Disney Parks to Update Jungle Cruise Ride to ‘Reflect and Value’ Diversity

Two California state lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow major theme parks in Southern California to reopen faster than they would according to the rules in Gov. GavinNewsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy.

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On Thursday, two California Assembly Members representing the districts in which Disneyland and Six Flags Magic Mountain lie were set to co-sponsor a bill that will place all theme parks in the “Orange – Moderate – Tier 3” of the state’s Covid-19 Industry Guidance for Amusement Parks and Theme Parks. The guidance in Governor Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy currently restricts theme parks from reopening until the county they are located in achieves the “Yellow – Minimal – Tier 4.”

“The good news is we’ve seen highs almost near 4,000 admissions a day into our hospitals because of Covid,” said the Golden State’s Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly today. ‘Now seeing days below 2,500 and even getting lower, which is exactly what’s going to keep our hospital conditions improving and our ICU capacity as high as it can be.”

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Television Academy Foundation has unveiled its Diversity and Inclusion Unscripted Internship Program, a new $1 million initiative targeted toward Los Angeles-area college students.The goal is to provide paid internships that might give young people from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds in Southern California an entry into the unscripted TV industry.The program was launched via personal donations from reality TV execs Cris Abrego, Chairman of

Legendary actor Sidney Poitier has leant his name and reputation to Arizona State University's Sidney Poitier New American Film School amid plans to establish campuses in three cities across Arizona and California.

Disney on Monday announced that the iconic Jungle Cruise ride would be updated at its California and Florida theme parks in part to address "negative depictions" of cultures. As with Splash Mountain, the ride had been accused by some of being racist.

The Jungle Cruise, a fixture of Disney’s theme parks since the 1950s, is getting an overhaul designed to address years of complaints that it presents a racist view of indigenous people.

In the past week there has been a lot of good news for virus-ridden California. The graph charting the number of new cases in the state looks like a downward staircase, from 42,655 on Thursday to 30,699 on Saturday to 22,403 on Wednesday. That’s a near 50% drop in less than a week.

Getting some fresh air! Kim Kardashian ventured out as rumors continue to swirl about the future of her marriage to Kanye West.

Andrew Hampp Despite all obvious obstacles, 2020 was a productive year for Nelly.In September, the three-time Grammy winner joined the cast of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” where he ended up placing third. October saw the release of “Lil Bit,” a country-inflected collaboration with Florida Georgia Line that led to performances on NBC’s “The Voice” and ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” which helped him score one of his biggest hits in nearly a decade.

A firefighter in central Florida was arrested by FBI agents and released on a $25,000 bond Tuesday after a photograph surfaced online showing him inside the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection Jan.

The lawyer for a Florida man pictured last week inside the U.S. Capitol carrying the lectern of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as rioters stormed the building told reporters Monday that the photo may be problematic for his client’s defense and acknowledged that he is "not a magician." Attorneys Dan Eckhart and David Bigney appeared outside a Tampa courthouse on Monday with their client, 36-year-old Adam Christian Johnson.

The Capitol Hill riot prompted by President Trump's address to supporters last week will taint "all the good he did these last four years," a Trump voter told Fox News Monday night.