Month: January 2021

Grammys Postpone 2021 Ceremony Over Covid-19 Concerns – Rolling Stone
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Grammys Postpone 2021 Ceremony Over Covid-19 Concerns – Rolling Stone

The 2021 Grammys, originally scheduled for January 31st, have been postponed due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19, multiple sources confirm to Rolling Stone. Organizers have not confirmed a new date, but sources say they are aiming to hold the event sometime in March. The Grammys had already planned on a limited show for 2021, forgoing an audience completely and only allowing presenters and performers on-site during the show. Nominated artists wouldn’t have been allowed on-site either, likely leading to a situation similar to the 2020 Emmys where nominees appeared and accepted awards remotely. The 2021 Grammy nominations were led by Beyoncé who picked up nine nominations, while Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and Roddy Ricch followed behind with six nods each. It’s unclear if origin...
Wonder Woman 1984 and Hamilton’s three biggest lessons for streaming – The Verge
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Wonder Woman 1984 and Hamilton’s three biggest lessons for streaming – The Verge

Wonder Woman 1984 and Hamilton were two of 2020’s biggest films — at least where streaming was concerned. Recent third-party data suggests both releases drove crowds of subscribers to their streaming platforms (HBO Max and Disney Plus, respectively). More than any other movies that debuted online this year, Wonder Woman 1984 and Hamilton drove the most initial signups, according to new data from research firm Antenna. Data from research firm Screen Engine found similar results. But digging into the data shows the successes of both releases are more complicated than they look. Unlike a conventional box office release, streaming success is measured not just in how many people saw the movie, but in how many people stuck around afterward. Measuring that success is much harder, but with ...
A New Tool in Treating Mental Illness: Building Design – The New York Times
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A New Tool in Treating Mental Illness: Building Design – The New York Times

Residents of the Taube Pavilion in Mountain View, Calif., wake up in private rooms with views of the wooded Santa Cruz Mountains, have breakfast in airy communal spaces and can hang out in landscaped courtyards throughout the day. It may sound like a resort, but the Taube Pavilion is a $98 million mental health facility that opened in June as part of El Camino Hospital. Designed by WRNS Studio, the 56,000-square-foot building is one in a new wave of facilities that are chipping away at outdated institutional models. For decades, psychiatric hospitals were grim settings where patients were crowded into common rooms by day and dorms at night. But new research into the health effects of our surroundings is spurring the development of facilities that feel more residential, with welcoming ent...
California dentists can administer COVID-19 vaccines now – Business Insider – Business Insider
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California dentists can administer COVID-19 vaccines now – Business Insider – Business Insider

On Monday, the Department of Consumer Affairs in California issued a waiver that allows dentists in California to administer coronavirus vaccines authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration. California has only administered about 450,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of nearly 1.9 million doses distributed to the state. The state is seeing a scarcity of resources amid this surge of cases. Southern California has an alarming 0% availability of ICU capacity, according to the California Department of Public Health. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Dentists in California can now administer vaccines, per a new order in the state. On Monday, the Department of Consumer Affairs in California issued a waiver that lets California dentists adminis...
3318 more COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths reported Tuesday in Utah – KSL.com
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3318 more COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths reported Tuesday in Utah – KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 3,318 Tuesday, with seven more deaths reported as the positive test rate has continued climbing, according to the Utah Department of Health. There are now an estimated 51,443 active COVID-19 cases in Utah, state data shows. The rolling seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 2,800, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that time period is now a record-high 32.1%, up from 30.8% Monday. The new numbers indicate a 1.2% increase in positive cases since Monday. Of the 1,762,178 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.5% have tested positive for COVID-19. The number of tests conducted increased by 17,539 Tuesday, and 9,854 of those tests were people who had not previousl...
27 “Bridgerton” Behind-The-Scenes Facts That You Probably Didnt Know, But Should – BuzzFeed
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27 “Bridgerton” Behind-The-Scenes Facts That You Probably Didnt Know, But Should – BuzzFeed

