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Art imitates life for Grammy- and Tony-winning “Hamilton” actor Leslie Odom Jr. and his wife, Nicolette Robinson (“The Affair”). The couple stars in Freeform’s timely “Love in the Time of Corona” (premiering Saturday at 8 p.m.), a “Love Actually”-esque limited series following several people experiencing different types of love during the coronavirus pandemic. “On a …
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“The Batman” will resume shooting in early September in the UK at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, according to insiders. The comic book adventure was roughly seven weeks into production when filming had to be halted in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Batman,” which is said to be a grittier and more realistic take …
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New York mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that the city has recorded its lowest positive testing rate for coronavirus since the pandemic began in March. The most recent daily results for citywide coronavirus tests, August 17, revealed that 0.24 percent of new patients tested positive. As of the same date, the city recorded …
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The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high on Tuesday, rebounding from huge losses sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and breaking a previous record set in February. The S&P 500 climbed 0.23 percent, surpassing its intraday high of 3,393.52, before beating its February record and closing at 3,389.78. The index had come close to a …
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Target hit a bullseye in the second quarter as an explosion of online shopping led the department store giant to record sales growth. The Minneapolis-based chain on Wednesday reported a 24.3 percent spike in comparable sales for the three months ending Aug. 1 — its biggest quarterly increase on record — driven by a massive …
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As of early August, 34 US states mandate the use of masks in public to limit the spread of COVID-19. The efficacy of face masks has been a subject of debate in the health community during the pandemic. Because health experts disagree on their effectiveness, countries and health agencies around the world, including the World …
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Top Beijing officials are promising certain countries, with whom they have strategic partnerships, early access to China’s imminent coronavirus vaccines as they seek to repair their global image following criticism over their failure to contain the initial outbreak of the virus. The countries China is working with to produce vaccines and provide early access include …
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Tired of staring at the cat litter box during Zoom meetings? Why not just gaze upon the azure waters of the tropics instead? At the beginning of summer, Page Six reported that the Ritz had jumped to the rescue of 1-percenter parents torn between sending their kids off to COVID-riddled camps and, well, spending the …
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The state liquor authority is taking shots — at a restaurant that filed suit against it. On Monday Page Six reported that East Village hotspot Cloister Café is suing the SLA, claiming that it shut it down for COVID violations based on evidence it had cribbed from media reports — which they allege had been …
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The East Hampton Artists & Writers Charity Softball Game was canceled back in July, but a fundraising battle that was held in its place to help fund hard-pressed East End charities saw the Artists narrowly edge the Writers. The final score was Artists $8,775 vs. Writers $8,345 Those tallies reflect the amount each team raised …
Art imitates life for Grammy- and Tony-winning “Hamilton” actor Leslie Odom Jr. and his wife, Nicolette Robinson (“The Affair”). The couple stars in Freeform’s timely “Love in the Time of Corona” (premiering Saturday at 8 p.m.), a “Love Actually”-esque limited series following several people experiencing different types of love during the coronavirus pandemic. “On a …
