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Shakespeare in the Park is the latest major New York event to fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual summertime festival, typically running May to August, was canceled Friday by its operator, the Public Theater. This marks the first time the popular free event won’t be held at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park …
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Uber on Thursday said it was scrapping its 2020 financial guidance and taking a $2 billion write down on first quarter investments thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But shares of the ride-hail giant spiked as much as five percent on the news that Uber’s financial assistance program for drivers and Uber Eats delivery workers would …
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The Times feels more loyalty to failing global institutions than to the Americans who buy its newspapers. Donald Trump announced this week he intends to halt funding for the World Health Organization over the group’s suspicious relationship with China. Doubtless you’ll be shocked to hear that the establishment media quickly fell in line to defend …
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When schools began closing in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, James Dean, author of the popular “Pete the Cat” children’s book series, wanted to entertain kids — and give parents a break. So, since mid-March, he’s been reading his books live every weekday at 1 p.m. on Instagram (@petethecatofficial) and Facebook Live. “The thing …
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“Outlander” star Sam Heughan has had it with the haters. In a long post on Twitter early Friday morning, the 39-year-old actor vented that he has faced six years of “constant bullying, harassment, stalking and false narrative” that has left him emotionally battered. “I am at a loss, upset, hurt and have to speak out,” …
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Seth Rogen is loving self-quarantining. Appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday the “Knocked Up” actor admitted that he’s having no problems being holed up. “We are not all in this together because this has not been that bad for me,” he confessed to Kimmel. “I have kind of been self-isolating since 2009.” Wearing an …
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The Chinese Communist Party has revised its reported death count in Wuhan by exactly 50 percent, an attempt to improve the “credibility of the government” as residents and experts have warned the actual count is far higher that what’s been previously reported. In an interview Friday with the Xinhua state news agency, officials pointed to …
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China’s economy contracted for the first time in decades as the coronavirus outbreak ravaged the country and economic activity ground to a halt. Gross domestic product was down 6.8 percent from the same time during the previous year, according to data released Friday by China’s National Bureau of Statistics. The contraction was slightly more exaggerated than …
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Contemporary artist WhIsBe has teamed up with friends at a Brooklyn-based 3D printing company to manufacture thousands of face shields for healthcare heroes working to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “It makes me happy to be part of [the art] community and help people out,” WhIsBe, known for his popular Vandal Gummy artwork, told Page Six …
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US stocks surged early Friday as Wall Street cheered a promising coronavirus treatment as well as President Trump’s push to reopen the US economy. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped as much as 612.52 points, or 2.6 percent, in early trading following a report that Gilead Sciences’ Ebola drug remdesivir is helping coronavirus patients recover …
Shakespeare in the Park is the latest major New York event to fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual summertime festival, typically running May to August, was canceled Friday by its operator, the Public Theater. This marks the first time the popular free event won’t be held at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park …
