Unvaccinated Jedediah Bila Battles With 'The View' Co-Hosts Over Coronavirus Vaccine Mandate

Kate Aurthur editorAfter Steve Burton caused his own ouster at “General Hospital” for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Variety has learned that there are no plans at this time to recast his character, Jason Morgan.Burton has played the character on the ABC daytime soap opera off and on since 1991, but on the Nov. 19 episode, a tunnel on Cassadine Island collapsed on Jason, and he’s now presumed dead.The vaccine mandate at “General Hospital” went into effect on Nov.

Los Angeles today began enforcing an ordinance requiring Angelenos patronizing indoor restaurants, gyms, movie theaters and recreational facilities, personal care establishments and some city buildings to show proof of full vaccination against Covid-19. Business owners are expected to monitor compliance.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMovie theaters may need to offer cheaper tickets and institute vaccine mandates if they want to attract former customers who stopped visiting multiplexes during COVID-19, a new study finds.The report, which was commissioned by Quorum, a film research company, Cultique, a brand consulting firm; and Fanthropology, a fan engagement company, surveyed more than 2,500 pre-pandemic moviegoers.

General Hospital after refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine. It was recently revealed that the cast and crew us of the daytime soap have to now show a ‘proper vaccine card’ to work.

Steve Burton has been let go from . The soap star took to Instagram to confirm rumors that he was fired from the daytime drama over his refusal to get vaccinated for COVID-19.«I know there's been a lot of rumors and speculation about me and, and I wanted you to hear it from me personally,» Burton shared in a video he posted on Tuesday.

"General Hospital" star Steve Burton confirmed he has been ousted from his longtime gig after he did not comply with production's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.  "I wanted you to hear it from me personally," he said on Instagram, before explaining his stance on the topic as a whole. "Unfortunately, ‘General Hospital’ has let me go because of the vaccine mandate.

General Hospital’s Steve Burton, who has played Jason Morgan on and off since 1991, is leaving the ABC soap opera after deciding not to get vaccinated.

Steve Burton is out at General Hospital for good.

“General Hospital” star Steve Burton is confirming rumours he was fired from the long-running soap.

posted a video on Instagram Tuesday to address his departure. “I know there’s been a lot of rumors and speculations about me and ‘General Hospital’ and I wanted you to hear it from me personally,” the actor said in the nearly two-minute clip.

­­, which, you know hurts, but this is also about personal freedom to me.”He continued: “I don’t think anybody should lose their livelihood over this. But with that being said, you know me, I’ll always be grateful for my time at ‘General Hospital.’ I love it there.

Longtime General Hospital cast member Steve Burton is leaving the ABC show due to his refusal to comply with the production’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

New restrictions on access for the unvaccinated and increasing mandates to be inoculated are sending protesters to the streets in Europe, Australia and other countries.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said today that 700 city employees are in danger of being be placed on leave within the next two weeks — 77 are already on unpaid leave — for resisting the city’s mandate that municipal employees get vaccinated for Covid by Dec. 18 and submit to testing paid by the employee in the meantime.

Sunny Hostin isn't done speaking her piece. After confronting her former colleague Jedediah Bila for peddling vaccine «misinformation» on their show during Tuesday's episode of Hostin took to her Instagram page to share her final thoughts. Hostin posted several slides to her social media that countered the points Bila attempted to make during her appearance on the daytime talk show.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentBritney Spears’ conservatorship is over — an outcome that just a few months ago seemed impossible for the pop star, whose personal life, work, finances and medical decisions have been controlled by the court-ordered guardianship for almost 14 years.But a legal battle still lies ahead for the singer, who is putting up a fight against her father and her former management company, both for her hard-earned money and to seek justice for the abuse that she

COVID-19 vaccine.The discussion was quickly shut down by Sunny Hostin, who accused Bila of peddling vaccine «misinformation» on their show after the unvaccinated former Fox News anchor explained that she has a «medical exemption» that prevents her from getting the vaccine.Bila, who served as the show's conservative voice from 2016-2017, said her medical exemption has been supported by an «infectious disease specialist» and three other doctors, claiming that her «sky-high, multi-tiered,

After five seasons, Rockmond Dunbar has exited 9-1-1. Both 20th Television and Rockmond himself have confirmed that the 48-year-old actor will not return to Fox’s hit procedural series due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Rockmond, who played Michael Grant, the ex-husband of Angela Bassett‘s Athena Grant-Nash, since the show’s premiere in 2018, addressed his exit from the show in a statement obtained by several news outlets after he was written off the show on the Nov. 15 episode.

Rockmond Dunbar, an original cast member of Fox’s hit drama 9-1-1, has been forced to exit the show after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.