Al Roker, Craig Melvin off 'Today' after staffer diagnosed with coronavirus - Page Six

“Today’s” Al Roker and Craig Melvin are taking time off after a colleague on the third hour of the show contracted coronavirus.

Anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced the news on Monday morning — while practicing social distancing themselves and sitting apart. The stars said Roker and Melvin will be off the air for just a day as a precaution.

Guthrie told viewers: “Last night we learned that a colleague of ours on the third hour of ‘Today’ has tested positive for COVID-19 … so out of an abundance of caution, Craig and Al have taken the morning off, so we can trace their contacts, see what is going on with them, we promise to keep you posted, both are fine right now. They feel good, but caution is the order of the day.”

The anchors also said they were sitting apart from each other to be careful. At the 8 a.m. hour, Guthrie revealed the staffer in question is a man and said they are thinking of him.

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In a memo obtained by The Post, NBC News president Noah Oppenheim wrote to staff: “We have learned that a TODAY employee based at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and working for the 9am hour has tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19). We are fully supporting our colleague, who is experiencing mild symptoms and receiving medical care, and I know you join me in sending our very best for a quick recovery.

“As you know, we have been preparing for this possibility and are taking all necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of our teams, which includes multiple deep cleanings of our offices, control room and Studio 1A.

“Additionally, we are identifying employees who had been in close proximity to the affected employee and — while not required to do so by the NY Health Department — are in the process of asking those who had close contact to self-isolate.”

Oppenheim said he was asking all members of the 9 a.m. editorial team to work from home Monday “while we complete the social mapping exercise” and said staffers’ health and safety “are our top priority.”

He added: “This is in addition to our ongoing plan to have Tri-state area employees work remotely or stagger work hours, when possible.”

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Coronavirus concerns brings North American box office to 20-year low - Fox News

Amid growing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, ticket sales took a dive over the weekend, marking the lowest numbers the North American box office has seen in at least 20 years.

Receipts totaled about $55.3 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not since 2000 has weekend box office revenue been so low, according to data firm Comscore, when $54.5 million in tickets were sold on a quiet September weekend. More people went to the movies the weekend after Sept. 11, 2001.

Disney's latest release from Pixar, “Onward,” remained the top film, earning $10.5 million in its second weekend. The Christian romance “I Still Believe” from Lionsgate brought in $9.5 million. Sony's comic-book adaptation “Bloodshot,” with Vin Diesel, grossed an estimated $9.3 million in its debut. The Blumhouse horror satire “The Hunt” opened with $5.3 million.

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All of those totals were notably below expectations. Most films last week had aimed to do 25 percent to 50 percent better. The weekend's sales overall were down 45 percent from the weekend before, according to Comscore.

While this weekend's crop of films weren't expected to compete with the same timeframe last year, when “Captain Marvel” was in release, revenue was down 60 percent from the same weekend last year.

Pixar films virtually always hold well for weeks, but “Onward” dropped 73 percent from its opening weekend. “The Hunt,” which remounted its release after its debut was canceled last fall following a wave of deadly shootings, had hoped to do twice as well.

The upcoming James Bond film 'No Time To Die' had its release date postponed due to the coronavirus. (Nicola Dove © 2020 DANJAQ, LLC AND MGM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

Most of Europe's cinemas have shuttered in recent days, as have theaters in China, India, Lebanon and Kuwait. Those closures have already slashed international grosses. Health officials are urging for those who can stay home to do so, to help stymie the spread of the virus.

But the wide majority of North American theaters remained open for business over the weekend. The continent's two largest chains, AMC Theaters and Regal Cinemas, said they wouldn't fill theaters to more than 50 percent capacity to facilitate social distancing. Others asked moviegoers to leave empty seats around them. All pledged to clean theaters in between screenings.

Other theaters opted to close completely, including many in New York. Of the roughly 5,800 theaters in the United States, about 100 were closed over the weekend.

Jim Orr, Universal's distribution chief, said the industry was doing its best to navigate the unknown.

“We're still all working through it. The circuits are doing a great job of taking government mandates and applying it to their businesses the best they possibly can,” Orr said. “This is a unique point in time in our industry and maybe in our nation. But we'll get to the other side of it, and the box office will come back very healthy. It's just a matter of when that might be.”

Health officials urged people to stay home and minimize social interaction, especially in states that have instituted bans on larger gatherings, including California, New York and Ohio.

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“With the worldwide coronavirus epidemic causing many domestic theater chains to go to reduced seating and many international territories to either completely or partially close all theaters, as well as creating uncertainty about going to crowded spaces, all titles have seen larger than expected drops,” Disney said in a statement.

Much of the entertainment world has shut down. Broadway theaters, major museums and theme parks have closed their doors. Concerts have been called off. Festivals including South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, and the Tribeca Film Festival in New York have been canceled or delayed. Most live-action film and TV production has been put on hiatus.

