• New home sales sank 4.4 percent in February, forecast bleaker

    New home sales sank 4.4 percent in February, forecast bleaker

    Sales of new US single-family homes fell in February after surging in the prior month, and could decline further because of the coronavirus pandemic, which is boosting unemployment and severely disrupting economic activity. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday new home sales dropped 4.4 percent, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 765,000 units, in …
  • Denise Richards suing former landlords, claims they leaked private information

    Denise Richards suing former landlords, claims they leaked private information

    Denise Richards is firing back against the landlords who accused her of trashing a home she previously rented. The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, 49, has filed a countersuit against Anthony Ellrod and Christopher Masterson, who accused her and her husband, Aaron Phypers, of leaving their Calabasas, Calif., home a wreck when they moved …
  • Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner halt production on beauty lines

    Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner halt production on beauty lines

    Better make those lip kits last. Kylie Jenner‘s Kylie Cosmetics and Kim Kardashian‘s KKW Beauty have both been forced to stop production amid the coronavirus outbreak. The fulfillment centers that work for the beauty lines were closed under Cailfornia’s statewide shelter-in-place order. KKW Beauty shared the news on Twitter on Monday. “Due to current health …
  • 20 House Dems Call for Nationwide Shut Down in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic

    20 House Dems Call for Nationwide Shut Down in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic

    Democratic Representative Ro Khanna holds a news conference in Lisbon, Portugal, November 6, 2019. A group of 20 House Democrats led by Representative Ro Khanna of California released a letter on Monday calling for a nationwide shelter-in-place order to stem the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. “To effectively slow COVID-19’s spread, we must issue a shelter-in-place order …
  • McDonald’s slammed for separating Golden Arches to promote social distancing

    McDonald’s slammed for separating Golden Arches to promote social distancing

    It’s a supersize lapse in judgment. Last week, the social-media accounts of McDonald’s Brasil separated the brand’s Golden Arches in order to encourage social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak, Ad Age reported. But the reimagined spaced-out M has since been scrubbed after critics slammed the move as insensitive. “F - - k right off you award-desperate morons,” wrote …
  • Dennis Quaid’s wedding to Laura Savoie postponed over Coronavirus fears

    Dennis Quaid’s wedding to Laura Savoie postponed over Coronavirus fears

    Concerns over the coronavirus pandemic have caused Dennis Quaid to postpone his wedding to much-younger fiancée Laura Savoie. “We postponed … once we started to hear about [coronavirus in] Italy,” Quaid recently told Extra. “We have a few members of the family and friends who have low immune systems due to medical treatment, medical issues …
  • ‘I’d Love to Have It Open by Easter’: Trump Hopeful Economy Will Be Revived in Coming Weeks

    ‘I’d Love to Have It Open by Easter’: Trump Hopeful Economy Will Be Revived in Coming Weeks

    President Trump said Tuesday that he would love to see the U.S. economy reopen by Easter, even as millions of Americans remain largely confined to their homes in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “I’d love to have it open by Easter,” Trump said during an appearance on Fox News. “I would love to have the …
  • Nick Lachey rewrites iconic 98 Degrees song for coronavirus quarantine

    Nick Lachey rewrites iconic 98 Degrees song for coronavirus quarantine

    Nick Lachey put a spin on Music Monday in honor of the ongoing coronavirus quarantine. The 46-year-old “Love Is Blind” host and singer shared a parody of “The Hardest Thing,” a hit single performed by his old pop group, 98 Degrees, that discusses washing hands, isolating and social distancing. “We both know that we shouldn’t …
  • Animation production still going strong despite coronavirus crisis

    Animation production still going strong despite coronavirus crisis

    As Hollywood production has ground to a halt over the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, there is one area that been able to keep the lights on for the most part — animation. As new episodes of “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers” and more just this past weekend made it to air, many animated series are still in …
  • Do we really need more of Lena Dunham’s navel-gazing?

    Do we really need more of Lena Dunham’s navel-gazing?

    As if things weren’t bad enough. We can’t go to the movies, a Broadway show or a bookstore to find entertainment while the city is in coronavirus lockdown, but we can always turn to . . . Lena Dunham? Reader, she’s back. The creator of “Girls” — who turned a brief window of fascination with her from …