How Independent Venues Are Dealing With Large-Gathering Coronavirus Bans, Inevitable Loss of Small Rooms

Against all odds! Biggest Loser trainer Erica Lugo and her fiancé, Danny, planned to postpone their wedding until after the coronavirus pandemic but the couple decided to still tie the knot — while obeying social distancing guidelines.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Gretchen Rossi and her fiancé, Slade Smiley, are sticking to a healthy, active schedule and giving their sweet little girl, Skylar, all the love and entertainment she needs! The former Real Housewives of Orange Country star, 41, and her sweet little family have been following the stay-at-home orders mandated by the state of California since the precaution was enacted.

The novel coronavirus has claimed yet another life.

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Calling all Real Houswives obsessees: If you’re anything like Us, you’ll happily indulge in as much content about your favorite ladies as possible — including everything from their latest friend drama to their hottest bikini moments!

Susan Lucci, 74, was a ball of emotions while talking about her AMC castmate John Callahan. John, who was also know for his time on the former soap series Santa Barbara, died at the age of 66 on Saturday, March 28, after he suffered from a massive stroke at his home in Palm Desert, California.

Independent promoter Dave Poe of New York-based Patchwork Presents, a partnership with Ineffable Music, and co-owner of promotion company Broadberry Entertainment Group Jessica Gordon in Richmond, Virginia, have come together to form the Independent Promoter Alliance in light of COVID-19 and its dire effects on the live music industry. The goal of the newly formed group is to talk regularly about current challenges and how individual businesses plan to work through this pandemic.

NEW YORK -- A technician who worked at NBC News' New York headquarters has died after testing positive for coronavirus, the network said on Friday.

The Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman announced that he is shutting his cafe in New York due to the current Coronavirus outbreak. The actor reportedly also said that shutting the cafe was the right thing to do.

“The Inheritance,” a sprawling two-part Broadway epic about a group of gay men in New York, was supposed to close on March 15. But it never made it to its final performance. But four days before its last scheduled show, the curtain came down unexpectedly, as all Broadway productions shut for four weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in packed theaters across Times Square.

The reunion special has been delayed at HBO Max amidcoronavirus concerns. 

Kaley Cuoco was a bit stressed over the weekend. The Big Bang Theory alum headed to a Los Angeles grocery store with her husband, Karl Cook, on Sunday, March 15, and got a little nervous when she saw several empty shelves amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Officials across the country curtailed many elements of American life to fight the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, with health officials recommending that groups of 50 or more don’t get together and a government expert saying a 14-day national shutdown may be needed.

Italian actor Luca Franzese had a uniquely difficult time dealing with the coronavirus. Franzese said he was recently quarantined in his home in Italy with his sister, who had died from the disease.

The Walt Disney Company has announced that Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Paris will both be shutting down for the rest of March amid the Coronavirus outbreak.

On Thursday (March 12) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a state-wide ban on social gatherings of 500 people or more as a way to combat the spread of coronavirus.The governor took to social media to state, "We are taking new actions to reduce the density of people across the state.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for New York City at a press conference on Thursday.

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