Grammys postponed to March due to spike in coronavirus cases

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.

LOS ANGELES -- Peter Mark Richman, a character actor who appeared in hundreds of television episodes and had recurring roles on “Three's Company" and “Beverly Hills 90210," has died. He was 93.Richman died Thursday at his home in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles of natural causes, publicist Harlan Boll announced.Born in Philadelphia, Richman was a pharmacist but turned to acting.

Los Angeles county, which has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, has reached its grimmest milestone yet as officials confirm more than 1 million total cases of Covid-19.

Florida surpassed 1.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 when approximately 15,000 new cases were identified Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health.

Dua Lipa wears a bright pink coat to match her sweater while arriving at LAX airport in Los Angeles over the weekend.

LOS ANGELES -- Spike Lee’s daughter and son have been chosen as the Golden Globe ambassadors to assist with the awards ceremony.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday morning that Satchel and Jackson Lee will assume the ambassador roles for the 78th annual Golden Globes Awards in February.Satchel and Jackson are the first siblings of color to hold the position.

The 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony has been postponed by six weeks due to the “deteriorating COVID situation” in LA.

Grammys has been delayed as a result of the surge in Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles, it has been announced. The event had been due to take place on January 31, but has a new date of March 14, the Recording Academy said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Grammy Awards ceremony that was set for Jan. 31 has been postponed because of the coronavirus surge in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone magazine and Variety reported on Tuesday.

Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.The Recording Academy told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the annual show would shift from its original Jan. 31 broadcast to a later date in March.The Grammys will be held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center.

Marjo Bernay, a longtime executive with the Art Directors Guild, died Sunday in Los Angeles of a heart attack. She was 79.

Marjo Bernay, the trailblazing labor leader and feminist activist who once led three Los Angeles-based IATSE locals and served on the board of another, died Sunday of heart disease. She was 79.

California ended the first weekend of the new year with more than 45,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus as hospitals in the state continue to be overwhelmed.  California on Sunday recorded 45,352 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to date to more than 2.3 million, per estimates from the COVID Tracking Project.  Coronavirus-related hospitalizations are continuing to increase as well, with California recording 21,510 current hospitalizations also as of Sunday.

A city near Los Angeles is closing outdoor seating spaces on public property starting Sunday evening amid a spike in COVID-19 cases across the county. The city, Manhattan Beach, is located along the Southern California coast, about 20 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles.