Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been formally charged with a DUI following his November arrest in 2020.
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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterUpcoming NBC series “Mr. Mayor,” starring Ted Danson and Holly Hunter, is pausing production this week after half a dozen COVID-19 cases occurred on set, Variety has learned.Six positive cases were recorded with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at 100 Universal City Plz, Bldg.
5225, in Universal City, Calif. Four of those results came in between Friday and Monday as a result of regular testing, according to a source familiar with the Universal
.Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been formally charged with a DUI following his November arrest in 2020.
Los Angeles County ended 2020 breaking Covid-19 records and brought in the new year doing just the same.
The number of daily new Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles County had been falling for two weeks. From an all-time high of 21,411 on December 16, new cases had settled at between 13,000 and 15,000. While deaths remained punishingly high, there was some hope that a plateau in cases meant that transmission of the virus had slowed. Friday’s data may smash that hope.
An unprecedented surge in coronavirus infections and deaths in Los Angeles County has prompted numerous TV shows to delay their return to production following the holiday hiatus.
Disney Television Studios has joined other major TV studios in pushing the post-holidays start of production for Los Angeles-based shows amid an unprecedented surge in coronavirus infections and Covid-19 deaths in Los Angeles County.
On New Year’s Eve, Los Angeles County reported a third consecutive day of record coronavirus-related deaths. The tally was another 290 lives lost, although some of them are due to a backlog in reporting from the holiday weekend.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show is delaying its return to production amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County and will continue airing repeat episodes next week.
Cynthia Littleton Business Editor“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will stay dark next week amid the growing alarm about rising COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County and the rest of California.The syndicated daytime talk show has been airing reruns since Dec. 10 when DeGeneres announced that she had contracted the coronavirus.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department made 235 arrests over the course of December in a targeted effort to enforce coronavirus restrictions as the region continues to see a dangerous surge in COVID-19 cases, officials said Wednesday. Sheriff Alex Villanueva said his agency has targeted underground parties -- also known as "super-spreader" events.
SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and national executive director David White on Tuesday posted a message to the labor union website with an update to COVID-19 filming protocols amid the current surge in cases.
On the same day that California reported by far its highest number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that L.A. had breached its own grim threshold. On Wednesday, the county crossed 10,000 lives lost to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Ellise Shafer administratorIn a message to members on Tuesday, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and national executive director David White said that many productions will remain on hiatus for the next few weeks as Los Angeles County experiences a continued surge in COVID-19 cases.“We are writing to let you know that we are closely monitoring the recent surge in COVID-19 infections along with the reported lack of intensive care unit (ICU) beds throughout the state of California and
Elaine Low Senior TV WriterA number of CBS Studios productions — including “NCIS,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Seal Team,” “Why Women Kill” and “Diary of a Future President” — are extending their holiday hiatus by one week amid the spiking COVID-19 surge in Los Angeles County, Variety has learned.Those productions will resume on Jan. 11.
CBS Studios has pushed several return-to-production dates coming off the current holiday hiatus. The news comes a day after Deadline reported that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health had urged the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county and hours after the stay-at-home order for Southern California was extended to Jan. 16.
COVID-19 cases.A new message from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the industry should pause production “for a few weeks”.“Although music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate, we ask you to strongly consider pausing work for a few weeks during this catastrophic surge in Covid cases,” the health department’s message said (via Deadline).
Ellise Shafer administratorThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging film productions in the area to “strongly consider” pausing their operations for a few weeks amid a continued surge in COVID-19 cases.Per FilmLA, in an email sent to the county’s film industry contacts on Dec.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county. “Although music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate,” the health department said, “we ask you to strongly consider pausing work for a few weeks during this catastrophic surge in Covid cases.
A grim milestone for California as the state became the first in the country Thursday to surpass 2 million cases of the coronavirus, just six weeks after reaching 1 million cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and California Governor Newsom.
A coronavirus patient is accused of beating his 82-year-old hospital roommate to death with an oxygen tank in Lancaster, Calif., last week because he was upset with his Catholic prayers, according to authorities. The victim shared a two-person room at Antelope Valley Hospital with the suspect, 37-year-old Jesse Martinez.They were both undergoing treatment for COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
As fools like Kirk Cameron flouting safety protocols, holiday cheer was in short supply today as coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations in Los Angeles County broke new tragic records, according to region health officials.