Disney and Pixar's 'Onward' remained No. 1 at the box office during a 20 year low.  (Disney/Pixar via AP)

Hollywood also has postponed most of its upcoming releases. Next week's most anticipated movie, “A Quiet Place Part 2,” has been removed from the schedule. Other major releases, including Disney's “Mulan" and the James Bond film “No Time To Die” have been put off.

That means that even if movie theaters remain open in the coming weeks, they will have little to play. Theaters could potentially play older films to help them get by.

“It's so hard to predict how this will play out,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. “It's an ever-changing, ever-evolving situation that the entire world is trying to wrap their minds around. For the short term, obviously, there's an impact."

For now, it's likely more theaters will soon close their doors. Over the weekend, cinemas were shuttered in both New Jersey's Bergen County and Pennsylvania's Montgomery County after local governments advised closing all entertainment venues.

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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.

1. "Onward," $10.5 million ($6.8 million international).

2. “I Still Believe,” $9.5 million.

3. “Bloodshot,” $9.3 million ($13 million international)

4. “The Invisible Man,” $6 million ($6.2 million international).

5. “The Hunt,” $5.3 million ($700,000 international)

6. “Sonic the Hedgehog,” $2.6 million ($2.9 million international).

7. “The Way Back,” $2.4 million.

8. “The Call of the Wild,” $2.2 million ($1.1 million international).

9. “Emma,” $1.4 million.

10. “Bad Boys for Life,” $1.1 million.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Brad Pitt Hit Up In-N-Out With Alia Shawkat Day After Thundercat Show - TMZ

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Brad Pitt's got one hell of an appetite ... for burgers and more friendly hangouts with gal pal Alia Shawkat.

The "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" star and Ali were spotted at In-N-Out in L.A. the day after they both also hit up a Thundercat show at The Wiltern. Brad, seen wearing the same hat he wore at the concert, used to be one party animal -- no word if he went animal style at the burger joint.

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In any event ... here's hoping Brad's finally put an end to the whole In-N-Out vs. Shake Shack debate. But, one thing's for sure ... Brad and Alia really do enjoy each other's company.

As we reported ... Brad and Alia hanging out is nothing new for them. They've been going to concerts, comedy shows, museums and galleries together for months. As friends, that is.

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Sources close to the Oscar winner told us Brad doesn't feel any need to get back on the dating scene right now. Until then ... more double-doubles!!!

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Movie Ticket Sales Fall to Historic Low - The New York Times

LOS ANGELES — Here is all you need to know about the mind-sets of moviegoers as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies: God beat a superhero at the weekend box office.

Seemingly every aspect of American life has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, and the weekend ritual of watching a movie in the dark with strangers has been no exception. Most cinemas in the United States remain open, with the two biggest chains, AMC and Regal, reducing seating capacity in auditoriums by 50 percent so that people could leave at least one empty seat between them. But fears about the coronavirus kept the masses at home: Domestic ticket sales totaled about $55.3 million, a 44 percent drop from last weekend, despite three new films — “Bloodshot,” “The Hunt” and “I Still Believe” — arriving in wide release.

It was the worst period for movie theaters in two decades, according to Comscore, which compiles box office data. The next lowest weekend was Sept. 15 to 17 in 2000, when ticket sales totaled $54.5 million and the primary draws were holdovers like “The Watcher,” a serial-killer movie, and “Nurse Betty,” a dark comedy starring Renée Zellweger. In today’s money, however, the 2000 weekend generated roughly $83 million in ticket sales.

The result: Hollywood may have just had its worst weekend since ticketing data started to be independently compiled in the 1980s.

“This weekend’s three new wide releases were not expected to do big business,” David A. Gross, who runs Franchise Entertainment Research, a movie consultancy, said in an email on Sunday. “Still, these openings are down 30 percent or more from where they would be under normal circumstances.”

The No. 1 movie was a holdover: “Onward,” the Disney-Pixar fantasy about two elf brothers who have an accident with magic, collected an estimated $10.5 million at 4,310 theaters in the United States and Canada — a 73 percent drop from its first weekend. Pixar movies typically decline between 30 percent and 45 percent from their first to second weekends, demonstrating the impact of coronavirus fears on moviegoing.

Overseas, where theaters have been closed in some countries in Europe and Asia, “Onward” took in $6.8 million. The animated film’s global total now stands at $101.7 million, Disney said.

In a surprise — at least for Hollywood — an under-the-radar new release rooted in religion, “I Still Believe,” sold the most tickets of the newcomers. It collected about $9.5 million from 3,250 theaters. “I Still Believe” (Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company) cost less than $10 million to make. A romantic drama, the film stars KJ Apa (“Riverdale”) and Britt Robertson (“Under the Dome”) and is based on the true story of the Christian singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp and his first wife Melissa Henning-Camp, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer while on their honeymoon.

Directed by Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin, known for the 2018 faith-based hit “I Can Only Imagine,” “I Still Believe” received middling reviews. But ticket buyers gave it an A grade in CinemaScore exit polls.

