Illusionist Roy Horn, of Siegfried & Roy fame, died Friday from complications of COVID-19, according to a statement released by his publicist. He was 75. Horn was best known for the popular Las Vegas show he created alongside Siegfried Fischbacher, which ran from 1990 until 2003. The show came to an abrupt end when Horn…
Comic-Con 2020 is coming to a living room near you. The San Diego confab announced Friday that it will be presenting an at-home version of its annual event this summer, and also took the opportunity to poke fun at itself in the process. “Coming soon… Free parking, comfy chairs, personalized snacks, no lines, pets welcome,…
Betawave/Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Destination Crenshaw By Jaelani Turner-Williams In April, despite being quarantined in the middle of touring with electronic duo Drama, Chicago funk/disco-infused hip-hop artist Ric Wilson still held a sweet social distancing birthday party from home — complete with a caramel cake from sweet city staple Angelica’s Bakery. The occasion also served…
Boba Fett will return. The Mandalorian has cast Temuera Morrison in the iconic Star Wars role for season 2 of the Disney+ series. As reported by THR, Morrison will return to the franchise to play the bounty hunter. Morrison played Boba's father Jango Fett, who was the basis for clone troopers, including his son, in…
Yuri Gripas/AFP via Getty Images By Carson Mlnarik Two hands touching through a windowpane. A late-night “wish u were here” text. Less than desirable sleeping arrangements — at first. What is it about quarantine that has us so hot and bothered? Social distancing measures meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus might be keeping…
Sarah Michelle Gellar is reminding teens everywhere that sometimes you have to sacrifice a school dance to save the world. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer star posted an Instagram photo Thursday of herself wearing the iconic ivory dress her character donned in the season 1 finale, adding a quote from the episode in her caption: "All…
Getty Images The search for the ever-elusive "bop" is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre…
Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Last month, Taylor Swift officially canceled her only planned live appearances for 2020, including her scheduled Lover Fest dates in the United States, due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. (She's postponed the stadium gigs in São Paulo, Brazil; Inglewood, California; and Foxborough, Massachusetts until 2021.) But even though…
Plus, showrunner Rachel Shukert and executive producer Lucia Aniello tell EW how they're updating all the iconic characters. Grab your see-through landline phone, order some pizza, and gather all your BFFs because The Baby-Sitters Club is officially back in business! Just in time for National Baby-Sitter's Day, EW can exclusively reveal that Netflix's reboot of…
Standing in her patient’s living room, Mari Seim was perplexed. The man, in his 60s, had fallen ill with flu-like symptoms more than a week before. His breathing rate had climbed, so his daughter called the Taarnaasen Medical Center, the clinic where Seim works as a general practitioner, just outside Oslo, Norway. With COVID-19 at…
Celebrity moms are just like our moms. Who knew?! Jimmy Kimmel Live (TV Show) Our latest reminder that celebrities are just like us comes from Jimmy Kimmel's Mother's Day segment. Paltrow's mom, actress Blythe Danner, lives next-door to her daughter in Long Island, New York. One time, she texted Paltrow her thought process in real…
YouTube/Republic/UMG Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande are stuck at home — just like you! To celebrate this unprecedented moment in history, they've decided to let fans in on their home quarantine life in their charming new DIY video for "Stuck With U." As an added bonus, they've let fans be their co-stars in the clip.…
Here's an alternative to Swift's postponed Lover Fest performances. Taylor Swift promises that you'll never find another concert special like this. The "ME!" singer announced Friday that Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert will air later this month on ABC. The special taps footage shot at Swift's Sep. 9, 2019 performance at L’Olympia Theater in…
It's been a while since Cobie Smulders embodied a Canadian teen pop idol, but on Thursday she put her denim jacket back on, and probably her jelly bracelets too, to perform a quarantine-themed update of "Let's Go to the Mall," from How I Met Your Mother. On the show, Smulders' Robin Scherbatsky sang the upbeat…
The O'Toole clan suffered a major loss during the Families of the Mafia season finale. Unexpectedly, this heartbreaking message appeared on screen in the middle of tonight's episode: "During production, Billy [O'Toole] was found deceased in his Staten Island home." Billy's ex-wife Jess revealed in an interview that Joe and Taylor's father was discovered at…
Brian May landed in the hospital this week, but not because of anything coronavirus-related. On Wednesday, the Queen guitarist and astrophysicist shared an Instagram from the hospital wearing a face mask revealing that he tore his butt muscles "to shreds" while gardening. "The Virus didn’t get me yet - thank God," May, 72, wrote in…