P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author whose early work with National Lampoon included contributions to the influential Lemmings show, died today of lung cancer. He was 74.
27.01.2022 - 03:43 / deadline.com
Los Angeles today marked the two-year anniversary of the county’s first-known Covid infection with the tragic news that the virus had taken the life of a 15-month-old child.
“This is the youngest resident to die of Covid-19 since the pandemic began and a stark reminder that the virus can cause devastating outcomes among those most vulnerable, including young children not yet eligible for vaccinations,” said a statement from Los Angeles County Public Health officials.
Children under five are not yet eligible for vaccination in Los Angeles — or the United States at large. And older kids lag the population-at-large in getting vaccinated against the virus.
While 68% of all L.A County residents are fully vaccinated, only 20% of kids ages 5-11 in the region are fully vaccinated.
Cases and case rates in L.A. are down from recent highs, but still high compared to, say, last summer’s surge.
Despite the declines in cases, the number of school outbreaks has increased. Health officials say this reflects the highly infectious Omicron variant at work after kids returned to campus from the winter holidays.
Between January 16th-22nd, there were 11 new school outbreaks. Nine of those were in elementary schools, 1 in a high school, and 1 in youth sports.
For the week ending January 23rd, area schools administered more than half a million Covid tests and confirmed 40,694 positive cases. The test positivity was 7%. That is a 33% decrease from the prior week, and far below the county’s current overall test positivity rate, which is 13.1%.
There are 4,534 people with Covid currently hospitalized, a number that has slowly come down from a peak near 5,000 last week.
Officials confirmed 20,866 new infections in the county today, a number about as high
P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author whose early work with National Lampoon included contributions to the influential Lemmings show, died today of lung cancer. He was 74.
Minamata, the Andrew Levitas film starring Johnny Depp, is getting a U.S. theatrical release this weekend with 27 runs, a full year after it was first skedded for U.S. screens.
Kim Kardashian has revealed that she “chose herself” and that by doing so it may have “caused divorce” from her estranged husband Kanye West, 44.The pair married in May 2014 and over the course of their relationship welcomed four children together: North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two. Seven years on from tying the knot, Kim, 41, filed for divorce from the Golddigger rapper in February 2021. Now, a year one from filing the documents Kim, who’s currently dating SNL star Pete Davidson, has opened up about how putting herself first was important to her, even if it resulted in the end of her marriage.
Anna Nicole Smith‘s tragic death on February 8, 2007, left a huge hole in the hearts of those who knew and loved her. In an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife, the late model and actress’s best friends — dress designers Patrik Simpson and his husband, Pol’ Atteu — revealed for the first time their plans to honor their fallen friend in a way that will keep her memory alive forever! “I am super excited to announce this to you on the 15th anniversary of Anna’s death that our book, Anna Nicole Smith – Portrait of An Icon, which was published in 2008 by Kings Road Publishing and contains intimate stories and memories of our friendship, as well as never before seen photos, is being turned into a new biopic film,” Patrik told us.
Kanye West has made the argument that Black History Month – an annual commemoration of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, celebrated every February in North America – is no longer relevant, instead declaring in a new video that February will henceforth be known as “Black Future Month”.The video shows West – who is legally known as Ye – standing in the centre of a hooded group and delivering a powerful speech on his upbringing and struggles as a Black man in modern America.“The system has been separating families in every way that they can, for years” he said, noting that he was separated from his mother (the first female head of the English department at Chicago State University) and his father (a Black Panther) at a young age, leading to a fractured relationship between West and the latter.He continued: “America is made to enslave us. What they ever gave us? We’d improve.
Michelle Obama is sharing stories of individuals who are making a difference in communities across the country. She shared a black and white photo by Chicago based photographer Antonio Dickey and wrote, “This is a month of celebration—a time to not only reflect on the heroes in our history books, but to honor the Black people who are quietly working every day to improve and enrich our communities right here and now.” “Today, I’m starting with Antonio Dickey,” she continued.The photo Michelle shared was taken by Dickey when she spoke with students at a school resource event in 1991. “Back then, I was just Michelle Robinson, an assistant to Mayor Daley at City Hall,” she wrote.
Calling Barbz and any casual Nicki Minaj listeners alike: Nicki’s highly praised and beloved album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is gearing up for its 10-year anniversary on April 2.
Abigail Hawk (Blue Bloods), Tobias Forrest (Coffee Wars), John Lawson (Pet Cemetery – Prequel) and Barry Bostwick (Rocky Horror Picture Show) are among the cast in feature drama Daruma.
Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul have shared another new track from their forthcoming joint album – listen to ‘Ceci n’est pas un cliché’ (‘This is not a cliché’) below.The pair’s debut album as a duo, ‘Topical Dancer’, will be released on March 4, 2022 via Deewee – the label owned by Soulwax, who co-wrote and co-produced the album.Speaking of the new track, the duo said: “This song is an accumulation of all the cliché lyrics so often used in pop music. It came about when we were touring and heard a song on the radio opening with ‘I was walking down the street’ which made us strongly cringe.
Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, and seven others. Even though two years have gone by, the loss of the Lakers legend and his daughter--who was growing up to be a basketball star in her own right--still seems unreal.
EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has acquired North American and other overseas territory rights to The Old Way, the Western from director Brett Donowho that stars Nicolas Cage. The distributor is targeting a theatrical and VOD release for the pic sometime during the fourth quarter of 2022.
Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant are being remembered in an impressive and touching way on the second year anniversary of their deaths. The late basketball legend and his look-alike teen were sculpted into a statue that was placed at the Calabasas, CA site the helicopter they were riding in crashed on Jan. 26, 2020. Dan Medina, a Los Angeles-based sculptor is the one responsible for the touching figure, which is meant to look like Kobe and Gianna standing in their basketball jerseys and shorts while holding a basketball.
Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Bryant, on the two-year anniversary of their deaths. Kobe was 41 years old, while Gianna was just 13.On Jan. 26, 2020, a helicopter crashed into the hills of Calabasas, California — and five families lost loved ones.
Instagram post, the 79-year-old rock legend strongly condemned his song’s inclusion in the ad and alluded to retaliating with legal action:“The use of my song ‘Chicago’ by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense movement in a video to promote his organization’s rally in Washington, D.C.