A small concert featuring country music star Travis McCready set for this coming week is being watched carefully as a potential test of social distancing in the live events space. McCready, who fronts the band Bishop Gunn, is scheduled to do an acoustic set in Fort Smith, Arkansas on May 15. Tickets are being sold…

Queen Elizabeth will remain isolated at Windsor Castle with Prince Philip and avoid her annual summer stay at Balmoral, acoording to British press accounts. The 94-year-old Queen and 99-year-old Prince Philip have been at the castle since March because of the threat of coronavirus infection, which is far deadlier for…

There’s no brunch outside of the home this year, but there’s plenty of love shared online for mothers around the globe this Mother’s Day. Politicians, sports figures, celebrities and civilians celebrated the women who were there for them from the beginning, embraced them in good times and bad, and generally provided…

ESPN’s The Last Dance, a documentary which takes a behind-the-scenes look at the final season of the Chicago Bulls, one of basketball’s all-time greatest teams, also had a few viewpoints that didn’t make it into the film. One of them was North Korean Chairman of the State Affairs Commission (okay, dictator) Kim…

Betty Wright, an influential singer whose soulful voice won her a Grammy Award for Where Is The Love, has died at age 66. No cause of death was revealed by her niece, who confirmed her death. Beyond performing, Wright operated her own record label, Mrs. B Records, and her own publishing company, Miami Spice. Born…

It’s Mother’s Day, and President Donald Trump gave a traditional shout-out to the mothers of the world in his tweetstorm. It was also a time for the Commander-in-Tweet to celebrate the reopening of the Trump Los Angeles golf course, the election of Officer John Catanzara as head of the Chicago Police Union (he’s a…

Tyra Banks has apologized for comments she made in a 2006 episode of America's Next Top Model after a clip of her criticizing a contestant’s tooth gap went viral in recent weeks, triggering a storm of criticism. The clip showed Banks telling contestant Dani Evans that she would never attain the coveted…

Televangelist Jim Bakker recently suffered a stroke, according to a Facebook post Friday by his wife, Lori. As a result, the 80-year-old preacher will be taking what…

Working from home is fast becoming the new normal for many. Now add Facebook and Google employees to that list. The tech giants have extended their previous work-from-home orders to employees. Previously, both gave earlier dates for return. Now, both have extended that to the end of the year. Facebook will not reopen…

Once known as the happiest place on earth, Disney Resorts may now earn a new title: the most cautious place on earth. Disney’s Shanghai Resort has been closed since late January, as all theme parks worldwide have been. But the Shanghai reopening, set for Monday, is seen as a key to how the company’s other theme parks…

Nerds around the world felt like they’d just been given a wedgie when San Diego Comic-Con had to cancel its annual July event. But wait…there’s more. The conference announced Friday that an at-home version of the event will be streamed this summer, date to be announced. "Coming soon… Free parking, comfy chairs…

The season finale of Magnum P.I. on CBS beat ABC’s Shark Tank for top honors in the Friday early ratings. Although both sported an 0.7, Magnum P.I. had a larger P2+ audience, topping out at 6685 to Shark Tank’s 4557. Magnum P.I. aired back-to-back episodes for its season finale (it was recently renewed for a third…