Month: July 2021

Shonda Rhimes Extends Deal With Netflix, Adds Feature Films & Gaming To Pact – Deadline
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Shonda Rhimes Extends Deal With Netflix, Adds Feature Films & Gaming To Pact – Deadline

Shonda Rhimes is sticking with Netflix. The Bridgerton executive producer has extended her partnership with the streamer. The deal, which extends the multi-million dollar deal she signed in 2017, covers Rhimes, her production company Shondaland and her producing partner Betsy Beers. In addition to television, it will cover feature films as well as potential gaming and VR content. The deal also includes a branding and merchandise deal for Shondaland, which will add live events and experiences. Rhimes move into feature films isn’t a huge surprise; she started her career as a screenwriter, penning Crossroads and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and she has also talked up her interest in directing features. Related Story 'Bridgerton' Gets Young Queen ...
Shonda Rhimes Extends Deal With Netflix, Adds Feature Films & Gaming To Pact – Deadline
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Shonda Rhimes Extends Deal With Netflix, Adds Feature Films & Gaming To Pact – Deadline

Shonda Rhimes is sticking with Netflix. The Bridgerton executive producer has extended her partnership with the streamer. The deal, which extends the multi-million dollar deal she signed in 2017, covers Rhimes, her production company Shondaland and her producing partner Betsy Beers. In addition to television, it will cover feature films as well as potential gaming and VR content. The deal also includes a branding and merchandise deal for Shondaland, which will add live events and experiences. Rhimes move into feature films isn’t a huge surprise; she started her career as a screenwriter, penning Crossroads and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and she has also talked up her interest in directing features. Related Story 'Bridgerton' Gets Young Queen ...
“The Crown” Actor Emma Corrin Shared A Portrait Posing In A Chest Binder On Instagram – BuzzFeed News
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“The Crown” Actor Emma Corrin Shared A Portrait Posing In A Chest Binder On Instagram – BuzzFeed News

Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin shared a series of black-and-white portraits with their followers on Instagram, capturing their life prior to purchasing their first chest binder. The 25-year-old, best known for their portrayal of Princess Diana in the latest season of The Crown, recently updated their pronouns on social media to she/they before removing them, according to Elle. The impromptu images were taken by photographer David-Simon Dayan. Corrin appears with their chest bound with boxing wrap and dressed in designer shorts. “Thanks for capturing this with me, very intimate, very new, very cool,” Corrin wrote. The English actor gave a word of encouragement acknowledging the journey of change. “It’s all a journey right. Lots of twists and turns and change and that’s ok! E...
Peggy Carter gets a shield and Chadwick Boseman becomes Star-Lord in this new trailer for What If…? – The A.V. Club
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Peggy Carter gets a shield and Chadwick Boseman becomes Star-Lord in this new trailer for What If…? – The A.V. Club

Disney+ has been quietly teasing its What If…? animated series for a while now, having released a quick teaser late last year that was fairly light on the wacky potential of Marvel’s What If brand. Today, though, Marvel Studios celebrated the long-awaited announcement of the show’s premiere date (August 11!) with an extended trailer that cuts right to the chase—and by “the chase” we mean good shit like Killmonger saving Tony Stark from the attack at the beginning of Iron Man, T’Challa leading the Guardians Of The Galaxy (and wearing a much cooler coat than Star-Lords, let’s be honest), what appears to be a Hawkeye Hulk (Hulkeye?), and, best of all, the arrival of Captain Peggy Carter. The idea, like the What If comics that the series is named after, is that these are alternate versions o...
Shonda Rhimes Extends Deal With Netflix, Adds Feature Films & Gaming To Pact – Deadline
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Shonda Rhimes Extends Deal With Netflix, Adds Feature Films & Gaming To Pact – Deadline

