Why Hollywood Is Facing a COVID-19 Insurance Crisis

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterKayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, announced on Monday morning that she had tested positive for COVID-19.McEnany joins a growing circle of presidential advisers who have tested positive since last week, including Trump’s campaign manager, Bill Stepien, his body man, Nicholas Luna, and aide Hope Hicks.Trump remains hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where he is receiving treatment for the virus.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterWith just a month left in the campaign, Hollywood Democrats are turning their fundraising efforts toward winning back the U.S. Senate.On Wednesday night, actor Seth Rogen appeared at a virtual fundraiser for Jaime Harrison, the Democrat in a tight race with Sen.

Ted Johnson Joe Biden will participate in an NBC News town hall on Oct. 5 in Miami, with Lester Holt moderating.The event was announced following this evening’s debate between Biden and President Donald Trump.This will be Biden’s second town hall of the fall campaign.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe first presidential debate got off to a bumpy start on Tuesday night, as President Trump repeatedly interrupted Joe Biden, who at one point told him to “shut up.”The candidates sparred over the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jennifer Aniston seriously considered walking away from Hollywood before landing TV hit The Morning Show after a horrible experience on an “unprepared project”.The Friends star made her return as a small screen regular on the Apple TV+ drama series last year (2019), and she admits her Emmy-nominated role as a breakfast show newswoman saved her from quitting showbusiness altogether.Aniston shared the surprising news during an interview with her actor pals Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterMembers of the Writers Guild of America West are being urged to donate to the union’s political action committee, as Hollywood vents its outrage about Republican senators’ move to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the election.Michael Schur, showrunner of “The Good Place,” sent a memo to members on Friday urging them to donate to the WGAW PAC, saying it was time to “counter power with power.”“We must flip the Senate and bring in bold leaders who will check the

John Leguizamo is appalled Latinos are so rarely seen on screen in America, even though they make up 20 percent of the population.The actor released his directorial debut Critical Thinking, which features a largely Latin cast, earlier this month (September 2020) and now reveals he is devoted to fighting for change onscreen.Benicio Del Toro calls for better roles too“We’re less than one percent of the stories told by Hollywood and streaming media and networks when we’re almost 20 percent of the

Jeff Vasishta Though it might sound cliché for a record executive to live in a lavish home in the Hollywood Hills — where they host star-studded parties overlooking LaLaLand’s glimmering carpet of lights — that may be the only cliché about former Warner Bros Records staff producer Jeff Blue, who just listed his ultra-modern six-bedroom, five-bathroom Hollywood Hills home for just under $4.8 million.

Dave McNary Film ReporterHollywood unions have reached an agreement with the major studios on protocols to allow the industry to safely restart production amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The agreement was announced Monday, three and a half month after the unions issued their “Safe Way Forward” guidelines.“Guiding principles include strictly enforced testing regimens and safety protocols, a zone-based system, and diligent use of personal protective equipment,” the unions said.

Celtic's match against Livingston. The French defender will be assessed before kick-off as Neil Lennon's side welcome Gary Holt's men to Celtic Park.

contract was terminated on Tuesday morning by mutual consent, less than four weeks after penning a one-year deal with the Lions and without making an appearance.

Jeff Vasishta If patience is a virtue, former spouses Anna Faris and Chris Pratt have it in spades; after two long years on the market, they have finally sold their secluded and long-ago vacated Hollywood Hills residence.

Mae Hamilton Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren, perhaps best known for his seminal work as Russian boxer Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV,” is teaming up with “Million Dollar Listing” star and fellow Swede Fredrik Eklund, of Douglas Elliman, to roundhouse kick his fetching Hollywood Hills home onto the market with a knockout price tag of $4.25 million.

Ellise Shafer editorRainn Wilson has made the pivot from a “slacktivist” to a full-on fighter for a more sustainable future – and through his YouTube series “An Idiot’s Guide to Climate Change,” “The Office” star hopes to inspire others to do the same.In the six-episode series, from his digital media company SoulPancake, Wilson experiences the effects of climate change firsthand in Greenland and explains them in a way to help educate the average person.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHaim Saban, the media billionaire who is a fixture in Democratic Party fundraising, is organizing a $500,000-per-person fundraiser for Joe Biden next Monday.Saban has long said he is “a one-issue guy, and my issue is Israel.” In a statement supporting Biden, Saban said the former vice president will “ensure that the strong, bipartisan alliance between the U.S.

Zac Efron has graduated from High School Musical and is now in the big leagues.From discovering a waterfall can be used as a power source to drinking milk straight from a goat, Efron is on a righteous quest to find the greenest ways of life in the Netflix docuseries Down to Earth with Zac Efron – while looking as ruggedly handsome as ever.Efron and wellness expert Darin Olien travel the world in search of fitness and sustainability secrets.Anyone with a desire for all things healthy and green

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe producers of the upcoming Ben Affleck film “Hypnotic” filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing their insurance company of refusing to extend their policy to account for the pandemic.The lawsuit is among the first, if not the first, to test whether film insurers will be forced to accommodate delays caused by COVID-19.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterIt’s the final weeks of the presidential race and, as usual, entertainers are getting out the vote for the Democratic nominee.But in Los Angeles, some members of the entertainment community are focused on a race that’s much closer to home.