New York Takes Big Step In COVID-19 Rebound As Office Workers, Retailers Return

New York prosecutors have filed a motion requesting that jurors in the upcoming R Kelly trial are kept anonymous and partially sequestered while sitting.The request has been made partly in a bid to limit the influence of media reporting on their final decision, but also due to fears that Kelly associates might attempt to tamper with the jury.Kelly’s attorney Steve Greenberg has said he supports the jury being shielded from outside influences – although he said he feared the influence of

New York Times ran a piece entitled, “.” In the vacuum of decisive information around this pandemic, I’ve been obsessively consuming articles like these. After more than 100 days isolating in my apartment, I’m starved for any intel about when it might be safe to see friends and family again.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has landed the rights to develop the 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist New York Times story and podcast “The Jungle Prince of Delhi” as a drama series, Variety has learned.The story, written by Ellen Barry, delved into the history of the royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats living in a ruined palace in the Indian capital claiming to be the heirs to a fallen kingdom.Mira Nair is attached to direct the project and will also executive produce.

Sacha Baron Cohen strikes again. Just a few weeks after the Who is America? starmade a clandestine appearance at a far-right rally and led the crowd in a racist sing-song, Cohen managed to trick former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani into an interview at which he reportedly wore a pink bikini.

The New York Times' landmark 1619 Project magazine issue, which examined the impact of slavery on American history, is headed to the big and small screen. Times staff writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, who created The 1619 Project, and Oprah Winfrey are teaming with Lionsgate to develop The New York Times Magazine issue and the podcast 1619 into multiple feature films, TV series, documentaries and other cross-platform content for a global audience.

Oprah Winfrey is bringing a new project to film and television.

Dave McNary Film ReporterOprah Winfrey, The New York Times and Lionsgate are partnering on a series of feature films and television shows based on “The 1619 Project.”The collaboration was announced Wednesday, nearly a year after the Times debuted “The 1619 Project” series to re-examine the legacy of slavery in the United States on the 400th anniversary of the first Africans’ arrival in Virginia.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX and Hulu have partnered to launch the documentary series “The New York Times Presents.”The show hails from the team behind FX’s “The Weekly.” The new show will present standalone documentaries on major stories via the journalists at the New York Times.“The New York Times Presents” will feature 10 individual documentaries that will air on FX and on Hulu on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

New York Dolls.Showtime Documentary Films announced today (July 7) that Scorsese will co-direct with Dave Tedeschi, with whom he’s also worked on documentaries such as the Bob Dylan film No Direction Home and The Rolling Stones-focused Shine A Light.According to Rolling Stone the new film will cover Johansen’s upbringing on Staten Island, his move to New York’s East Village as a teenager in the late 1960s and his time in the New York Dolls, as well as his work in the 1980s under the alter-ego

At this point, if you’re a fan of Martin Scorsese, then it should be no surprise that the filmmaker has yet another rock documentary up his sleeve. And also not shocking, the doc is about an NYC-based group, this time tackling the iconic band, the New York Dolls and its frontman, David Johansen.

as the United States is experiencing a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases in several states, particularly those that have either started to reopen following strict measures to stop the virus’ spread, or largely failed to take steps necessary to do so.Also Read: Vanilla Ice Set to Perform in Texas Even as COVID-19 Cases SurgeThe company shut down its offices on March 12, one day after actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had contracted the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and caused the

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York, New Jersey and Connecticut have doubled the number of states whose residents will be asked to go into quarantine when they travel to the Tri-State Area due to rising COVID-19 concerns.California has joined the list of 16 states, as have Georgia and Tennessee. Residents of 16 states will now have to go into 14 days of quarantine if they choose to travel to the New York area.

The New York Times.A native of the Bronx in New York City, he got his start as an undergraduate at Cooper Union art school designing place mats with silk-screen designs for Wanamaker’s department store.He went on to become one of the most influential designers of the late 20th century, creating everything from magazines to advertisements to posters — including the iconic 1966 image of Bob Dylan with psychedelic hair commissioned by CBS Records to accompany the musician’s first greatest-hits

Jill Goldsmith New York State Wednesday issued guidelines for film and TV production to restart in Phase Four of its regional reopening — as New York City entered Phase Two this week, allowing for principal photography with no more than ten people on a shoot, in-office pre and post-production work, location scouting and construction.The city also began accepting film permit applications for the first time since COVID-19 hit for work starting after June 30 limited to a cast and crew of no more

Ted Johnson The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said that they are imposing a joint travel advisory in which visitors from states with high community spread of COVID-19 must quarantine for 14 days.The travel advisory is effective at midnight tonight.The list of states includes Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington.

The 2020 New York Marathon, which draws runners from all over the world, has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. The marathon usually takes place on the first Sunday in November.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that New York’s Major League Baseball teams, the Yankees and Mets, will hold spring training in the city.The move comes as MLB has shuttered all 30 of its Florida and Arizona spring training camps for deep cleaning after several teams reported cases of coronavirus among staff and players.Both the Yankees (Tampa) and Mets (Port St.

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