HOLLYWOOD HEADLINES

NASCAR drive Ryan Newman is having a truly terrible week. At Monday’s Daytona 500 stockcar race, he was within seconds of winning but then suffered a fiery crash that put him in “serious condition” at the hospital. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Ryan Newman’s wife left him before the Daytona 500 on the day before Valentine’s. (People)

Billie Eilish is the latest artist to admit she’s needed to take a social media hiatus. During a BBC interview, she said the bullying comments by trolls have weighed heavily on her soul (quote) “As you get to do cooler things, the more people hate you. I stopped reading comments fully. It was ruining my life.”

As the coronavirus spreads without a cure, Simon Cowell will take extraordinary precautions during a family vacation. The America’s Got Talent judge said (quote) “I am terrified by coronavirus. We will 100 percent wear masks visiting Disneyland Paris, especially my 6-year-old son. And we’ll have loads of hand sanitizer.” (New York Post)

Boston does not intend to follow in the running footsteps of Tokyo, which cancelled the 26-mile marathon race due to the coronavirus. Only a couple hundred elite runners are allowed to compete. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh said about their race on April 20 (quote) “We have to be very careful in overreacting to a situation that isn’t there. In Boston, coronavirus shouldn’t affect our marathon.” (Boston Herald)

Demi Lovato has an idea of pop stars joining together for a summit. She imagines a camping retreat where celebs “figure out a universal message” to express. Demi said in the Pretty Big Deal podcast (quote) “I’ve talked about it with Sam Smith. We get all of the influential singers and go camping. I think it would be empowering to figure out, as the generation leading people through music, how are we going to make a difference.”