Delta Variant: Last News

CinemaCon launches Monday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the second in-person gathering of theater owners and Hollywood studios since August, and Covid. That edition was shadowed by the Delta Variant, ongoing theater closures and shifting release dates. Now the picture is significantly brighter. Domestic attendance at the confab, including a full complement of studio heads, is at a pre-pandemic level (international still a bit softer given challenges in some markets). Moviegoing is on the rise and the release sked looks full and fixed. NATO President & CEO John Fithian and MPA Chairman-CEO Charles Rivkin fielded questions from Deadline on the evolving post-Covid landscape and relationship between the two camps. (Some responses are condensed and edited for clarity.)

Gleb Savchenko's previously contracted the COVID-19 Delta variant. The 37-year-old  pro revealed on AJ McLean and Cheryl Burke's podcast that he got very sick with the virus three months ago, when he was unvaccinated.«I've never felt worse in my life,» he said. «My heart was like 167 beats per minute.

“Leave It To Beaver” star Tony Dow has been hospitalized with pneumonia after being taken to the E.R. on Thursday.

posted on the tour’s website.For Brooks, COVID-19 is a personal issue, as his wife and fellow country act Trisha Yearwood contracted the illness earlier this year.This announcement of country blues will affect shows planned for Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Charlotte and the Nashville show, which was originally postponed after a July rainout.But there’s hope for fans, as the country star said there are plans to redo the dates in the future.“But with a hopeful heart, we will reschedule and start over when this wave seems to be behind us,” Brooks said, noting the “joy (he has) seen in everyone’s faces as live music returns.”According to a tour spokesperson, Brooks’ team will be keeping a tight eye on “the virus’ impact” by making

As he urged Californians to get vaccinated, Governor Gavin Newsom said twice this week that the share of analyzed positive Covid cases caused by the more transmissive Delta variant would be north of 60% when new numbers were announced. That’s up from about 53% in late July. The governor was underselling his point.