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In the old influencer economy, sun-kissed vacation pictures and glossy group shots were among the most valuable forms of social media currency. Now, these pandemic-flouting posts would be cause for public derision.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 11-17 April 11: Actor Joel Grey is 89. Actor Louise Lasser is 82. Actor Peter Riegart (“Animal House”) is 74. Actor Bill Irwin (“Law and Order: SVU”) is 71. Singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 64.

The stars of "Schitt's Creek" are getting recognition from their peers, taking home two Screen Actor Guild Awards on Sunday night. The cast of the Canadian sitcom won the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.

REGINA — On a sunny afternoon, there's a steady flow of people coming and going from behind a pharmacy in Regina's north-central neighbourhood. Tucked in behind the building is a small shed, its doors open to a fridge, freezer and pantry.

WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg was a few weeks into his job as transportation secretary, buried in meetings and preparing for the launch of President Joe Biden’s $2.

DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support Saturday evening at White Plains Hospital. “He had a heart attack. He’s quite ill,” Richman said.

For some it’s too much to watch. Others just can’t turn away.

HARRISBURG, Pa.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Dinner reservations are gleefully being made again. Long-cancelled vacations are being booked. People are coming together again, in some of the ways they used to. But not everyone is racing back.

NEW YORK — Arthur Kopit, a three time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a darkly comic world view, has died. He was 83.