As Vaccine Mandates Loom, It’s A Good Time Not To Be A Movie Exhibitor

“Wonder Woman 1984” director Patty Jenkins criticized films that are being released via streaming services and called them “fake.”The 50-year-old expressed her thoughts about the future of the big screen during a CinemaCon panel, opening up about her distaste for original films released on streaming giants.“Aren’t you seeing it? All of the films that streaming services are putting out, I’m sorry, they look like fake movies to me,” Jenkins said, the Los Angeles Times reported.

EXCLUSIVE: Dear White People alumna Nia Jervier is set for a recurring role on the upcoming second season of Lena Waithe’s popular BET series Twenties.

New York Post.The MLB Network didn’t immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment and confirmation. According to the New York Post, MLB Network recently instated a mandate that requires all employees be vaccinated beginning Sept.

Heidi Klum and her 17-year-old daughter Leni Klum just made a fashionable arrival for the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

refused to continue shooting “Gaslit” until all of the crew on the Watergate-focused program were vaccinated. In October, he will receive one of the Los Angeles Press Club’s Bill Rosendahl Public Service Awards for Contributions to Civic Life.

CNN Business.The memo specifies that employees are required to wear a mask and cover their faces when away from their desks or when speaking to colleagues. Owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, the latest mandate is a notable shift for a company that has been pushing anti-mask stories and broadcasts as the pandemic continues.The Post has consistently published stories and opinion articles arguing against masks and other COVID safety measures in terms bordering on hyperbolic.

Emmys guests will be required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test in order to attend this year’s ceremonies, the TV Academy announced Thursday.The announcement comes a week after the academy moved to restrict the number of guests who will be allowed to attend. A vaccine mandate had already been in place.

Chris Willman Music WriterWithout making light of the situation, the existential conundrum facing the concert industry — which was poised for an ambitious return this summer after 18 months of lockdown, only to see its plans upended by COVID variants and spikes — can be summarized in a tale of two Jasons.On one hand, there’s country singer Jason Aldean, who started off his tour this month by making nightly anti-masking proclamations.

The order, which will go into effect just before midnight on Thursday, will require operators of concerts, sports games and other high-attendance events to post signs notifying attendees that they must wear a mask at all times except when eating and drinking and for employees to enforce the mandate verbally. The new mandate comes as the Los Angeles Dodgers are in the midst of the 2021 MLB season and with the Rams and Chargers beginning NFL preseason games at SoFi Stadium.

New York Times on October 29, 1956. “Singer Sets an Example for Teen-Agers.” At the time, less than one percent of American teenagers were vaccinated against polio.

EXCLUSIVE: Once Upon a Time alum Lana Parrilla has been set to star alongside Anthony Rapp and writer-director Vivian Kerr in Scrap, an indie drama from producer Rachel Stander and her A Season of Rain banner. Beth Dover, Khleo Thomas, Brad Schmidt and Julianna Layne have also joined the cast of the pic, which is now shooting.

Laura Osnes, who has starred in such Broadway musicals as Bandstand, South Pacific and Bonnie and Clyde, is disputing reports that she was fired from a one-night benefit concert in East Hampton, New York, for her refusal to get a Covid-19 vaccine.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterMovie theaters in a handful of cities around the country will soon be checking for proof of vaccination — creating one more obstacle to the full return of moviegoing.In New York, the requirement goes into effect on Tuesday.

The long-awaited return of on-campus students and teacher interactions begins on Monday for the Los Angeles Unified School District, which was forced into remote teaching by the pandemic.

A man was stabbed outside LA City Hall on Saturday, amid a protest against Covid-19 vaccination mandates.

NEW ORLEANS -- People who want to enter New Orleans bars, restaurants, music halls — or any other inside venue — will soon have to show proof of vaccination against the coronavirus or a recent negative test, according to new rules announced Thursday by the mayor amid a surge in virus cases.Louisiana has become a hot spot for the fourth surge in the pandemic, driven by both low vaccination rates across the state and the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.

tweeted the news, saying, “Your decision to remain unvaccinated doesn’t just affect you–it affects us all.”Today the Los Angeles City Council passed legislation to require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for Angelenos to enter indoor public spaces.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterLos Angeles appears likely to join New York in requiring that private venues, including restaurants and movie theaters, ensure that patrons are vaccinated against COVID-19.The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 on Wednesday to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance that will mandate vaccines in indoor public settings, including restaurants, gyms, retail stores, theaters, concert venues and stadiums.“If we ever want to get back to normal, to what Los

All Los Angeles County employees will be required to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by Oct. 1 under an executive order issued by Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis. The order goes beyond many of the recent orders from other officials at the federal, state and local levels in that it does not make an accommodation for those who do not wish to be vaccinated.