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Nick Cordero died Sunday after a grueling battle with the Coronavirus, Kanye West's Yeezy received more than $2 million through the Paycheck Protection Program and Brad Pitt will lead Sony action thriller 'Bullet Train' from David Leitch.

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00:00Here are today's top stories. First, Broadway star Nick Cordero died Sunday after a grueling

00:04battle with the coronavirus. He was 41. The Tony-nominated actor, known for his work in

00:09Bullets Over Broadway, Waitress, and A Bronx Tale the Musical, was diagnosed with what was

00:14thought to be pneumonia in late March. He spent weeks in intensive care at Cedars-Sinai Medical

00:18Center in Los Angeles, had his right leg amputated, lost more than 60 pounds, and was hoping to

00:24receive a double lung transplant. Survivors include his wife, fitness instructor, and former

00:28Broadway dancer Amanda Clutes, who chronicled his health struggles on social media, and

00:32their one-year-old son, Elvis. Clutes wrote on Instagram, in part,

00:35God has another angel in heaven now. My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded

00:40in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth. I am in disbelief and

00:45hurting everywhere. My heart is broken, as I cannot imagine our lives without him. A GoFundMe page has

00:50been set up to help the family. Next, the Small Business Administration disclosed on Monday that

00:55Kanye West's Yeezy Company received more than $2 million through the Paycheck Protection Program.

01:00Yeezy, an LLC, formed by the musician and clothing designer, received a loan between $2 and $5 million,

01:06according to the SBA. The company disclosed that it saved 160 jobs because of the program meant to

01:11help businesses struggling during the novel coronavirus pandemic. A rep for West did not

01:15immediately reply to a request for comment concerning the PPP loan. And Brad Pitt will lead Sony action

01:21thriller, Bullet Train, from Hobson Shaw Hilmer, David Leach. Based on the popular Japanese book

01:25Maria Beadle, Bullet Train centers on a group of hitmen with conflicting motives on a train in Tokyo.

01:30The studio is hoping to shoot the movie this fall. The film is a contained thriller, which means it can

01:35be shot on a contained set and fall in line easier under coronavirus health restrictions than a more

01:40sprawling action movie with actual locations. For more on all these stories, head to THR.com.

01:45For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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