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“When my wife Stacy was diagnosed with ALS we found new meaning to the word ‘Survivor,'” Penner said last year. His wife’s story gained new traction when it was brought up on the island in “Winners at War” by Yul Kwon, Penner’s former co-star in “Cook Islands.”
Kwon told the story to Sarah Lacina and Wendell Holland during the fifth episode of that landmark 40th season. “Oh my god, it’s so hard,” he revealed. “She can’t breathe on her own, so she’s on assisted breathing. She can’t swallow, so she needs 24-hour care. Jonathan’s with her all the time. They always have some nurse or someone who’s helping, because she literally can’t do anything by herself. I just feel so bad for them.” He later added, “It’s been an absolutely devastating knock-out punch. Stacy has lost control of most of her body except for her eyes. They’re under a tremendous amount of strain, emotionally and financially, and it just broke my heart.” Kwon dedicated his time on “Winners at War” to raising awareness for ALS; he was voted out on Day 18.
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Over the past month, Los Angeles has become America’s epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis; and even though film and TV productions in Hollywood have not been forced to shut down, the infection surge has taken its toll.
According to FilmLA, film permit requests in December fell 24.9% from November with 613 permit requests received. That’s an average of 29 permits per day, the lowest FilmLA has seen since August. While many businesses in L.A. County have been forced to close due to the pandemic, filming has been allowed to move forward as productions are subject to extensive government regulations and mandated COVID-19 safety requirements created last summer by Hollywood’s labor unions.
But despite this, the Los Angeles County Department Public of Health urged studios to put their productions on hiatus as infections have rapidly escalated. The daily average of new cases reported in the county has spiked to just under 15,000 per day over the past month, with daily deaths rising above 200 per day. Many major studios, along with SAG-AFTRA and the Producers Guild, have heeded the request, announcing a pause on local filming through at least mid-January and possibly longer.
“The industry has been extraordinarily responsible throughout the time of the pandemic, as demonstrated by their recent actions during the rise in cases of COVID-19 and embrace of strict safety protocols,” FilmLA President Paul Audley said in a statement.
Of those productions that did shoot in December, 27% were TV productions and 28% were commercials. Among the TV shows currently shooting in Los Angeles are HBO’s “Insecure” and “Tacoma FD,” CBS’ “Ghosts” and “The 3 of Us” and Showtime’s “The L Word: Generation Q.” 26 feature films, mostly independent, also started production, including the comedy-horror film “Slayers” starring Abigail Breslin.
WHo Says you can't go home again?
James Corden has said that the coronavirus pandemic has made him more homesick than ever, as he went further than he has done before in discussing the idea of returning to the UK.
The Late Late Show With James Corden host has often talked about missing home in interviews, but in comments this week, the actor and presenter said Covid-19 has intensified these feelings.
“I have a couple of years to go on this contract. Ending the show will always be a bigger family decision than a professional one,” he said of his deal with CBS in quotes carried by British newspaper The Sun.
“It will be about people at home who we miss very, very much, who we are homesick for. I also feel like my wife and I have three young children, and they are three young grandchildren that we’ve taken away from people.
“This probably feels particularly magnified now during the pandemic, but I have an overwhelming feeling that our family has walked to the beat of my drum for a very long time.”
Despite living in L.A., Corden has kept working on UK productions, recently appearing on the A League of Their Own: Christmas Special for Sky. He made a special episode of Gavin & Stacey last year for the BBC, while he will also appear in Fulwell 73 feature Cinderella, which filmed in the UK in 2020.
He has spoken about his return to Britain previously. “I’m almost certain that we won’t live here forever,” he said in 2018. In an interview last year, Corden added: “We’re a long way from home, my wife and I, and our children, and there are people at home that we miss deeply and we care about and they’re getting older.”
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In these desperate times, the virus asked the govenors of all 50 states and the enitre world to stay home. But staying home doesn't mean you're bored and want to watch TV. You entertain to a virtual neighborhood and invite those you haven't seen as if you were going out. The stay at home orders forced us all to play Animal Crossing and Jackbox, but trivia nights are what we were missing when everybody remained in the house. Now the feeling of game nights are being brought to you on the internet thanks to this new segment called:
The Quarantine Olympics!
“Community” alums and best frenemies Joel McHale and Ken Jeong are hosting Fox’s “New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2021” this Thursday. And for the time being, that’s probably as close as fans of the Dan Harmon-created sitcom are going to get to a reunion.
Back in May, in the early days of the pandemic, McHale and Jeong joined former co-stars Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie and Jim Rash and series creator Dan Harmon in a virtual table read of a Season 5 “Community” episode to benefit coronavirus relief efforts. During that event, Glover and the rest of the cast agreed to fulfill fans’ dreams of #SixSeasonsAndAMovie if Harmon would write it.
But McHale, who played the overly charismatic Jeff Winger on “Community,” doesn’t know what the possibilities are for a reunion movie happening any time soon.
Adam Levine is a man of few words — at least when the subject is whether he’d return to The Voice, the NBC sing-off on which he served as a coach from its debut through Season 16. During an Instagram Q&A session with his fans Monday, the Maroon 5 frontman was asked if he might reclaim his red swivel chair.
His response: “No thank you?”
You’ll recall that Levine, thrice the reality show’s winning coach, parted ways with The Voice after not one of his team members advanced to Season 16’s Semifinals. (In subsequent seasons, changes to the rules have ensured that each coach still has a horse in the race at the end.) A season prior, he had come under fire for showing favoritism to a contestant who had been too ill too perform (to the detriment of her teammate, who had gone on).
