L.A. County Health Dept. Eases Restrictions For Film & TV Productions, Live Events

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new Covid-19 data, reporting 16 new deaths and 443 new positive cases of the virus.

Film production in Los Angeles is coming back strong. FilmLA reported a surge of 43% in applications in March, a huge jump after LA County saw a similarly large jump of 43% between January to February.

Gallery: Oscars Hosts Throughout The Years (And How They Were Ranked) (ELLE (UK))The actress and writer used her own experience of sexual assault to tell the story of Arabella, who rebuilds her life after she is assaulted in London, in the acclaimed comedy-drama. And Michaela recalled arriving in Los Angeles to meet executives to pitch I May Destroy You to them and being so jet-lagged that she ended up falling asleep in a truck outside the offices.

Film shoots are up and running again on Will Rogers State Beach, that slightly magical stretch of coastline between Santa Monica Canyon and the very private Bel-Air Bay Club, along the Pacific Coast Highway.

Indiewire reports.The film, which has the reported working title of Soggy Bottom, is set to be the director’s ninth project and his latest following 2017’s Phantom Thread.While there is no official plot synopsis, the film is reportedly rumoured to follow the story of a high school child actor and his encounter with a Hollywood director in the 1970s.

As we all know, Hollywood loves a sequel. So the town will probably be absolutely delighted to know that its oldest grill is making a comeback in early May.

The last one week has been an exciting week for fans of Friends as the cast came together to shoot for the Friends reunion special which has been delayed due to the pandemic. Last week, David Schwimmer aka Ross had announced that the filming is set to take begin in Los Angeles and it did successfully.

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new Covid-19 data, reporting 37 new deaths and 813 new positive cases of the virus.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorLaura Kennedy took the reins of management-production firm Avalon as CEO about five months before the global pandemic upended all of the company’s businesses: talent representation, content production and live comedy tours.The bumpiness of the past year has reinforced her faith in the company’s business model, which benefits from having a diverse mix of revenue streams, and operations spread in London, New York and Los Angeles.On the latest episode of Variety

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs Los Angeles County continues to see COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to decline and the county enters the Orange Tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy framework, new protocols have been issued to lift some local activity-specific restrictions.With craft services and dining, indoor dining is now allowed at 50% capacity (maximum 200 people), but outdoor dining is still strongly recommended and single serving meals are still

Los Angeles County’s weeks-long decline in new Covid-19 case rates stalled on Tuesday, even as California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is planning to drop its restrictive Covid-19 tier system come June 15. As a result of its numbers, L.A. County will be unable to advance to the less-restrictive Yellow tier of the aforementioned reopening tiers for at least three more weeks.

“Hopefully we will continue to see a decrease in cases and qualify for the Yellow tier three weeks from now,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Monday.

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new data on Covid-19, reporting 40 new deaths and 839 new positive cases.