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US actress Amy Adams arrives for the 71st Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on September 22, 2019. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)

Stuck at home with kids? Amy Adams and other celebrities will read you a story

March 17, 2020 at 9:07 p.m.

Once upon a time, famous actors and authors united during a pandemic to ease children's anxieties through storytelling. Amy Adams, Josh Gad, Jennifer Garner and more stars are lending their...

This ‘Simpsons’ writer is fed up with ‘nefarious’ coronavirus conspiracy theories

March 17, 2020 at 8:34 a.m.

First the coronavirus came for "The Simpsons." Now one of the show's writers is coming for the people who tried to link his episode to the outbreak. In a recent...

La cultura de corrupción y delincuencia en Venezuela llegan a la gran pantalla del Miami International Film Festival

March 16, 2020 at 5:31 p.m.

La directora venezolana Anabel Rodríguez Ríos presenta este martes en el Miami International Film Festival "Once Upon a Time in Venezuela", un documental que usando como ejemplo un pueblo de...

You're doing everything right to avoid getting the coronavirus — avoiding handshakes, eschewing large gatherings and, of course, washing your hands several times a day. And yet, you're worried. Maybe you sat next to someone who was coughing in a movie theater. Or your spouse just returned from a business trip in Europe. Now you can't help but wonder: Do I need to self-quarantine? It's an important question. People who have a compelling reason to believe they may have contracted the virus should isolate themselves for 14 days to see if they develop symptoms of COVID-19 — dry cough, fever, shortness of breath. But a fortnight is a long time to be holed up. It's not an action that should be taken lightly.

Coronavirus self-quarantine: When and how to do it

March 16, 2020 at 3:53 p.m.

It's not an action that should be taken lightly.

With every purchase, the Herbarium in Los Angeles was offering free delivery and a stylish black face mask that says, "Corona Free Herbarium."

Liquor, marijuana and guns are also popular among hoarders as fear grows over coronavirus

March 16, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.

Amid widespread shortages of hand sanitizer and hand wipes in supermarkets and drug stores, people are turning to a makeshift substitute — Everclear, a brand of 120-proof grain alcohol that...

Want to understand how a pandemic upends everyday life? The movies can tell you

March 16, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.

Back in 1939, RKO released the movie "Pacific Liner," about the chaos that ensues when a cholera-infected man stows away on a cruise ship bound for San Francisco. As the...

What’s on TV Monday, March 16: ‘Bob Hearts Abishola’ on CBS

March 16, 2020 at 8:46 a.m.

SERIES Supernatural The long-running supernatural thriller begins the last episodes of its final season with a new day and time slot. Kim Rhodes reprises her role as Sheriff Jody Mills,...

Justin Bieber performs in concert at Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. on Friday, January 25, 2013.

How the rich and famous — from Hanks to Bieber to Charo — are handling the coronavirus pandemic

March 15, 2020 at 11:40 a.m.

Stars, they're just like us — especially when it comes to freaking out a little about the coronavirus pandemic. As the outbreak continues to take an increasingly severe toll on...

Confused by ‘Westworld’? That’s a feature, not a bug as new season begins

March 15, 2020 at 10:21 a.m.

Let's get real. No one is undecided in 2020. Passions were stoked, hearts were hardened and hard lines were drawn four years ago. Tribalism prevailed, and opposing sides have been...

More than 250,000 fans planned to descend on Indio and Palm Springs for the consecutive weekends of the Coachella festival before the coronavirus forced the cancellation of the concert.

‘Huge cloud’ hangs over concert industry as Live Nation and AEG shut down tours amid coronavirus

March 14, 2020 at 9:35 a.m.

Barely five days ago, music fans and the concert business had a rude awakening to the reality of the coronavirus pandemic when promoters of the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals...

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