I have bad news for health care shareholders invested in making people healthy. The market is in the worst downturn since 1987. I have worse news for humans invested in being healthy. The coronavirus (COVID-19) is about to turn health care upside down. Remember Hurricane Katrina in 2005? Of course …
Read More »Anxious About Coronavirus? Lizzo Has a Soothing Meditation Just for You
As anxiety around COVID-19 grows, Lizzo offered a digital balm: a 30-minute meditation via Instagram Live in lieu of her canceled appearance at the Houston Rodeo. Lizzo opened her meditation by playing the flute from behind a tray of crystals. She noted that the music was meant to be a …
Read More »Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Postponed Due to Coronavirus
UPDATE (3/24):The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been rescheduled to November 7th. Organizers announced that the show will still be broadcast live from Cleveland at 8 p.m. EST on HBO. **** The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony, which was supposed to take place May …
Read More »Watch Morrissey Perform Smiths Obscurity 'Half a Person' for First Time in 20 Years
Morrissey played his first concert of 2020 on March 6th at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England, where he treated fans to a reworked setlist. It featured not only the first performance of the Smiths classic “The Boy With the Thorn in His Side” since 2013 but also the …
Read More »Taylor Swift Shows Off Directing Chops in 'The Man' Behind-the-Scenes Clip
Taylor Swift has already shared her process for becoming “The Man” for her latest music video (in short: five hours of makeup and lots of eyebrow prosthetics), but on Tuesday the pop star released a new clip showing how her directorial debut came together. “The video concept for ‘The Man’ …
Read More »'Better Call Saul': Show's Ant Wrangler Breaks Down Ice Cream Scene
Some very small actors did some pretty heavy lifting at the start of episode three, Season Five of Better Call Saul — specifically, two thousand red harvester ants handled by ant wrangler Jules Sylvester. As fans may recall, episode two, “50% Off,” ended with Jimmy/Saul (Bob Odenkirk) abandoning his mint …
Read More »Will America Ever Be Ready For a Woman President?
On Tuesday morning Elizabeth Warren strolled into her Cambridge, Massachusetts, polling place. Her team was feeling bullish on the most important day yet in the Democratic primary: They had 400 paid staffers fanned out across 14 states, thousands of volunteers, some of whom had been canvassing since the summer, plus …
Read More »'The Burnt Orange Heresy' Review: Art-Critic Caper Can't Cut the Mustard
James Figueras (Claes Bang) is an art critic so charmingly slick he can sell a tourist audience in Milan on a painting simply by making up stories about it. In attendance at his lecture is Berenice Hollis (Elizabeth Debicki), a vacationing teacher from Minnesota — or is she a seductive …
Read More »Brooklynn Prince Stars in 'Home Before Dark': Watch the Trailer
Brooklynn Prince, also known as the precocious young actress from The Florida Project, is now starring in an Apple TV+ series called Home Before Dark, which released its first trailer on Friday. A mystery caper in line with Harriet the Spy, the 10-episode show stars Prince as Hilde Lysiak, a nine-year-old aspiring journalist …
Read More »Watch the Weeknd's Disorienting 'After Hours' Short Film
The Weeknd continues to blur reality and fiction with his new short film After Hours, a promo for his upcoming album that builds on the singer’s increasingly meta visuals. After Hours picks up in the immediate moments after the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in January, with …
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