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  • Back in March when he resisted closing the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio relied on advice from Dr. Mitchell Katz, the head of his public hospital system, who said he saw “no proof that closures will help stop the spread.” Now, de Blasio has put Katz in charge of contact tracing, which the Times writes shows his "faith in Dr. Katz’s leadership abilities took precedence over the experience and knowledge of his public health officials, who have clashed with the mayor over a variety of issues."
  • New York Magazine polled 555 New Yorkers about how they're feeling during the shutdown and how they are itching to return to normalcy.
  • Disney announced that the stage adaptation of Frozen will not return to Broadway when theaters reopen.
  • Fellas, is it a "sign of weakness" to wear a mask, or are you just pathetically insecure and extremely ignorant?
  • Luca Guadagnino will direct a new reboot of Scarface set in modern day Los Angeles, working with a script written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
  • George Miller dropped some information about his long-awaited Mad Max prequel centered on the character of Furiosa.
  • Here's what Uncut Gem's Julia Fox has been doing during the pandemic (it involves semi-naked photo shoots in public NYC places).
  • Senator Richard Burr has stepped down as chairman of the Intelligence Committee, after the FBI seized his phone as part of an investigation into stock trades he made before the coronavirus crashed financial markets.
  • Mental Floss has a brief history of Bop It.
  • Are you going nude more often while self-isolating, or are you just wearing out your sweatpants?
  • And finally, I have nothing else to add except this made me laugh, and that is why I am sharing it, because we all need a laugh: