ABC/Art Schreiber(NEW YORK) — Less than a week after Richard Schiff revealed he and his wife Sheila Kelley tested positive for COVID-19, he is giving fans an update.
On Monday, The West Wing actor shared on Twitter,“Covid update. Thank you all for so much love and support. You’re making it so much easier for @thesheilakelley and me.”
He added, “I am in the hospital on Remdesivir, O2 and steroids showing some improvement every day. Sheila is home and doing better but still fairly ill. Love you all.”
On Instagram, Kelley, 59, shared a similar update about Schiff, 65, and their family. The couple have two children together — son Gus and daughter Ruby.
“The last 72 hours have been tough. LOML @therichardschiff is now in the hospital on oxygen and remdesivir,” she began. “Thank you all of you for the prayers and love. We feel them. He’s doing better. Getting stronger.”
“My son and I are still riding this strange covid coaster up and then down and all around,” the actress continued. “I have never experienced anything like this before in my life. One minute I’m feeling pretty good and the next I’m struggling to breathe.”
Kelley went on to urge people to “listen to your body. Not what everyone is saying around you” when it comes to the virus and ended her message reminding everyone to “keep masking up” and “washing hands.”
Schiff and Kelley tested positive on Election Day (November 3) but didn’t announce it until a week later on November 10.
“This has been the most bizarre week of our lives,” Schiff wrote at the time. “This is tough. We are determined to find a way to health again. We root for everyone out there who are struggling with this thing. Love from here.”
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — The stakes were the highest they’ve ever been on Monday night’s Dancing with the Stars as the competitors stared down the scariest hurdle that stood between them and the finals — a surprise double elimination. Unfortunately, despite bringing the judges to their feet, the audience voted to send Johnny Weir and Skai Jackson home.
Monday night’s bottom three proved to be the most heartbreaking of all, with Carrie Ann Inaba even stalling for time in hopes of saving everyone. Unfortunately, the audience had spoken and the judges unanimously agreed to save Justina Machado, who was also sent to the bottom three, due to her consistent performances and steady improvement.
Host Tyra Banks pointed out that, while it was immensely disappointing that Jackson and Weir would be unable to compete in the finals, they left the season on a high note by finishing with their highest scores and accomplishing their best performances of the season.
All the competitors were ready to meet the night’s challenges on Monday. For the first of the two dances everyone had to master, competitors were tasked to revisit their weakest routine of the season in the redemption round. Much to the judges’ enthusiastic delight, everyone seamlessly rose to the challenge.
One such competitor was Catfish host Nev Schulman, who blew the foxtrot he performed in the first episode of the season by a 10 point margin by finishing with another perfect score of 30 out of 30. All three judges jumped out of their chairs and marveled over how much Schulman has grown as a dancer, which made it all the easier for them to award him a second perfect score for his contemporary, allowing him to finish the night with an unbeatable 60 out of 60.
Another star that amazed the judges and joined Schulman atop the leaderboard with her own perfect score was The Bachlorette‘s Kaitlyn Bristowe. The 35-year-old was first challenged to redeem her old Paso Doble routine and truly revel in the drama of the passionate dance, to which she smirked, “No one’s ever told me to have more drama!”
Later, with her emotional contemporary to The Chicks‘ “Cowboy Take Me Away” in honor of her childhood best friend who was tragically killed in a car crash at 18, Bristowe easily earned another set of straight 10s, pushing her final score to 60 out of 60.
One Day at a Time star Justina Machado electrified the judges in her redemption round, dancing the tango to Moulin Rouge‘s “El Tango De Roxanne,” where she ironed out every flaw judge Bruno Tonioli brought to her attention during rehearsals. For her second routine, the actress fully embraced her softer side with a tender contemporary to “Holding Out for a Hero,” of which she dedicated to her dance partner, Sasha Farber. She left judge Derek Hough speechless and finished the night in second place — earning a final score of 58 out of 60.
