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Photo by Jeff Hahne/Getty Images for Oprah(NEW YORK) -- Every night at 7 p.m., the streets of New York City light up with thunderous applause, cheers and other noisemakers like bells and drums.  The daily sound off is a new tradition created by the city's residents to show their heartfelt support of the doctors, nurses and other staff leaving or just starting their 7 p.m. hospital shift. Comedian Amy Schumer couldn't help but share the heartwarming […]

Netflix(LOS ANGELES) -- If you're clamoring for more of the Netflix hit docuseries, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, -- and let's face it, who isn't -- your prayers may have been answered.  The streamer is releasing an additional episode next week, according to zoo owner Jeff Lowe from the show.  "Netflix is adding one more episode. It will be on next week. They’re filming here tomorrow," Lowe said in a video […]

Steve Iervolino/ABC News(ATLANTA) -- Tyler Perry can’t seem to do enough to lift spirits amid growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, and the latest example was on Sunday. TMZ reports Perry stopped by a Houston’s restaurant in Atlanta and left a $500 tip for each of its 42 out-of-work servers -- a total of $21,000! Perry is reportedly a fan the restaurant chain and pays frequent visits to that particular location. Last […]

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Ellen DeGeneres, whose daytime talker The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is returning today.  DeGeneres shared the news via Twitter on Sunday, saying in a video recorded at her home, “I’ve always wanted to have this show as a distraction, as a break from whatever is going on. So if you’re feeling down, I want to lift you up. If you’re feeling trapped, […]

ABC Image Group/LA(LOS ANGELES) -- Leave it to Jameela Jamil to say it's okay to not put any pants on now that the world is staying safely at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  The Good Place actress cheekily showed off how quarantine life has affected her wardrobe -- even when it comes to conducting important interviews and meetings. "If you think I’m dressing from the waist down for zoom meetings then you must be drunk," Jamil […]

ABC/Karen Neal(KAPOLEI, Hawaii) -- Sunday night's episode of American idol took viewers back to the tropical island of Hawaii to find out who will round out the Top 20. Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan finished making their tough decisions before handing over the baton to viewers.  Picking up right where they left off last week -- with the fate of Dylan James hanging in the balance -- fans were finally given the answer they've been waiting […]

Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) -- Continuing his newfound dominance of social media, and hoping to inspire and entertain his followers during the COVID-19 lockdown, Will Smith has launched Will from Home on Snapchat. The 12-episode series will feature him, his family, and friends -- famous and not so -- discussing what they're doing while in isolation.  Snap head of original content Sean Mills tells The Hollywood Reporter of the partnership: "Will was feeling a lot of pent-up […]

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- LeVar Burton will stream his LeVar Burton Reads podcast on Twitter, reading adult and children’s stories for families self-quarantining at home.  The first book he'll read is Neil Gaiman's 1989 short story We Can Get Them for You Wholesale, which Burton describes as Gaiman's "best" [work].  Burton, who starred in The Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation, will host three weekly livestreams, doing what he loves most: reading. For a week, he contemplated ways to contribute during COVID-19 pandemic, searching for […]

Showtime(NEW YORK) -- Now in its eighth and final season, Showtime's Homeland is as intense as ever: There's growing tension between Pakistan and the U.S. as Claire Danes' CIA operative Carrie Mathison tries to find the real culprit behind the deaths of two world leaders. True Blood star Sam Trammell stars on Homeland this season as the hawkish, inexperienced President Benjamin Hayes.  He checked in from home to tell us why we should watch such […]