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Since it’s nice to be prepared, the Academy announced some key dates for next year’s Oscars key being that they will be on March 27, 2022, splitting the difference between their more typical late February date and this year’s April event. As Glenn Whipp explained, the Academy may actually be getting out of the way of the Beijing Olympics and the Super Bowl.
Also this week, Ryan Faughnder and Wendy Lee explained what Amazon’s deal to buy MGM really means for Hollywood:
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Phased return to office (and coffee shop)
In fact, most governments are considering returning workers to their offices in phases over time. That includes Portland, which had previously said significant numbers of workers would not return to their offices until Multnomah County is in the least restrictive Lower Risk category established by the Oregon Health Authority. The will happen when 65% of county residents 16 and older receive at least one vaccination. The categories will be eliminated entirely when 70% of state residents reach that point. We know this shift will raise many questions, said Heather Hafer, Office of Management and Finance public information officer. Multiple bureaus own facilities and have unique business needs, so not all facilities may transition. Limited access still places a cap on the number of employees allowed in a facility at any one time.
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This year’s virtual TCM Classic Film Festival is underway, taking place on multiple platforms with movies and talks happening both on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel and the HBO Max streaming platform. The selections on HBO Max will be available throughout May. I, for one, am looking forward to watching Patricia Birch’s “Grease 2,” the documentary “Nichols and May – Take Two” and Chantal Akerman’s “News From Home” and “La Chambre.”
Available virtually via Film Forum (and playing in L.A. at the Laemmle NoHo) is a new restoration of Melvin Van Peebles’ 1968 debut feature “The Story of a Three Day Pass,” starring Harry Baird and Nicole Berger in the tale of a Black American G.I. on leave in Paris. Taking stylistic cues from the French New Wave, the film introduces Van Pebbles’ distinct voice and vision, which would develop into such future p
Climate Point: Government declares hot is the new normal Mark Olalde, USA TODAY © David Wallace/The Republic The sun sets over Phoenix on the winter solstice, on a hazy evening, Dec. 21, 2020.
Welcome to Climate Point, your weekly guide to climate, energy and environment news from around the Golden State and the country. In Palm Springs, Calif., I’m Mark Olalde.
A new normal.
It s the phrase of the week, as it s where we find ourselves with temperatures, sea levels and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations all rising. Every decade, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, part of the federal government, releases an updated U.S. Climate Normals report, which studies 30-year trends. The latest version just dropped, and its findings show weather getting more extreme in much of the country.
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