Rapper Nelly also accomplished his best scores, rising above the challenges of the Paso Doble while making both Derek and Bruno blush thanks to the “Ride Wit Me” artist flaunting his sculpted physique by dancing shirtless. However, it’s his jive that truly pushed him over the edge, which was full of pizazz and humor that truly became the Grammy Award winner’s breakout performance. He finished the night with a 56 out of 60.
Carrie Ann remarked at the conclusion of the final round that she has “never ever seen dancing at this level, ever!”
Next week is the finals and only one dancer will win the Mirror Ball Trophy. Of course, the rule book will be thrown out and the four finalists will have full creative freedom over their respective freestyle routines.
In addition to Derek Hough returning to the ballroom floor for a special performance, Nelly will also take the stage to perform a medley of his greatest hits. However, as Tyra Banks teased in the final seconds of the night’s show, there will be plenty surprises, as well!
Dancing with the Stars returns for its season finale next Monday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Here are your finalists of Dancing with the Stars season 29: Nev Schulman, host of Catfish, with Jenna Johnson — 60/60 Kaitlyn Bristowe, former star of The Bachelorette, with Artem Chigvintsev — 60/60 Justina Machado, One Day at a Time star, with Sasha Farber— 58/60 Nelly, Grammy Award-winning rapper, with Daniella Karagach — 56/60
Daniel Knighton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Veteran stand-up comic Sinbad is recovering from a recent stroke, his family said in a statement to Variety.
“It is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband and father, is recovering from a recent stroke,” read statement. “Sinbad is a light source of love and joy for many generations. While he is beginning his road to recovery, we are faithful and optimistic that he will bring laughter into our hearts soon.”
“Our family thanks you in advance for your love and support and ask for continued prayers for his healing,” the statement continued. “We also ask that you please respect our privacy during this time. Thank you.”
The 64-year-old comedian, born David Adkins, came to prominence following a series of HBO specials in the early 1990s. He went on to play Coach Walter Oakes on the Cosby Show spinoff A Different World, which ran on NBC for six seasons between 1987 and 1993. The show also starred Lisa Bonet, Marisa Tomei, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dawn Lewis and Jasmine Guy.
He followed that with The Sinbad Show, which ran for a season on Fox from 1993-94. Most recently, he had a major role on the Fox series Rel, the comedy starring Lil Rel Howery.
Brock Pierce, the former child actor who starred in the Disney feature First Kid alongside Sinbad, said in a statement on Monday, “I am eternally grateful to Sinbad, as a mentor and a friend. Throughout his life, he has proven, time and time again, that one can do well, by doing good for others, and I wish him a speedy recovery and good health in the future.”
If you listen to the new music Eric Church has been putting out lately, it’s easy to assume his latest tunes were created as a response to the unpredictable developments of 2020.
“The interesting thing about my perspective is we made — I don’t [want to] say album — we made this project,” he explains, “before COVID ever existed. So for me, we never came in reacting to COVID.”
“We made this project, we wrote this project, we recorded this project before we ever knew what COVID was,” he adds.
Still, the newly-crowned CMA Entertainer of the Year understands if you can’t help but see the music through the lens of the past few months.
“I think a lot of that is a little bit divine,” Eric reflects, “that if you listen to songs and you hear what the songs are, you very easily go, ‘This sounds like they were in the middle of quarantine.'”
“But we weren’t. I was not,” he continues. “So for me, it just kind of happened the way it was supposed to happen. I did not make this album after COVID happened. I made it before.”
So far, Eric hasn’t revealed when can expect his seventh studio project, the follow-up to 2018’s Desperate Man.
Last week, he debuted his new single, “Hell of a View,” on the 54th Annual CMA Awards, before taking home the night’s big prize.
ABC/Art Schreiber(NEW YORK) — Less than a week after Richard Schiff revealed he and his wife Sheila Kelley tested positive for COVID-19, he is giving fans an update. 
