coronavirus

We might have to wait a little longer to find out who’s in the envelopes next year. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering pushing back the 2021 Oscars, according to Variety. “It’s likely they’ll be postponed,” a source told the industry pub. However, the insider added that there has been no …

Farm animals have had a rough go of it during the coronavirus, but this flock has been lucky enough to fly the coop. Rescuers from the nonprofit Animal Place saved 1,000 hens last week from an Iowa egg farm that’s culling its flock as the pandemic roils the nation’s food supply chain. Instead of being …

Roll up the red carpet, because there will be no Met Gala in 2020. Following the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s mid-March decision to close its doors and postpone the glitzy ball “indefinitely” in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Met announced on Tuesday that this year’s event has been called off entirely. The Costume …

Five McDonald’s workers in Chicago filed a class-action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to adopt government safety guidance on COVID-19 and endangering employees and their families. McDonald’s failed to provide adequate hand sanitizer, gloves and masks and has not notified its staff when an employee has become infected with the …

Harvey Weinstein won’t be headed to Los Angeles anytime soon to face a fresh slew of sex crimes charges — due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. “The virus has delayed the processing of the extradition paperwork,” said Greg Risling, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “There is no time estimate …

Zoey Deutch has revealed that she contracted coronavirus before the shutdown began, and even admitted she felt guilty for recovering. In a new Vulture essay, the 25-year-old actress said, “People keep asking me, ‘Where did you get it?’ and I wish I knew.” “I’m okay now,” Deutch, who continued to test positive for a month, …

A smoking gun potentially exists that the union knew another negotiation needed to be had beyond a March agreement with MLB about how the players would be paid in 2020 if games were contested without a paid audience. An email from an MLB lawyer to top league officials dated 10:41 a.m. on March 26 was …

Wall Street bosses continue to crack the whip on junior staffers during coronavirus lockdowns, a viral new e-mail suggests. An e-mail chain making the rounds on Wall Street appears to show a senior banker at PJT Partners reprimanding subordinates for not promptly responding to an email that came in at 3 a.m. “We’re working on …

No mosh pits here. America’s first socially distanced concert took place Monday night in Arkansas with masked concertgoers sitting in chairs arranged 6 feet apart watching Bishop Gunn frontman Travis McCready’s performance. The show offered a window into post-pandemic life: Held at the Temple Live in Fort Smith, several measures were put in place to …

They are three of the most significant sports voices of the last half-century. One is arguably the greatest NFL play-by-player ever. Another holds the same distinction for the NBA. And the third has called the Yankees for more than three decades. All three — Al Michaels, Marv Albert and John Sterling — are eager to …