Welcome to week eleventy-seven of sheltering at home! Perhaps by now you’ve taken up macramé, or teaching yourself Latin, or, ew, yoga. Us, we’re still watching all the TV. And at this point, our choices seem to be falling into one of three categories: hot-off-the-presses new series; classic, all-time-great shows …
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As Tennessee begins to slowly restart its economy following a monthlong shutdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the state’s film and TV production companies are weighing the risks of rolling cameras too soon. Riverside Entertainment, a Nashville– and L.A.-based company that creates video content for clients including ABC, Disney, Spotify …
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Run the Jewels unveiled a new line of t-shirts that promote hand-washing and raise money for the hip-hop duo’s touring crew, which is out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the concert industry. The shirts are based on the hand-washing memes inspired by WashYourLyrics.com, which allowed people …
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Samantha Bee examines the fallout from the continued shortages of personal protective equipment for medical workers in a segment that will air on Full Fontal April 22nd. The piece focused primarily on the lack of N95 masks, which offer the most effective protection against the coronavirus. Bee spoke with medical …
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Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has made news of late for calling Nevada’s coronavirus shutdown “total insanity,” but following a Tuesday cable-news interview, it’s Goodman’s sanity that should be questioned. The Independent mayor made wild health assertions while making her case for a reopening of Vegas during an interview with …
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Ask most fans of Better Call Saul about the show’s fifth season, which concludes tonight, and they’ll not only tell you that it is the AMC drama’s best to date, but also that this was the year they began seriously grappling with the question of whether the Breaking Bad prequel …
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As COVID-19 keeps us all in our respective homes, millions of kids across America and beyond are missing out on one of the only things that make high school bearable: prom. John Krasinski sought to remedy that situation Friday night by throwing his own virtual celebration, a wrap-up of which …
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At a January photo shoot for the cover of her self-titled new album, Shelby Lynne was instructed by renowned photographer Amanda Demme to pull the collar of her white turtleneck up over her mouth and nose, never expecting that bit of artistic inspiration would result in an image that’s both …
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Bon Iver unveiled a serene new song, “PDLIF,” and will donate all proceeds from the track to Direct Relief, a non-profit organization aiding the delivery of personal protective equipment to healthcare workers and others on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The song’s title is an acronym for “Please Don’t …
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Famed anthropologist, conservationist, and activist Jane Goodall should be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the start of her field work with chimpanzees in Tanzania. Instead, like the rest of the world, she’s practicing social isolation at home in England. She recently wrote an op-ed in Slate that correctly points out …
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