Bill Withers, a soulful singer best known for the 1970s hits “Lean on Me,” “Lovely Day,” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has passed away at age 81 from heart problems, his family stated on Friday. Withers produced nine albums, most of them written and recorded in the 1970s, starting with “Just As I Am,” which included […]

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China on Saturday mourned the thousands of “martyrs” who have died in the new coronavirus break out, flying the national flag at half mast throughout the country and suspending all forms of entertainment. The day of mourning accompanied the start of the annual Qingming tomb-sweeping festival when millions of Chinese families pay respects to their […]

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Mariah Carey, Billie Eilish, and Tim McGraw will headline a benefit concert on Sunday, playing from their homes, to raise money to help combat the spread of the coronavirus, Fox tv stated on Wednesday. The one-hour special, to be hosted by Elton John and broadcast on Fox and iHeart radio stations, is the first major […]

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From family drama “This Is Us” to crime series “NCIS,” audiences are flocking to television shows in numbers unseen for up to a year as coronavirus shutdowns, and social distancing keeps millions of Americans at home. Police action series “NCIS” scored its biggest audience since February 2019 on Tuesday night, drawing in some 13.08 million […]

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On Tuesday, Facebook Inc’s Instagram stated it would remove coronavirus-related content and accounts from recommendations and its “explore” alternative unless posted by or belonging to reputable health companies. “We will also start to downrank content in feed and Stories that have been rated false by third-party-fact checkers,” the photo-sharing platform added. Recently, Twitter Inc disallowed […]

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Abigail Disney, a grandchild of Walt Disney Co’s co-founder Roy Disney, knocked on a Twitter post showing a huge crowd at Sunday night’s showing of ‘Happily Ever After,’ a fireworks show in Florida’s Magic Kingdom amusement park. “Are you … kidding me??” she stated in a comment that consisted of a blasphemy. She was retweeting […]

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Oscar-winning star Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, have actually left a hospital in Australia’s Queensland state five days after screening favorable for the coronavirus, Individuals publication reported on Monday. The set is now resting at a leased home in Australia and stay under quarantine in the house, the U.S. publication‘s report stated, pointing […]

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The planned “Friends” reunion has actually been postponed due to interruptions in Hollywood caused by the coronavirus, an industry source stated on Wednesday. The one-off special was due to have been shot next week on the original sound phase in Burbank, California, according to the source, and broadcast in Might on the upcoming HBO Max […]

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Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said it is closing all its retail stores, except those in Greater China, for the next two weeks to minimize the risk of coronavirus transmission, a move that was followed by several U.S. retailers on Saturday. The announcements escalated the global response to the outbreak, as most companies had previously kept stores […]

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Walt Disney Co stated on Friday it would make the follow up to hit cartoon animation “Frozen” available on its streaming platform Disney+ three months ahead of schedule in the United States, as media business reacts to the coronavirus break out. The business stated “Frozen 2” would be offered in the nation starting Sunday, “surprising […]

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