Welcome to Staying Apart, Together, a USA TODAY newsletter that aims to entertain you, distract you and help you cope during the coronavirus pandemic.

Quarantine likely has you feeling like a natural woman – and not in the way Aretha Franklin sang about.

Britons marked the 75th anniversary of WWII victory with a speech by Queen Elizabeth II, the only British leader left who was there on May 8, 1945.

Phyllis Schlafly was motivated by her family, not a hunger for power. She was politically involved because of her desire for her children to succeed.

When celebrating mom this Mother's Day, we are going the (social) distance! Here are five ideas to make Sunday special.

100 things to do inside

The far-sighted internationally renowned theatre personality, Phillip Zarrilli, passed away on April 28, after a fourteen-year battle with cancer that

Sahirr Sethhi’s short film 'Zoya' spotlights wildlife conservation and man's disconnect with nature

The fest, featuring Indian and international artistes, aims to raise money through donations for Give India, India Foundation for the Arts and Voice of Stray Dogs

Singer Miley Cyrus is comfortable in her space but understands that the COVID-19 pandemic has been rough for a lot of people, financially and otherwise

Atul Mongia’s short ‘Awake’ is about a woman and a strange equation with her husband

Their interview with "James Corden" wasn't what it seemed...

“Ayo, my best friend’s rich check”

The wardrobe malfunction could've ruined her night

Fans think they might be going official

Not once, but twice

Fans celebrated their friendship too soon

With support already from the likes of Jack Saunders and Huw Stephens, Sfven is quickly becoming our new indie-pop fav...

His biblical performance will be yours to own on 12th June...

Sources say the couple have gone their separate ways

Marriage ~and~ a baby? It's a lot to take in

By Rod Mickleburgh At long last, a formal apology has been delivered in the House of Commons for Canada’s racist behaviour in its shameful treatment of Sikh passengers aboard the Komagata Maru, who had the effrontery to seek immigration to the West Coast more than a hundred years ago. Not only were they denied entry, they [...]

By Allan Eastman The photographs of water bombers fighting the horrendous Ft. McMurray conflagration of 2016 invoked a sudden wash of memories having to do with two of the great Canadian cultural institutions that I had the good fortune to be involved with and a bizarre set of circumstances that led from a burned out […]

By Brady Tighe It is a powerful thing to see the destroyed homes of the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Fort McMurray — husks of buildings that once contained a family, their possessions, their memories, their keepsakes, their records, and their favourite throw pillows; everything minor and major, wiped out by an implacable force. The destruction […]

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don’t want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, across the water from the island I live on. He’s been a celebrity there for a long time, first as the city’s […]

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary — Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian energy giant Petronas — without the consent of the people who rejected a $1.15 billion dollar deal from Petronas to gain that consent. […]

For years I have been warning that hatred kills. Like it did in Orlando last Sunday. Or like it did in Britain last Thursday. When the gentle, decent Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death by a another cowardly bigot. And I've also warned that the same poison was spreading in Canada. Where [...]

By Nicholas Heather One time, me and the kids had a fish hotel. It was my idea. My original idea. For some reason we’d acquired a 20-gallon fish tank. Of course, the kids wanted to get fish. “I don’t think that’s a good idea, you guys,” I said, as we were discussing what I was […]

The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, seconded by Elizabeth May, to allow members of the public access to question the expert witnesses before the committee in real time via email or twitter [...]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="324"] From ‘The Red Tree’ by Shaun Tan[/caption] Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, the important part is this: every card in the heart suit is worth points, and (just like golf) players want to avoid those points. I played a lot of Hearts as a [...]

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its cozy confines. The money has been raised, the relief cheques have been sent out, the insurance claims are in, the liquor stores are operational, and […]

Workaround tricked Steam to get past Denuvo's DRM protection.

If 98 painfully stupid bots fall onto a PUBG island, do they make a sound?

Final season picks up where S6's cliffhanger finale left off.

We're resurfacing our interview from last month now that Mechner's book is out.

No spoilers here, but details about character relationships, fates are out there.

“Are you ready for the ride of your life?”

Jonathan Majors plays Atticus Black, who takes a road trip to find his missing father.

Get yer glass on with this great version of the board game hit.

SXScreeners: Shorts and soundtracks rule this Amazon-hosted digital film fest

VFX supervisor Marshall Krasser on the challenge of keeping it real—but not too real.

New study on mid-pandemic media preferences shows some of us lean into the morbid.

Newly revealed Twin Galaxies defamation suit has been quietly proceeding for months.

A big jump, but if you were expecting a jolt that would “save” the PC-VR space, well...

Watch a professional (non-gaming) illustrator adapting to a new medium.

Think Veep meets The Office and Parks and Recreation.

Amid quarantine, New Horizons provides an outlet for creativity and commerce.

It's about much more than just enabling PC ports.

PoP: Redemption video has hid in plain sight since 2012, elicits former devs' response.

Majority of titles will be available across generations with “Smart Delivery.”