The latest: Good Films’ Miriam Segal fights to get her sick son tested, and for her indie company to stay afloat; ‘Mrs. America’ composer Kris Bowers on how to conduct an orchestra from home; Russell Howard on making comedy during a pandemic, and his personal connection to UK’s NHS; bioethicist Dr. Zeke Emanuel busts some coronavirus myths and tells some truths
Let’s just say it’s too soon. Saturday Night Live‘s special “at home” quarantine edition, with cast members appearing remotely in pre-taped, Zoom-like, mostly solo bits, won’t exactly be remembered for contributing big laughs to a nation under lockdown. But we did get to see a few glimpses of where the stars live, so…
NBC'sSaturday Night Live closed out its first "at home" edition with a heartfelt tribute to the show's longtime sketch music producer Hal Willnerwho died Monday of complications related to COVID-19. He was 64.
A slew of former and current Saturday Night Live cast members, including Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, Maya…
Live via Zoom, it was Saturday Night Liveat home.
The NBC sketch comedy series returned with a special remote episode tonight featuring the cast practicing social distancing, and a surprise guest spot by Tom Hanks.
In his first TV appearance since being diagnosed with coronavirus, Hanks hosted the show and said it…
Shailene Woodley has spoken out about a health scare that almost ended her career.
The Big Little Lies actress, 28, told the New York Times in a Friday article that she became “very, very sick” while making the Divergent films.
"I haven't spoken much about this yet publicly, and I will one day, but I was very, very…
The WWE has confirmed the first COVID-19 case among its ranks.
According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, which broke the story, the infected individual is an on-camera talent, but not a wrestler. The publication said the person is believed to have contracted the virus after going out to dinner with friends who work in the…
The death toll from coronavirus continues to climb in Los Angeles County. Twenty five more people died in the past 24 hours, and another 456 cases were confirmed, local health officials said Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths to 265 and 8,873 cases, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said…
Surgeon General Jerome Adams says he meant no harm when he made comments directed at people of color during Friday’s White House COVID-19 briefing. In fact, he says he was trying to help.
Adams made headlines while addressing how coronavirus is disproportionately affecting African Americans and Latinos in several…
Laura Gordon, a rising star TV literary agent at ICM Partners, has left the agency and is finalizing a deal to join CAA.
Gordon was a homegrown ICM talent. She started at the agency in 2011 as an assistant and was in its trainee program before becoming TV lit coordinator.
Since her promotion to an agent in ICM…
UPDATE SATURDAY: Tonight's Saturday Night Live will be a full-length, 90-minute original episode, which will air live on both the East and West Coast. Originally, SNL was supposed to come back with some original content, including Weekend Update, tonight, April 11, airing at 11:30 PM ET/PT. Now the new airtime is…
UPDATE: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo claimed that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio does not have the authority to declare schools closed for the year.
"He didn't close them and he can't open them," Cuomo said after de Blasio claimed that schools would not reopen until September.
"It is my legal authority in this…
The iconic City Lights bookstore in San Francisco has apparently avoided a shutdown, at least for now, raising more than $400k out of a goal of $300k in a GoFundMe.com campaign that saw more than 8,000 people donate.
Elaine Katzenberger, the publisher and CEO of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, claimed that the…
About 43,000 unionized Walt Disney World employees will be furloughed starting April 19 because of the coronavirus crisis.
The Service Trades Council Union, a coalition of six unions representing Disney World employees, made the announcement Saturday during a Facebook Live briefing.
“This is a decision that the union…
