Month: August 2021

Allegheny County says all new employees must be vaccinated for COVID-19 – WTAE Pittsburgh
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Allegheny County says all new employees must be vaccinated for COVID-19 – WTAE Pittsburgh

VISITORS IS AFTERNOON. REPORTER: THAT IS CORRECT. YOURS JUST CAME DOWN FROM RICH FITZGERALD. ALLEGHENY COUNTY HAS -- ORDERS. THIS INCLUDES MANDATORY VACCINATIONS FOR ALL NEW EMPLOYEES. THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY A COUNTY EXECUTIVE RICH FITZGERALD WHO YS THESA HIGRHE -- THEY HIGHER UP IT'’ BEEN 500-1000 NEW EMPLOYEES EVERY YEAR. THE OSNEW HIRES MUST SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION. HERE IS THE LATEST FROM THE ONE THIRD OF CURRENT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CURRENTLY UNVACCINATED. UNDER THE NEW ORDERS, THEY MUST BE TESTED WEEKLY AND SOME CASES, TWICE A WEEK. THEY MUST ALSO WEAR MASKS AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE COUNTY BUILDINGS. WE ASKED W THYHEY DIDOT N ISSUE A MANDATORY VACCINATION ORDER FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES. >> IT BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED WHEN IT COMES TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND THINGS AL...
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Y: The Last Man trailer brings a classic comic to life for FX and Hulu – Polygon
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Y: The Last Man trailer brings a classic comic to life for FX and Hulu – Polygon

Many have tried and failed to adapt Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s acclaimed comic series Y: The Last Man, both for film and TV, but every project has gone the way of ... well, mankind in Y: The Last Man. But now it’s actually happening. On Thursday, FX and Hulu released the first trailer for the series, which finds Vaughn and Guerra’s post-apocalyptic vision rendered with prestige TV quality. In the new series, Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft) stars as the scrappy dude Yorick Brown, who discovers that he is the last man on Earth. With all living mammals with a Y chromosome dead, Yorick becomes a wayward soul, drifting from an encounter to encounter in the new, female-led world. Meanwhile, his family is spread out across the country following their own paths, and under the assumption t...
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Val Kilmers kids say father is doing well and still recovering as they attend Val premiere – Daily Mail
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Val Kilmers kids say father is doing well and still recovering as they attend Val premiere – Daily Mail

Val Kilmer's daughter Mercedes and son Jack say their father is 'still recovering' from cancer... after he didn't show up to docu premiere Val Kilmer 'still recovering' from his cancer battle said his kids Val and Mercedes That is why he was not at the premiere of his docu Val they shared The 61-year-old star was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2017  Jack and Mercedes are featured in the documentary, which is out Friday The film examines Val's personal and professional life with home video shared  By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 13:41 EDT, 5 August 2021 | Updated: 14:29 EDT, 5 August 2021 <!-- <!-- <!-- <!-- <!-- (function (src, d, tag){ var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0]; s.sr...
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Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow lawsuit has unearthed a huge problem with streaming – The Verge
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Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow lawsuit has unearthed a huge problem with streaming – The Verge

This summer’s biggest Hollywood attraction is a multimillion-dollar battle between two of the industry’s best-known players: Scarlett Johansson and Disney. Johansson sued Disney last week over its day-and-date release of her Marvel superhero film Black Widow, which put the movie on Disney Plus the same day it hit theaters, potentially depriving her of a huge box-office-infused paycheck. The aftermath has been chaotic, but it’s more importantly illuminated the myriad ways that streaming has forever changed the way we experience movies and the implications for the creatives and talent who make them. Movie contracts have traditionally been negotiated around box office results, with sizable bonuses tied to how well a film performed. This worked out well for both talent and studios. Stu...
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CDC warns people to not eat raw cake batter after E. coli outbreak sickens 16 – CNN
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CDC warns people to not eat raw cake batter after E. coli outbreak sickens 16 – CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that as of July 27, 16 people in 12 states have been reported to have been infected with the same strain of the E. coli bacteria. They range in age from 2 to 73-years-old and 75% of them are children under 18, the CDC said. Seven people had to be hospitalized, the CDC said, including one who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. No deaths have been reported. All of the sick people are women, the CDC said. The illnesses started between February 26, 2021, to June 21, 2021, the agency said in an investigation notice posted on its website. Six of the eight people who had been interviewed by state and local health officials, at last report, said they had eaten or tasted cake batter made from a cake mix, the C...
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UnityPoint Health to require COVID-19 vaccines for employees – KCCI Des Moines
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UnityPoint Health to require COVID-19 vaccines for employees – KCCI Des Moines

