Chicago to give migrants measles vaccine doses 28 days apart.

In response to a continuing measles outbreak, city officials will require migrants living at a densely-populated Lower West Side shelter to receive a second dose of the measles vaccine 28 days after the first, extending the quarantine period for children under age 5, the Chicago Department of Public Health said Monday. There have been 31… Continue reading Chicago to give migrants measles vaccine doses 28 days apart.

Chicago White Sox sign OF Kevin Pillar to major-league deal 2 days after release

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The last few days were unlike anything Kevin Pillar had ever experienced. “You feel like you’ve been in this game a long time, you feel like you’ve experienced everything that can be thrown at you in this game — and I was wrong,” Pillar said Sunday morning at Salt River Fields. The… Continue reading Chicago White Sox sign OF Kevin Pillar to major-league deal 2 days after release

‘Days of Wine and Roses’ on Broadway

Brian d’Arcy James and Kelli O’Hara in Days of Wine and Roses. Photo: Joan Marcus For another week, there’s a musical mother-and-son act in midtown, though the Encores! revival of Mary Rodgers’s Once Upon a Mattress and the Broadway premiere of her son Adam Guettel’s Days of Wine and Roses make a whiplash-inducing double feature.… Continue reading ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ on Broadway

Bill Hayes, ‘Days of Our Lives’ Star, Dead at 98

Bill Hayes, who originated the role of one of the longest-running characters on Days of Our Lives, has died at 98. A representative for the NBC soap opera confirmed the news on Friday. “I have known Bill for most of my life and he embodied the heart and soul of Days of Our Lives,” executive… Continue reading Bill Hayes, ‘Days of Our Lives’ Star, Dead at 98

Billie Joe Armstrong on Trump, Punk, and Green Day’s Saviors

Billie Joe Armstrong is, in his own way, still fighting the punk fight. Most recently, he pissed off Trumpers for switching the lyrics to 2004’s “American Idiot” from “I’m not part of a redneck agenda” to the more relevant “MAGA agenda.” You can sneer at a rich, middle-aged Rock & Roll Hall of Famer trying… Continue reading Billie Joe Armstrong on Trump, Punk, and Green Day’s Saviors

WGA, AMPTP to Resume Negotiations After 101 Days on Strike

Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images It appears the WGA and AMPTP’s meeting to talk about meeting successfully yielded … a meeting. On the 101st day of the writers’ strike, the guild told its members that AMPTP lead negotiator Carol Lombardini has invited the WGA negotiating committee to resume talks. “We expect the AMPTP to provide responses… Continue reading WGA, AMPTP to Resume Negotiations After 101 Days on Strike

Days of our Lives Pauses Taping After Misconduct Probe

Photo: NBCUniversal/YouTube Update August 2: Support for Days of our Lives co-EP Albert Alarr is falling like sands through the hourglass. According to Deadline, more than 25 cast members have signed a petition asking for regime change at Days. “As a result of said actions of the current [co-] executive producer Albert Alarr, mentioned in… Continue reading Days of our Lives Pauses Taping After Misconduct Probe

Days of our Lives Pauses Taping After Misconduct Probe

Photo: NBCUniversal/YouTube Days of our Lives, the long-running soap opera that survived the great network soap purge by moving to Peacock, is pausing production until at least August 7. According to Deadline, the show is on pause after the misconduct investigation of co-EP and director Albert Alarr. Alarr was under investigation for “inappropriate comments and… Continue reading Days of our Lives Pauses Taping After Misconduct Probe