Los Angeles Theaters Officially Open Today & ‘Boogie’ Filmmaker Eddie Huang Is There To Greet Moviegoers

More than 25 Los Angeles area theater companies, including the Geffen Playhouse, the Pasadena Playhouse and the Deaf West Theatre, have revoked their memberships in the L.A. Stage Alliance after the nonprofit organization misidentified and mispronounced the name of Asian actress Jully Lee at an awards show earlier this week.

Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have determined the cause of Tiger Woods' Feb. 23 car crash — but those findings will not be revealed to the public.

On Wednesday, after months of not getting a three week window of projections on vaccine supply, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said, based on numbers received from the federal government, that Los Angeles will reach 80% vaccine coverage in residents over 16 years old the next 12 weeks. That means by the end of June the county should have achieved the overall the 70-85% immunity — through vaccinations and infections — Dr.

Mark Hamill won’t do his famous Joker for everyone, but he didn’t mind doing it for one of the patients at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles this week.

Los Angeles on Tuesday was among eight counties approved to move from the Red to the less restrictive Orange tier within California’s reopening framework. Counties are able to implement changes the day after they qualify, but L.A. health officials are opting to keep the previous restrictions in place until Monday, 4/5 out of an abundance of caution.

Los Angeles was among 13 counties approved for less restrictive tiers within California’s reopening framework on Tuesday. The regions have a combined population of more than 17 million residents. L.A. and Orange Counties were among the eight regions progressing to the Orange tier.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe pandemic isn’t over yet, but the picture of moviegoing in Los Angeles is looking brighter.The country’s most populous county is moving into California’s orange tier, the third step in the state’s reopening plan, on Tuesday.

Also Read: L.A. Mayor Garcetti Downplays Threat of Another COVID-19 Surge: 'It's Time to Get Our Economy Started' (Video)While the majority of California counties remain in the second tier of reopening, more of the state’s largest box office markets are entering the third tier.

“I anticipate that we will be overwhelmed in that first week, but hope that it will quiet down a bit after that. But even with a very significant increase in the supply of vaccine, we’re estimating that it will still take a couple months,” said Los Angeles County Chief Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon on Friday.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterWith coronavirus cases declining as the distribution of vaccinations increase, moviegoing in Los Angles appears ready to rebound.

Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’re probably familiar with the Los Angeles Lakers and the team’s “Showtime” era of the ‘80s. That’s when you had players like Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Larry Bird.

Los Angeles and Orange counties could be reopening even further in two weeks, with Disneyland and other theme parks in the region allowed to open at 25% capacity instead of 15%, movie theaters going from the current 25% to 50% capacity and restaurants doing likewise for indoor dining.

This weekend’s top 5 at the box office remained the same as last weekend’s, with Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” staying No. 1 with $5.4 million from 2,163 locations in its second weekend and a 10-day domestic total of $15.8 million and $52.6 million globally.