Cinemark Unveils Details About Reopening Circuit & COVID-19 Safety Procedures

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe upcoming Venice Film Festival’s reconfiguration due to coronavirus safety measures has been officially unveiled.Barring complications, Venice, which runs Sept.

Vanilla Ice has finally thawed his stone-cold stance on hosting a concert amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerRapper and DIY Network home renovator Vanilla Ice has decided not to go forward with a planned July 4 concert in Austin, Texas.The show, planned for the Emerald Point Bar & Grill, is located on the shores of Lake Travis and touted its outdoor restaurant and extensive grounds as safety features.But Texas, as well as several other states, has seen a strong resurgence of coronavirus cases.

Vanilla Ice cooled off plans for a concert in Texas after taking considerable heat for an event that sought to gather hundreds of fans in one of the nation’s coronavirus hot spots.The 1990s rapper with the hit single “Ice Ice Baby” had been scheduled to play a lakeside show just outside Austin on Friday (July 3), but on Thursday he announced it was being postponed.“Due to the increase in COVID-19 numbers in Austin we’re gonna move the concert to a better date,” Vanilla Ice tweeted.

1990s-themed 4th of July concert in Austin, Texas, because of the coronavirus pandemic.“Due to the increase in COVID-19 numbers in Austin we’re gonna move the concert to a better date,” he wrote in a caption for a video posted Thursday on Twitter.

a post on his Instagram page, writing, “I can’t wait to get back to this. The 90s were the best.

Cinemark on Tuesday announced plans to begin reopening its movie theaters on July 24 with a series of classic Hollywood movies.The nation’s third largest exhibitor based its plans on results from reopening five theaters in the Dallas area where the company is based.“Cinemark is pleased with the moviegoer response and key learnings from our initial five-theater test-and-learn phase in the Dallas area, and we look forward to welcoming movie fans back into our auditoriums across the country to

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe window is closing on ways to halt the rise in new COVID-19 cases that threaten to send some parts of the US into a second lockdown. That was the opinion of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who spoke the comments Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press.As cases surge nationwide, reopened businesses are again shuttering in Florida and Texas.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe governors of Florida and Texas have decided that recently reopened bars are the cause of record levels of new coronavirus cases in their states. On Friday, they closed down the bars there, shuttering businesses just getting back to work.Seven states are reporting new highs for coronavirus hospitalizations, according to the Washington Post.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRooster Teeth, the division of WarnerMedia’s Otter Media dedicated to sci-fi and fandom, has canceled RTX 2020. Instead, it’s planning a virtual event for fans in its place.The decision came after the Austin Public Health department determined that the annual convention cannot be held at the Austin Convention Center.

Reform Alliance, an organization committed to advancing criminal justice reform, announced on Thursday (June 25) that it has received a 70,000-mask donation from Kelly Rowland.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterOdeon, one of the UK’s major multiplex chains, has outlined its plan to re-open venues in England next month following news yesterday that the government has given exhibitors the green light.Cinemas are allowed to resume operations from July 4, and Odeon will open doors at 10 sites on that date, including in Manchester, Birmingham and Epsom.

Ted Johnson The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said that they are imposing a joint travel advisory in which visitors from states with high community spread of COVID-19 must quarantine for 14 days.The travel advisory is effective at midnight tonight.The list of states includes Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington.

Peter White Television EditorHulu unveiled a number of advertising plans at its annual NewFronts presentations and slipped in a few details about forthcoming originals.The Disney-backed digital platform unveiled more details about its upcoming Steve Martin and Martin Short comedy as well as its next Huluween projects and two new FX on Hulu titles.In January, Hulu handed the Martin and Short half-hour project, which comes from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman and 20th Century Fox TV, a

Mama June Shannon is opening up about her drug habits like never before. In ET’s exclusive clip from Friday’s episode of “Mama June: From Not to Hot”, titled “Family Crisis,” the reality star begins the intake process at an addiction center. The previously unseen footage shows Mama June detailing her addiction to crack cocaine.

Mama June Shannon is opening up about her drug habits like never before. In ET's exclusive clip from Friday's episode of, titled «Family Crisis,» the reality star begins the intake process at an addiction center.

New research from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) and PSB Research reveals the disproportionate economic impact COVID-19 has had on the transgender community.