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Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) -- While we all wish we could make COVID-19 disappear, J.K. Rowling has conjured up Harry Potter at Home, a digital destination she designed for kids who are being kept away from school by the pandemic. "Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused and interested while we’re on lockdown might need a bit of magic," the best-selling author tweeted Wednesday morning.  "We’re casting a Banishing Charm on boredom," claims the free […]

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicAmy Schumer is doing her part to keep her loved ones safe from the COVID-19 coronavirus, even if it means spending time physically apart.  However, she found a creative way to still have that cherished one-on-one time with her dad, Gordon. The 39-year-old brought smiles to her Instagram followers' faces on Tuesday when she showed off how she and her 10-month-old son Gene said hello to her dad from afar. The video shows a beaming […]

Witherspoon in "Little Fires Everywhere"/Hulu(LOS ANGELES) -- Reese Witherspoon is hoping to bring a little light into the world with her new series "Shine On with Reese At Home". In a video posted to the 44-year-old's Instagram on Tuesday, the Little Fires Everywhere and The Morning Show actress announced the new series which she hopes will "guide" and "inspire" its viewers amid the current COVID-19 pandemic. "Trying to make sense of how to work from home, eat right, […]

Photo by Wil R/Star Max/GC Images(NEW YORK) -- Christopher Meloni is reprising his popular Law & Order: SVU role as Elliot Stabler for a new crime drama from the series creator Dick Wolf, according to Deadline. The as-yet-untitled series, which has already gotten a 13-episode order, will center on the NYPD organized crime unit led by Stabler. This will mark the first time Meloni has played Stabler since leaving Law & Order: SVU back in 2011. Meloni, together […]

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Schools across America had to make the difficult decision to cancel important school dances and graduations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  As expected, teenagers took to social media and lamented that they were robbed of experiencing some of high school's most memorable moments. While most understood why such a call had to be made, they still found it a bitter pill to swallow. With many cancelled proms supposed to take place this […]

iStock/simpson33(LOS ANGELES) -- In what will come as a shock to no one, new Neilsen numbers show that Americans who are sheltering from the coronavirus pandemic are streaming like never before.  In fact, the data quoted by Variety show an 85% jump in Americans streaming TV programming over the first three weeks of March compared to last year -- some 400 billion estimated minutes.  During the week of March 16 alone, viewers watched about 156.1 billion minutes […]

CBS via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Fran Drescher surprised fans of The Nanny by revealing that she and the rest of the cast of the beloved '90s sitcom would be reuniting for a table read...and it'll be available via the video app Zoom.  "NANNY FANS ALERT," she wrote on her socials, and linked to an article in Variety that shows a photo of the cast, shown boxed into the Zoom […]

ABC - ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW YORK) -- As New York grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and area hospitals struggle to safely treat patients due to dwindling supplies of personal protective equipment, Ryan Reynolds and wife Blake Lively extended a much-needed hand on Monday. E! News reports that the couple personally reached out to the state's four hardest-hit hospitals: Elmhurst, Mount Sinai, Northern Westchester and NYU Hospital and gifted each with $100,000.   In New York City alone, dubbed […]