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Lizzo is glad to take a break from her glam. The “Truth Hurts” singer, 31, opened up to People about how she’s reconnecting with herself and building up her self-esteem while social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. “I think it’s cool that we get the opportunity to turn off,” Lizzo said. “My dream is to …

Ben Affleck‘s become a real smoke show. The 47-year-old took yet another stroll with girlfriend Ana de Armas in Los Angeles on Thursday, but didn’t let his face mask get in the way of stopping for a cigarette break. Photos show “The Way Back” actor keeping the mask over his nose as he puffs away, …

They mix funny business with pleasure. Kim and Penn Holderness — the family behind some of Facebook and YouTube’s most-shared funny videos — are no strangers to bad news. So when the former New York City journalists-turned-online comedians first began their coronavirus lockdown last month, they knew they had to joke about it to make …

Smithfield Foods is driving workers at a Missouri pork plant so hard during the coronavirus crisis that they can’t even cover their mouths to sneeze, a new lawsuit says. The meat-processing giant has threatened to punish workers for missing a single piece of meat on the production line at its plant in Milan, Missouri, according …

British funnyman Ricky Gervais again lashed out at “multi-millionaire celebs” in a new interview — for lecturing “normal nobodies” during the coronavirus outbreak. The 58-year-old targeted “Wonder Woman” actress Gal Gadot and a crew of other A-listers, such as Will Ferrell and Mark Ruffalo, for their viral cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine” released last month …

A preliminary study conducted by the New York State Health Department indicates that up to 13 percent of state residents have coronavirus antibodies. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the results of the survey at a Thursday press briefing. Cuomo pointed out that according to the results, about one in five people in New York City alone …

A traveler from Australia is tested for coronavirus after arriving in Shanghai, China, March 21, 2020. A much anticipated clinical trial for remdesivir, an antiviral medicine from Gilead Sciences, showed the drug failed to improve the condition of coronavirus patients, according to preliminary study results accidentally posted online. The drug’s trial, which took place in China, indicated …

A Detroit, Mich., branch of the Democratic Party plans to censure state representative Karen Whitsett (D., Detroit) after she met with President Trump earlier this month and praised him for recommending the anti-viral drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus. Whitsett contracted coronavirus in March and has since recovered. The freshman lawmaker credited hydroxychloroquine, a …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces her Democratic running mate in Lansing, Mich., August 20, 2018. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer passed the blame for her administration hiring a data company known for working with Democratic campaigns to track contact information about residents as part of the state’s efforts to trace coronavirus cases. At a press conference Wednesday, …

The Treasury Department said Thursday that it was asking approximately 150 publicly traded firms to repay nearly $600 million in loans they received from the federal program designed to help small businesses cover expenses and payroll amid the coronavirus pandemic. The change comes after the initial $349 billion in emergency funding for small businesses ran …