The University of Missouri is dealing with remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, a big cut in state funding, and the loss of Mizzou chancellor Alex Cartwright for another job. Mizzou announced Monday it will be online-only for summer classes to...
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Statewide “Stay Home Missouri” order takes effect Monday
(Missourinet) State health officials announced Sunday that Missouri now has 2,367 confirmed COVID-19 cases, along with 34 deaths. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced the updated numbers Sunday afternoon. The numbers h...
Read More »COVID-19 state cases surpass 2,700; Callaway County reports first death
State officials reported 355 more cases of COVID-19 in Missouri Monday, for a total of 2,722. There have been at least 39 deaths, five more since Sunday’s update. Officials in Callaway County said Monday they have confirmed the county’s first COV...
Read More »US braces for soaring death tolls as pandemic bears down
(AP) — The United States and Britain braced for one of their bleakest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deepened. New infections in Italy, Spain and France showed signs of slowing, but hundred...
Read More »‘ACM Presents’ the star-studded ‘Our Country’ in place of the postponed 55th annual awards
Academy of Country MusicThe show must go on, and on Sunday night, it did, though the CBS special that aired was much different than the one the Academy of Country Music originally planned. Once the COVID-19 pandemic made the annual ACM Awards in L...
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Comedian Natasha Leggero alleges being sexually harassed by director James Toback in “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” interview
ABC/Lisa Rose(LOS ANGELES) -- On Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, comedienne and Another Period star Natasha Leggero claimed she was sexually harassed by director James Toback when she was just starting her career. The comic was able to make...
Read More »“Grey’s Anatomy” star Ellen Pompeo details long path to “unprecedented” $20 million contract
ABC/Bob D'Amico(LOS ANGELES) -- After nearly 15 years as the lead of ABC's Grey's Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo will now be the highest-paid woman in TV. Her new deal has her making $575,000 per episode, or $20 million per year. "I'm 48 now, so I've finally go...
Read More »Darren Criss praises “vibrant, operatic” FX series, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
FX(NEW YORK) -- Following in the footsteps of the highly-rated and award-winning The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, producer Ryan Murphy returns to FX with the network's second ACS season, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: A...
Read More »“Jersey Shore” star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino pleads guilty in tax evasion case
(L-R) Marc and Mike Sorrentino - Photo by David Becker/WireImage(NEW JERSEY) -- Jersey Shore star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has pleaded guilty in a New Jersey court to tax evasion charges. Both Sitch and his brother Marc copped pleas in connect...
Read More »Selena Gomez made donation to Time’s Up that “far exceeded” Woody Allen film salary, source says
ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) -- Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Hall, Selena Gomez’s co-stars in the upcoming Woody Allen film A Rainy Day in New York, announced this week that they would be donating their salaries from the film to Time’...
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