L.A. Sees Surge in Film, TV Production as Hollywood Goes Back to Work

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Ed Buck in custody Sept. 2019.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorCinemark CEO Mark Zoradi said getting theaters open in California and New York is crucial to the health of exhibition as the second largest U.S. chain has 70% of cinemas open but lacks these key markets — keeping it “behind the eight ball.”Some California counties are open or opening but not yet San Francisco or Los Angeles.

Becca Kufrin is ready for the next chapter of her life after her split from fiancé Garrett Yrigoyen and her move to Los Angeles.The former Bachelorette star revealed what it’s like to be in her 30s — she celebrated her birthday in April — during the Tuesday, September 15, episode of her and Rachel Lindsay’s “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast.“I am single.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Monday, as Joe Biden called Donald Trump “a climate arsonist,” the president met with California Governor Gavin Newsom, who took an agree-to-disagree approach while calling out the president on climate change.Later, Trump meet with scientists, state officials and politicians to discuss further the massive wildfires scorching the state.Wade Crowfoot, California’s Secretary for Natural Resources, gave the president a blunt assessment his wildfire performance.

Sean Penn and Ann Lee’s nonprofit Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) pivoted early in the COVID-19 pandemic to help assist Los Angeles with the city’s testing efforts. Now, the organization is pivoting once again to offer private, for-profit COVID-19 testing services to film and TV productions.

Britney Spears has the support of Billy B Brasfield. The pop star’s former makeup artist tells ET that he recently reconnected with her after a #FreeBritney rally that took place outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles on Aug. 19 amid her battle to remove her father, Jamie Spears, from her conservatorship.

Britney Spears has the support of Billy B Brasfield. The pop star's former makeup artist tells ET that he recently reconnected with her after a #FreeBritney rally that took place outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles on Aug.

David Robb Labor EditorThe nonprofit relief organization co-founded by Sean Penn and Ann Lee is offering private COVID-19 testing to Los Angeles-based film and TV productions, the net profits from which will help fund the organization’s free testing for at-risk and low-income communities.Their Community Organized Relief Effort – which has helped victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti and numerous other natural disasters – already has provided more than 1.3 million free tests to

 Bradley Cooper  has been busy at work in Los Angeles recently working on a new film, the 45-year-old actor was spotted in New York City on Monday in the Tribeca neighborhood hugging his ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter, Russian supermodel  Irina Shayk . Their three-year-old daughter, Lea De Seine was in a stroller next to the couple.Cooper and Shayk haven’t been seen together in public since February at a British Vogue event, according to the Daily Mail.

David Robb Labor EditorHilary Swank has filed a lawsuit against the trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, asking a federal judge to order the trustees to resume coverage of her treatment for recurrent malignant ovarian cysts, which have afflicted the two-time Oscar-winning actress for more than 11 years.Her lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in U.S.

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Becca Kufrin is on the move! The former Bachelorette is now living in Los Angeles following her split from Garrett Yrigoyen. Kufrin shared the news on Instagram on Thursday, revealing she signed a lease in L.A.

YouTube influencer, Eden (the Doll) Estrada and two friends in Hollywood after hate crime attack. Screenshot via Instagram

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRamón Rodríguez hasn’t exactly been taking it easy during quarantine. In addition to directing “Unity,” a short featuring two dancers in Los Angeles during the pandemic, the actor is putting the finishing touches on his script for a Latinx superhero movie and developing “Man Child,” a film he co-wrote with Rosie Perez.

Health Officer for Los Angeles County Dr. Muntu Davis        Screenshot via KTLA