Shahid Kapoor spotted with a mask at Mumbai airport.
The coronavirus pandemic has affected each one of us, be it the common man or celebrities.
Celebrity couple Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, who were in Australia for the shooting of Elvis Presley biopic, were tested positive and later quarantined. Most Hollywood, Bollywood, TV and web series productions are suspended until the crisis subsides. Many film releases have also been postponed.
Some of the notable affected film productions include The Batman and Jurassic World: Dominion in Hollywood, and Laal Singh Chaddha and Jersey in Bollywood. Films like No Time to Die, Mulan, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and Sooryavanshi among more have had their release deferred. Many states in India have also shut down theaters till March 31. The entertainment industry is bound to suffer huge losses (with Hollywood alone predicted to lose as much as 20 billion dollars).
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Ekta Kapoor took to her Instagram page and wrote, "I'm an outdoor person! Like everyone has asked, I am practicing self isolation. Never in my life, have I witnessed such tragic shocking times world wide. There is fear and panic everywhere! Will probably learn something out of this... Stay safe, stay sanitised and stay isolated!"
Amitabh Bachchan took to his blog and wrote a long post appreciating the humanity and nations across the globe for coming together in the battle against coronavirus. He wrote, "It has been quite remarkable to experience the care affection and concern from the entire human universe... a coming together to battle, to fight, against a common enemy."
Read his full blog post here:
In times of uncertainty , in times of the unknown, in times of the lack of information and direction .. be safe , be in care and be strong .. and be in precaution ..
It has been quite remarkable to experience the care affection and concern from the entire human universe .. a coming together to battle, to fight, against a common enemy ..
Rarely has there been occasion when the humaneness of the human has displayed uniformity .. we may be in different colour, caste, creed, religion, belief, language or territory .. each one of us in its spontaneity has extended voluntarily that hand of hope succour and suggestive help to one and all .. the emotion , the intent is deliberate and with just one goal .. be safe .. be alive and live ..
Humanity has destroyed , plundered, annihilated, killed mercilessly their own .. but today they all .. ALL .. wish and pray and we live and survive and be together in this hour of trial …
NATURE , has proved to us all .. that it is SUPREME .. no other power or force on this planet, known or unknown shall ever be able to replace it ..
We have all developed our own beliefs , our own Gods, our own religions, our own forces of belief and our own followings .. it came because we were unable to fathom what and how .. HOW .. the universe and we and all about us were created and HOW we exist ..
So we succumbed .. gave in to that supreme being .. that supreme force .. sublimated ourselves in divine servility .. and lived in the peaceful reassuring shadow of what we designed as our CREATION .. or CREATOR ..
It has never been seen .. its shape form and presence is the belief of our divinity .. anything that delivers what we experience each moment had obviously got to be DIVINE .. and that became our strength and guidance .. it became our worship .. our giver, our protector, our guidance ..
It shall ever be so ..
For ..
.. there are still , after the trillions and mega trillions of existence .. unknown elements ..
And that reminder of its undefined indeterminate presence is ..
NATURE ..
Be safe .. be in care .. be in precaution .. and live .."
Superhero film Samaritan, featuring Sylvester Stallone, is halting production for at least two weeks in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. MGM Studios announced that the cast and crew will be going on a break from Monday. The production was underway in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nagarjuna starrer Wild Dog's shoot has also been postponed till April 1.
Naved Jaferi tweeted, "If we take adequate precaution & #BreakTheChain then we can tide the #Coronavirius outbreak else we have a big problem in hand especially for our elderly. Be a responsible citizen by following & educating others to remain careful for next one month."
Fantastic Beasts 3 and King Richard are the latest titles from Warner Bros to put their productions on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts 3 will not start production in London on Monday, while work on tennis drama King Richard, which was filming in Los Angeles, is also being suspended.
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The new schedule of Allu Arjun-Sukumar's upcoming film was supposed to kick start in Kerala and Andra Pradesh from March 20. But, the production has now been put on hold.
The fourth season of acclaimed dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale is shutting down production over health concerns in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
Series lead Elisabeth Moss on Sunday took to Instagram to share the news. She wrote that her team was putting the shoot on hold "in order to preserve the health and safety of our cast and crew and join the world in an attempt to flatten the curve"
The next shooting schedule of Boyapati Srinu and Nandamuri Balakrishna's upcoming film, which was supposed to start from March 23, has been postponed to April.
Olga Kurylenko has revealed that she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The actor, best known for starring in 2008’s James Bond film Quantum of Solace and 2013’s sci-fi movie Oblivion, took to Instagram on Sunday to share her diagnosis.Kurylenko, 40, said she had been ill for “almost a week”.
Many have noticed uncanny parallels between the film’s story and the current reality. Contagion was about the spread of a virus which causes a dangerous disease, the attempts by medical experts and authorities to contain it and the subsequent social disarray.
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Ticket sales dive to their lowest levels in at least 20 years at North American movie theaters as the coronavirus pandemic led to one of Hollywood’s worst weekends at the box office.
Receipts totaled about 55.3 million dollars in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not since 2000 has weekend box office revenue been so low, according to data firm Comscore, when 54.5 million dollars in tickets were sold on a quiet September weekend. More people went to the movies the weekend after September 11, 2001.
Lady Gaga posted on Twitter, "This is reminding I think a lot of us what it is to both feel like and be a human being. I think it’s so important to acknowledge that we are and must be a global kind singular community. We can’t do this without kindness. And corona virus is not prejudiced. My thought for the day is to accept there will be times we feel powerless and out of control—but we can fill that space with kindness and be a part of the solution to a world problem. We then have control. We can create healing by learning how to be kind and take care of each other and ourselves during this time."