‘Big’ shot: Big Bird gets his COVID-19 vaccine

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorFor millions of viewers, NBC’s telecast of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is as much part of the holiday tradition as roast turkey, pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce.The parade that begins on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and culminates two and a half miles later outside the famed department store in Herald Square will mark its 95th edition this year.

posted a video on Instagram Tuesday to address his departure. “I know there’s been a lot of rumors and speculations about me and ‘General Hospital’ and I wanted you to hear it from me personally,” the actor said in the nearly two-minute clip.

Big Brother VIP star Ellie Gonsalves has revealed she is engaged, accepting a sweet proposal from her boyfriend of 13 years as they took part in a show at Australia Zoo.

SNL has taken a swipe at Texas Senator Ted Cruz for his comments about Big Bird and the COVID-19 vaccine.Cruz had reacted to a tweet from the Sesame Street character’s account on November 6, in which Big Bird had received his COVID-19 vaccine when it had newly become available for children aged 5 to 11 in the US.“Government propaganda…for your five-year-old!” the senator had tweeted at the time, referring to the fact that Big Bird is six years old in the Muppets universe.In last week’s episode

recent push to get kids vaccinated on its most recent episode.The Nov.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter Ted Cruz called Big Bird “government propaganda” on Twitter because that fictional character’s account tweeted about the COVID-19 vaccine, “Saturday Night Live” saw an opportunity to create a fictional new kids’ show from the senator. Titled “Cruz Street” and hosted by Aidy Bryant as Cruz, that sketch opened the Nov.

Following a week in which Ted Cruz grabbed headlines for his Twitter attacks on Big Bird for spreading vaccine “propaganda,” Saturday Night Live used its cold open to skewer the Texas senator.

“We will not reach the 80% threshold by the beginning of the year,” said Los Angeles County Health Director Barbara Ferrer today about the county’s vaccination progress. She then noted, “This is one of the 4 measures we must meet to lift restrictions.” Translation: L.A.’s indoor public masking and vaccination requirements will be in place until at least the start of 2022.

Hollywood’s Covid-19 safety protocols have been extended to January 15. The protocols, which had been set to expire on Oct. 31, include testing and vaccination mandates.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterParamount’s family friendly adventure “Clifford the Big Red Dog” pulled in a solid $2.3 million on its first day in theaters.The film, which is playing simultaneously in 3,407 North American cinemas and on the streaming service Paramount Plus, opened on Wednesday to take advantage of the Veterans Day holiday weekend.

Paramount will continue to experiment with a theatrical day-and-date release model during the pandemic with eOne’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, a live-action CGI hybrid take of the 1963 Scholastic children’s book classic which hit theaters today at 1:30PM, goes wide tomorrow at 3,695 theaters and also drops on Paramount+. The movie is expected to do between $15M-$17M over its five days, which includes Veterans Day when close to half K-12 schools are off for the holiday.

video above.This weird and ridiculous beef all began on Saturday, when the *real* Big Bird, who is meant to be 6 years old, tweeted, “I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.”The intention was to help kids ages 5 to 11 — who now have the option of receiving a relatively low dose of the Pfizer vaccine — feel more comfortable with the shot.

tweeted, “I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy,” to which Cruz replied, “Government propaganda…for your 5 year old!”Government propaganda…for your 5 year old! https://t.co/lKUlomnpq1“It’s sort of perfect in a way because the man is entirely useless as a senator — Texas froze over and he flew south to Cancun to go on vacation with his family as people were literally dying in their

Disney+ series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” claiming “creative differences” are to blame for his departure.The 59-year-old star announced the news to Deadline on Monday, just three days after the publication initially reported that he had quit the series “over the show’s COVID vaccination requirement.”In a statement, Estevez insisted: “This was nothing more than a good old-fashioned contract dispute and not, as some would believe, an anti-vaccine position.”The veteran actor insisted he was

Oh, come on, seriously?!

https://t.co/lKUlomnpq1Big Bird coming over to vaccinate your kids. pic.twitter.com/LQODCO3GKgSo, the women of “The View” took some time to give their thoughts on the matter.“He clearly, clearly has never watched ‘Sesame Street’ and didn’t do any homework to find out,” Whoopi Goldberg said.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a new target: Big Bird.

A final decision on plans for 208 new homes on the site of the former Moor Lane bus station in Bolton is to be made next week.

Big Bird is getting vaccinated amid the coronavirus pandemic.