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First, the good news for some workers in the hospitality business. In fact, this might be the only good news you can find these days in that industry. A relatively new company called Better.com, headquartered downtown at 3 WTC, is in the process of hiring an army of new workers. And that army is going …
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Two weeks ago, New York’s luxury Four Seasons Hotel announced that it would allow medical staff to stay for free as they tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the Midtown hotel has had a sometimes-heartbreaking battle to transform itself from a luxe hotel — beloved by Jennifer Aniston, for whom it has been a home …
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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez raised eyebrows Wednesday when they posted a video pleading with people to stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19 — a week after catching heat for hitting up a Miami gym shortly before Florida’s stay-at-home order went into effect. The pair were responding to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s #IStayHomeFor social …
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Randy Newman — the pop tunesmith behind quirky hits “I Love L.A.” and “Short People,” and a perennial Oscar winner for Pixar films — has written a song for the coronavirus era, “Stay Away.” Newman penned the isolation ditty at the request of a California radio station as a PSA. He explained via YouTube: “It’s …
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Bella Thorne is giving the tenants renting her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., a break due to high unemployment during the coronavirus crisis. A source close to Thorne told us: “Wanting to do something to help, she furloughed the rent” for April. The star apparently felt that “this whole coronavirus is just so unfair in …
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Ali Wentworth is “on the mend” after revealing that she’s “never been sicker” following her coronavirus diagnosis, her friends tell Page Six. The comic and author, 55, has been self-isolating in the New York City home she shares with “Good Morning America” anchor George Stephanopoulos, 59, and their two teenage daughters. Wentworth is staying by …
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Merchants hawking medical masks have flooded Instagram during the coronavirus crisis to capitalize on surging demand, researchers say. At least 10,450 Instagram accounts have popped up over the last four months selling masks used around the world to protect people from the deadly virus, according to a report from social-media research firm Ghost Data. The …
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Coming to a theater near you: a marquee with no movie titles on it, but instead big letters that say “gone out of business.” With movie houses nationwide closed by the coronavirus, big cinema chains like AMC Entertainment and Regal Cinemas parent CineWorld are at risk of filing for bankruptcy in the coming weeks or …
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Whatever happened to predictability? Sweetly — if predictably — the cast of “Full House” has joined the bandwagon of celebrities reuniting and producing social distancing-themed content to bolster fans’ spirits from quarantine. Candace Cameron Bure (DJ Tanner) posted a remake of the beloved sitcom’s intro to her Instagram Wednesday, with actors reprising their parts from …
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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 …
First, the good news for some workers in the hospitality business. In fact, this might be the only good news you can find these days in that industry. A relatively new company called Better.com, headquartered downtown at 3 WTC, is in the process of hiring an army of new workers. And that army is going …
