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When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet … all the way, from your first Broadway preview to your last Zoom call. Like all Broadway shows during the coronavirus pandemic, the revival of the classic musical “West Side Story” went dark March 12, just three weeks after opening night, with performances now planned to resume some …
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In advance of Easter, Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, spoke via Zoom to the staff and children at Casterton Primary Academy in Lancashire, where teachers are looking after children whose parents are essential workers, according to the Daily Mail. While the group of children donned Easter-themed bunny ears during the chat, the royal couple …
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Until now, not one night in 40 years that Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber hasn’t had a show on Broadway. Four SRO musicals here at one time. “Phantom’s” the longest-running production ever. Honored by the queen, etc., etc., he says: “The industry says theaters reopen June 7. My opinion? Optimistic. Ridiculous. I think this peaks in …
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As the coronavirus may be at its apex, David Blaine is on call. Not as a doctor, of course, but as a magician. He’s been making himself available to entertain patients, first-responders and medical workers who are fighting the pandemic. Though he’s been performing in hospitals since age 18, Blaine, now 47, has had to …
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These “fake” TV doctors and nurses are offering up a salute to their real-world counterparts on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday night, actress Olivia Wilde — who played Dr. Remy “Thirteen” Hadley on the 2004-2012 show “House” — released a four-minute Instagram video featuring more than a dozen …
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is touting the end of a dispute with 3M to supply millions of masks to medical professionals on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus. Trump said that the “3M saga ends very happily. We’re very proud to be dealing now with 3M.” The president said that the …
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The new coronavirus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw an X-ray of his pneumonia-choked lungs and colleagues asked his wishes about life support while wheeling him into Massachusetts General’s intensive care unit. When they offered him a chance to help test remdesivir, an experimental drug …
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Vicki Gunvalson and fiancé Steve Lodge will be delaying their wedding as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking Thursday to HollywoodLife, the “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum, 58, revealed the couple planned to swap vows this month but have since changed course. “We were going to go get married in April and try …
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Bill O’Brien offered more spin than a Clayton Kershaw curveball, describing the DeAndre Hopkins trade as in the “best interest of our team” in the Texans coach’s first public comments since Hopkins was moved to the Cardinals for running back David Johnson and two draft picks, a light return for a three-time All-Pro. “I would …
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There’s a silver lining for the silver screen after the industry came to a halt with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. South by Southwest Film Festival, which was previously scheduled to kick off March 13, will stream many of its movies on Amazon Prime instead of at the IRL event in Austin, Texas. Films …