Though Levine doesn’t appear to have any intention of rejoining the coaching panel, at least he still seems to enjoy playfully poking fun at his longtime sparring partner, Blake Shelton. When elsewhere in the Q&A, a fan asked Levine, “Did you miss Blake on The Voice last season?” the rocker quipped, “Blake who?”
Levine was just getting started, too. It almost seemed like old times when he was asked, “Which of Blake’s [albums] is your favorite?” Doubling down on the mischief, Levine replied, “Who is this Blake you speak of?”
Finally, when asked, “Do you think Blake also being [named] the sexiest man alive was a People downgrade?” Levine cheekily responded with a big, red, underlined 100 percent.
Los Angeles - OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will air "Revisiting Underground," an all-new half-hour special from Sony Pictures Television, immediately following the previously announced January 5 premiere on OWN of the critically acclaimed historical drama "Underground on OWN" at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The dramatic series acquired from Sony Pictures Television will have a revitalized presentation on OWN, with newly filmed episodic introductions by cast members, never-before-seen behind the scenes footage and more. The premiere episode has been expanded to 90 minutes, with "Revisiting Underground" debuting at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.
Grounded in this moment of cultural shift, "Revisiting Underground" reminds us of the importance of taking history off of the shelves and bringing it into our daily lives. Executive Producers John Legend, Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, along with the cast and crew, share personal stories, reflect on their time working on the show, and discuss the power of activism and the relevance of the show today.
We'll look at the research everyone did to prepare for their roles, hear their personal stories of challenges and triumphs from their time working on these intense stories, and explore the music of the show. Finally, we'll share how the cast honors the heroes of the Underground with the activism in their daily lives.
"Underground," which aired for two seasons (20 episodes) on WGN America, was co-created by Misha Green ("Lovecraft Country," "Sons of Anarchy," "Heroes") and Joe Pokaski ("Cloak & Dagger," "Heroes," "Daredevil"). They serve as executive producers alongside Emmy(R)-nominated director Anthony Hemingway ("Power," "Red Tails," "Treme"); Academy Award-winning writer Akiva Goldsman ("A Beautiful Mind," "I Am Legend") of Weed Road Pictures; Tory Tunnell ("Spinning Out," "King Arthur") and Joby Harold ("King Arthur," "Edge of Tomorrow") of Safehouse Pictures; and EGOT winner John Legend, Emmy(R) and Tony(R) Award winner Mike Jackson and Emmy(R) winner Ty Stiklorius of Get Lifted Film Co ("Rhythm + Flow", "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey"); and Mark Taylor ("MadTV"). Additionally, Legend and Get Lifted oversaw the score, soundtrack and all music aspects of the series.
In 1857, a restless slave named Noah (Aldis Hodge) organizes a small team of fellow slaves on the Macon plantation outside Atlanta, and puts together a plan to run for their lives -- 600 dangerous miles North -- to freedom. The odds of success are slim; the path to freedom's terrain is unforgiving, and Tom (Reed Diamond), their politically ambitious owner will surely kill anyone attempting to run. For those who make it off the plantation, the risks and uncertainties multiply. They leave family behind to pay for their sins, as they face danger and death at every turn. They're aided along the way by an abolitionist couple in Ohio, new to running a station on the Underground, unprepared for the havoc it will wreak with their personal lives, while they evade a ruthless slave catcher hell-bent on bringing them back, dead or alive.
"Underground" stars Aldis Hodge ("City on a Hill," "Brian Banks," "Hidden Figures") as Noah, a restless slave who organizes a small team of fellow slaves on the Macon plantation to plan an escape; Jurnee Smollett ("Lovecraft Country," "Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn," "True Blood") as Rosalee, a shy house slave with a powerful inner strength and courage; Emmy-nominated actor Christopher Meloni ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Happy!") as August Pullman, a secretive man who walks a tightrope between morality and survival; Alano Miller ("Cherish The Day," "Jane The Virgin," "Loving") as Cato, a cunning, charismatic man despised and feared by his fellow slaves; and Jessica De Gouw ("Pennyworth," "The Crown," "The Last Tycoon") as Elizabeth Hawkes, a socialite who shares the abolitionist ideals of her husband, John (Marc Blucas, "Knight and Day," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), a lawyer whose principles clash with the legislation he's sworn to uphold. The internationally renowned cast includes Adina Porter ("American Horror Story," "True Blood," "The 100,") as Pearly Mae, a strong-willed wife and mother; Mykelti Williamson ("Fences," "Forest Gump") as her husband Moses, a fiery preacher; Amirah Vann ("How to Get Away with Murder," "Star Trek: Picard," "Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G") as Ernestine, head house slave and fiercely devoted mother; Johnny Ray Gill ("Rectify") as Sam, Rosalee's half-brother and a talented carpenter; Chris Chalk ("When They See Us," "Perry Mason," "Homeland") as William Still, an abolitionist ally; Reed Diamond ("13 Reasons Why") as Tom Macon, a plantation owner and political candidate; and Jussie Smollett ("Empire"), who joins his sister Smollet in the cast as Josey, a wild-eyed runaway who doesn't trust anyone. In season 2, Legend guest stars as iconic abolitionist, orator and author Frederick Douglass, Aisha Hinds ("9-1-1," "Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G," "True Blood") steps into a recurring guest star role as Harriet Tubman; and Sadie Stratton ("Westworld") portrays notorious slave trader Patty Cannon.
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