Walt Disney World Approves COVID-19 Testing for Staff in Agreement With Actors’ Equity

We’re used to new mom celebs flaunting their post-baby body weight loss — new dads doing it is a bit more rare.

Steve Carell is making a surprising admission about his hit show The Office. The 58-year-old star of the hit series opened up about filming his final episode on the show in 2011, “Goodbye, Michael,” on Spotify’s An Oral History of The Office podcast.

Henri Stout Dirt Real Estate EditorThose eager to flee the COVID-infested confines of crowded cities might consider the remote art-centric hipster’s paradise, Marfa, Texas, as a possible destination. Deep in the Chihuahuan high desert, Marfa was colonized in 1979 by minimalist sculptor Donald Judd, who purchased a compound of decommissioned military buildings and transformed them into austere exhibition spaces for art by he and his friends.

Universal Orlando is bouncing back faster than Walt Disney World attendance-wise, according to a new report fromDeutsche research analysts Bryan Kraft and Benjamin Soff. Released on Thursday,Kraft andSoff note in their report that Universal, which reopened its theme parks in June (to a greatly diminished capacity), is seeing an “uplift in admissions," highlighting Saturdayswhen attendance is down 64 percent from 2019 crowds.

Steph Curry, 32, and Ayesha Curry, 31, have the cutest kids ever! The couple’s 5-year-old daughter Ryan and 8-year-old daughter Riley appeared alongside their mom and dad at the Democratic National Convention for a candid conversation about politics, and Ryan definitely brought the laughs.

Jurassic World: Dominion has resumed filming post-coronavirus, and new on-set images have now been shared.Work on the film was initially delayed following the outbreak of the pandemic earlier this year, but is back underway now.New photos of the film have now been shared as part of a New York Times article documenting the COVID-19 safety measures that Dominion are employing on set, as one of the biggest Hollywood films to have resumed filming.

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

Steve-O (46) is one of the original stunt kings that has almost killed himself on more than one occasion. He even released a video on his IGTV of his top ten worst stunt injuries ranging from jumping off roofs into a hot tub to blowing up his living room with him inside it.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterActors’ Equity Association, the union that represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers, including around 750 Disney live performers, has reached an agreement with the Walt Disney Company for its performers to return to work at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., as the company sets up a COVID-19 testing site outside of the park.

coronavirus tests. Actors' Equity Association signed a memorandum of understanding allowing the actors, singers and stage managers to return to their jobs after Disney agreed to have a state-run drive-thru COVID-19 testing site for workers and the public at the Florida theme park resort, according to the union, which represents 750 Disney World workers.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticWalt Disney World has established free, on-site coronavirus testing for employees and their families, drawing applause from Actors’ Equity Association after a two-month-long stand-off over the matter.Equity announced today that it has signed an agreement with the resort to allow union members to return to work at the Florida amusement park.“We have been consistent that testing is an important part of ensuring a safe workplace for Equity performers, and

Cause of celebration. Bindi Irwin is pregnant with Chandler Powell’s baby, and her late father Steve Irwin would’ve been “so proud” to be a father. Bindi announced her pregnancy on Tuesday, August 11, with an Instagram photo of her and her husband holding a baby-sized Australia Zoo uniform.

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

British filmmaker Steve McQueen took a long gap between 2013’s Oscar-winning “12 Years A Slave” and 2018’s “Widows” (possibly because of an HBO series he was meant to put on, but it eventually fell through). Fortunately, he’s already following up the underappreciated “Widows” with a new project and it’s an ambitious one.

British filmmaker Steve McQueen took a long gap between 2013’s Oscar-winning “12 Years A Slave” and 2018’s “Widows” (possibly because of an HBO series he was meant to put on, but it eventually fell through). Fortunately, he’s already following up the underappreciated “Widows” with a new project and it’s an ambitious one.

Earlier this summer, amid skyrocketing COVID-19 rates in Florida and urgings from public health experts to go into lockdown, Disney World reopened its gates. The decision to reopen was highly criticized, with many wondering how the theme park could possibly keep guests safe, happy, and healthy during a global pandemic.

Steve Burke, the chairman and former CEO of NBCUniversal, is extending his tenure with parent company Comcast. Burke, who had been set to retire from the company this month, will now stay on as chairman of NBCUniversal through the end of 2020.