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UPDATED with latest: As the wave of post-lockdown theme park reopenings continues across California, there has been some movement on access for fully-vaccinated, out-of-state visitors. Recently-amended state and local rules were confusing — see story below — and most parks played it safe, reopening to just California…

Universal Studios Hollywood officially reopened Friday to California residents with new and revamped attractions including Jurassic World—The Ride and The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash!. Annual and Season Pass Members attended a preview yesterday. The park announced its reopening plans March 30. Most but not all…

Universal Studios Hollywood will reopen on Friday, April 16. Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 8, the park announced today. There will be a special park preview for annual and season pass members starting on Thursday, April 15. The park has been shuttered for more than a year. Disney said recently that Disneyland…

Mirroring a similar program at Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood will open its doors today to allow patrons to partake in dining, shopping and physically-distanced character interactions at the home of The Simpsons, Harry Potter and the Despicable Me Minions. The park, most of which which remains closed due to…

“We can’t wait,” wrote Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock on Friday. Potrock was reacting to the announcement by California health officials that the state will allow reopening of outdoor stadiums, ball parks and theme parks beginning April 1st. Potrock, in a statement posted to the official Disney Parks News…

Mere minutes after California issued long-awaited guidelines that would allow theme parks in the state to reopen, a fusillade of reactions rained down on Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Health and Human Services director. Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, Legoland, Six Flags Magic Mountain and the operators of…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that new guidelines on theme parks and team sports events are coming tomorrow. "We are going to break up the theme parks," the governor said in his COVID-19 and wildfires update this afternoon. "Not just one or two brands, it is many different parts of the theme park…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday the only path to sustainable economic recovery from the battering ram of COVID-19 is to avoid early mistakes and open businesses more slowly despite the pain. "It's very raw. I am well aware of the mandates we put out as a state, the mandates that are put out by local health…

Universal Studios Hollywood has cut more than 1,300 jobs permanently and temporarily laid off 849 workers since July, according to public documents, as the NBCUniversal theme park remains shuttered. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notices filed by the Comcast unit with the California Employment…

UPDATE, 1:34 PM: Devil’s Night is back on in the City of Angels, kind of. Less than a day after Los Angeles County Department of Public Health essentially shut down Halloween over the risk posed by the still strong coronavirus pandemic, they’ve put on a new costume. In a press briefing that is still going on, LACPD…

Comcast chief financial officer Mike Cavanagh said the conglom was “pleased” with the weekend PVOD debut of Pete Davidson-starrer The King Of Staten Island – its latest film to go directly on-demand — and reiterated that while the company's very eager for theaters to reopen it is likely the distribution model may have…

Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort on Thursday extended their closures to “at least through May 31,” the latest pushing of the dates at the parks shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. NBCUniversal also said that pay cuts for most full-time employees and furloughs for all of its part-time workers…