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View this post on Instagram A post shared by RITA ORA (@ritaora) on Mar 19, 2020 at 1:43pm PDT Rita Ora is embracing “How to Be Lonely.” The singer, 29, released her appropriately-titled new single last week, and followed it up with a line of coronavirus-themed merchandise. In an appearance on Miley Cyrus‘ new impromptu Instagram …

Now that all NYC salons, barbershops and other personal care services have been ordered to close starting Saturday night due to the coronavirus outbreak, many might be wondering what they’re going to do about their beauty upkeep — from their hair to their nails. Fortunately, celebrity eyebrow stylist Sania Vucetaj, who runs Sania’s Brow Bar …

Taiwanese health officials have accused the World Health Organization of failing to communicate the country’s warning in December regarding possible human-to-human transmission of the Wuhan coronavirus, the Financial Times reported Friday. The officials said doctors in Taiwan had learned from their colleagues in mainland China that medical staff were falling ill from the as-yet unnamed coronavirus, …

Two more senators made hefty stock sales before the coronavirus pandemic tanked global markets, records revealed as two other lawmakers who dumped millions in shares faced mounting calls to resign. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Jim Inhofe sold as much as $6.4 million worth of stock in the weeks before panic about the coronavirus sparked a …

Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based entertainment company that is the largest contemporary circus producer in the world, has temporarily laid off almost its entire workforce after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to cancel shows. Job cuts will affect 95% of its staff, more than 4,000 people, the company said in a statement. It added that …

The similarity between Rapunzel’s plight in “Tangled” and the coronavirus lockdowns will make your hair stand on end. In the 2010 animated Disney flick tells the story of the young princess with magical long blond hair with healing properties who is abducted by Mother Gothel and confined to an isolated tower in the village of …

Baz Luhrmann has shut down the Australia production of his upcoming Elvis Presley biopic after one of the film’s stars, Tom Hanks, was diagnosed with coronavirus while in the country for pre-production. “I’m sure it will come as no surprise that this is not the moment to be resuming production on the film,” Luhrmann, 57, …

US stocks continued a modest recovery on Friday from their coronavirus-fueled crash as investors started to take solace in government efforts to assuage the pandemic’s economic damage. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 347.11 points, or 1.7 percent, at the open after gaining 1 percent Thursday. The S&P 500 rose 1 percent …

President Trump last week rejected an aggressive response to attacks by Iran-backed militias on U.S. forces in Iraq, because he thought an attack on Iranian forces would look bad while the country and the world are fighting the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, NBC reported on Thursday. On March 11, Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah killed two American …

New York governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday ordered 75 percent of workers in “nonessential” businesses to work from home amid the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Essential businesses include grocery stores, delivery services, pharmacies, and health care positions. The governor has also waived mortgage payments for 90 days for people economically affected by the coronavirus, including those …