Sony Delays Release Of “Ghostbusters:Afterlife’, ‘Morbius’ And Other Films To 2021

Sony Pictures announced that it has moved several of its upcoming movies to later dates as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, and Finn Wolfhard, has been pushed back to March 5, 2021, from its original release date of July 10 of this year.

Morbius, the latest of Sony’s films based on Spider-Man villains, has been moved from July 31 to March 19, 2021. The film stars Jared Leto as the titular scientist-turned-vampire. Adria Arjona, Tyrese Gibson, Jared Harris, and Matt Smith also star.

Several of Sony’s other upcoming releases have been delayed, including Greyhound (from June 12, 2020, to an unknown date), Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (from Aug. 7, 2020, to Jan. 15, 2021), Uncharted (from March 5, 2021, to Oct. 8, 2021), and an untitled Sony/Marvel project (from Oct. 8, 2021, to an unknown date).

Sony Delays ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Morbius’ & More Upcoming Movie Release Dates

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Lizzo Sends “Thank You” Lunch To ER Workers Around the Country Amid Coronavirus

Medical professionals have been at the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic from the start and singer Lizzo is doing her best to show hospital workers appreciation for all the tedious hours they put in to keep the rest of us afloat.

“Thank you @Lizzo for sending lunches to the UW Medical Center – Montlake Emergency Department today!” read the shoutout the singer got Monday from UW Medical Center located in Seattle, Washington after they received lunch. “Your support of our frontline healthcare workers means a lot.”

The location was just one of several hospitals that got a special delivery from the body positive entertainer this week.

A set of lunches were also sent to the ER staff at Henry Ford Hospital located in her hometown of Detroit, Mich. The hospital’s official Twitter page even posted a video of Lizzo personally thanking all of the staff for their sacrifice.

“SURPRISE! @lizzo treated our ER staff at #HenryFordHospital to lunch today and shared a message of thanks to our #HealthcareHeroes on the front lines. #Lizzo, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for making our day brighter with your generosity,” read the caption.

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SURPRISE! @lizzo treated our ER staff at to lunch today and shared a message of thanks to our on the front lines. , from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for making our day brighter with your generosity. 

“I just wanted to say thank you so much for all that you’re doing during this pandemic and it’s definitely not easy and you guys are putting yourselves on the front lines,” said the 31-year-old.  “So, because of that, I wanted to treat y’all to a meal.”

“I love you guys, thank you so much for being the heroes in this story. And we’re staying inside and we’re praying and thinking of you every single day. God bless you.”

Yet another set of lunches were sent to ER staff at the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center whose staff thanked the singer by tagging her in a photo of them with their gift. Similar blessings were also sent to hospitals in New Orleans.

The singer posted an Instagram Live video explaining she was moved to donate food after sending a care package to a friend’s mother who is a nurse.

“I was like, you know what? I wish I could do this for every nurse,” she shared. “How can I do this for more people who are working so hard to keep all of us safe.”

Lizzo treats ER staff to say thank you

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Macy’s To Furlough Majority Of Its 130,000 Workers

Macy’s said on Monday that it will stop paying tens of thousands of employees who were put of work when the chain closed its stores in response to collapsing sales due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The majority of its 130,000, including stock people and sales clerks, will still collect health benefits but the company said that it is transitioning to an “absolute minimum workforce” needed to maintain basic operations. Macy’s has lost the bulk of its sales due to the temporarily closing of its stores starting March 18.

The move is a dramatic sign that big name retailers are seeing their sales plummeting, and that the $2 trillion rescue package passed by Congress last week may come too late to help out retailers. Nordstrom said last week it was furloughing a portion of its corporate staff.

More than 190,000 stores, including J.C. Penney and Neiman Marcus, have temporarily closed, accounting for nearly 50% of the U.S. retail square footage Macy’s said those who are enrolled in health benefits will continue to receive coverage with the company covering 100% of the premium. “We expect to bring colleagues back on a staggered basis as business resumes,” the company said.

Amid Coronavirus Closures, Macy’s Furloughs Majority of Its 130,000 Workers

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President Trump Says Nationwide Stay-At-Home Order Is “Pretty Unlikely”

President Donald Trump and members of his administration have discussed whether to impose a nationwide stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but added that option is “pretty unlikely” for now.

Trump made the comments at a White House press briefing on Monday. when asked if he is considering a national quarantine order, he said, “well, we’ve talked about it. Obviously there are some parts of the country that are in far deeper trouble than others. There are other parts that are frankly not in trouble at all. So hopefully we’ll be able to keep it that way by doing what we’re doing.” 

“We talked about quarantine,” Trump continued. “A group came to me and said, ‘We want to do the quarantine.’ I said, ‘Let’s think about it.’ And by the end of the evening, it was tough to enforce, and something we didn’t want to do.”

