Los Angeles/IBNS:   The organizers of the Oscars on Tuesday announced hat movies that will be released only on streaming platforms will be eligible for the Academy awards next year.

Los Angeles/IBNS: Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife  Rita Wilson, who recovered from COVID-19, have now offered their blood to help develop a vaccine for coronavirus, media reports said.

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Famous US actress Shirley Enola Knight has died at the age of 83, US media reported.

New York/IBNS: A new global coronavirus relief fund launched on Monday by actor, filmmaker and humanitarian Idris Elba and actress, model and activist Sabrina Dhowre Elba on behalf of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), aims to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on farmers and rural communities in developing countries.

New York/IBNS: This weekend’s One World: Together At Home event, saw many of the biggest names in music join the UN health agency and Global Citizen movement in supporting the millions of healthcare and other front line workers who are helping stave off the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.

New York/IBNS: This weekend’s “One World: Together At Home” virtual global special will be a “love letter to the world” and a salute to health workers on the front lines of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, pop superstar Lady Gaga said on Friday.

Los Angeles/IBNS: British actress Hilary Heath has died of complications from coronavirus, media reports said on Saturday.

New York/IBNS: The World Health Organization (WHO) has teamed up with international advocacy organization Global Citizen, to launch ‘One World Together At Home”, a global television and streaming special, curated by superstar singer-songwriter Lady Gaga, to celebrate frontline health care workers around the globe in their unrelenting battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Los Angeles/IBNS: Actor Lee Fierro has died due to complications related to COVID-19 infection, media reports said.

Los Angeles/IBNS: A Hollywood movie titled Contagion, which released in 2011, has suddenly earned the attention of global movie lovers due to the plot of the film which has an uncanny similarity with the situation the world is facing right now amid COVID 19 outbreak.