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Sean Penn, founder of the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) disaster relief charity, is focusing his efforts on coronavirus testing in Southern California. CORE has teamed with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's office and the city's fire department to create free drive-in test sites for those who have qualified…

As President Donald Trump’s coronavirus press briefing stretched to two hours, he took a question from CNN’s chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, that clearly set him off. “We hear from a lot of people who see these briefings as sort of ‘happy talk’ briefings,” Acosta said. “And some of the officials don’t…

Ava DuVernay, Tyler Perry, Viola Davis, Lee Daniels and many more industry luminaries today paid tribute to Charles Gregory Ross after the Emmy-nominated hairstylist lost his battle with coronavirus yesterday. “God bless you and keep you in His Kingdom forever,” DuVernay said of Ross, who she most recently worked with…

The All England Club has canceled the Wimbledon tennis championships as coronavirus continues to rip through the global sporting calendar. The tournament was due to begin on June 29 and run for two weeks, but the south London event has been axed for the first time since World War II. It follows the postponement of the…

As the escalating coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc in Hollywood, the WGA and AMPTP are frantically trying to figure out as we speak how to conduct upcoming contract talks next week – and if they should even happen at all for the foreseeable future. Everything is in flux right now, but it looks like a consensus is…

Media shares and markets opened higher Tuesday after a sickening plunge the day before saw the DJIA’s worst point loss ever and a rare circuit breaker temporarily halt trading. Walt Disney joined the rally, up more than 3% in mid-morning, shrugging off a report that the conglom’s domestic parks will likely need to…

The Tribeca Film Festival announced its 2020 Shorts Program lineup Thursday including the world premiere of DreamWorks Animation's To Gerard and projects with Benedict Cumberbatch, Dennis Quaid and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. As cancellations and postponements rock the entertainment landscape, Tribeca said it’s still a go…