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LOS ANGELES — With iPhones and Skype, Conan O'Brien is going back on the air.
The late-night host said he will resume putting out new episodes of TBS' “Conan” on March 30. His staff will remain at home, and the show will be cobbled together with O'Brien on an iPhone and guests via Skype.
“This will not be pretty, but feel free to laugh at our attempt,” said O'Brien on Twitter. The late-night shows have all shut down production due to the coronavirus pandemic to avoid congregating live audiences and large TV crews. Some hosts have pumped out web videos.
O'Brien, though, is the first to try to remotely mount a full broadcast from home.
NEW YORK — Rosie O'Donnell is reviving her old daytime talk show for one time only — and her guest list is impressive.A who's-who of Broadway and Hollywood — including Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Neil Patrick Harris, Morgan Freeman, Gloria Estefan and Barry Manilow — plan to join O'Donnell on Sunday for a live streaming “The Rosie O'Donnell Show” as a fundraiser for The Actors Fund.The show will be available at Broadway.com and livestreamed on Broadway.com's YouTube channel. It starts at 7 p.m.Others expected to show up include: Sebastian Arcelus, Stephanie J. Block, Tituss Burgess, Norbert Leo Butz, Kristin Chenoweth, Gavin Creel, Darren Criss, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Harvey Fierstein, David Foster, Megan Hilty, Judith Light, Rob McClure, Audra McDonald, Katharine McPhee, Alan Menken, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O'Hara, Ben Platt, Billy Porter, Chita Rivera, Seth Rudetsky, Lea Salonga, Jordin Sparks, Ben Vereen and Adrienne Warren.
NEW YORK — With global soccer shut down these days, fans desperate for a fix of the beautiful game may find it from a rather unlikely source — the creator of the stately “Downton Abbey.”Julian Fellowes has created and co-written the new Netflix series “The English Game,” a six-part look at the origins of a onetime British gentleman's game that has become the most popular sport on the planet. The series began Friday.“There are certain sports that cut right through society and appeal to people at every level. And that seems to me to be a wholly good thing,” Fellowes says.The series is set in 1879 and focuses on the first full-time professional players and how they infused the game with new tactics and passing strategies.Fellowes knew little about the origins of soccer when he began the project, but his son, Peregrine, is a rabid fan of Manchester United and, as a boy, decorated his pillowcases, duvet covers and lampshades with the team's crest. Father and son attended games, and the elder Fellowes soon grew to admire the athleticism of the players.“The English Game” is based on real events and centers on Fergus Suter, a Scott regarded as the first full-time professional.
