Movie Theaters in New York Ordered to Close Due to Coronavirus Concerns

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are also contributing to the massive fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

New York state's coronavirus death toll is nearing 1,000. The state accounts for more than 40 percent of coronavirus deaths in the U.S.

Rob Reiner took to Twitter to accuse President Donald Trump of causing people in New York to die amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The actor and director is rarely shy about posting his political opinions on social media.

The Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards have been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.

A Go Fund Me campaign to raise money for New York City movie theater workers who have been laid off or furloughed due to the coronavirus pandemic has reached its goal. The Cinema Workers Solidarity Fund has racked up $74,587 in donations, surpassing the $74,000 it set out to raise. The initiative was launched a week and a half ago by Light Industry, Screen Slate, and other community partners.

The New York Philharmonic canceled the rest of its season and a 10-concert European tour due to the new coronavirus, estimating it will have $10 million in operating losses to its $87 million annual budget because of the pandemic.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has expanded coronavirus-related restrictions in the Empire state, ordering non-essential businesses to keep all workers home in an effort to slow the spread of the contagion.

The Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman announced that he is shutting his cafe in New York due to the current Coronavirus outbreak. The actor reportedly also said that shutting the cafe was the right thing to do.

NEW YORK -- Faced with a lengthy shutdown due the coronavirus pandemic, movie theaters are requesting relief from the U.S. government.

A New York-based CNN employee has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the network confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday afternoon. New York-based staffers for the cable news network were notified of the test result in an email on Tuesday.

By Ted Johnson

Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered New York City’s movie theaters to indefinitely shutter due to the coronavirus pandemic — but that didn’t stop one Park Slope cinema from sending an ongoing message to its patrons.

All movie theaters in New York City and Los Angeles have been forced to closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Officials across the country curtailed many elements of American life to fight the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, with health officials recommending that groups of 50 or more don’t get together and a government expert saying a 14-day national shutdown may be needed.

New York City will close the nation's largest public school system as early as Tuesday, sending over 1.1 million children home in hopes of curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Gov.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

NEW YORK -- Movie theaters have long acted as a refuge in times of war and recession. Their screens have flickered virtually unabated for the last century. But the coronavirus presents a rare case and an acute crisis for a medium already under threat by the advent of streaming services.

Similar to many other businesses, movie theaters were left reeling Thursday by fast-unfolding events related to the coronavirus pandemic, including Broadway going dark. In California and New York, cinemas scrambled to make sense of new crowd-control measures that limit gatherings to 250 and 500 people, respectively.

NEW YORK -- Museums prepared to shut their doors, the opera was silenced, lights dimmed on Broadway, big gatherings were banned and the subway was shunned as the largest city in the United States wound down Thursday amid a rise in coronavirus cases.

NEW YORK -- Museums prepared to shut their doors, the opera was silenced, lights dimmed on Broadway, big gatherings were banned and the subway was shunned as the largest city in the United States wound down Thursday amid a rise in coronavirus cases.