How ‘Freaky’ Pulled Off a Successful World Premiere Amid a Pandemic (Column)

A sizable number of California residents acquired a firearm since the coronavirus pandemic began as concerns about violence rose throughout recent months, a new study shows. An estimated 110,000 people acquired firearms in the state, including about 47,000 first-time owners, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and several other institutions.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are cherishing each moment they’ve gotten to spend with their baby boy, Archie, amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Suits alum, 39, and the prince, 36, opened up about the ways in which the global health crisis has flipped their lives upside down while introducing the TIME 100 “Engineering a Better World” speaking series.

Friends star Cox and McDaid, who is a member of bands Snow Patrol and Vega4, first started dating in 2013.After announcing their engagement in 2014, last year Cox announced that they were no longer engaged, although they are still together.In March, Northern Irish musician McDaid travelled to the UK shortly before lockdown was imposed across California, where Cox is based.During a recent appearance on musician Foy Vance’s podcast The Vinyl Supper, Cox spoke about how she has been keeping herself

John Legend wasted no time getting into the election year spirit with a political ad targeted at rival coach Blake Shelton.The two were facing off over Jim Ranger, a pastor from Bakersfield, California, who wowed the panel with his performance of Keith Urban's «Blue Ain't Your Color.» Blake, John and Gwen Stefani all turned their chairs, but John was immediately prepared to make his case.«Jim, you don't want to work with Blake.

Tensions are already rising on season 19 of “The Voice”.

Some final thoughts from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and some previously unreleased materials have been gathered by one of her former clerks and will appear in a book coming out in March. The University of California Press announced Thursday that it will publish Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union, on which Ginsburg worked in collaboration with Amanda Tyler.

California state officials visited the Disneyland Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood this week as Gov. Gavin Newsom mulls issuing guidelines to allow the major theme parks to reopen.

Dale Moss hinted that he and Clare Crawley had an instant connection when they met on night one of The Bachelorette.The season 16 front-runner, 32, took to Instagram on Tuesday, October 13, to share his thoughts on his limo arrival after the first episode of the season aired on ABC. “I felt that,” he wrote alongside a photo of himself and Crawley, 39, standing hand in hand at La Quinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs, California.

Kendall and Kylie Jenner's fight has their older sisters worried. A sneak peek of Thursday's shows Kim Kardashian West and Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian discussing the drama, and the «tough» situation it's put matriarch Kris Jenner in. Kris' boyfriend, Corey Gamble, was in the car with Kendall and Kylie when they got into an argument in Palm Springs, California.

EXCLUSIVE: A conservative watchdog group filed an FEC complaint on Tuesday asking for an investigation into Democratic candidate Cal Cunningham's March trip to California that used campaign funds after revelations of his extramarital affair. California woman Arlene Guzman Todd said earlier in October she had two in-person encounters with Cunningham, who is running for Senate in North Carolina.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday that he was sending members of his staff to Walt Disney World to see firsthand how the theme park is operating amid the pandemic as the company is demanding Disneyland be allowed to reopen.

Disneyland is implementing new health and safety recommendations from theOrange County Health Care Agency amid a standoff between the conglomerate and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Meghan Markle opened up in a new podcast about the toll online bullying took on her after she married Prince Harry.The Duchess of Sussex, 39, and her husband, 36, were guests on the “Teenager Therapy” podcast, hosted by five seniors at an Anaheim, California, high school, posted online in honor of World Mental Health Day on Saturday, October 10.OUR EPISODE WITH HARRY AND MEGHAN IS OUT!#WorldMentalHealthDay https://t.co/2htdQm0plahttps://t.co/fzDU5yAaO7 pic.twitter.com/baM5Ma91Gg— Teenager

, Meghan and Harry were seen grabbing dinner with David and Katharine at a steakhouse in Montecito—where the royal couple recently moved after a brief stint in L.A.The couples reportedly spent three full hours eating together under the restaurant's covered patio, and Meghan and Harry arrived hand-in-hand wearing masks in accordance with California coronavirus safety protocols. FYI that the Sussexes have reportedly gotten super close to Katharine and David, and are even .

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorWalt Disney Word will lay off 8,857 part-time union employees as part of the 28,000 staff cuts the entertainment announced late last month at its domestic parks.Disney didn’t announce the split between Orlando, which opened in July at reduced capacity, and Disneyland in Anaheim, which remains shuttered and according to California Governor Gavin Newsom today won’t be reopening any time soon.In addition to the part-time jobs, Disney notified the state last week of