surprises quarantined fans with ‘virtual love’ song

    She’s blowing kisses through the airwaves. Unable to perform live, pop stars including Ariana Grande are finding creative ways to entertain their fans in coronavirus quarantine. “Tommy [and] I sending u some virtual love,” pint-size pop star Ariana Grande captions a video of one such digital performance with her record producer Tommy Brown, 33. “Hope …
  • Duran Duran’s John Taylor reveals coronavirus recovery

    Duran Duran’s John Taylor reveals coronavirus recovery

    Duran Duran bassist John Taylor took to Facebook on Sunday (April 5) to reveal that he had tested positive for coronavirus, and is currently on the mend. Taylor was diagnosed with COVID-19 “three weeks ago,” and has been self-quarantining as per medical protocol. “Perhaps I am a particularly robust 59 year old — I like …
  • Dr. Drew Pinsky apologizes for equating coronavirus with the flu

    Dr. Drew Pinsky apologizes for equating coronavirus with the flu

    Dr. Drew Pinsky has apologized for comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu. The celebrity addiction specialist, who is also an internist, said in a video shared on Twitter over the weekend, “My early comments about equating coronavirus with influenza were wrong. They were incorrect.” “I was part of a chorus that was saying that, and …
  • Woody Harrelson among stars sharing coronavirus conspiracy theories tied to 5G

    Woody Harrelson among stars sharing coronavirus conspiracy theories tied to 5G

    Wild conspiracy theories linking 5G networks to the coronavirus pandemic are being blamed for a spate of attacks on UK cellphone towers — and are even being spread by celebrities such as Woody Harrelson. Fires at towers in Birmingham, Liverpool and Belfast have all been blamed on the conspiracy theories, UK officials said. The theories …
  • Rita Wilson performs for the first time since coronavirus diagnosis

    Rita Wilson performs for the first time since coronavirus diagnosis

    Singer @RitaWilson performs the national anthem before today's #ProInvitationalSeries race at Bristol. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/QT9hdMGwcJ — FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) April 5, 2020 Rita Wilson is back in action. On Sunday, the 63-year-old wife of Tom Hanks performed the National Anthem ahead of NASCAR’s virtual iRacing Pro Invitational Series Race — her first since recovering from coronavirus …
  • Pink speaks out on 3-year-old son’s terrifying coronavirus experience

    Pink speaks out on 3-year-old son’s terrifying coronavirus experience

    Singer-songwriter Pink’s 3-year-old son kept her up at night praying because he had “the worst of it” after they both caught the coronavirus, the artist has revealed. During an Instagram Live stream with friend and author Jen Pastiloff, Pink said that both she and Jameson “have been really, really sick” but are doing better now. …
  • Apple making face shields for doctors battling coronavirus

    Apple making face shields for doctors battling coronavirus

    Apple has started making protective face shields for health workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. The tech giant plans to ship more than 1 million see-through shields each week through a “company-wide effort,” CEO Tim Cook said. The first batch was delivered last week to Kaiser hospital facilities in California’s Santa Clara …
  • Airlines halt most NYC flights amid escalating coronavirus fears

    Airlines halt most NYC flights amid escalating coronavirus fears

    Airlines are drastically cutting service to and from the New York City area as the feds urge travelers to avoid the nation’s largest coronavirus hotspot. American Airlines plans to operate just 13 flights a day out of JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports from this week to May 6 — down 95 percent from a …