By : Tasha Robinson Source : Polygon In the latest of a long series of closing announcements associated with government efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, all 543 Regal Cinemas locations in the U.S. will close as of Tuesday, March 17, the movie theater chain announced Monday afternoon. “All theatres will remain closed until further notice,” the company said in a news release, making Regal the first nationwide cinema chain to announce a complete shutdown. Other chains rapidly followed suit. Alamo Drafthouse...
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By : Tim Ingham Source : Music Business Worldwide With over 180,000 cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) now detected worldwide, it was inevitable that prominent members of the music business would start to become personally affected. The weekend brought the news that Sir Lucian Grainge, CEO & Chairman of Universal Music Group, had tested positive for the virus and is being treated at the UCLA Medical Center. Since that news, the likes of actor Idris Elba have also publicly confirmed that they too have tested positive. Today...
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By : Lisa Damour Source : The New York Times People of all ages are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, and teenagers, as a group, tend to experience emotions especially intensely. If you are raising, teaching or otherwise caring for an adolescent who is feeling very nervous about it, here are five things you can do. Anxiety can be healthy. But not all adolescents, or adults, know that it typically acts as a useful and protective emotion. Accordingly, teenagers sometimes fear that their heightened nerves signal the onset of a...
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By : Meghan Walbert Source : Lifehacker It might seem like all your tween or teen wants to do these days is hunker down with a smartphone, tablet, laptop or gaming device and play—for hours on end. Teens and gaming go hand-in-hand, especially as they gain access to a variety of different devices and gaming options. But how do you know when all that gaming becomes too much gaming? “Problematic” gaming There is currently no classification for “gaming addiction” in the United States, although the World Health...
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By : Sarah Mahoney Source : Media Post Gen Z, already the most digitally connected generation, keeps getting more skillful at social-media shapeshifting. (If you’ve got doubts, consider how fast the Dolly Parton Challenge — to create four different photos for LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Tinder — took over Instagram.) But new research from Kantar reveals that while this generation is more active than any other age group on social media, their favorite social haunts aren’t YouTube, Facebook, Snap or TikTok. They...
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