Sinclair Broadcast Group Scraps Report Falsely Blaming Fauci for COVID-19 Pandemic

A protest was held Aug. 11 at the state capitol. (Photo courtesy of the PBFC)

Before there was Survivor and The Amazing Race, there was Eco-Challenge. The ultra-endurance race created by Mark Burnett evolved as a television format first on MTV, then on ESPN, eventually making its way to Discovery and then USA.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLos Angeles County director of public health Barbara Ferrer said Monday that there were 19 new deaths reported in the region from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena to 4,996 since the outbreak began in March.The new total does not include delayed data from the state, which Ferrer says they have not received and have not processed.Still, the latest county coronavirus numbers released today

Frozen star Jonathan Groff’s popular 36 Questions podcast is to be adapted as a movie at Netflix.Hearts Beat Loud filmmaker Brett Haley is reportedly set to direct the project from his own script, according to Deadline.The plot is being kept secret, but insiders claim it’s a romantic drama set against the backdrop of the music world.36 Questions – billed as the world’s first podcast musical – features Hamilton and Glee star Groff and actress Jessie Shelton playing a couple trying to save its

Annaliese Puccini is falling hard for new boyfriend Austin Grippo after splitting from her mystery man earlier this year.“We first met in a small local dive bar and on the same night I ran into my ex for the first time since we had broken up,” the Bachelor in Paradise alum, 35, tells Us Weekly exclusively of her new man.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Artists Film Group, the recently launched film investment and production company set up by Wes Hull (Zone 414), Robert Rippberger (The Inventor), and David Lugo (Welcome Home), has unveiled details on two of its debut projects.The company has acquired sci-fi spec script Back Home, written by Anne Vithayathil, and has set Drew Van Acker (Pretty Little Liars) to star with Drew Mylrea (Spy Intervention) attached to direct.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentLeone Film Group’s Lotus Production shingle is setting up Lotus Factory, a new unit for high-profile genre projects out of Italy made for the international market.These currently include a live action TV series in development on the origins of Santa Clause, for which Lotus chief Marco Belardi has recruited top U.S.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMipcom has announced that it is streamlining this year’s TV market by shortening the event and scrapping exhibitor stands, as it attempts to reassure delegates amid coronavirus-induced dropouts.Six big players have said this week they will not be attending Mipcom this year, including Fremantle, Sony, BBC Studios and ITV Studios.

Alexandra Del Rosario editorLos Angeles County on Tuesday reported a total of 2,708 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 numbers, with the county’s Department of Public Health announcing 51 new deaths from the virus. It said it anticipates receiving a backlog of cases in the following days due to reporting delays, with three hospitals not reporting data today.With the new cases, the county has a total of 178,642 positive COVID-19 cases and 4,426 deaths to date.

Ted Johnson Sinclair Broadcast Group has dropped plans to air a segment that included a doctor who has advanced the conspiracy theory that Dr. Anthony Fauci was responsible for the creation of the coronavirus.The segment was to be featured on Eric Bolling’s America This Week.

Celtic star believes a simple equation of having better players and a greater will to win all adds up to Ten in a Row this season.The former Hoops star is convinced his old club’s bid to claim an historic title, which begins at home to Hamilton next Sunday, is driven by a level of intensity that will prove too strong for Rangers to live with.Sinclair racked up three successive Trebles during three-and-a-half years at Parkhead before his move to Preston in January.He told his silverware haul was

CBS has made the decision to move production of season two of Love Island from Fiji to Las Vegas.

Naman Ramachandran A new report by members of the U.K. Parliament has severely criticized the government’s “slow” response to the needs of the country’s cultural sector that is facing an “existential threat.”The report, titled “The Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS Sectors,” compiled by a Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, found it “regrettable” that it took so long for the government’s £1.57 billion ($1.96 billion) relief package to be announced.

Peter White Television EditorLove Island is moving from Fiji to Las Vegas thanks to COVID-19.The CBS reality series has reportedly started pre-production at Caesars-owned hotel Cromwell, according to Vulture, which broke the news.It’s thought that production will likely be up and running in August – meaning that along with Big Brother, CBS could have two of its big reality franchises on air in late summer.As expected, all of the usual health and safety protocols will be adhered to including

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal to facilitate worker-led “health councils” to monitor business compliance with public health orders.Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas co-authored a motion recommending that the county reach out to labor and business leaders and quickly agree on effective ways to monitor compliance with mandates to wear facial coverings, install protective shields and disinfect