Новости за 28.11.2021

Virgil Abloh, the founder of fashion label Off-White and Artistic Director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, died Sunday after a long battle with a rare cancer. He was 41 years old and his death was confirmed by the French fashion house. Abloh had cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer, for at least two years, […]

Remember when New York and Los Angeles use to post big figures for the opening of a specialty film at the box office? Well, those days look to be coming back. United Artist Releasing’s MGM Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s teen comedy Licorice Pizza posted a huge $83,8K opening screen average from four theaters, which the […]

A disorderly conduct trial that is expected to start Monday in Chicago will be drawing worldwide attention. That’s because the accused is former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, whose now-discredited claim of a racially motivated attack in January 2019 shocked the world. The twists in the Smollett saga are legendary. After claiming he ventured forth on […]

Geoffrey Johnson, whose Johnson-Liff Casting was behind the roles for Cats, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s three longest-running shows, died Friday, Nov. 26. He was 91 and passed from respiratory failure at Henry J. Carter Hospital in New York. Johnson’s log career saw him appear on Broadway as an actor. He also worked with David […]

A South African doctor said Sunday that symptoms of the Omicron variant appear to be mild and can be treated at home. Dr. Angelique Coetzee, a private practitioner and chair of the South African Medical Association, was one of the first to notice the new variant. She treated patients at her clinic who had symptoms […]

Queen guitarist Brian May has posted a social media rebuttal to a published account of comments that he allegedly made on the trans community. The 74-year-old May spoke earlier this week to the UK’s The Mirror about a development with the BRIT Awards. The organization announced it will remove gendered awards for its 2022 ceremonies. […]

Hope springs eternal among those bent on getting to the bottom of the Roman Polanski sex case. On Monday morning, two writer/journalists, Sam Wasson and William Rempel, are now hoping that Judge Sergio Tapia II of the Los Angeles County Superior Court will look kindly on their request to unseal some critical evidence in the […]

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 22 new deaths from Covid-19, as well as 624 new positive cases. COVID-19 Daily Update:November 27, 2021New Cases: 624 (1,524,912 to date)New Deaths: 22 (27,121 to date)Current Hospitalizations: 556 pic.twitter.com/l3tO7Zu7qz — LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) November 28, 2021 The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported […]

Television Soap opera actress Lisa Brown died on November 24 at age 67. Brown is most known for her roles on Guiding Light and As The World Turns. On Guiding Light, she played Nola Reardon from 1980-1985, and while working on the show she also starred in the broadway adaptation of 42nd Street. On As […]

Steve Cortes, former Trump Campaign advisor is leaving right-wing cable channel Newsmax. He will host his last broadcast within the next week. According to the dailybeast, Cortest and the network have had tension between them for some time. The host denies that there were any issues, but Newsmax’s company-wide vaccine policy is what led him […]

The cast and executive producers of NBC’s La Brea appeared virtually at Comic-Con Special Edition on Saturday to discuss the surprise hit which was recently renewed for a second season at NBC. Panelists included stars Natalie Zea, Eoin Macken, Jon Seda, Chiké Okonkwo, and Nicholas Gonzalez; and co-showrunners David Appelbaum, Steven Lilien, and Bryan Wynbrandt. […]

UPDATE: A security guard who was protecting a TV crew before being shot has died. The guard, a retired police officer, was hired to protect KRON4 reporters at the scene of an armed robbery. He was attacked when one of 12 robbers tried to take the crew’s cameras. Kevin Nishita was a father of two […]