Hughley says he has coronavirus
Comedian D.L. Hughley announced he tested positive for COVID-19 after collapsing onstage during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee.
The stand-up comedian, 57, lost consciousness while performing at the Zanies comedy nightclub on Friday night and was hospitalized, news outlets reported. On Saturday, Hughley posted a video on Twitter in which he said he was treated for exhaustion and dehydration afterward.
“I also tested positive for COVID-19, which blew me away,” he says in the video. “I was what they call asymptomatic. I didn’t have any symptoms, the classic symptoms.”
Hughley plans to quarantine in his Nashville hotel room for 14 days. The remaining two nights of his four-night engagement at Zanies were canceled.
Hughley said he still hasn’t exhibited any of the typical symptoms associated with the coronavirus, including shortness of breath and fever. However, fatigue is listed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a symptom of the disease.
“So, in addition to all the other stuff you have to look out for,” Hughley advises in the video, if you “pass out in the middle of a show, onstage, you probably need to get tested.
“Thank you for your prayers and your well wishes — and a few more of them wouldn’t hurt.”
Beyonce’s Juneteenth surprise: Beyonce did not let Juneteenth pass without dropping one of her signature surprises — a new single called “Black Parade.”
“I’m going back to the South, I’m going back where my roots ain’t watered down,” Beyonce sings, opening the track. At several points on Friday’s release, the singer tells listeners to “follow my parade.”
Proceeds from the song will benefit Black-owned small businesses, a message titled “Black Parade Route” on the singer’s website said. The post included links to dozens of Blackowned businesses.
“Happy Juneteenth. Being Black is your activism. Black excellence is a form of protest. Black joy is your right,” the message said.
Juneteenth commemorates the day that the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free.
“I hope we continue to share joy and celebrate each other, even in the midst of struggle,” Beyonce wrote in an Instagram post announcing the release of “Black Parade.” “Please continue to remember our beauty, strength and power.”
Cobain guitar sells for
$6 million: Grunge became gold Saturday as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana’s 1993 “MTV Unplugged” performance months before his death sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction.
The 1959 Martin D-18E that Cobain played in the band’s rare acoustic performance and subsequent live album was sold to Australian Peter Freedman, owner of Rode Microphones, at the Music Icons event run by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California.
The bids opened at $1 million for the sale that ended up breaking several world records.
Cobain used it to play tunes including “About a Girl” and “All Apologies” at the Nov. 18, 1993, show that came less than five months before the singer and songwriter died at age 27.
June 22 birthdays: Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 84. Actress Meryl Streep is 71. Singer Cyndi Lauper is 67. Singer Steven Page is
50. Actor Donald Faison is
46. Actress Lindsay Ridgeway is 35. Singer Dina Hansen is 23.