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Cannes and Venice film festivals rule out going virtual

Fresh doubts were hanging over the coronavirus-hit Cannes film festival Wednesday after its director said holding it online would go against its "soul". The world's biggest film festival has already been postponed until the end of June because of the virus. Thierry Fremaux said it would...

Jazz icon Ellis Marsalis Jr. dies of coronavirus at 85

Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan that includes famed performer sons Wynton and Branford, has died after battling pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, one of his sons said late Wednesday. He was 85. Ellis Marsalis III confirmed in...

Tom Hanks and wife back in US after contracting virus

Hollywood megastar Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are back home in Los Angeles after two weeks in hospital and self-isolation in Australia where they contracted the coronavirus. "Hey, Folks... We're home now and, like the rest of America, we carry on with sheltering in place and social...