Month: May 2021

Hollywoods summer blockbuster season comes with a side of studio angst – Fox Business
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Hollywoods summer blockbuster season comes with a side of studio angst – Fox Business

Movie theaters are slowly reopening a year after COVID-19 shutdowns. LOS ANGELES — At a multiplex here Wednesday, Arnold Schwarzenegger led a pep rally for big-screen films ahead of the summer movie season. "We want to bring the big screen back. That's what this is all about," said the "Terminator" star and former California governor, who led part of the small, socially-distanced crowd in chants of "We are back! We are back!" The fact that moviegoing -- a more than $11 billion-a-year domestic business pre-Covid-19 -- needed a pep rally speaks to Hollywood's odd reality these days. It both wants people to rush back to the movies and watch them at home via streaming services. AT&T Inc.'s streaming-driven spinoff of WarnerMedia on Monday is the latest development in ...
Shanna Moakler Accuses Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian of Destroying Family – TMZ
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Shanna Moakler Accuses Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian of Destroying Family – TMZ

Play video content BACKGRID Shanna Moakler has been divorced from Travis Barker for a decade, but the bitterness still lingers, and she's blaming Kourtney and Kim Kardashian for "destroying my family." Shanna unloaded on the Travis and the Kardashians at JOEY in Woodland Hills, saying she's now estranged from her 3 kids as she takes aim at Kourtney, although she refuses to call her by name. Moakler maintained her drumbeat that Travis and Kim had an affair during their marriage ... something they have st...
Explaining HIPAA: No, it doesn’t ban questions about your vaccination status – The Washington Post
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Explaining HIPAA: No, it doesn’t ban questions about your vaccination status – The Washington Post

It would, however, be a violation of HIPAA if your health-care provider shared your vaccination status without your consent to someone who asked. “I can’t call your doctor and say, ‘Hey, this is Kim from Target, and I want you to tell me whether this customer standing in front of me is vaccinated,’” Spector-Bagdady said. “As that doctor, under HIPAA, I am prohibited to share that medical information without my patient’s permission.”
Coronavirus infections drop below 30,000 daily in continuing sign of recovery – The Washington Post
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Coronavirus infections drop below 30,000 daily in continuing sign of recovery – The Washington Post

Eric Topol, a professor of molecular medicine at Scripps Research in San Diego, agreed with Walensky that asymptomatic breakthrough cases are not as important to follow. Nonetheless, he argued, the CDC should monitor those people, along with hospitalized and fatal cases, to determine whether and how virus variants might evade vaccine protection, help discover new variants and track how well certain vulnerable groups, such as the immunocompromised, are shielded by vaccines.
Morgan Wallen Went Silent on NAACP Nashville After Planning to Meet – TMZ
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Morgan Wallen Went Silent on NAACP Nashville After Planning to Meet – TMZ

Morgan Wallen's starting to get back to performing after his n-word controversy, while seemingly snubbing an organization we're told he'd pledged to meet with ... the NAACP in Nashville. According to NAACP Nashville President Sheryl Guinn ... after her branch reached out to the country singer in February, she says his team expressed interest in scheduling a sit-down because they claimed he felt terrible about using a racial slur and wanted to make amends. Guinn tells us both sides agreed to a meeting that was likely to include multiple Black leaders, as well as several people accompanying Morgan ... all they had to do was iron out the detai...
The business of Friends: How the sitcom and cast keeps cashing in – Fox Business
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The business of Friends: How the sitcom and cast keeps cashing in – Fox Business

Check out what's clicking on FoxBusiness.com. They'll be there for you – and continue to cash in.  "Friends" is the gift that keeps on giving as new generations discover the beloved ‘90s sitcom as its cast members reunite for a 25th anniversary special on HBO Max Thursday. And its stars are still making bank decades later.  Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will come together for an hourlong "Friends" unscripted reunion special – and each member will get paid between $2.5 and $3 million just for being there, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That’s more than twice what they made per episode back in the day.  "Friends" cast members will reportedly make up to $3 million off of the upcoming reunion speci...
From lifted restrictions to lottery rewards, states are finding new ways to incentivize Covid-19 vaccinations – CNN
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From lifted restrictions to lottery rewards, states are finding new ways to incentivize Covid-19 vaccinations – CNN

In Vermont, for example, that incentive comes in the form of a promise of an early return to a kind of normalcy. Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday that all of the state's pandemic restrictions can be lifted if the vaccination rate reaches 80% of eligible residents age 12 and older, even if that's ahead of the governor's July 4 target date, a release from his office said. "Let's keep our momentum going. Let's finish strong. Let's continue to show the nation, and the world, what this brave little state is capable of," Scott said. In West Virginia, both those who sign up for a vaccine and those who have already gotten theirs can register to receive $100 in a savings bond or gift card. And the prize for getting vaccinated could be a million dollars in Oregon, now that the state has started a...
People Who Use These 3 Beautiful Words Have Very High Emotional Intelligence – Inc.
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People Who Use These 3 Beautiful Words Have Very High Emotional Intelligence – Inc.

It's a beautiful thing sometimes: I write about emotional intelligence, either on Inc.com or as part of my free ebook, Improving Emotional Intelligence 2021 ( download here), and readers respond with ideas that deepen my understanding even more. That's what happened recently when a reader, who had seen my column from last year breaking down the subtle differences between the words empathy and sympathy, referred me to an insight from Susan David. A psychologist at Harvard Medical School and author of the 2016 book, Emotional Agility, David also has a celebrated TED Talk with more than 9 million views. Of all things, it was her Facebook post in January that prompted me to revisit this topic. Let's first quickly recap the distinctions I examined between "empathy" and "sympathy" last Septembe...