Kara Weisenstein

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Anybody who cares about being a responsible global citizen is staying home right now — including most celebrities (except for Evangeline Lilly... but that's another story). Since people started practicing social distancing, tons of creative…

Evangeline Lilly became the latest Hollywood personality to espouse a problematic opinion about coronavirus on Thursday. The Lost star Instagrammed her morning tea with the caption, “Just dropped my kids off at gymnastics camp. They all washed their…

It’s still really hard for the average person to get tested for coronavirus right now — even if they’re symptomatic or have an underlying medical condition. But it’s a seemingly different story for the rich and famous, who’ve been getting tested for…

First thing’s first: the coronavirus pandemic currently affecting the globe, crippling the economy and forcing people into isolation is really, really awful. It has bad, dystopian apocalypse stuff written all over it. The things we take for granted,…

The celebrity response to coronavirus has been all over the place. Pop stars like Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Camila Cabello pled with fans to stay home and chastised those ignoring calls to practice social distancing. Meanwhile,…

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on life-as-usual, and nobody is sure if or when things will get back to normal. Tom Hanks and Idris Elba both have the virus now, for goodness sake. Will bars and restaurants and nightclubs and shops be…

Grimes launched a new show on Apple Music this week called WarNymph Radio, a nod to her newly-incarnated digital alter ego, created to help share the load of public appearances as the musician juggles working through the late stages of her pregnancy…

The coronavirus situation is escalating extremely quickly here in the US, and droves of workers are being sent home by their employers. Tons of city-dwellers who started the week commuting to an office woke up to a text from their boss this morning…

Nope, Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t have coronavirus. That was a savvy bit of trolling. But another beloved Hollywood figure did test positive yesterday, becoming the first majorly famous person in the US to get sick. Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson…

Apropos of, well, a lot, Woody Allen's French publisher vowed he’d "do everything" possible to ensure the publication of the disgraced filmmaker’s autobiography, Apropos of Nothing. Last Friday, Allen’s stateside publisher, Hachette Book Group,…

Harvey Weinstein, the former Hollywood mogul accused of sexually assaulting scores of women over his career, was sentenced to 23 years in New York state prison on Wednesday. Weinstein was convicted last month of raping a woman in a New York City…