The superhero movie “Bloodshot,” starring Vin Diesel, played on 2,861 screens in the United States and Canada and collected an estimated $9.3 million. Sony, Bona Film Group and Cross Creek Pictures financed “Bloodshot” for about $45 million. The companies also spent tens of millions of dollars on marketing. Reviews were not kind, and it got a B grade from CinemaScore.

Overseas, “Bloodshot” took in an additional $13 million. Russia was one of the stronger markets.

“The Hunt” (Universal and Blumhouse), a satirical horror film about elites killing “deplorables” that cost $15 million to make and tens of millions to market, collapsed with about $5.3 million in ticket sales. Reviews were mostly negative and audiences gave the movie a C-plus grade in CinemaScore exit polls.

“The Hunt,” starring the Emmy-nominated Betty Gilpin (Netflix’s “Glow”) and the two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank, had originally been scheduled for release in September, but Universal canceled that plan after 31 people were killed in back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio and conservative pundits criticized the film’s premise as “sick.”

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7th Heaven actor Lorenzo Brino killed in car crash at 21 - Daily Mail

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Published: 14:45 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 15:59 GMT, 15 March 2020

7th Heaven actor Lorenzo Brino has died at age 21.

Brino was killed last Monday around 3AM in San Bernadino County, California when he lost control of his Toyota Camry and hit a pole, according to TMZ.

He was the only person in the vehicle.

RIP: 7th Heaven actor Lorenzo Brino had died in a car crash

Brino was on 7th Heaven from 1999 to 2007, introduced to the show when he was just five-months-old. 

The quadruplet along with his siblings, played twins Sam and David Camden, the family's youngest children.

Lorenzo's friend Stephen Dulay called him a 'beautiful soul' in a tribute video to the former child actor.

Child actor: Brino, who was a quadruplet, was on 7th Heaven from 1999 to 2007, introduced to the show when he was just five-months-old

In the video caption, he wrote: 'From September 21st-March 9th 2020 we were blessed to have Lorenzo Brino’s Beautiful soul in our lives. 

'The amount of people he touched with his character and charm was unbelievable. He was a loyal friend and an amazing brother. He would always get my back no matter what. Rest In Peace Brother [prayer hands.]

His aunt Janet Brino shared: 'To my dear sweet nephew, your loss left a hole in my heart. God needed another Angel and he took you. Please watch over your mom and dad. You[r] sister Mimi, brothers, Antonio, Zachary and Nicholas ... You got a big job up there.'

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Heidi Klum, husband, say they’re sick and are awaiting results of coronavirus test - WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland

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Meghan Markle May Ultimately Cause 'Immense Embarrassment' for the Royal Family, Expert Claims - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have left the royal family for a chance to live a normal life out of the spotlight. Many royal fans have wondered what’s next for the Sussexes and whether or not Meghan will return to her pre-duchess career as an actress. If she does pursue that career again, one royal expert believes it could be an “immense embarrassment” to the royal family.

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Meghan had left her acting career to marry Prince Harry

When Prince Harry and Meghan announced their engagement in November 2017, she shared that she would be leaving behind her acting career.

“I just see it as a change… It’s a new chapter, right?,” she shared during an interview at the time. “And also keep in mind I’ve been working on my show for seven years. So we were very, very fortunate to be able to have that sort of longevity on a series, and for me once we hit the 100 episode marker I thought, you know what, I have — I have ticked this box and I feel really proud of the work I have done there and now it’s time to, as you said work — work as a team with [Harry].”

Meghan continued: “I think what’s been really exciting as we talk about the transition of this out of my career, but into the role, is that, as you said, the causes that have been very important to me I can focus even more energy on, because very early out of the gate I think you realize once you have access or a voice that people are going to listen to, with that comes a lot of responsibility which I take seriously.”

Meghan’s return to acting might be an ’embarrassment’ according to one expert

It’s unclear whether or not Meghan will return to her acting career following her exit from the royal family, though there have been rumors that she could do more voiceover work for Disney.

Eric Schiffer, chairman of Reputation Management Consultant, believes that if Meghan relaunches her acting career, she could create “immense embarrassment” to the queen and the royal family.

“Meghan will pursue acting causing immense embarrassment for the Royal family and drive more public backlash,” Schiffer told Express.

He added, “Hollywood in the end will dump Meghan and chew her out the way she and Buckingham Palace ditched each other.”

Does she have regrets about giving up her career?

Meghan’s acting resume includes appearances on General Hospital, Century City, The War at Home, and CSI: New York. She was also a “briefcase babe” on Deal or No Deal before finding fame on the legal drama Suits.

Sally Bedell Smith, the Queen’s biographer, believes that Meghan may have felt regret about retiring from acting. “It seems now that she really regrets having had to give that up,” Bedell Smith told Vanity Fair, sharing, “and what she was expected to do in the royal family didn’t compare with what she had been accustomed to.”

Bedell Smith further noted that joining the royal family means you give up “a lot of things that may have meant a lot to you and dedicate yourself to an institution that’s 1,000 years old.”

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