Month: April 2021

Mia Farrow Releases Emotional Statement Detailing the Deaths of Her Three Children Years Ago – Hollywood Reporter
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Mia Farrow Releases Emotional Statement Detailing the Deaths of Her Three Children Years Ago – Hollywood Reporter

9:12 PM PDT 3/31/2021 by Trilby Beresford The actress and former partner of Woody Allen took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a lengthy response to "vicious rumors based on untruths." Mia Farrow issued an emotional Twitter statement detailing the deaths of three of her 14 children, calling them "unspeakable tragedies" amid renewed attention about her family following HBO’s Allen v. Farrow documentary. While the four-part series centers on Dylan Farrow’s contention that Woody Allen, her adoptive father, molested her when she was 6 years old (allegations the filmmaker denies), others have focused on the lives of Farrow’s other children. In the statement, a response to "vicious rumors based on untruths," Mia Farrow addressed the deaths of her daughters Tam and L...
Downtown San Luis Obispos Farmers Market announces reopening plans – KSBY San Luis Obispo News
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Downtown San Luis Obispos Farmers Market announces reopening plans – KSBY San Luis Obispo News

The Downtown San Luis Obispo Farmers' Market will return on Thursday, May 6th with fewer vendors and a smaller footprint. After a year without operation, the Farmers' Market will open in phases before opening to pre-pandemic levels. “This is not going to be the farmers’ market that you remember. It’s going to be a scaled version of just fruits and vegetables only, and some essential goods,” said Bettina Swigger, CEO of the organization Downtown SLO. The market will happen every Thursday but will only comprise of two blocks, instead of the usual five, along Higuera Street, between the cross-sections of Chorro and Osos Streets. Vendors will also be limited, numbering between 20 and 30 in order to keep the crowds from pre-pandemic levels, which would range from anywhere between 3,000 and...
CDC data: Vaccinated people unlikely to spread coronavirus – FOX 31 Denver
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CDC data: Vaccinated people unlikely to spread coronavirus – FOX 31 Denver

DENVER (KDVR) — New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that people who are fully vaccinated are unlikely to transmit the coronavirus to others. The study focused on first responders and frontline health care workers who received Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, both of which use mRNA. “It’s all great news and what we hoped was going to happen with vaccinations,” said Dr. Richard Zane, UCHealth chief innovation officer and emergency medicine expert. Can you choose which COVID vaccine you get? The study is not complete. The data still needs to be analyzed, published and peer reviewed. But doctors across the country are optimistic. “It’s scientifically intuitive and now we have hard evidence that it’s going to be true,” Zane sai...
Suns out, surfs up and Californias reopening more widely – SF Gate
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Suns out, surfs up and Californias reopening more widely – SF Gate

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Cheering fans instead of cardboard cutouts at Dodger Stadium. Screaming thrill-seekers riding the Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Beer lovers bellying up to, well, a table outside a brewery. Even with some limitations that exclude drinking at a bar, a lot of activities Californians haven’t been able to enjoy for most of the past year are suddenly within reach as the state reopens more widely. April is bringing a fresh breath of warm spring air after a stale year of coronavirus closures. It also may be unleashing a strain of spring fever that was dormant after Gov. Gavin Newsom imposed the first statewide lockdown last March. “After about a year of being hidden inside, nobody knows...
Travis Barker Was “Shocked” At The Results When His Daughter Covered Up His Face Tattoos With Makeup – BuzzFeed
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Travis Barker Was “Shocked” At The Results When His Daughter Covered Up His Face Tattoos With Makeup – BuzzFeed

“My dad let me give him a makeover." Travis Barker would do anything for his 15-year-old daughter, Alabama. Tibrina Hobson / Getty Images In a video posted to Instagram, the Blink-182 drummer allowed Alabama to cover up his face tattoos with makeup. “My dad let me give him a makeover 😩,” she adorably captioned the clip. “Covered up his face tattoos with @kvdbeauty’s new Good Apple Foundation. The coverage of this formula had us both shocked…” The first tattoo that Alabama covered up was her dad’s “Blessed” tattoo that was written ...
Emmy-Winning Set Designer Found Dead in NYC Home Buried Under Trash – TheWrap
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Emmy-Winning Set Designer Found Dead in NYC Home Buried Under Trash – TheWrap

An Emmy-winning set designer, who had been missing since September and was known for hoarding, was found dead at her New York City home under a sizable pile of trash. Police say Evelyn Sakash, 66, was discovered Tuesday afternoon in her kitchen by her sister and a crew hired to clean the house in the borough of Queens. A missing persons report filed with New York City police stated Sakash was last seen in September 2020. There has been no determination of a cause of death or whether foul play was suspected. Also Read: G Gordon Liddy, Watergate Scandal Operative, Dies at 90 Sakash’s TV and film credits include “Orange Is the New Black,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” 1990’s  “Mermaids,” 2014’s “Still Alice” and and 2003’s “Between the Lines,” for which she won a Dayti...
Mia Farrow Addresses “Vicious Rumors” About the Deaths of Adopted Children – E! NEWS
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Mia Farrow Addresses “Vicious Rumors” About the Deaths of Adopted Children – E! NEWS

Woody Allen & Soon-Yi Previn Slam HBO's "Allen v. Farrow" Mia Farrow is speaking out about the deaths of three of her 14 children in an attempt to dispel the "vicious rumors" surrounding their demise. In a statement released Wednesday, March 31, the 76-year-old actress spoke about Tam Farrow, Lark Previn and Thaddeus Farrow, each of whom were adopted.  "Few families are perfrct (sic), and any parent who has suffered the loss of a child knows that pain is ceaseless," she wrote. "However, some vicious rumors based on untruths have appeared online concerning the lives of three of my children. To honor their memory, their children and every family that has dealt with the death of a child, I am making this post." Mia continued, "My beloved daughter Tam passed away at seventeen from ...
Childrens Mercy offering vaccine clinics for people ages 16-21 – KMBC Kansas City
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Childrens Mercy offering vaccine clinics for people ages 16-21 – KMBC Kansas City

On Thursday, Children's Mercy Hospital will start a series of vaccination clinics for some of the youngest people eligible to get the shot. "I think this extra layer of protection is going to be helpful for all of our patients and all of their families and beyond," said Dr. Ryan McDonough, the physician lead for the hospital's COVID-19 vaccination clinic.The hospital is holding three clinics for people age 16 to 21 to get the Pfizer vaccine, which is the only one authorized for 16 and 17-year-olds. "We are in a unique position to really help get it out there and get as many doses as possible, while the pharmacies and other places who may have the Moderna vaccine or may have the J&J vaccine are more targeting adults," said Dr. Angela Myers, division director of Infectious Diseases...
Papua New Guineas coronavirus cases spike, health system at risk of collapsing – CNBC
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Papua New Guineas coronavirus cases spike, health system at risk of collapsing – CNBC

Australian officials carry boxes containing some 8,000 initial doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine following their arrival on board a Royal Australian Air Force plane at the Port Moresby international airport on March 23, 2021, as Papua New Guinea raced to quell a Covid-19 surge overwhelming its fragile health system. Andrew Kutan | AFP | Getty Images The coronavirus crisis that has gripped Papua New Guinea continues to worsen, as the Indo-Pacific nation waits in earnest for vaccines to arrive. In just one week — between March 22 and March 28 — there were 1,786 new reported cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths, according to the latest report from the World Health Organization and the PNG National Department of Health. The weekly joint report said that as of March 28...