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Friday saw another rally to “re-open” the economy in a midwestern state. Unlike Michigan, where heavily armed people swarmed the Capitol building, the action in Illinois left many people quoting an old exchange between Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. A protestor at a demonstration in Chicago carried a sign so distasteful she was condemned by

Shawmila forever! Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were so cute on the Kids’ Choice Awards as they took home a blimp for their sexy single “Senorita”! Shawn Mendes, 21, and Camila Cabello, 23, just won big at the Kid’s Choice Awards! The couple and “Senorita” collaborators nabbed Favorite Music Collaboration blimp on the broadcast for the

Vancouver native and Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds has recorded a special message for this year’s graduating class of Kitsilano Secondary School. Reynolds is a former student. With the novel coronavirus pandemic, schools are not able to hold graduating ceremonies and parties this year, leaving grads to find other ways to mark the special occasion. Reynolds

If your sense of time has become a flat circle these last couple of months, it might be hard to remember what was going on in February 2020. But as a reminder, that was when Donald Trump declared that there would be no more than 15 coronavirus cases total in the U.S. Shortly thereafter, he

After 50 Cent said he wouldn’t work with Tekashi 6ix9ine following the rapper’s prison sentence, Tekashi threw major shade at his former mentor. During an April 30 interview, 50 Cent opened up about Tekashi 6ix9ine and why he wouldn’t ever collaborate with his former mentee in the future. “I wouldn’t work with him,” 50 admitted to

In the time of coronavirus, many TV shows are unable to produce new episodes because of social distancing and lockdown measures. Even daily soap operas, including fan favourites The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, are facing disruption. Thankfully, the CBS network, which airs both of these soaps in the U.S.,

It is both purely coincidental and perfectly fitting that when Andrew Cuomo made his calls to CNN and MSNBC in the middle of a life-and-death national crisis, he was sitting at a dinner table with his youngest daughter—in the house where his parents lived for 12 years when his father, Mario Cuomo, was New York’s

This explains why Britney Spears took her home workouts outside for so long. The pop princess has admitted she accidentally burned down her indoor gym due to an unfortunate candle accident. Britney Spears, 38, loves to show fans her favorite workouts via Instagram videos. But her familiar home gym with purple lights inside of her

In the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has purchased a US$500 million stake in Live Nation, the multi-billion-dollar entertainment company that owns Ticketmaster. On Monday, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), disclosed the investment — comprised of more than 12.3 million shares — in a filing with the Securities and Exchange

According to a Mayo Clinic spokesperson, Pence and his team were briefed about the mask policy ahead of time and were offered masks upon arrival. Even if the facility hadn’t thought to give the V.P. a heads-up, he probably should’ve known to wear one given that the U.S. federal government started advising people nearly a

It’s Penélope Cruz’s 46th birthday! Today, we take a look back at the gorgeous Oscar-winner’s effortless style and amazing accomplishments in her decades-long career on the big screen! In her talent, filmography, and fashion, actress Penélope Cruz is truly unmatched. Today, the gorgeous Oscar-winner turns 46, and in her time on the big screen, she

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, American rock band Evanescence have just announced their highly-anticipated fifth studio album. Though The Bitter Truth will be the band’s first album since 2017’s Synthesis, it will be their first in nine years to feature new and original material. “We promised you a new album in 2020 and we won’t

Bill Clinton had the New Republic. The Weekly Standard steered Bush White House policy. Barack Obama opened up to The Atlantic. To Curt Mills, who recently joined the The American Conservative as a senior writer, the publication is poised to be Donald Trump’s “in-house, in-flight magazine.” That may seem like wishful thinking given Trump’s media

Things got heated on social media between ‘RHOA’s NeNe Leakes & Yovonna Momplaisir after the show’s virtual reunion taping and we now know why! The Real Housewives of Atlanta just shot the first ever virtual reunion in the series’ history, but there’s no shortage of drama! Yovonna Momplaisir and her now former friend, NeNe Leakes,

