California Covid Cases, Hospitalizations Hit New Summer Surge Highs As Wild Swings Continue

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterIf Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled next week, the entertainment industry will lose a valuable ally in Sacramento.The industry’s top concern at the Capitol is the film and TV tax credit, which provides a 20-25% discount on eligible production spending in the state.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLana Del Rey has announced a new release date for “Blue Bannisters,” her second album of 2021, which was originally scheduled for July 4 but abruptly bumped days before its release.

KISS‘ Paul Stanley has been spotted in public without a mask days after testing positive for COVID-19.The guitarist was seen walking inside of a West Hollywood Hotel last Tuesday (August 31) minus a face covering – you can see photos courtesy of The Daily Mail here.Aside from the fact that California has imposed a mask mandate, Los Angeles Department of Public Health has said that COVID-positive individuals should self-isolate for a minimum of 10 days.The news comes just five days after Stanley

In mid-August California’s Health Officer, Dr. Tomás J. Aragón, issued a new order meant to ensure rapidly-filling hospitals and ICUs had the support and flexibility they needed.

California Governor Gavin Newsom held a press conference today to tout a milestone: 80% of the state’s eligible residents have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine. He called it “a momentous occasion.” The governor sought to contrast the accomplishment with the pandemic plans of his recall rivals.

While state and local officials have generally remarked that Covid cases in California seem to be plateauing, today brought a new daily high for this summer’s surge. The 14,968 new cases reported today is the highest number of new infections the state has seen since January 31, and well above the 2020 summer surge peak of 12,614 on August 14 of that year.

In the lawsuit, which was filed in federal district court in California and obtained by TheWrap, Paramount says that it had to pause production of the Tom Cruise blockbuster in February 2020 after an unidentified production member tested positive for COVID-19. That pause was then prolonged when the Italian government ordered a full lockdown during the early stages of the pandemic.

Following in the legal footsteps of UTA, Ben Affleck’s Hypnotic, AppleTV+’s The Morning Show, Disney and more, Paramount is going after its insurance company for not covering Covid-19 costs on Tome Cruise’s Mission Impossible 7.

“Leave It To Beaver” star Tony Dow has been hospitalized with pneumonia after being taken to the E.R. on Thursday.

confirmed to TMZ that — thanks to a shortage of hospital beds caused by the surge of Delta variant infections in California — her husband of 41 years spent “24 hours” suffering in the waiting room before being treated.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterNetflix was the big winner as the California Film Commission awarded a record-setting $138.8 million in film tax credits on Monday.The streaming service got $43.3 million for three projects, including $18.5 million for the Zack Snyder sci-fi epic “Rebel Moon.” Its other winning projects are “Beverly Hills Cop 4,” which was awarded $15.8 million, and an untitled feature with Jonah Hill, which got $9 million.The $138.8 million total shattered the previous record

Angelina Jolie‘s three daughters — Shiloh, 15,  Zahara, 16, and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 13 — were spotted comforting their mother, 46, outside a Burbank, California hospital on Friday, August 20. The actress is said to have spent nearly six hours inside the building, and it was halfway through her visit that her daughters showed up to share some warm hugs with her.

statement. “Unfortunately, due to the recent increases in COVID-19 cases and evolving health and safety mandates, we have come to the difficult but right decision to cancel VidCon this October.

On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced that one of his staffers, who was fully vaccinated, had contracted Covid-19. According to multiple reports, the staffer had not been near the governor or any of the aides who have worked closely with Newsom’s of late.

California reported 14,099 new cases on Friday, the highest one-day total the state has seen since February 1, 2021. That is up from 10,450 new cases reported the day before, and comes amid a general trend of rising cases and quickly rising infection rates.

On July 4, the overall 7-day average of Covid cases per 100,000 was 4.6. Today, that number has risen to 23.2 per 100,000. The 7-day average of cases is considered a good measure of the rate of infection spread. And while the rise from an average of 4.6 per 100,000 to 23.2 per 100,000 is a 400% jump, the data was much, much higher for the unvaccinated.

her website shows Nicks has already taken down all the appearances previously listed under the tour page — but she was originally going to appear at shows and festivals in California, Colorado, Georgia, Texas and Louisiana. The Louisiana gig was part of the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which is no longer taking place this October.

California is “currently experiencing the fastest increase in Covid-19 cases during the entire pandemic” according to an announcement from State Public Health Officer Tomás Aragón on Wednesday. He reported the state is currently experiencing 22.7 new cases per 100,000 people per day, with case rates increasing tenfold since early June. (The state data dashboard says 23.1 per 100,000, but either way infections are skyrocketing.)