7 SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 Dua Lipa COVID-19 Why Dua Lipa needs ‘lots of effect: Taylor windows’ to write music Swift pushes all Los Angeles Taylor 2020 concerts to inger Dua Lindsay Swift Lohan next year Lipa says Los Angeles Sshe writes best when she is in inger Taylor Swift is a bright and airy mi- Lindsay Lohan finds lockdown pushing all her sched- lieu — that is during life in Dubai challenging Suled shows of this year daytime. to 2021. Asked what her cho- Los Angeles “I’m so sad I won’t be able to sen spot to write mu- see you guys in concert this year, sic was, the pop star ctress Lindsay Lohan is doing her best to survive in but I know this is the right decision,” replied: “In the studio, Dubai amid strict lockdown orders. Taylor said on Instagram Stories, ad- but it has to be bright A Lohan, who calls the United Arab Emirates her dressing her fans, according to a report and airy with lots of win- home, says it has been a struggle to get the supplies she needs in eonline.com. dows. I like to write during amid the region’s serious COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, “Please, please stay healthy and safe. I’ll the day, I’m not such a big fan of, reports aceshowbiz.com. see you on stage as soon as I can but right like, dark studios with purple “It is very strict here… You are not allowed outside, they now, what’s important is committing to this lighting.” Dua Lipa was speak- take it very seriously,” Lohan said during a video chat with quarantine, for the sake of all of us.” ing to Attitude.co.uk, reports David Spade for his show called “Lights Out”. This summer, she was scheduled to perform aceshowbiz.com. She added: ”Just one person can go out of the house at a at select arenas as part of her Lover Fest. Last month, She shared that time. If you don’t have a reason or aren’t approved for a Meanwhile, Taylor has been practicing Kim Petras and Sam Smith are permit to go to the supermarket, are found without gloves social distancing during the coronavirus her favourite LGBTQ+ artists. or a mask, or surpass 90 minutes.” pandemic. “Kim Petras. I really like Lohan, who was planning to tour the US to promote “During this time I know that a lot of ‘Heart To Break’, such a good her new song “Back to me” when the lockdown began, my friends and I have been doing a sort song. But then, wait! Can I take spends her time between New York and the UAE, and of weekly family FaceTime, which is al- it back? I love Kim, but then my can’t see herself returning to the US anytime soon. ways hilarious,” Taylor said on a show. baby, Sam Smith!” New York feels the When ‘Joker’ same as 9/11 amid John Alaya F pulls off a complicated Joaquin Phoenix Krasinski hosts inversion yoga pose coronavirus crisis, virtual prom with Billie was almost cast as says Robert De Niro Eilish, Jonas Brothers Mumbai Batman New York Washington Los Angeles ctress Alaya F took to Instagram and oker” star Joaquin s New York has become ven though so many high school posted a clip where “J Phoenix was almost Athe epicenter of coro- students will miss out on proms this Ashe is seen striking an in- cast as Batman way back in navirus pandemic in the US, Eyear due to the COVID-19 pandemic, version yoga pose. She the nineties. Robert De Niro says the city actor John Krasinski hosted a star-studded got the complicated pose After George Clooney’s feels the same as it did dur- virtual prom to give high schoolers right after a few failed 1997 outing as the caped ing 9/11. that special night. attempts, she informed, crusader in “Batman & Rob- The veteran actor, who Since the pandemic began, adding that she was in- in” flopped, “Black Swan” has never minced his Krasinski has taken to YouTube spired by Jacqueline director Darren Aronofsky words while criticising with a new series, Some Good Fenrnandez and ce- was tipped to direct a new President Donald Trump, News, where he tries to highlight lebrity fitness trainer Batman film, and Phoenix said he was unimpressed positive things going on while Kuldeep Shashi. was his first by the delayed response of everyone is confined to their own John “Inspired by @jacque- choice for the federal government, re- homes. Past stories include ICU Krasinski linef143 and @kuldeep- the role. ported Deadline. teams inventing dances for shashi sir. I was dying to Alaya F Aro- I wish that people, the people coming off of ventilators, try this inversion challenge nofsky government had acted nuns lip-syncing to Queen, but everyone told me ‘this is Alaya made her Hindi film de- said that earlier. They had enough and a young boy who finds not something you can just get but with Nitin Kakkar’s “Jawaani he wanted warning. Because we would it necessary to greet up and learn in one day’.. I fell Jaaneman”, a comedy-drama in to re-invent not be at this stage of this every person he on my face a few times but DID IT which she played a 21-year-old girl Batman and Joaquin pandemic, I think, if that sees in the ANYWAY (wait for the end where I claiming that a 40-year-old person suggested Phoenix had happened, De Niro said street. try to be very cool and fall)” Alaya, who hates commitment and mar- Phoenix as during an interview with daughter of actress Pooja Bedi, riage (played by Saif Ali Khan) is the leading role, reports ace- CNN’s Jake Tapper. captioned the image. her her father. showbiz.com. The New York native was “The studio wanted Fred- asked how New York feels COVID-19: Shah Rukh Khan urges people to donate for stray, abandoned animals during lockdown die Prinze Jr. and I wanted compared to after 9/11. Mumbai Joaquin Phoenix. It was a It feels the same, except COVID-19, We must not forget doctors and healthcare workers different time. The Batman this is like something we see those without a voice. Let’s in the state. I wrote was definitely a way in a movie. It happened so uperstar Shah Rukh Khan make sure stray & abandoned Moreover, Khan along with different type of take than fast. It’s unreal to see every on Friday urged people to animals are treated with care his group of companies have they ended up making,” Ar- big city in the world just Sdonate for stray and aban- and compassion. Help @amt- pledged to donate to a number onofsky tells Empire of his sort of empty. You only see doned animals which are going mindiavia http://amtmindia. of relief funds, including the plans for “Batman: Year One”. that in a movie, and it’s hap- hungry due to the nation-wide org/donate/” Prime Minister’s Citizen Assis- He added: “The Batman that pening to us, De Niro said. lockdown imposed to contain The ‘My Name is Khan’ actor tance and Relief in Emergency was out before me was ‘Batman The 76-year-old Holly- coronavirus spread. has also come forward to help Situations (PM-CARES) fund and & Robin’, the famous one, so I wood star, however, praised The superstar took to Twit- in the battle against coronavirus Shah Rukh Khan the Maharashtra Chief Minis- was really trying to under- the state’s governor Andrew ter and wrote, “As the world by contributing 25,000 personal to the Maharashtra Health De- ter’s Relief Fund to combat the mine that, and reinvent it. Cuomo for his great job. is coping with the outbreak of protective equipment (PPE) kits partment for the safety of the coronavirus. 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