COVID Leaves a Big Mark on Sundance 2021, From Screenings to Themes

The song was first released on February 12 and is a collaboration with California-based EDM producer and DJ, Sanjoy. ‘One In A Million’ is the singer’s first release since his boyband GOT7 left their longtime label, JYP Entertainment, in January.Tuan also recently returned to his hometown of Los Angeles, California and reunited with his family.

Amid the closure of the state’s biggest Covid-19 vaccination site over a precipitous drop in supply, California state health officials announced on Friday that the state would soon allow another 4-6 million residents to qualify for vaccination. There are currently 13 million people in the state who are eligible for vaccination.

Bring Your Own Brigade isn't the first cinematic report on the Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise, California, in 2018, or even the first one to screen at Sundance (Ron Howard's Rebuilding Paradise played at the festival in 2020). It almost certainly won't be the last film about the devastation wrought by uncontrolled wildfires, particularly in California, by a long shot.

Mark Lanegan has announced the release of Leaving California, a poetry book “sequel” to his 2020 grunge memoir.The former Screaming Trees frontman released the book Sing Backwards And Weep last year, detailing in it his time in the Seattle music scene in the ‘90s.Leaving California will be published by Heartworm Press, whose website says new tome merges “the lines of harsh reality and paranoia, beauty and reflection, and the wisdom of the escape artist”.The 76-poem collection is also said to be

(Reuters) - Hal Holbrook, an award-winning actor acclaimed for his one-man portrayal of American literary legend Mark Twain and whose film work included portraying the mysterious "Deep Throat" in "All the President's Men," has died at the age of 95, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Holbrook died on Jan.

Margo Price has teamed up with Swamp Dogg (aka Jerry Williams Jr.) for a collaborative cover of John Prine‘s ‘Sam Stone’.The duet was recorded remotely as part of eTown’s Quarantine Sessions series, with Price performing from Cash Cabin in Tennessee and Swamp Dogg from his studio in California.Taken from Prine’s 1971 self-titled debut, ‘Sam Stone’ tells the story of a Vietnam veteran who struggles with heroin addiction after he returns from conflict overseas. Williams Jr.

Rounding out his trilogy of Oakland based verité documentaries, which includes 2012’s “The Waiting Room” and 2017’s “The Force,” Peter Nicks’ newest, “Homeroom,” is a poignant look at the 2019-20 school year in Oakland, CA, in which the compounding issues around defunding the police and COVID-19 force the school district to reevaluate their priorities.

Two days after California Governor Gavin Newsom suddenly announced he was rescinding his Regional Stay-at-Home Order, deaths statewide and in L.A. County remained at near-record levels.

“Los Angeles County will essentially align with the state,” said L.A. County Board Chair Hilda Solis on Monday afternoon, “which will include outdoor dining.” She said those changes would happen by the end of the week.

“Everything that should be up is up, everything that should be down is down,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday as he sought to explain his sudden decision to end the state’s Regional Stay-at-Home Order. Newsom said he was referencing to Covid-19 numbers and vaccinations. Many in the state, however, have felt less certain of the nature of up vs. down.

Officials with the California Department of Public Health have lifted the stay-at-home order for all counties amid signs that Covid-19 is spreading at a slower rate across the state.

COVID-19 vaccine, and wore an Avengers-themed mask to mark the occasion.Revealing the news of his jab on Instagram, Jackson said he was about to “bust back out” following his vaccination, and encouraging others to also get vaccinated.“At The Forum getting that 1st jab!!” he captioned his post, taken at the vaccination centre at the Forum music venue in Inglewood, California.Taking a selfie while in his car wearing a face mask themed on the Avengers, Jackson added the hopeful hashtags:

California on Monday recorded by far the highest number of Covid-19 deaths it has seen over the course of the pandemic. But the shocking loss of 764 lives may not have been the biggest virus-related news in the state. Nor was the generally better news on Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations.

More than 30 unpaid crewmembers on the indie film Please Give Me You have filed wage claims with the California Labor Commissioner’s office after the production was shut down last month when its financing fell through following a Covid-19 scare on the set. The film, written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour and which was to have starred Chloë Grace Moretz, had been prepping at the Rancho Grande preserve in Ojai, CA, when the plug was pulled December 11 before principal photography could begin.