Month: September 2021

AMC attendance surpasses 2019 levels for first time during pandemic – CNBC
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AMC attendance surpasses 2019 levels for first time during pandemic – CNBC

An AMC theatre is pictured in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, June 2, 2021. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Disney's "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" topped $90 million in sales at the domestic box office over the four-day Labor Day weekend, helping AMC Entertainment smash its admissions record for the holiday. More than 2 million people watched movies at AMC's U.S.-based cinemas between Sept. 2 and Sept. 5, marking the highest number of admissions for Labor Day weekend in the company's history. This holiday weekend also marked the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic that attendance during a weekend in 2021 outpaced attendance from the same weekend in 2019. "This encouraging surge in attendance at...
Greys Anatomy Vet Abigail Spencer Returning as Megan in Season 18 – TVLine
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Greys Anatomy Vet Abigail Spencer Returning as Megan in Season 18 – TVLine

RELATED STORIES it looks like when Grey’s Anatomy throws Teddy and Owen their hard-won “I do”-over, the sister of the groom will be able to be in attendance. The long-running ABC drama announced on Tuesday that Abigail Spencer will be returning in a recurring capacity as Dr. Megan Hunt in Season 18, starting with the season premiere (airing Thursday, Sept. 30, at 9/8c). The actress — whose list of television credits runs the gamut from Mad Men to True Detective, from Timeless to Rebel — made her Grey’s debut as the “late” trauma surgeon back in Season 14. The then-thought-to-be-dead character had previously been played in Owen’s visions by Batwoman‘s new Poison Ivy/Jane the Virgin alum Bridget Regan, in Season 13. After Meredith performed an abdominal wall transplant on ...
WHO says delta remains the most concerning Covid variant despite emergence of mu – CNBC
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WHO says delta remains the most concerning Covid variant despite emergence of mu – CNBC

Mirimus lab scientists preparing to test COVID-19 samples from recovered patients on April 8, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. Misha Friedman | Getty Images The fast-spreading delta variant remains the "most concerning" coronavirus strain despite the emergence of the mu variant, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday. The mu variant, which was added to the WHO's list of variants "of interest" last week, has mutations that suggest it could evade the immune protection provided by natural infection or vaccination, Maria Van Kerkhove, the agency's technical lead for Covid-19, said during a virtual press event. Still, the new variant — first detected in Colombia but now confirmed in at least 39 countries — hasn't taken off like delta, she said. "The delta va...
WHO says Covid will mutate like the flu and is likely here to stay – CNBC
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WHO says Covid will mutate like the flu and is likely here to stay – CNBC

Executive Director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) emergencies program Mike Ryan speaks at a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Covid-19 is likely "here to stay with us" as the virus continues to mutate in unvaccinated countries across the world and previous hopes of eradicating it diminish, global health officials said Tuesday. "I think this virus is here to stay with us and it will evolve like influenza pandemic viruses, it will evolve to become one of the other viruses that affects us," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Program, said at a press briefing. Officials at the global health agency have previously said vacci...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club

Phoebe Waller-BridgePhoto: Gregg DeGuire (Getty Images) It was the power couple we never knew we needed, and one that was never meant to be: Donald Glover’s Mr. Smith is in search of a new Mrs. Smith as Phoebe Waller-Bridge exits the highly anticipated Amazon series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Fleabag creator has left the leading lady role due to creative differences with Glover. As production continues without Waller-Bridge, the Solo: A Star Wars Story co-stars remain friends following the “amicable split” from the project. The upcoming series is based on the 2005 film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Glover remains the co-creator alongside Atlanta collaborator Francesca Sloane, and he continues to serve as executive producer and star of the series. Mr. & M...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club

Phoebe Waller-BridgePhoto: Gregg DeGuire (Getty Images) It was the power couple we never knew we needed, and one that was never meant to be: Donald Glover’s Mr. Smith is in search of a new Mrs. Smith as Phoebe Waller-Bridge exits the highly anticipated Amazon series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Fleabag creator has left the leading lady role due to creative differences with Glover. As production continues without Waller-Bridge, the Solo: A Star Wars Story co-stars remain friends following the “amicable split” from the project. The upcoming series is based on the 2005 film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Glover remains the co-creator alongside Atlanta collaborator Francesca Sloane, and he continues to serve as executive producer and star of the series. Mr. & M...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club

Phoebe Waller-BridgePhoto: Gregg DeGuire (Getty Images) It was the power couple we never knew we needed, and one that was never meant to be: Donald Glover’s Mr. Smith is in search of a new Mrs. Smith as Phoebe Waller-Bridge exits the highly anticipated Amazon series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Fleabag creator has left the leading lady role due to creative differences with Glover. As production continues without Waller-Bridge, the Solo: A Star Wars Story co-stars remain friends following the “amicable split” from the project. The upcoming series is based on the 2005 film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Glover remains the co-creator alongside Atlanta collaborator Francesca Sloane, and he continues to serve as executive producer and star of the series. Mr. & M...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club

Phoebe Waller-BridgePhoto: Gregg DeGuire (Getty Images) It was the power couple we never knew we needed, and one that was never meant to be: Donald Glover’s Mr. Smith is in search of a new Mrs. Smith as Phoebe Waller-Bridge exits the highly anticipated Amazon series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Fleabag creator has left the leading lady role due to creative differences with Glover. As production continues without Waller-Bridge, the Solo: A Star Wars Story co-stars remain friends following the “amicable split” from the project. The upcoming series is based on the 2005 film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Glover remains the co-creator alongside Atlanta collaborator Francesca Sloane, and he continues to serve as executive producer and star of the series. Mr. & M...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge crushes dreams, exits Amazons Mr. & Mrs. Smith series – The A.V. Club

Phoebe Waller-BridgePhoto: Gregg DeGuire (Getty Images) It was the power couple we never knew we needed, and one that was never meant to be: Donald Glover’s Mr. Smith is in search of a new Mrs. Smith as Phoebe Waller-Bridge exits the highly anticipated Amazon series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Fleabag creator has left the leading lady role due to creative differences with Glover. As production continues without Waller-Bridge, the Solo: A Star Wars Story co-stars remain friends following the “amicable split” from the project. The upcoming series is based on the 2005 film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Glover remains the co-creator alongside Atlanta collaborator Francesca Sloane, and he continues to serve as executive producer and star of the series. Mr. & M...