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How Hollywood (Barely) Survived the Year of the Pandemic

‘No Hell Below Us’

From the cursed “Imagine” video to filming with masks and a screaming Tom Cruise, a look back at how celebrities tried, but struggled, to meet the moment in 2020.

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Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

The year of the pandemic is ending similarly to how it began, with people begging Hollywood to, please, stop.

There have been no sequels, thankfully, to the ghastly video

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