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Ben Affleck's latest movie, 'The Way Back', is now available for purchase online, despite being released just a few weeks ago on March 6th. The movie was unable to attract a large audience in theatres due to the coronavirus pandemic and aims to gain a larger audience through the internet.

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Netflix has announced that it will be lowering video quality for European users due to the coronavirus. Since so many people are using Netflix from their homes during the quarantine, this could overload Netflix's servers and increase video buffering. This change will only last for 30 days as the worst of the pandemic passes.

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Musicians have come together to support an online petition asking Spotify to triple royalty payments in order to help them make up for lost concert revenue. Most concerts in coronavirus hit countries have been canceled due to government regulations. Spotify has started a Covid-19 relief fund to provide relief to these musicians.

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Ahead of the release of its New Warriors comic book series, Marvel has unveiled some of the series' new superheroes, with twin African-American characters Snowflake and Safespace generating confusion and in some cases outrage among fans on social media, who take offense to the studio's apparent tone-deafness to the meanings of their names, with writer Kibblesmith describing Snowflake as a non-binary superhero who prefers non-gendered pronouns.

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The Sony Pictures building in Culver City was forced to close down after a person who visited the building tested positive for the coronavirus. They then deep cleaned the entire building before opening it again although they have still not reopened their studio tours to the public. There have been no other cases of the virus in the building.

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Vanessa Hudgens, the 31-year-old Hollywood star who rose to fame as Gabriella Montez in Disney's High School Musical movie franchise, has apologized after being slammed on social media for insensitive comments towards those suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. Hudgens posted a video on Instagram in which she seemed to dismiss the suffering of those who have died from the COVID-19 infection.

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The 33-year-old Hollywood star Amanda Bynes and her fiance Paul Michael have announced that they are pregnant and are expecting their first child, but the post, made by Bynes on her Instagram, has since been deleted. Rumors of the couple breaking up spread earlier in the week when Bynes deleted all photos and videos of Michael from her social media, after getting engaged to him on Valentine's Day.

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Dan Harmon's fan-favorite sitcom 'Community' will soon be available on both Netflix and Hulu as both companies have chosen to share the streaming rights for the show. Netflix managed to grab exclusive global rights for the show and thus paid much more money in the deal. The show will be on the site on April 1st.

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Marvel has announced that the new solo Black Widow movie will now not be releasing on May 1st as it was previously scheduled. This decision was made in response to the abysmal Box Office numbers that followed the global coronavirus pandemic. Although cinemas across America have not shut down yet.

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The 47-year-old British actor Idris Elba, famous for his role in the popular HBO drama The Wire and BBC's Luther, has announced via a Twitter post that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Elba stated that he had himself tested after he realized he had been in contact with someone who had also tested positive. Elba is currently in quarantine.

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Final Destination producer, Craig Perry, has recently revealed that the next film in the franchise will focus on the world of EMT's and first responders. He said that this setting could allow for some very interesting set pieces and a new more unique take on the classic Final Destination formula.

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Although this year's Razzie Awards were forced to cancel their ceremony due to the coronavirus, they still released this year;'s list of winners. 'Cats' managed to win a whopping six awards including 'worst screenplay, worst director, Worst Picture, and Worst Supporting Actor and Actress. Rambo: Last Blood won 'worst remake' and John Travolta won the worst actor for two different films.

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Lorenzo Brino, star of popular family drama 7th Heaven, on which he played the role of Sam Camden, has died in a car crash at 21 years of age. Brino was driving alone in his 2016 Toyota Camry down a street in Yucaipa, California when he lost control of the wheel and collided with a utility pole, dying on the spot.

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Roy Hudd, the popular British TV actor and comedian who rose to fame for the Roy Hudd Show and The News Huddlines on BBC Radio 2 from 1975 to 2001, along with starring in Coronation Street and the 60s sketch comedy show The Illustrated Weekly Hudd, has passed away aged 83 after a short illness. Hudd was also a prolific writer and expert on music halls.

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Donald Glover, whose rapper alter-ego Childish Gambino won the Grammy award for song and record of the year with This is America before he retired it in 2018, has released a surprise album titled Donald Glover Presents, featuring 21 Savage, Ariana Grande, and SZA. The album was only available on the website donaldgloverpresents.com for about 12 hours before mysteriously disappearing from it.

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Hollywood actress Olga Kurylenko, best known for her starring role in 2008' 'Quantum of Solace' has announced that she has tested positive for the coronavirus. She doesn't appear to be filming any movies at the moment and it is unclear where in the world she has quarantined herself. She asked her fans to get tested and take the virus seriously.

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Movie ticket sales in North America have dropped to their lowest point in the last 2 years this weekend as the coronavirus takes hold of the continent. Ticket sales only generated $55.3 million in total over the weekend as many people have chosen to stay at home and cinemas have been forced to limit seating capacity.

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Disney has suspended the production of most of its live-action movie lineup, including 'The Last Duel', “The Little Mermaid,” “Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Home Alone,” “Nightmare Alley,” “Peter Pan & Wendy” and “Shrunk”. It is unclear if these movies will also have to delay their release dates due to this setback.

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Disney has announced that Frozen 2 will hit Disney+ three months ahead of schedule. They said that they hoped the movie will bring families some joy during this challenging period. The movie will be available in the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand. The film was a massive success around the world

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Netflix has had to halt production on all of its shows that were filming in the US or Canada due to the spread of the coronavirus. This includes the long-awaited season 4 of Stranger Things, one of their most successful shows. Lucifer has also been forced to suspend production.

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Marvel Studios' Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has been forced to halt production as the director Destin Daniel Cretton has been forced to self-isolate. Cretton is currently filming the movie in Australia and has been told to self-isolate by a doctor due to concerns regarding the coronavirus.

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Disney has postponed the releases of 'Mulan', 'The New Mutants' and 'Antlers' due to the spread of the coronavirus. Mulan, in particular, was expected to do very well at the Box Office and this decision was likely made to ensure the coronavirus does not cut into those numbers. New release dates have not been announced.

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More than a decade after Jay Electronica, real name Elpadaro F.Electronica Allah, rose to fame with his 15-minute debut song Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) in 2007, the artist, who at one point was considered as having the potential to become one of the greatest rappers alive, has finally released his long-awaited debut album A Written Testimony, a joint album with his mentor and publisher Jay Z.

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As more cases pop up in California and Florida, the home of Disney’s two parks in the United States and visitors continue to enter the resorts, it’s the cast members (the terminology Disney uses to refer to employees) who are left to wonder what happens next. There are more than 1300 confirmed Coronavirus cases in the US. The company has already closed parks in Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong

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Although no festival in the UK has been called off yet, there are concerns. The latest update from the Festival Republic, which puts on events including Reading and Leeds, Wireless, Download, and Latitude, says none of its events will be affected. Currently, Radio 1's Big Weekend, which is due to take place 22-24 May, is also going ahead as planned.

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