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There are an infinite number of ways to spend 16 hours awake at home every day. Sourdough starters and Animal Crossing appear to be the internet’s current fixation, along with addictive, mind-addling series like Tiger King, the collective streaming…

Nobody is immune from coronavirus. As we’ve seen these last few weeks, people of all walks of life are getting sick. From famous athletes, to non-famous healthcare workers, high-profile politicians, and celebrated actors. Many communities are…

On December 7, at 9:31 a.m., 18-year-old Yasmyn Switzer gave birth to her second child, Analia Rae Lynn Dominick, a cherub-faced baby girl weighing in at seven pounds eight ounces and measuring 21 inches long. By 11 p.m. the next day, Switzer had…

John Krasinski is giving Jimmy Fallon a run for his money for the title of World’s Best Stay-At-Home (During Coronavirus) Dad. The actor and director launched a YouTube channel on Sunday dedicated to spreading good news in this time of crisis. Think…

Two weeks ago, reports emerged that music streaming is on the decline amid quarantine. This might have been a confounding result, until you think of the ways in which streaming is tied to normal life. For many users, music streaming is inextricably…

Noname is so cool. The rapper born Fatimah Warner bubbled up out of Chicago, and as her star has soared these last few years, she’s used her platform to lift up other POC creatives — extending a hand to help them climb the same ladder that’s led to…

Right as most of the country locked down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Netflix's latest true-crime documentary Tiger King arrived, providing a kind of hypnotic distraction from the news. The series follows the rise and fall of Joseph…

Even at 78, Bob Dylan is still finding new ways to reassemble memory. Right after Friday turned to midnight, he shared “Murder Most Foul,” the first new original song from Dylan in eight years. It was accompanied by a note on Twitter, which…

At least initially, it seemed like new music releases would be less impacted by coronavirus than other modes of entertainment. Instead, music streaming is actually down under quarantine, and this week saw some of the most high-profile upcoming…

On Thursday afternoon, Anthony Fauci participated in a live Q&A with Steph Curry to discuss some of the most common COVID-19 myths. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases fielded questions from Curry and users in…

All the government-forced shutdowns are (hopefully) curbing the spread of coronavirus, but they sure do suck — especially if your primary source of income stems from the service industry. Unless your sector is essential right now or you’re doing…

The most alarming projections suggest that we’ll be combating coronavirus for a minimum of 18 months. Vaccines require an extended period to rule out potential side effects, if the production capacity can even catch up in time. This will hopefully…

In times like these, many of us are inevitably binging beloved old TV shows like Lost and Alias on Hulu and Netflix. But as you slog through four or seven or ten or even 30-odd seasons of a long-running series, it becomes evident just how many shows…

As almost every movie set to release in the coming months drops off the schedule or postpones, it becomes more difficult to imagine what the summer movie season could look like. Things will certainly not just go back to normal, especially if the…

All facets of the music industry have been upended, with live shows and even album streaming taking a significant hit during the coronavirus outbreak. Since most every working artist relies heavily on touring revenues to get by, in addition to side…

Mr. Rogers was the first to tell people to “look for the helpers” in times of distress. Sure, it’s advice aimed at preschoolers, just one way his nonprofit advises helping kids cope with trauma. And in today’s violent, tenuous times, his words have…

We’re all stuck inside for the foreseeable future. It could be a few weeks or months… nobody really knows at this point. It all depends on how successful we are at “social distancing” and flattening the curve. Anyhow, on the upside, this period of…

The coronavirus outbreak has impacted every aspect of daily life, with industries screeching to a halt in an effort to save thousands of lives. Naturally, things have gotten a bit strange during this time of upheaval. Stir-crazy celebrities have…

Any normal year, ravers and EDM heads would descend on Bayfront Park in Miami in droves in late March. They’d be flocking to Ultra Music Festival to dance their faces off for an entire weekend, probably rolling the whole time. But 2020 is not a…