Month: January 2021

Changes at Capitol Studios: Consolidation, Layoffs, New Role for Studio Manager Paula Salvatore – Billboard
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Changes at Capitol Studios: Consolidation, Layoffs, New Role for Studio Manager Paula Salvatore – Billboard

The historic Capitol Studios in Hollywood, home to recordings by Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bob Seger, Tony Bennett,  Ray Charles and thousands of other artists, is undergoing some major changes. Among the moves is consolidating administration services across all of the North American studios. Parent company Universal Music Group operates three studios in Los Angeles, one in Nashville, one in New York and at least one each in Canada and Mexico. That switch led to a shift in roles for longtime vp/studio manager Paula Salvatore, who recently celebrated her 30th year with the studio. A source says Salvatore, who could not be immediately reached for comment, will continue working with the studio in a different capacity still to be announced. As word spread of Salvatore's departure as studi...
Oregon ties record with 54 reported coronavirus deaths – OregonLive
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Oregon ties record with 54 reported coronavirus deaths – OregonLive

The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday reported 1,203 new coronavirus cases and 54 deaths, equaling the highest fatality count announced on a single day since the start of the pandemic. Thirty-two of those deaths occurred in 2020, state officials said late Tuesday. December was already Oregon’s deadliest month of the pandemic, accounting for at least 483 deaths – nearly equal to all deaths from March, April, May, June, July and August combined. December’s tally appears poised to surpass that when officials disclose dates for the newest deaths announced Tuesday. State officials said it took a while to identify some of the deaths reported Tuesday because of a lengthy confirmation process. “The counting of deaths from death certificates may take time to process because they are determined...
Wonder Woman deepfake replaces Gal Gadot with Lynda Carter – CNET
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Wonder Woman deepfake replaces Gal Gadot with Lynda Carter – CNET

Original Wonder Woman TV actor Lynda Carter looks right at home replacing Gal Gadot as the new Wonder Woman in this deepfake video. Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton/CNET Long before actor Gal Gadot brought a new take on Wonder Woman in the recent Warner Bros. movies, there was the beloved 1970s Wonder Woman TV series starring actor Lynda Carter. Now thanks to this convincing deepfake video, fans can see what Carter would look like ...
Santa Barbara County Never Executed Lease for Sears Building COVID-19 Alternate Care Site – Noozhawk
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Santa Barbara County Never Executed Lease for Sears Building COVID-19 Alternate Care Site – Noozhawk

The Board of Supervisors approved a lease to turn the former Sears building into a facility to treat overflow COVID-19 patients, but Santa Barbara County never executed the agreement. During the July spike in local cases and hospitalizations, the county saw the vacant store as a potential alternate care site for South Coast patients. The lease agreement, which the Board of Supervisors approved but was never executed, outlined a plan to upgrade the building into a 200-bed healthcare facility to serve patients if the countywide hospital sy...
Betty White reveals how shell spend her 99th birthday in quarantine – Fox News
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Betty White reveals how shell spend her 99th birthday in quarantine – Fox News

Betty White is getting ready to celebrate. The legendary comedy actress will turn 99 on Jan. 17 and, like many over the past several months, she will spend her birthday indoors and with limited people around due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus. The "Golden Girls" star recently spoke with Entertainment Tonight and revealed exactly how she'd be celebrating her big day. "You probably didn't ask, but I’ll tell you anyway," White joked. "What am I doing for my birthday? Running a mile each morning has been curtailed by COVID, so I am working on getting 'The Pet Set' re-released, and feeding the two ducks who come to visit me every day." BETTY WHITE, 98, SAYS SHE'S 'BLESSED WITH INCREDIBLY GOOD HEALTH' AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC The two activities go hand-in-hand, as "The Pet Set"...
‘This Is Us’ Star Sterling K Brown on Randall’s Lake ‘Miracle’ and What He Might Not Tell Rebecca – TheWrap
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‘This Is Us’ Star Sterling K Brown on Randall’s Lake ‘Miracle’ and What He Might Not Tell Rebecca – TheWrap

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Tuesday’s “This Is Us.”) After hearing the life story of his birth mother, Laurel Dubois, on tonight’s episode of “This Is Us,” Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) had a cathartic experience screaming in the middle of a lake in New Orleans — something fans had just learned Laurel herself did when she was overcome with emotion. And during Randall’s very loud night swimming session, he came face to face with his biological mother in a scene Brown thinks wasn’t just in Randall’s mind — or absinthe-induced, even though Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) kept joking about the alcohol all day — but an actual spiritual moment. “I choose to see it as a miracle,” Brown told TheWrap. “In a line that got cut, Hai [played by Vien Hong] asks Randall if he...
Coronavirus: Santa Clara County residents misinformed about extra vaccine – Pacifica Tribune
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Coronavirus: Santa Clara County residents misinformed about extra vaccine – Pacifica Tribune

Santa Clara County officials said Tuesday that an untold number of residents were wrongly invited to receive extra COVID-19 vaccine doses by erroneous text messages. County officials said that some community members reported receiving text messages wrongly informing them of “extra” vaccine supply availability and providing them with registration links for appointments at vaccination sites in Santa Clara County. “The County is investigating the source of this misinformation and reminds the public that vaccination appointments are currently being scheduled for healthcare workers who qualify for vaccination under Phase 1A,” county officials said in a statement Tuesday. County Executive Jeff Smith told the board of supervisors Tuesday that a web link to arrange vaccine appointments is n...