Netflix Sets Up $100 Million Fund To Aid TV And Film Industry
Netflix is doing its part during this time. Besides providing amazing content to get us through the tough times they have set up a $100 million fund to help people in the TV and film industry who have lost work due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for coronavirus. He’s one of the 2 inmates at the Wende Correctional facility in NY to have to infection. It’s unclear why or how he contracted the virus but I guess he’s been in isolation since he was taken to Rikers a few weeks back and he hasn’t had contact with his family or lawyers since the diagnosis. Right now in NYC at least 19 inmates and 12 employees have coronavirus. Oh, and because of the virus, he has asked the judge to give him a 2-month extension in his case.
https://www.niagara-gazette.com/covid-19/at-new-york-prison-harvey-weinstein-put-in-isolation-after/article_26e38374-6c7d-11ea-9f8a-3b2c09e7817d.html
Kristen Bell and husband Dax Shephard are doing their part to financially help some people in the LA area. They own two buildings and it looks like they’ve waived rent for the month of April. This is because of the virus and the “stay at home” order that’s in place.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood literally broke the internet on Monday…how? They performed a Facebook live concert from home on Monday night that drew so many fans that it caused the site to crash multiple times. The singers drew 3.4million viewers to the online concert.
Kelly Ripa has been very vocal about the fact that her roots are growing out, and it’s also quite obvious that many of these late night hosts on TV don’t have someone doing their makeup. But some comedians like Kevin Hart and Jim Carrey are letting it go because it’s a good time to let their natural looks take a front seat and not a backseat. Kevin says he’s always had a lot of grey hair but since he’s not working right now he’s just gonna let it go. Jim Carrey says that is will begin to grow out a beard while social distancing at his home during the pandemic, He says every day he will post a picture of the meaningless transformation. #LetsGrowTogether……And let’s not forget Blake Shelton growing his mullet back during this time.
Elon Musk is following through with his promise to deliver ventilators to patients in need in the city of Los Angeles. He promised 1000 of them and they are all there.
71 year old Prince Charles, the son of Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for coronavirus and is now self-isolating in Scotland. He is displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual.They don’t know who he contracted the virus from but he’s done a number of public engagements. Buckingham Palace says that the Queen remains in good health.
