Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty has emerged as the only orange-hued public figure worth trusting on any and all matters related to the coronavirus pandemic with a heartfelt and silly note posted on social media Tuesday. With the NHL — like all other major sports leagues — on hiatus, Gritty offered …
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If you’re a pansexual Midwestern horticulturist who’s also a fan of the movie Cats, then there’s likely an app on the market to help you find love (or at least, a consenting partner for some pelvis-bumping). Yet amid the coronavirus panic of the past few weeks, when colleges, universities, and …
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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 …
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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 …
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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’ …
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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 »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 …
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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 …
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