Shonda Rhimes is sticking with Netflix. The Bridgerton executive producer has extended her partnership with the streamer. The deal, which extends the multi-million dollar deal she signed in 2017, covers Rhimes, her production company Shondaland and her producing partner Betsy Beers. In addition to television, it will cover feature films as well as potential gaming and VR content. The deal also includes a branding and merchandise deal for Shondaland, which will add live events and experiences. Rhimes move into feature films isn’t a huge surprise; she started her career as a screenwriter, penning Crossroads and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and she has also talked up her interest in directing features. Related Story 'Bridgerton' Gets Young Queen ...
Virtually all new Covid deaths and hospitalizations are among unvaccinated people, White House says – CNBC
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Virtually all new Covid deaths and hospitalizations are among unvaccinated people, White House says – CNBC

Jeff Zients, the White House's Covid-19 response czar, speaks during a press briefing at the White House where they spoke about a pause in issuing the Johnson & Johnson Janssen Covid-19 vaccine on April 13, 2021, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images As more people get vaccinated against Covid-19 in the U.S., a vast majority of hospitalizations and deaths are occurring among people who haven't yet gotten a Covid shot, White House officials said Thursday. "Virtually all Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths in United States are now occurring among unvaccinated individuals," White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said at a press briefing. He said cases will continue to rise, especially among unvaccinated people, particularl...
Marilyn Manson Turned Himself In for Alleged Spitting Incident, Released – TMZ
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Marilyn Manson Turned Himself In for Alleged Spitting Incident, Released – TMZ

Marilyn Manson's no longer a fugitive from the law in New Hampshire -- he turned himself in for an alleged concert spitting incident in 2019, was booked, and was released. As we told you ... the shock rocker's facing 2 counts of misdemeanor simple assault for an alleged run-in with a videographer at a show at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in August 2019. Authorities first issued the arrest warrant in October 2019, but back in May said he had been dodging them. His legal team disputed that, claiming Manson had been in contact with cops since the warrant was issued. ...
Rainn Wilson: ‘I had agents who were, like: You need to get your teeth fixed, build loads of muscles’ – The Guardian
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Rainn Wilson: ‘I had agents who were, like: You need to get your teeth fixed, build loads of muscles’ – The Guardian

Movies He may have an impressive film CV, but the actor is destined to be remembered as The Office’s resident dork. He talks about why he was perfect for the role, his new movie, Don’t Tell a Soul – and his love for Steve Coogan Some actors associated with a signature role will tire of talking about it. No such preciousness from Rainn Wilson, who appears on camera from his Los Angeles home wearing a grey T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Scranton”. That Pennsylvania city provided the setting for the US version of the mockumentary sitcom The Office, which ran for nine widely adored, award-winning series. Wilson earned three Emmy nominations for playing the livid, disagreeable Dwight, the Rust Belt equivalent of Mackenzie Crook’s Gareth. Today’s beard and baseball cap, as well as his chipp...
Moderna testing mRNA flu vaccine in clinical trial – Fox News
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Moderna testing mRNA flu vaccine in clinical trial – Fox News

Moderna has begun testing an mRNA flu vaccine in clinical trials, with the company announcing Wednesday that the first participants had been dosed in the Phase 1/2 study. The vaccine, mRNA-1010, is Moderna’s first seasonal flu vaccine candidate to enter clinical trials and will target influenza A H1n1, H3N2, and influenza B Yamagata and Victoria.   The company is aiming to enroll 180 participants ages 18 years and older in the trial, and eventually aims to study combination vaccines to target multiple respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and RSV.  "We are pleased to have begun this Phase 1/2 study of mRNA-1010, our first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine candidate to enter the clinic," Stephane Bancel, Moderna’s CEO, said in a news release. "Respiratory combination vaccines are an important ...
Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 – Nature.com
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Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 – Nature.com

The genetic makeup of an individual contributes to susceptibility and response to viral infection. While environmental, clinical and social factors play a role in exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 disease severity1,2, host genetics may also be important. Identifying host-specific genetic factors may reveal biological mechanisms of therapeutic relevance and clarify causal relationships of modifiable environmental risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and outcomes. We formed a global network of researchers to investigate the role of human genetics in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity. We describe the results of three genome-wide association meta-analyses comprised of up to 49,562 COVID-19 patients from 46 studies across 19 countries. We reported 13 genome-wide significant loci tha...