California Coronavirus Update: Governor Gavin Newsom’s New Reopening Guidelines Sow Confusion

Oscars have been announced, so here’s how you can catch-up on all the nominees for Best Picture.The 94th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The event will have a host for the first time since 2018, although exactly who is yet to be confirmed.Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog is currently the frontrunner for awards success with 12 nominations, followed by Dune with 10, and Belfast and West Side Story with seven each.Among all the categories, the award for Best Picture is the most coveted prize – with last year’s going to Nomadland.

performing at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Feb. 13.

Ed Meza @edmezavarThe 72nd Berlin Film Festival got off to a promising if somewhat subdued start Feb. 10 amid strict restrictions due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, which put a major damper on this year’s festivities and kept crowds to a minimum.While only some 800 guests attended the opening night ceremony at the Berlinale Palast — less than half of the normal capacity of the festival’s grand main venue — the event was nevertheless a hopeful sign for the local film industry and for cinema in general.The festival was uncompromising in its mask policy for the red carpet, rendering most high-profile guests unrecognizable — although many whipped them off for the phalanx of photographers.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCopenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, which runs March 21-April 3, has revealed the lineup for its international financing and co-production event CPH:FORUM.Women are taking central stage in the lineup both as characters and storytellers, and the Forum will feature new projects by Jialing Zhang (“One Child Nation”), Ilinca Calugareanu (“Chuck Norris vs.

out Friday on Peacock.Playing pop superstar Kat Valdez, she is about to wed a sexy singer named Bastian (played by Colombian sensation Maluma) live on TV for an audience of 20 million. Then, moments before the nuptials, Page Six reveals that her fiancé went to third base with her assistant. “Why do I always pick the wrong guys?” she says.Huh.

Kanye West is calling out Billie Eilish.

Margot Robbie in the awaited Barbie movie. While her role is undisclosed, Robbie will play Barbie and Ryan Gosling will play Ken.America Ferrera stars in her first COVERGIRL dual-language campaignThe film ‘Real Women Have Curves’ will be adapted into a Broadway musicalA post shared by America Ferrera (@americaferrera)Ferrera shared the news over Instagram, where she wrote: “come on Barbie, let’s go party.” The film is expected to start shooting this year.

Former MLB star Jeremy Giambi died on Wednesday morning at his parents’ home in southern California.

Bob Saget’s autopsy report showed that he had contracted COVID-19 at the time of his death. The report, which showed that he’d died from head trauma and internal injuries, also found that a test on his respiratory system showed that he was positive for COVID when he died on January 9.

Disney’s strong quarterly numbers, especially the rebound of its theme parks to 2019 levels of revenue and operating income, propelled a 3% gain for its stock despite the gloom on Wall Street.

Nearly two years after Cheer alum Jerry Harris was arrested for child pornography, he entered a guilty plea during a Thursday, February 10, hearing.

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Sarah Palin completed her testimony in her libel case against The New York Times, as she told a New York federal court that the publication’s editorial linking her political action committee to a 2011 mass shooting “was mortifying.”

Film Independent has set Alex Camilleri (Luzzu), Lizzie Shapiro (Shiva Baby) and Jessica Beshir (Faya Dayi) as the winners of its Emerging Filmmaker Awards, with each now earning an unrestricted $25,000 Spirit Awards cash grant.

Revisiting her past. Ireland Baldwin reflected on some of the names she’s been called over the years — and she included dad Alec Baldwin‘s “thoughtless little pig” remark.

Super Bowl returns to Los Angeles this year, and Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Mary J.

Bel-Air returned to the red carpet to pass the torch to a new generation of the Banks family on Wednesday night. Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Joseph Marcell, and DJ Jazzy Jeff joined Jabari Banks, Akira Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, and Jordan L.

Tina Knowles-Lawson is opening up about a past experience. On Thursday's episode of , a clip from Tina's new project, , aired in which Beyoncé's mother described an encounter with an older white woman.«I can remember getting on a plane, and an older white woman saying, 'Oh, your son is a gangster rapper, right? How did you let him marry your daughter?'» Tina said in a clip, alluding to her son-in-law, JAY-Z, who married Beyoncé back in 2008.

Ant Anstead is a proud boyfriend! On Thursday, the 42-year-old TV personality took to Instagram to promote his girlfriend, Renée Zellweger's, anticipated NBC true-crime series In the upcoming series, Zellweger plays Pam, whose deeply diabolical and deadly scheme was exposed by a chain of events following the overturning of Russ Faria’s conviction in the 2011 murder of his wife. The show also stars Josh Duhamel as defense attorney Joel Schwartz, Judy Greer as prosecutor Leah Askey and Katy Mixon as Betsy Faria.Sharing the trailer for the miniseries, Anstead gushed of the 52-year-old actress, «Beaming with pride (and now sleeping with one eye open!) Ren’s latest role! Make sure you follow @big.pic.co! Brought to you by @nbcnews @blumhouse and @big.pic.co See Reneé Zellweger transformed into the infamous Pamela Hupp! She stars alongside @joshduhamel & @missjudygreer in this limited series. Premieres March 8th on @nbc & next day on @peacocktv.»A post shared by ant anstead (@ant_anstead)Her talent isn't the only attribute that attracts Anstead to Zellweger.

Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s baby boy, August, is marking a major milestone! On Thursday, the royal took to Instagram to wish her son a happy first birthday.“Happy 1st Birthday to our little hero Augie,” Eugenie, 31, wrote. “You are such a special soul that brightens every room with your smile and wave.

sparks fly scenario to the less common tale of girl-loses-boy and obsesses over how to get him back before it’s too late, certain films just have a special way of conveying the indescribable.Be it a whirlwind summer romance that has long-lasting ramifications, an idyllic view of young adults slipping into a love their society will never accept, or a gritty snapshot of one earth-shaking evening in a rocky relationship, these films capture several angles of the many nuances that illustrate the Black love experience.

Super Bowl 2022 is right around the corner.In less than two weeks, we'll get another chance to watch the National Football League crown a champion in Super Bowl LVI at the brand new home of the Rams and Chargers — SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. If you're feeling confused about the who, what, where and when of it all, ET has you covered. We have all the details of where to tune in for the big game day. Once again, your Super Bowl LVI plans for 2022 might be a little different, but we know you'll still want to catch all the excitement. NBC will air this year’s Super Bowl, which can be streamed live on Peacock’s premium tier, in addition to the NBC Sports App and NBCSports.com. Here is everything you need to know from date and kickoff time to more places to watch, plus all the details on the halftime show.Sunday, Feb.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter touring the fire damage in the North Complex Fire near Oroville in Northern California, Governor Gavin Newsom was in no mood for one of his usual, careful media statements.“If you do not believe in science,” Newsom said bluntly while standing in the ashes of what once was a Butte County forest, “I hope you believe observed reality.”“The hots are getting a lot hotter and the wets are getting a lot wetter,” he observed. “The science is absolute.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorIn a scene that brought back nightmares of the Camp Fire two years ago, the tiny town of Berry Creek was demolished by the North Complex Fire near Oroville in Northern California.“We had a massive wall of fire that came in and did it everything it could to destroy everything in its path and unfortunately, there were some communities right in the way, just like what happened in Paradise and Concow during the Camp Fire,” Cal Fire spokesman Rick Carhart said Thursday.Others were not so lucky. According to multiple local reports, the Butte County Sheriff indicated that 10 people have died at 16 are still missing.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThose apocalyptic photos of San Francisco splashed across social media in recent days are just one measure of the impact California’s 2020 fire season is having.Another is the fact that the state is currently facing three of the four biggest fires in its recorded history. The August Complex, the SCU Complex fires and the LNU Complex fires are numbers 1,3 and 4 all-time — and still burning.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“Tonight we are here together to roll out innovations,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorWith little fanfare, California Governor Gavin Newsom reported that there were just 1616 new positive coronavirus cases recorded in California on Wednesday. That’s the lowest count of new infections in nearly four months.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (File Photo)

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that, as of this time last year 118,000 acres had been burned.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Monday, Adult Swim stalwart The Venture Bros. officially came to an end.Series creator Christopher McCulloch took to Twitter — under his pseudonymous handle Jackson Publick — and confirmed the show’s long-rumored demise.“We got the highly disappointing news a few months ago,” wrote McCulloch, “while we were writing what would have been season 8.

in a press release. “Those responsible for starting fires due to negligence or illegal activity can be held financially and criminally responsible.”Also Read: Newsom Orders Movie Theaters, Bars, Indoor Restaurants Closed StatewideThe following communities were ordered to evacuate this weekend, according to ABC 7: Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Oak Glen and North Bench Yucaipa.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAs a weekend of record-breaking heat approaches, Los Angeles County health officials made a final plea today for residents to celebrate the Labor Day holiday safely and without large parties or gatherings.A loop of heat risk across CA as it increases to high/very high levels this holiday weekend. Please use caution during this extremely dangerous heat wave! The combination of hot temps, both during the day & night, will accumulate toward heat stress.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAfter months of government wrangling that stoked fears and job losses among writers, musicians, translators and other independent contractors in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that modifies a previous law that attempts to determine just who is a contractor and who is an employee.The new, modified version of the law takes effect immediately and provides flexibility to such diverse employment fields as freelance writers, musicians, film support crews and visual artists, who now can continue working as independent contractors.The California Legislature sent the bill on Monday night to Newsom, who signed it Friday.