Author: COVID-19 News

iStock/Darwin Brandis(LOS ANGELES) — It would come as no surprise to hear that the box office numbers for 2020 will be greatly impacted by theater shutdowns from the COVID-19 crisis. But now, the research company MoffettNathanson is detailing just how bad Hollywood’s bottom line will be bruised. According to numbers from the Wall Street analyst firm quoted by Variety, ticket sales could be cut by more than half by the time the year’s out. That 52% drop works out to $5.5 billion, compared to the $11.4 billion the box office generated…

Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As part of his ongoing Reunited Apart series, Josh Gad pulled off an epic reunion befitting an epic trilogy: the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings films.  The get-together was meant to help support No Kid Hungry, a national campaign focused on ending childhood hunger in America, particularly in the time of COVID-19.  While Gad has already brought together the much smaller casts of movies like Splash and The Goonies, Gad’s latest event left no stone unturned for the adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein’s beloved books. Starting with Sean Astin, who claimed he was…

iStock/Robert Kirk(NEW YORK) — As a result of shutdowns, lockdowns, and losses of jobs from COVID-19, many big-city dwellers found themselves moving elsewhere, but some experts tell the Washington Post many of these people are deciding to make their moves permanent. Suburban Jungle, a company dedicated to helping city folk find homes away from the urban jungle, has seen a 300% increase in inquires since the pandemic began, the paper reports. With telecommuting, employees are learning they no longer need to live close to work, in an expensive, smaller place. What’s more, the…

DutcherAerials(LOS ANGELES) — With parts of the country opening back up, but many summer mainstays like sleep-away camps cancelled, parents say they’re going to have their hands full keeping their kids entertained during the summer of COVID-19. The non-scientific survey on 2,000 American parents, conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Ally Financial, revealed eight in ten parents predicted their summer plans would be dashed by the virus, with 75% saying they were concerned about how they were going to keep their kids occupied. Sixty-four percent said they feel guilty that their…