Month: August 2020

Opening up Central Florida's theme parks after months of inactivity wasn't easy. Scaling back operations now that demand is falling short of expectations will be even harder.  Layoffs, shuttering less popular attractions, and shortening operating hours have been the steady diet of grim news that's been trickling in for the industry in recent weeks. The latest jab came on Friday afternoon when Comcast's (NASDAQ:CMCS.A) Universal Orlando informed guests with upcoming stays at two of its seven on-site resorts that the hotels will be temporarily suspending operations starting next week.  Universal Orlando will be shutting down the Sapphire Falls and Aventura properties on Aug. 21. Existing bookings at the two hotels will shift to one of the other resorts that will remain open as Comcast conso...

Project Power features a cast of familiar faces, including award-winning actor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He stars alongside Hollywood heavyweights like Jamie Foxx and Courtney B. Vance. But Gordon-Levitt actually calls his co-star, Dominique Fishback, the “favorite part” of the movie.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback in ‘Project Power’ | Skip Bolen/NetflixWhat is ‘Project Power’ about? Netflix’s new action film, Project Power, follows the rise of a dangerous drug being pushed on the streets of New Orleans. The electric-bulb like pill gives people five minutes of superpowers, but each experience is unique to the user.  Art, aka The Major (Jamie Foxx), rolls into town to get to the source of the drug. Along the way, he meets a young drug dealer, Robin (Do...

Play video content TikTok might be on the verge of shutting down in the U.S., but its American stars are far from winding down -- in fact, they're doing the opposite ... dangerously turning up. Check out these videos that were captured Friday night from a massive house party out in the Hollywood Hills, celebrating the 21st birthday of TikToker and YouTube personality Bryce Hall. It's ridiculously packed, and of course ... no one is wearing a mask or distanced at all. Teala Dunn and Brooke Hyland at Bryce Hall’s party at Sway House pic.twitter.com/zixIUrNq4f— Def Noodles (@defnoodles) August 15, 2020 @def...

Linda Manz, an actor known for her roles in Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven” and Dennis Hopper’s “Out of the Blue,” died on Friday. She was 58. Her son, Michael Guthrie, started a GoFundMe fundraiser which announced that she had died after struggling with lung cancer and pneumonia. “Linda passed away August 14 after battling with lung cancer and pneumonia. She leaves behind a husband, two sons and three grand-children who all love and miss her tremendously. Linda was a loving wife, a caring mom, a wonderful grandma and a great friend who was loved by many,” Guthrie wrote. “Thank you and God bless. Rest in peace. We love you, Mom.” Ken Wahl, who starred in the 1979 drama “The Wanderers,” remembered Manz, his castmate who played a character named Peewee, in a Facebook post o...

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The request came Friday, when provincial Premier John Horgan posted a video on Twitter asking for help from British Columbia-native celebrities in reaching young people about the dangers of partying during the coronavirus pandemic. Horgan called out Reynolds and Seth Rogen for help. Reynolds answered the call. In a light-hearted, 90-second voice memo, during which Reynolds repeatedly said people probably don't want medical advice from him, he called partying "dangerous." "You young folks in BC: Yeah, they're partying, which is of course dangerous, and they probably don't know that thousands of young people aren't just getting sick from coronavirus, that they're also dying from it too," the "Deadpool" actor said. Meantime, Reynolds continued, the virus affects the province's ...