Trump’s remarks came a day after the White House extended its “social distancing” guidelines through April 30 – weeks after he had previously suggested businesses might be able to reopen.

Trump says nationwide stay-at-home order is “pretty unlikely” at this point

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Florida Georgia Line Drops New Single “I Love My Country”

Florida Georgia Line, consisting of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, dropped the new track, “I Love My Country,” the lead single off their upcoming 5th studio album.

“I Love My Country” was co-written by Corey Crowder, Ernest K. Smith and Charlie Handsome. The new tune serves as the lead single from FLG’s upcoming fifth studio album, which is slated to drop later this year.

The upcoming album follows the released of 2019’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country, which spawned No. 1 hit, “Simple.”

Listen to “I Love My Country” at the link here.

Florida Georgia Line bring a country-rock flavor to new single, ‘I Love My Country’

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Craig Morgan Announces New Album, “God, Family, Country”

Craig Morgan will drop a new album, God, Family, Country, on May 22. The 10-song offering features five new songs, as well as five newly remastered tunes from Craig’s past catalog, including “Almost Home” and “That’s What I Love About Sunday.”

New songs include his recent iTunes No. 1 hit, “The Father, My Son and the Holy Ghost,” which pays tribute to his late son, Jerry, as well as a cover of Gavin DeGraw’s “Soldier” and “Sippin’ On the Simple Life,” which Craig co-wrote with active duty Army Airborne Rangers Justin Wright and Andrew Yocovone.

The album is available for pre-order now.

Craig Morgan Hopes Fans ‘See Light’ When They Hear His New Album ‘God, Family, Country’

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“Dirty John” Season 2 Trailer Arrives Starring Amanda Peet In Story Of Betty Broderick

After tackling the season 1 story of manipulator John Meehan (Eric Bana) and his victim Debra Newell (Connie Britton), the Dirty John season 2 trailer has arrived — this time to take on another toxic relationship: Dan and Betty Broderick, who Oprah Winfrey herself once referred to as “one of America’s messiest divorces.”

Amanda Peet and Christian Slater star as Betty and Dan respectively. The real-life Betty Broderick received 32 years in prison for killing her husband and his second wife, Linda, on Nov. 5, 1989. She argued she was a battered wife who suffered years of physical and psychological abuse.

Take a look at the Season 2 trailer at the link: here

Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story premieres later this summer on USA.

The Dirty John Season 2 Trailer Is Here & It’s About An Even Wilder Breakup Story

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Meghan, Duchess Of Sussex, To Voice ‘Elephant’ Documentary For Disney+

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is returning to her Hollywood roots. Disneynature said in a press release that Meghan is the narrator for a new documentary about elephants. Disney+ denied reports Meghan had signed a “further” deal with Disney before stepping back from royal duties. 

Titled simply “Elephants,” the new doc will start streaming on April 3 on Disney+ along with a documentary about dolphins narrated by actress Natalie Portman. “Elephant” tells the story of African elephant Shani and her son Jomo as they journey across the Kalahari Desert with their herd.

Meghan met the makers of the film in Botswana in 2016 and had watched some of their footage over the years, the press release said. They later approached her about the role “knowing her passion for the subject and the footage,” according to the release. Meghan recorded the voiceover for the film in London in autumn last year — months before she and husband Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, stepped back from royal duties.

The couple have been advocates for Elephants Without Borders and the conservation of the animals.

Meghan Markle is lending her voice to Disney’s ‘Elephant’ — get a sneak peek

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President Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines To April 30

President Trump officially reversed his call to reopen businesses by Easter, saying he will extend the nation’s coronavirus social distancing guidelines to April 30.

At his daily briefing at the White House, Trump said: “the modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit in two weeks. Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won.” The guidelines cover work from home directives, travel limitations, business closures and other efforts to combat the virus. 

The President said that his office will give more details about the new plans on Tuesday, adding, “we can expect that by June 1st, we will be well on our way to recovery. We think by June 1st, a lot of great things will be happening.” The announcement came just days after the president said he hoped that Easter things would be back to normal. In the interim, Trump said that his public health advisers recommended against loosening social distancing restrictions in states or regions that haven’t been as hard hit by the virus, as had previously been discussed.

Coronavirus updates: Trump extends social distancing guidelines until April 30

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Says Coronavirus Can Potentially Kill Over 100,000 Americans

On CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he anticipates the coronavirus could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans while infecting “millions” of others.

However Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that he does not want to be held to that prediction because the outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, is “such a moving target.” Fauci’s comments come as the much of the nation is shut down to contain the spread of the disease, which first appeared in China late last year. As of Sunday evening, about 139,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the U.S., the highest total of any nation, with at least 2,400 deaths