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US talk shows to continue without live audiences for the foreseeable future. Image via KCCI.
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Talk shows will film without live audiences to prevent coronavirus spread

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is the latest to join a growing number of live audience TV talk shows in the US like Stephen Colbert's The Late Show, The View, and others to announce that starting next week, filming will be performed without the presence of a live audience, in an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infection. This policy is to continue for the foreseeable future.

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Thu Mar 12 - Deadline
The movie he is filming is reportedly about Elvis Presley, image via Getty Images
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Tom Hanks tests positive for deadly coronavirus

Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks has recently announced that he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus. He was filming a movie in Australia when he contracted the virus and ahs now isolated himself in order to prevent spread. The status of the filming crew and fellow actors in the movie is currently unknown.

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Thu Mar 12 - Variety
Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe denies coronavirus rumors, appears healthy in podcast appearance. Image via Evening Standard.
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Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe denies coronavirus rumors

Daniel Radcliffe, the now-30-year-old British actor who played the iconic Harry Potter in the film adaptation of J. K. Rowling's popular Harry Potter book series, has denied rumors that he has contracted the COVID-19 infection. The rumor was traced to a Twitter post that attracted more than 1,000 likes before being removed. Radcliffe appeared healthy in his appearance on James O'Brien's Full Disclosure podcast recently.

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Wed Mar 11 - NewYorkPost
Iconic martial arts action star Chuck Norris celebrates 80th birthday today. Image via USA Today.
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Iconic action star Chuck Norris turns 80 today

Chuck Norris, real name Carlos Ray Norris who became the first westerner in history to win the rank of 8th-degree black belt in taekwondo, is celebrating his 80th birthday today. Norris first rose to fame as a martial arts action star in his iconic fight scene with Bruce Lee in the 1972 movie The Way of the Dragon, eventually becoming an action mainstay in Hollywood for many decades.

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Wed Mar 11 - KLTV
This will be the first animated show that the pair work on, image via Getty Images
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'30 Rock' showrunners to make new Netflix animated show

Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, the team behind beloved sitcom '30 Rock' are teaming up once again to create a new animated comedy show on Netflix. The show will follow humanity as it tries to rebuild after a devastating alien attack. The show is called 'Mulligan' and Netflix has asked the pair to make 20 episodes before it airs.

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Tue Mar 10 - HollywoodReporter
Ridley had been working on Tron for months when it was canceled, image via Disney
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Disney+ reportedly canceled a Tron show by John Ridley

According to a new report Disney+ has canceled a number of shows that it previously had in development, including a Tron show that was being helmed by John Ridley and a new Muppets show. According to the report, the cancelations are the result of a lack of direction from the developers of the shows.

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Tue Mar 10 - CBR
Marvel Studios releases final Black Widow trailer ahead of release. Image via Syfy.
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Marvel releases final Black Widow trailer

The final trailer for Marvel Studios' upcoming Black Widow movie is out, starring Scarlett Johansson in the titular role as the world's best spy, real name Natasha Romanoff. The trailer reveals that the movie will focus on the stories that made Natasha into the world's most dangerous assassin, exploring her time in the Red Room and her family life.

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Tue Mar 10 - TheVerge
Boyega has already produced an African film, image via Getty Images
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Star Wars actor signs Netflix deal to develop foreign language films

Ex-Star Wars actor John Boyega has signed a large Netflix deal to develop a number of foreign language films that will be centered in East and West Africa. This is another step in Netflix's attempt to gain a larger audience in Africa by featuring more original African movies and shows.

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Tue Mar 10 - Variety
Daniel Craig is mad at people who say No Time to Die is cursed. Image via Yahoo.
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Daniel Craig is angry at people saying No Time to Die is 'cursed'

Daniel Craig, who is starring in the leading role of British spy James Bond for the last time in the upcoming movie No Time to Die, has stated that he is angry at people claiming that No Time to Die is a cursed movie, after the recent postponement of the film's release due to the coronavirus has put the total time gap at 5 years since the last movie.

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Tue Mar 10 - Metro
Billie Eilish slams body-shamers at Miami concert. Image via The Insider.
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Billie Eilish delivers a powerful statement against body-shaming at a concert

Kicking off her world tour which will see the five-time Grammy-winning artist perform in North and South America and Europe, Billie Eilish chose her first concert in Miami to deliver a powerful statement against body-shaming. Eilish, who recently turned 18, criticized those who complain about her choice to wear baggy clothing in a video interlude during the concert, saying the same people would call her a 'slut' if she stopped.

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Tue Mar 10 - BBC
Disney-Pixar movie Onward banned in Middle Eastern countries due to gay character Specter. Image via Indiewire.
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Disney-Pixar film Onward banned in the Middle East due to homosexual references

Disney-Pixar's latest animated hit Onward has been banned from theaters in several Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia due to its containing open references to a character, the police officer Specter, having lesbian parents. Specter, played by Lena Waithe, has been welcomed as the first openly gay character in a Disney-Pixar film.

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Mon Mar 09 - BBC
Hollywood legend and star of The Exorcist Max von Syndow dies aged 90. Image via Hollywood Reporter.
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Renowned actor Max von Sydow dead at 90

Swedish actor Max von Sydow, who made his mark on Hollywood with leading roles in the genre-defining horror classics The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal, along with an unforgettable role in the blockbuster TV show Game of Thrones as the Three-Eyed Raven, has died aged 90, announced his wife, producer Catherine Brelet. Sydow also starred as Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon and had noted cameos in Star Wars.

