Hollywood elite treating COVID vaccine like ‘The Hunger Games’: report

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.

Primus‘ Les Claypool has shared a western movie-inspired short film in which he appears alongside Metallica‘s Robert Trujillo – you can watch it below.The five-and-a-half-minute Precious Metals, which landed on Primus’ official YouTube channel yesterday (February 10), is described as a “Northern California Gold Rush story [with] a surprise twist you didn’t see coming.“Thrills, chills, suspense, and groove that won’t quit.

“The issue of mutations is top of mind,” said Governor Gavin Newsom at his Wednesday Covid-19 press conference, “not only here in the State of California, but across the globe.”

Robert C. Jones, an Oscar-winning writer and editor whose credits include It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Coming Home and Love Story, has died. He was 84.

Over the past few weeks, California’s Covid-19 numbers have dropped dramatically, easing fears of a continued surge in cases. But state health officials have also begun to warn about the spread of new variants of the virus that may be more adaptable and/or more vaccine resistant.

coronavirus vaccine, despite being in the age bracket to qualify for the jab in California. The singer, who is currently suffering from stage four breast cancer for the third time in 28 years, made the surprising admission in a joint interview with her daughter Chloe Lattanzi, 35, but didn't go into detail for her reasons behind the decision.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVFrom the attack on the United States Capitol to the inauguration of President Joe Biden and all of the COVID-19 developments in between (including a still-rising number of cases in California, a U.K. variant and a very slow rollout of the vaccine), so much has happened since “Saturday Night Live” last aired a new episode it seemed an increasingly impossible task for the NBC late-night sketch comedy series to respond to the news.

“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.

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.

COVID-19 vaccine with a quote from the Terminator film series.The actor and former governor of California shared the good news after being vaccinated at Dodger Stadium.“Today was a good day. I have never been happier to wait in a line,” Schwarzenegger wrote on Twitter.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday received his COVID-19 vaccination and encouraged others who are eligible to do the same. The 73-year-old Hollywood star and former governor of California posted a video of himself getting the jab at Dodger Stadium, which has been turned from a pandemic testing site into a mass vaccination center.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has received his COVID-19 vaccine! The 73-year-old actor and former governor of California posted a video of himself getting vaccinated, and even channeled the Terminator.«Today was a good day. I have never been happier to wait in a line.

Two days after the Los Angeles Public Health Department announced that the much-talked-about U.K. variant of Covid-19, known as B.1.1.7, had been identified in the region, the California Department of Public Health revealed that another lesser-known strain had been circulating in the county as well.