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Image copyright Getty Images People staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic appear to be listening to more radio rather than music apps, figures suggest. Global, which owns Capital FM and talk station LBC, said online radio listening had risen by 15%. The BBC said streaming of its radio stations had risen 18% since […]

NBA player Karl-Anthony Towns revealed Tuesday that his mother is in a medically induced coma after showing severe coronavirus symptoms. (See the clip below the survey.) In a heart-wrenching video on Instagram, the Minnesota Timberwolves center said both of his parents had been ill but his mom, Jacqueline Cruz, kept “getting worse” while battling a high fever

BBC News has suspended plans to cut 450 jobs as it faces the demands of covering the coronavirus pandemic. The job losses were announced in January and were part of a plan to complete a £80m savings target by 2022. Outlets due to be hit include BBC Two’s Newsnight, BBC Radio 5 Live and the

Jimmy Kimmel invoked a higher power Tuesday to slap some sense into President Donald Trump. (Fast forward to the 2:45 mark in the video below.) In his latest home-confinement monologue, the talk show host mocked Trump’s goal to have the country “opened up” by Easter to get people back to work amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Each member of The Village People dressed as a different character YMCA by The Village People has inspired partygoers to wave their arms around on countless dancefloors since 1978. It’s feelgood. It’s camp. It’s cheesy. But is it historically important? The US Library of Congress has decided it is,

Hugh Laurie (sort of) jumped back into character as the famed fictional Dr. Gregory House to have his say on the coronavirus pandemic. The British actor acknowledged on Twitter Tuesday that he couldn’t speak for the TV medic he portrayed in the Fox drama “House” because “no one’s written clever words for me to say.”

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott first performed together in the Beautiful South Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot have announced they will play a free show for NHS staff working on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The duo, who recently scored a number one album with Manchester Calling, are

Jim Carrey isn’t done with doodling Donald Trump after all. The actor-artist in January announced a self-imposed ban on creating politically-charged cartoons that he’s previously used to pour scorn on the president, members of his administration and allies. Carrey made an exception on Tuesday, however, with this NSFW coronavirus-themed artwork of POTUS: As cases of

Image copyright Getty Images The closure of cinemas across the US and China has forced film studios to rethink the way they screen movies. During the peak of the outbreak in China one major movie went straight to an online platform and was seen by more than half a billion viewers. US film studios could

Kim Kardashian West has weighed in for what she calls the “last time” on the ongoing feud she and husband Kanye West have with Taylor Swift.  On Monday, the reality TV star tweeted a series of messages about footage that leaked over the weekend relating to Swift’s and West’s dispute over his controversial 2016 song