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Mon Mar 09 - TheGuardian
Amanda Bynes splits with three-week fiance Paul Michael. Image via Head Topics.
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Amanda Bynes splits with fiance, weeks after the engagement

The 33-year-old Hollywood star Amanda Bynes, who rose to fame after starring in "She's the Man" and "Easy A" before suffering a decline in her career due to drug addiction and mental health issues, has reportedly split up with her fiance Paul Michael after she deleted pictures and videos of him from her Instagram, only weeks after the couple announced their engagement after meeting last year.

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Mon Mar 09 - Pagesix
It is unclear if he will be pursuing acting full time again, image via Getty Images
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Game of Thrones Joffery actor to return to the silver screen after 6 years

Jack Gleeson, the actor well known for his role as Joffery on the massively popular Game of Thrones show, will be returning to acting after a six-year hiatus. He will be acting in an episode of BBC Two comedy Out of Her Mind. He initially quit acting after Game of Thrones in order to pursue an academic career.

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Mon Mar 09 - Unilad
DaBaby assaulted a fan before his concert and got booed off stage. Image via Stereogum.
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DaBaby concert canceled after the artist was booed off stage

The American rapper DaBaby was scheduled to perform in Tampa as part of his Up Close N Personal tour, but the concert was barely underway when the crowd started booing the artist because he had slapped an excited fan on his way to the stage. DaBaby and his entourage then left the venue without performing, before police responded to a call reporting an assault. No arrests were made.

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Sun Mar 08 - TheGrio
This is Disney's first ever openly gay character, image via Disney
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Disney's Onward banned in the Middle East for LGBT reference

Disney Pixar's new animated film 'Onward' has been banned in a number of Middle Eastern countries due to a minor reference to a lesbian relationship. The reference takes place between two secondary characters and only takes a few seconds of the film. Russia previously censored that section of the film.

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Sun Mar 08 - Deadline
She now puts a no nudity clause in all of her contracts, image via Getty Images
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Keira Knightley refuses to do nude scenes after motherhood

Hollywood actress Keira Knightley has said in an interview that she is done filming nude scenes for films, saying that becoming a mother of two has changed her perspective on a number of things. She also said that although she is very happy with her body she is no longer comfortable with these scenes.

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Sun Mar 08 - FoxNews
This could seriously hurt movie distributers in Italy, image via Reuters
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Italy to keep cinemas open so long as everyone sits three seats apart

The Italian government has announced that cinemas can remain open during the coronavirus crisis, so long as everyone sits three seats apart. This means cinemas will operate at 30% capacity and all moviegoers will be able to sit one meter away from each other. It is unclear how many cinemas will stay open and how many will suspend activities.

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Sun Mar 08 - ScreenDaily
Nick Jonas and wife Priyanka Chopra celebrate first Holi as a couple in Mumbai. Image via India.com.
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Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra celebrate their first Holi together

Nick Jonas, a member of the popular US boy band Jonas Brothers, and his wife Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra celebrated their first Holi festival as a couple in Mumbai, which Jonas calls his second home. The two posted pictures of the festivities at a party arranged by Isha Ambani, daughter of Indian telecom mogul Mukesh Ambani, which was attended by many other Bollywood elites.

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Sat Mar 07 - TelanganaToday
Fans have been asking for a sequel to Mad Max for years, image via Warner Bros.
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New Mad Max movie to focus on a young Furiosa

Warner Bros. is now developing a new Mad Max movie, this time focusing on a young Furiosa. Director of 'Mad Max Fury Road' George Miller has said that he wants to create a sequel to Fury Road as well as a spin-off to explore Furiosa's backstory. It is unclear how far in the production cycle both of these films are.

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Sat Mar 07 - FullCircleCinema
He catfished these men over email, image via Getty Images
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RuPaul's Drag Race contestant accused of cat-fishing men on the internet

Five different men have come forward accusing RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Sherry Pie of catfishing them on the internet. The men said Sherry claimed to be a casting director and convinced them to do degrading things on camera. Sherry has since apologized for these actions and has been disqualified from the show.

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Sat Mar 07 - BuzzfeedNews
Taika Waititi will return to direct, image via Marvel
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Christian Bale to play an unknown villain in the next Thor movie

Ex Batman actor Christian Bale will be playing a villain in Thor: Love and Thunder, although it is unknown what villain he will be playing. This was confirmed by Tessa Thompson in a recent interview who also went on to discuss her character (Valkyrie) and how the film will open with her being the ruler of Asgard.

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Sat Mar 07 - GamesRadar
We likely won't see a new project from him for some time, image via Getty Images
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'Parasite' director says he is too exhausted to work on new films

Bong Joon Ho, the director of the highly successful Korean movie 'Parasite', has said in a recent interview that the Oscars have completely exhausted him and that he feels like 'a shell of a human'. He has said that he is having trouble overcoming this exhaustion to work on new projects and scripts.

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Fri Mar 06 - IndieWire
Legendary prog rock band members of Genesis reunite for UK tour. Image via Rolling Stone.
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Prog rock legends Genesis are doing a reunion tour

The legendary prog rock band Genesis, comprising of iconic drummer Phil Collins, guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks, is reuniting after more than 13 years for a reunion tour of the UK, named the Last Domino Tour. The three band members revealed their reunion plans on Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show this week. Tickets for the Last Domino tour are now available.

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Fri Mar 06 - Mirror
Fans worried after Post Malone stumbles and falls during onstage performance. Image via EURWeb.
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Post Malone stumbles on stage, fans worried

Fans on Twitter joined together to express love and support for popular US rapper Post Malone after a fan-made video of his concert went viral, in which Malone is seen stumbling on stage during an emotional performance of "I Fall Apart", struggling to get back on his feet. In the past, Malone has opened up about his troubled childhood, and fans are worried he may have a drug problem.

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Fri Mar 06 - PopBuzz