Ripped from the Headlines: April 2020: This Week In Culture: March 29–April 4, 2020

Taylor Swift is covering three months of salary and healthcare expenses for a Nashville record store. Grimey's New & Preloved Music, named one of the ten best record stores in America in 2018, had just celebrated its 20th anniversary. Like many other such businesses, it had recently closed due to the pandemic. Copiosus is Latin for "plentiful."

ESPN has pushed up the release of its ten-hour Michael Jordan documentary, titled The Last Dance, to April 19. The network will show two episodes a week for five Sundays. The series chronicles Jordan's last season in the NBA, in 1997-98, which culminated in a victory over the Utah Jazz for the championship. Dynasteia is a Greek word meaning "power," "domination," or "lordship."

For those of you keeping score at home, which is all of you, screens have officially won the battle over how much screen time is okay. In that spirit, this list of enormous, open-world, time-intensive video games might be just the ticket for whiling away your social distancing time. Elegeia is a Greek word, referring to a literary poem of lamentation for someone who passed.

Wimbledon, the Grand Slam tennis tournament held in London every summer, has been cancelled for the first time since World War II. Prior to that, the only other time it was cancelled was during World War I. Because of the packed schedule for international tennis tournaments, it's unclear if the competition can be postponed until later this year or whether it may need to be scrapped altogether.

Bob Dylan released his first new song in eight years. Titled Murder Most Foul, it deals with the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It also includes a long list of name-checks and references to other songs. And at 17 minutes long, you only need to listen to it about 60 times to get through another day under stay-at-home orders! If that's not enough, all the other songs Dylan mentions add up to a four-hour playlist.

Idris Elba announced that two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19, he and his wife are fine. The couple are in quarantine in New Mexico, where Elba was shooting a film. In his Instagram video, Elba praised healthcare workers for their efforts, and also Tom Hanks for announcing his own test results right away in an effort to help people stay calm about the pandemic. limbo is Latin for "border" or "edge," as in the rim of a volcano's crater or the lip of a bowl.

The NFL is optimistic about the coming season, saying that it plans to start on time and proceed normally. But observers say that it's too early to make such a declaration, with so many unknowns about the scope and duration of the pandemic. An opportunist is someone who takes advantage of every opportunity: every possible chance to improve their standing, position, or financial situation.

David Hockney, one of the most famous living painters, shared a portfolio of his recent iPad drawings for people to enjoy. Working from his new country home in Normandy, France, the 83-year-old continues to work every day and is enjoying the beginning of spring. The nine drawings and one animation are all pictures of his home, garden, and the surrounding landscape, featuring lots of flowers and budding trees.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is another video game well-suited to this period of prolonged homestay. Relaxed, charming, and immersive, it offers a welcome escape from too much bad news and too many hours in each day. Sequester is a Latin verb meaning "to set aside" or "to separate."

After six seasons, Schitt's Creek will air its series finale on April 7. The show became hugely popular, with fans creating lots of memes using the characters. Daniel Levy, who co-created the show with his father Eugene, recently signed a three-year deal with ABC. Titulus is Latin for "title," which can be used with both meanings of that word: a position, like ambassador, or the title of an art work.