THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

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  • Tom Hanks and his actress/singer wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday.
  • The NBA announced that a player on the Utah Jazz has preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19 and the league has suspended play.
  • On Tuesday, Howie Mandel showed up to his job at "America's Got Talent" wearing a hazmat suit, complete with gas mask. Meanwhile, Naomi Campbell boarded her plane at LAX in a haz-mat suit.
  • And finally, a Coronavirus Conference gets canceled because of Coronavirus. True.
  • Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
  • "Good Times" star Ja'Net DuBois died from cardiac arrest. She was 74.
  • OK, the latest on Amanda Bynes: She was engaged on Valentine's Day, broke up earlier this week only to show pictures on social media with her fiancee and now, she's been ordered to check into a psychiatric facility.
  • Hugh Hefner's son, Cooper, and his wife, actress Scarlett Byrne Hefner (who played Pansy Parkinson in the Harry Potter movies) are expecting their first child together.
  • You may have noticed that Pete Davidson was missing from SNL last weekend.
  • Add "The View" to the list of shows no longer having a studio audience, due to the coronavirus.
  • Kaikaia gaga is a newly identified species of treehopper, an ostentatious but little-known insect group that populates most forests on Earth. And it's the only insect named after Lady Gaga.
  • Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is said to be close to signing a contract with the WWE that could have him competing as soon as March 20th at a Friday Night Smackdown event.
  • Pepsi now owns Rockstar energy drink.
  • Floyd Mayweather's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his kids was found dead at her home in Valencia, California on Monday night.
  • And now virus concerns have shut down most of the buffets in Vegas.
  • Tom Brady is launching a Hollywood production company.
  • The cancellation of the Indian Wells tennis tournament could cost the Palm Springs area $400 million.
  • A study says sitting in traffic costs the average American $1,400 a year.
  • Celine Dion has cancelled a couple of upcoming concert dates because of a really bad cold. In case you're wondering, she was tested for coronavirus and it came back negative.
  • Britain's Princess Beatrice can't get a break when it comes to her wedding. She's had to cancel a couple of times, due to complications with her father, Prince Andrew. Now, as it's scheduled for May 29, it appears London could be in a lockdown and a "no large gatherings" ban by then.
  • And now there's even talk of delaying the April 15th income tax deadline due to the coronavirus.

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