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BOSTON — St. Patrick's Day revelers across the world tried to salvage the holiday with makeshift celebrations after parades and parties were scrapped and residents were urged to hunker down at home to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

NEW YORK — The Rolling Stones are postponing its 15-city North American tour because of the growing coronavirus outbreak. The band announced Tuesday that its No Filter Tour, originally expected to kick off in San Diego on May 8, is postponed.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The East Coast Music Awards have been cancelled this year amid concerns about COVID-19. The conference and festival was scheduled to run from April 29 to May 3 in St. John's, N.L.

Apple Books US Bestseller List - 03/15/20 - Paid Books Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher 1. End of Days by Lindsay Harrison & Sylvia Browne - 9781440631412 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 2.

iTunes Movies US Charts: 1. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2. Bombshell 3. Knives Out 4. 1917 5. Contagion 6. Spies in Disguise 7. Uncut Gems 8. Ford v Ferrari 9. Little Women 10. Jumanji: The Next Level iTunes Movies US Charts - Independent: 1.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 22-28: March 22: Composer Stephen Sondheim is 90. Actor William Shatner is 89. Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 85. Singer Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy is 79. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 77.

NEW YORK — U.S. movie theatres have closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, turning dark nearly all of the country's 40,000-plus screens in an unprecedented shutdown.

NEW YORK — Anyone tuning into the new TV series “Motherland: Fort Salem” will find a few changes in the America depicted. For one thing, women are in charge of the military. For another, they're all witches.

Dave Simonett, “Red Tail" (Thirty Tigers) Dave Simonett does wistful well.

NEW YORK — Military historian Rick Atkinson has won a $50,000 prize for his first of three planned volumes on the Revolutionary War.