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SAG-AFTRA has again extended its dues-relief program for members experiencing Covid-19-related financial hardship. The union first began offering Covid-19 dues relief in March 2020 during the earliest days of the pandemic. It still encourages members who can pay on time to do so "to allow the critical services of the…

Kimmel was out for the entirety of last week due to testing positive for Covid-19. He claims he had it easy. He jokes about how he got better so quickly.    "Let me tell you- I drank so much bleach, my teeth are whiter than a fundraiser at Mar-A-LAgo look at that." The host has avoided having covid since 2020 which…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Sunday that she tested positive for Covid-19. She is currently doing well and is asymptomatic. "Today I tested positive for Covid-19," Hochul shared via Twitter. "Thankfully, I'm vaccinated and boosted, and I'm asymptomatic. I'll be isolating and working remotely this…

Amy Schumer is on the mend after testing positive for Covid-19, the comedian shared via Instagram. She was forced to cancel her performance at the Netflix Is A Joke festival after confirming the diagnosis on Saturday following a successful appearance the night prior. Schumer is currently keeping her social media…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS boss George Cheeks is the latest high profile attendee of last Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner to test positive for Covid-19. After testing negative every day following the April 30 Beltway shindig, the President and CEO, CBS pulled the short straw yesterday afternoon, I hear. Having said…

Nearly 100 SAG-AFTRA members rallied peacefully but boisterously Thursday outside the union's Los Angeles headquarters  to protest the industry's Covid-19 vaccination mandate. Chanting "Stop the shot" and "This is insanity," they carried signs that read "My body, my choice," "End the mandates now" and "The only shot…

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, is canceling all public events for the remainder of the week after an announcement today that he has contracted Covid-19. He tested positive today, a spokesperson said. "This morning, Mayor Adams woke up with a raspy voice and, out of an abundance of caution, took a PCR test…

Belfast writer-director Kenneth Branagh and actor Ciarán Hinds have tested positive for Covid-19 and missed the Producers Guild Awards ceremony Saturday, where the film is up for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. THR reported that Jude Hill, the young star of Branagh's…

After keeping the circle and the safety protocols tight for over a year, the top levels of the White House has tested positive for Covid-19. Following an outside AmeriCorps event earlier today, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has a positive result this afternoon. The news promptly saw Vice President Kamala Harris drop…

Former President Barack Obama revealed today that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and has “had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise.” He said he and former First Lady Michelle Obama are both vaccinated and boosted and that she tested negative. “I just tested positive for COVID,” wrote…

EXCLUSIVE: The Smithsonian Channel and Oprah Winfrey‘s Harpo Productions are partnering on The Color of Care, a new documentary that chronicles how people of color suffer from systemically substandard healthcare in the United States and how Covid-19 exposed the tragic consequences of these inequities. The project…

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to end the state mask mandate in schools starting on March 2, in response to key Covid-19 trends and consultations with health and education experts. “With more New Yorkers getting vaccinated, and the steady decline over the past several weeks in cases and…