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The nation's third largest cinema chain Cinemark said Monday it will open a San Francisco multiplex and locations in Santa Clara County on Oct. 30 with no concessions in a nod to local restrictions. The move, including of the Century San Francisco Centre 9 and XD, follows plans to open five of its Alameda County…

Shaquille O’Neal will executive produce and star in a new animated comedy for kids, Shaq's Garage, for Genius Brands International and ABG Group. Through the partnership, O'Neal is taking a stake in publicly-traded Genius Brands with an unspecified holding. The show follows the secret adventures of the NBA legend's…

UPDATE: On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 4 new deaths and 830 new COVID-19 cases in L.A. county. As with all numbers reported on the weekend, the data reflects delays over the weekend. This comes after Public Health saw an increase in positive cases reported due to backlogged…

The 7th annual LMGI Awards have named Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and The Last Black Man in San Francisco as its film location winners. The awards spotlight international features, television, and commercials in which the creative use of filming locations set the tone, enrich the character and enhance the…

Beverly Hills will shut down its famed Rodeo Drive on Election Day in anticipation of potential looting and vandalism of the pricey shopping area if results anger individuals. The move was announced Thursday at the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce meeting. Terming the move a "hard closure," Beverly Hills Assistant…

The Push Me/Pull You of Washington politics over a new round of economic stimulus appears close to an agreement. But the timing of when money will arrive to your home remains in flux. "I think we are about there," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday after meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according t…

William Blinn, the screenwriter for Prince’s Purple Rain and creator of Starsky & Hutch, has died at age 83. He passed Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living community in Burbank, according to his daughter, Anneliese Johnson. “If you were an aspiring writer in the 70's & 80's, like I was, Bill’s work defined…

What a great time not to be a movie marketer. Theaters half-closed, with COVID-19 again rising. Pipeline dried up. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asking, in a survey that was due last week, how the pandemic is affecting your craft. Or what's left of it. But movie promoters on the whole are an optimistic…

Former South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg has emerged as one of Joe Biden’s most effective surrogates, not just in reaching millennial voters but the right-leaning audience of  Fox News. On the latest edition of POTUS 2020: Battleground America, Buttigieg gives his impressions of the final presidential debate and the…

Disney officials on Friday announced they will reopen stores and restaurants in the Disney California Adventure park starting in November, despite the continued closure of theme parks due to reopening restrictions put in place by Governor Gavin Newsom. Theme park executives from Disneyland, Universal Studios…

California on Friday reported a massive surge in new coronavirus cases, from 3,707 the day before to 6,141. That’s a number of daily infections not seen in the state since August. California’s governor, however, failed to mention the high new numbers in a nearly hour-long press conference he participated in on…

Baby Kermit, Baby Piggy, Baby Fozzie, Baby Gonzo, Baby Animal, and Miss Nanny won’t be called as witnesses, but a new copyright infringement and fraud suit against The Walt Disney Company over Muppet Babies is no romp in the nursery. Veteran small screen scribe Jeffrey Scott filed a four-claim complaint in federal…