Saturday Night Live‘s second at-home episode featured Brad Pitt playing Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force and the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert. “There’s been a lot of misinformation out there about the virus,” Pitt says while in character as Fauci. “And yes, the president has taken some

Campus life has been upended across the United States and West Point is no different, with cadets now home and its commencement speech, from President Donald Trump, postponed. That is, until Trump decided that it’s back on. As the New York Times reports, the president surprised everyone—including West Point officials—last week when he announced that

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union had a virtual double date with Steph and Ayesha Curry over Instagram Live! During the giggly hangout, Dwyane couldn’t help but ask what ‘inspired’ the other couple’s intimate vacation photo. Give two married couples wine, and the conversation is bound to be entertaining! This is exactly what happened when Dwyane

SPOILER WARNING: Do not read on unless you’ve watched the series finale of Will & Grace. Will & Grace said goodbye — again — in their second series finale on Thursday night. The final episode featured two reunions; Karen Walker (Megan Mullally) and her ex-husband Stan (who remained unseen) and Will Truman (Eric McCormack) and his ex-fiancé

Among President Donald Trump’s most dangerous methods of responding to the coronavirus outbreak has been his passion for hyping unproven COVID-19 treatments, suggesting that drugs like hydroxychloroquine are a panacea for the deadly virus even as medical experts insist otherwise. “What do you have to lose? Take it,” Trump said about the anti-malaria drug in

COVID-19 has claimed another victim. Rapper Fred the Godson has passed away due to complications from the novel coronavirus on April 23. He was just 35 years old. South Bronx rapper Fred The Godson is dead at the age of 35 after a battle with COVID-19, according to his many friends who are mourning the

Live concerts are cancelled in most parts of the country for the foreseeable future, yet Ticketmaster and other Canadian ticket portals have continued to sell access to upcoming events that aren’t happening. Several dozen concerts, including a DJ set with Andrew Rayel originally slated for Friday at Toronto’s Toybox Nightclub, were still available on Ticketweb,

Covered in paint and looking pleased as punch, Prince Louis holds his rainbow painted hands up to the camera and cheekily smiles in a charming new series of pictures, released ahead of the prince’s second birthday on April 23. Prince Louis, now the spitting image of his older brother George (albeit with darker hair and

Kylie Jenner was up to funny business while quarantining with her mom, Kris, in her $12 million Palm Springs pad! Kylie filmed herself sneaking up to a sleepy Kris, who didn’t react the way Kylie exactly anticipated. Kylie Jenner, 22, tried to pull an Ellen DeGeneres on Kris Jenner! The makeup mogul decided to give

In support of global efforts to stay inside and reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, some of the U.K.’s biggest artists have joined forces to raise money for the COVID-19-solidarity response fund. How, some might ask? Well, in partnership with the BBC, Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Yungblud and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, among

It is a brilliantly sunny day in the spring of 2019 when I sit down across from President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, ready to discuss how he imagines a particular aspect of his postpresidential life—that of his relationship with his fellow former presidents. Because one overlooked casualty of Trump’s norm-defying presidential tenure is

It’s been three years since devoted fans had to say goodbye to ‘The Vampire Diaries’ and now we’re looking back at the cast during the series and revealing what they’re all up to now. Check it out here. The beloved supernatural teen drama The Vampire Diaries was first introduced to television viewers in 2009 and

NEW YORK — Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero has had his his right leg amputated after suffering complications from the coronavirus, his wife says. Amanda Kloots on Instagram wrote late Saturday that Cordero “made it out of surgery alive and is headed to his room to rest and recover.” READ MORE: Canadian Broadway star Nick

Like many people who contract COVID-19, said a New Jersey–based doctor treating people with the virus, the patient was struggling to breathe. Every day the doctor checked a list of names to see if she was still alive. Her breathing tube gradually became clogged with “thick, brown secretions.” Her body was “breaking down” with each