Showrunner Chris Van Dusen explained, "We had many, many conversations about exactly what we were doing. It was all so that the cast would feel comfortable, and we all really left it in their hands to take the scenes for as far as they wanted to take them. Those scenes were heavily choreographed, much like an action sequence, like 'Your hand goes here, your leg goes there.' They were all really, really rehearsed."
Watch the Weeknd’s New “Save Your Tears” Video – Pitchfork
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Watch the Weeknd’s New “Save Your Tears” Video – Pitchfork

The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” has a new video. The singer’s latest visual, directed by Cliqua, continues the storyline from previous After Hours videos. Here’s a recap: In the “Heartless” video, the Weeknd trips and parties in Vegas. He then gets bloodied-up in the “Blinding Lights” visual. By “In Your Eyes,” he’s decapitated. But in “Too Late,” his head gets attached to another guy’s body, and he’s reanimated. And in recent public performances, the Weeknd’s face was covered in bandages. Now, the “Save Your Tears” video reveals the results of some reconstructive surgery. Watch below. When Grammy nominations were announced in November, it was revealed that the Weeknd wasn’t nominated for any awards. The singer called the Grammys “corrupt” and claimed that he was offered the opportunity to...
Pittsburgh Native Michael Keaton Will Play Batman In 2022 Movie – CBS Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh Native Michael Keaton Will Play Batman In 2022 Movie – CBS Pittsburgh

By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh native Michael Keaton will play Batman in a movie set to debut in 2022. Brooks Barnes of the New York Times interviewed DC Films president Walter Hamada, and it was learned that the 69-year-old Keaton, as well as Ben Affleck, will both play Batman in the Warner Bros. film “The Flash.” The film will “link the two universes and feature two Batmans,” the NYT reports. Barnes also took to Twitter to confirm the news. “Based on your Hamada piece, some have interpreted that WB is doing 2 franchises starring Batman, one with Pattinson, one with a new actor. Is that correct, or you were referring to Keaton as a second Batman, being part of a non-Batman-centric saga? Thank you,” said Nestor Cine, the founder of Desde Hollywood, a bilingu...
Arnold Hererra, Chicago teen who died of COVID-19, had no health issues, family says – WPVI-TV
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Arnold Hererra, Chicago teen who died of COVID-19, had no health issues, family says – WPVI-TV

CHICAGO -- The family of a 19-year-old man who died of COVID-19 said he had no prior health conditions, but that didn't stop the virus from taking his life. Arnold Herrera died on Sunday at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. His relatives said he had no underlying conditions that they were aware of, and they remain stunned by how quickly his condition worsened. Herrera was a helper for whom the sky was the limit, his brother, Pablo Portilla, said. "A huge amount of energy, just... 'I'm going to do it because I'm going to do it,' because I can do it. That 'I can' attitude," he said. RELATED: Couple dies of COVID days before Christmas after short family visit Arnold's brother said his younger sibling never saw a problem he didn't try to fix -- including in the garage, wh...
Two-thirds of COVID vaccines still unused in US: Surgeon General warns US needs to do a better – Daily Mail
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Two-thirds of COVID vaccines still unused in US: Surgeon General warns US needs to do a better – Daily Mail

Hundreds of Florida seniors have camped out in their cars overnight in order to get a COVID-19 vaccine as the Surgeon General warned US states 'need to do a better job' amid the train wreck rollout given two-thirds of doses haven't been used and only 1.4 percent of Americans are vaccinated.   Just 4.66 million COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the US in the last three weeks despite federal officials having distributed 15.4 million doses to the states.  It means more than two-thirds of the vaccines shipped within the US have gone unused and just 1.4 percent of the population has been vaccinated even as cases, deaths and hospitalizations continue to surge across the US. One in 930 Americans have now died from COVID-19 with the death toll surging past 353,000 and the seven-day ...