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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

A-listers lend talents to bedtime story initiative during Covid lockdown

Natalie Portman and Lupita Nyong’o among those signed up to Instagram Live initiative to raise money for charity

As culture adapts to the limitations imposed by the Covid-19 outbreak there have been myriad new online formats, from viral pop parody videos and impromptu classical concerts to TikTok dance-offs and marathon DJ sets. But now the online cultural arms race has shifted to another, less likely, target: the humble bedtime story.

Several Hollywood actors, music stars and politicians have become children’s storytellers in an effort to support charities and bring some levity during the Covid-19 outbreak, as experts extol the importance of regular routines for parents and children.

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