Media and politics reporter • jclara.chan@thewrap.com • Twitter: @jclarachan
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David Geffen Takes Instagram Private After Tone-Deaf Post About Self-Isolating on His Yacht
“Isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the virus. I’m hoping everybody is staying safe,” Geffen captions alongside a photo of his reported $590 million yacht
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Jim Carrey’s Latest Cartoon Takes a ‘Jaws’-Size Bite Out of Trump’s Coronavirus Response
“Trump is willing to risk countless lives to save his economic record. He has fully become the mayor from Jaws,” Carrey writes
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LA County Closes All Public Beaches, Trails and Piers Through April 19
“These are difficult decisions, but I agree they are vitally needed steps to protect the health and safety of our communities, and save lives,” Mayor Eric Garcetti says
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Trump Signs Into Law $2 Trillion Relief Package That Allows Gig Workers to Get $600 a Week
Taxpayers who make $75,000 or less will receive $1,200 in one-time, direct payments
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LA Partners With Clothing Brand Reformation to Boost Production of Non-Medical Masks
The initiative wants to galvanize the city’s garment industry to create 5 million non-medical masks for essential workers
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How Hollywood Benefits From $2 Trillion Stimulus Package
Freelancers, gig workers and furloughed employees will get some relief through expanded unemployment insurance and direct payments
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Senate Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Package
The package includes a $367 billion loan program for small businesses and $500 billion in loans for industries, states and cities
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BuzzFeed to Reduce Employee Pay, CEO to Forgo Salary Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
BuzzFeed will reduce its employees’ salaries between five to 25 percent for at least two months, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced on Wednesday
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Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Count on Much Relief From $2 Trillion Federal Bailout
“The entertainment industry obviously has been hard hit by the current environment. But so too have a number of other industries,” a bankruptcy lawyer tells TheWrap
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times Urge China to Reverse Expulsion of American Journalists
“It is uniquely damaging and reckless as the world continues the struggle to control this disease,” William Lewis, Fred Ryan and A.G. Sulzberger write
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Trump Says There Will Be ‘Suicides By the Thousands’ If U.S. Falls Into Recession (Video)
“You’re going to lose more people by putting a country into a massive recession or depression,” Trump said of the economic impact of the coronavirus
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LA District Attorney Requests Temporary Custody of Harvey Weinstein
The request comes a day after reports that Weinstein tested positive for the coronavirus
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Rhode Island Postpones Primary Election From April to June 2 Amid Coronavirus
The election will take place mostly via mail ballot, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on Monday
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John Bessler, Husband of Sen Amy Klobuchar, Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
Former Democratic presidential candidate said Bessler is being hospitalized in Virginia
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Fox News’ Brit Hume: Peter Alexander Threw Trump a ‘Bullsh*t Gotcha Question’ About Coronavirus
NBC News reporter had asked Trump what he would say to Americans who were feeling scared because of the coronavirus pandemic
