BET Awards To Return Live In June With Vaccinated Audience

It has been 30 years since rap was considered a category at the Juno Awards.

Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer says the county is now projecting it will be late August before 80% of County residents have received at least one dose, assuming vaccinations continue at the current pace. That’s a far cry from the 80% of residents that were previously expected to be fully vaccinated by late July. And, of course, it takes two doses of most Covid vaccines to achieve immunity.

Rocker Marilyn Manson has more legal troubles on his plate. A lawsuit has been filed by an ex-girlfriend in Los Angeles County state Superior Court, claiming he raped her and forced her to watch a gruesome film depicting abuse of a groupie.

Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and The Weeknd were among the winners at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday. SirElton John was also presented with an icon award - with a medley of hits performed in his honour.

Usher is about to be a dad of four.

Los Angeles County officials announced on Monday that, as of May 21, 50% of L.A. County residents 16 and over had been fully vaccinated. Given that data is three days old, it’s safe to assume the current number is over 50%. Fully 72% of seniors 65 and older in the region were fully vaccinated by Friday.

BAFTA today celebrates behind-the-scenes craftspeople in British television at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2021.

For more than a year, Stephen Colbert has been been hosting “The Late Show” (or, as he’s been calling it, “A Late Show”) remotely, originally from his home and, more recently, from a small set within the Ed Sullivan Theater built within a small office that once served as a storage closet.

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will return to the The Ed Sullivan Theater on June 14 with a full, vaccinated audience, the CBS late-night show revealed Monday.

The New York Times. Roughly 43 per cent of New York state’s residents have been vaccinated, and over half the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.The state has also been trialling the use of a new app, titled Excelsior Pass, which shares vaccination and negative test results with high-traffic venues and businesses by use of a QR code.

“We’ll fully align with California standards,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on a cal with reporters this week.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeA year after the BET Awards became one of the first major awards to take place during the pandemic (two days after the Daytime Emmys ran via a virtual event), the ceremony will return next month as the first to invite vaccinated fans to be a part of the audience.BET announced Tuesday that the 2021 BET Awards will return with a live event on Sunday, June 27, from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live.

Brave Girls are set to return with new music this June, their agency Brave Entertainment has confirmed.Eaelier today (May 18), South Korean news outlet Xsportsnews reported that the quartet are set to make a comeback in mid-June with new music. The publication also claimed that the girl group would be adopting a “summer queen” concept.Brave Entertainment later confirmed the report in a statement to Sports Kyunghyang.

Paris Hilton is inviting you on her wedding journey.

It was a big night for Dua Lipa as she scooped up two awards while also performing a medley of her hit tunes at the Brit Awards on Tuesday 11 May.The 25 year old made quite the style statement as she lit up the stage at London's O2 arena in a cheeky Union Jack print ensemble. Dua's choice of on-stage attire was even more attention-grabbing as it appeared to be a nod to Spice Girl Geri Horner's famous patriotic dress, which she wore to perform at Brits back in 1997.

Brit Awards are underway, with the ceremony marking the first live large-scale indoor event since March last year. It got off to a spectacular start with a Line of Duty skit from host Jack Whitehall, plus dazzling live performances from Coldplay, Arlo Parks, Dua Lipa, and Elton John and Olly Alexander.