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The Big Apple has already lost multiple film festivals this year due to the pandemic. The New York Film Festival is optimistic it won’t suffer the same fate, however, and is still very much planning to go ahead in September. Organizers told us today, “The festival will be going ahead and everyone can expect some …
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Two weeks after airing its first-ever totally remote telecast, “Saturday Night Live” is returning to Studio 8H (figuratively speaking) this weekend with its second “At Home” edition. The inaugural “SNL at Home” averaged 6.7 million total viewers and a 1.46 rating, placing second for the season behind Eddie Murphy’s Dec. 21 hosting turn (which drew …
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An antiviral drug seen as a potentially promising treatment for the new coronavirus reportedly failed to help patients in a Chinese study. The clinical trial found that remdesivir — the Gilead Sciences medicine developed to treat Ebola — didn’t help COVID-19 patients recover faster or prevent them from dying, according to news reports. Results from …
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Hedge funds just weathered what might be their worst month ever, with some of the industry’s biggest names getting hit the hardest. Panicked investors yanked roughly $33 billion from hedge funds during the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic rocked the global economy. Data from Hedge Fund Research released late Wednesday shows that net outflows …
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The Rolling Stones have released the brand-new song “Living in a Ghost Town” to tide fans over until they’re able to reschedule the upcoming leg of their No Filter tour. It’s their first original composition since “Doom and Gloom” and “One More Shot” came out on their 2012 compilation album “GRRR!,” although they did put …
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Hershey pulled its 2020 forecast on Thursday and warned of weak sales in certain categories as households worried about their financial futures cut spending on snacks and chocolates. The company said sales of products, including SkinnyPop popcorn and Pirate’s Booty rice and corn puffs, had slowed in recent weeks, after rising in double digits in …
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When an Arizona couple had to cancel their wedding due to coronavirus, @hodakotb stepped in to help officiate their wedding virtually! pic.twitter.com/NcTZiDiHhi — TODAY (@TODAYshow) April 23, 2020 Hoda Kotb officiated an Arizona couple’s wedding via Zoom after their in-person festivities were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. And all they had to do to …
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The combined wealth of America’s billionaires, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla chief Elon Musk, increased nearly 10 percent during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). The wealth surge of America’s richest men happened during a period that saw as many as 22 million …
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Amazon’s globetrotting CEO Jeff Bezos has been pulled back into the company’s day-to-day operations by the coronavirus, according to a new report. The 56-year-old Bezos — who in recent years has delegated management of his $1.2 trillion e-commerce juggernaut while he turned his focus to moonshot projects like his Blue Origin rocket company — has …
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Walmart said it is creating one-way aisles at its massive superstores beginning Thursday in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus. “One-way aisles are designed to increase social distancing and give customers more space on each aisle,” Walmart explained in a Facebook post this week. “There will be floor decals in place to help …
The Big Apple has already lost multiple film festivals this year due to the pandemic. The New York Film Festival is optimistic it won’t suffer the same fate, however, and is still very much planning to go ahead in September. Organizers told us today, “The festival will be going ahead and everyone can expect some …