UnityPoint Health announced Thursday that all of its more than 30,000 employees will be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.According to a news release, the requirement extends to every employee regardless of whether they provide patient care.Staff vaccinations must be completed by Nov. 1.“The COVID vaccine is safe and effective in terms of preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death,” UnityPoint Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Dave Williams said in a statement. “The continued wave of infections throughout the country make it clear we are not done fighting this pandemic, which means more people need to get vaccinated, especially before an anticipated increase of respiratory illnesses this fall.” UnityPoint said staff members who choose not to receive COVID-19 will be subject t...
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How Provincetown, Mass., stress-tested the coronavirus vaccine with summer partying and delta – The Washington Post
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How Provincetown, Mass., stress-tested the coronavirus vaccine with summer partying and delta – The Washington Post

There was no “patient zero” in Provincetown, according to experts who studied the virus’s spread, and no single superspreader event. Instead there were infections linked to myriad indoor spaces: live shows, dance clubs and Airbnbs where, for instance, an entire group of seven might have contracted the virus, according to Katsurinis. Infections were concentrated among younger men as they flocked to signature summer events like Bear Week, part of gay culture for guys on the huskier and hairier side.
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The Crown series five: A look at the brand new faces of Netflix Royal drama – Daily Mail
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The Crown series five: A look at the brand new faces of Netflix Royal drama – Daily Mail

Filming is underway in Scotland on the hotly-anticipated fifth series of The Crown - with the last two seasons of the hit drama covering the Royal Family in the 1990s to 2003. With the shift in time periods comes a shift in line-up, with familiar faces such as Olivia Colman (Queen Elizabeth II) and Emma Corrin (Princess Diana) replaced by new stars. MailOnline takes a look at the brand new faces of the Netflix Royal drama as it prepares to depict one of the most turbulent periods in the Monarchy's history...  PRINCESS DIANA - PLAYED BY ELIZABETH DEBICKI (REPLACING EMMA CORRIN) Out with the old... MailOnline takes a look at The Crown's new stars for series five - it was announced that Elizabeth had been cast as Princess Diana last August, and fans of the ...
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Britney Spears Wants Dad Jamie Removed from Conservatorship Immediately – TMZ
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Britney Spears Wants Dad Jamie Removed from Conservatorship Immediately – TMZ

Britney Spears is sick of waiting for her day in court ... she wants some action now, to get her dad booted from the conservatorship. Britney's lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, filed legal docs ... asking the judge to move up the hearing date on removing Jamie from late September to August. Rosengart says every day Jamie continues to act as conservator of Britney's estate, she feels traumatized and loses sleep. Rosengart quotes Britney's personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, who says, "Mr. Spears's removal as Conservator is critical to [Britney's] emotional health and well-being and in the best interests of the conservatee." ...
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We have never been so enamored: Kate Bosworth reveals shes SPLIT with husband Michael Polish – Daily Mail
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We have never been so enamored: Kate Bosworth reveals shes SPLIT with husband Michael Polish – Daily Mail

Kate Bosworth has announced her split from husband Michael Polish. The actress, 38, took to Instagram to announce the breakup on Thursday morning, sharing a tender photo of the pair kissing along with an gushing tribute to love in the caption. After several paragraphs reflecting on romance, Kate wrote: 'Our hearts are full, as we have never been so enamored and deeply grateful for one another as we do in this decision to separate.'  While touching, some fans were left confused at the overly gushing tone of the post about the marriage breakdown, with one user commenting: 'This isn't real life,' while another said: 'Only in Hollyweird.' The couple married in 2013. Bosworth is step-mother to Polish's daughter from a previous marriage.  Exes: Kate Bosworth announced her s...
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