It’s a fairly open competition at cornerback for the Bears this offseason, and Artie Burns will get another chance to win a job.
The Bears re-signed him to a one-year contract Friday, offering an opportunity at a comeback after tearing his ACL in training camp last season. Burns, 25, has not been a full-time starter since 2017 with the Steelers.
General manager Ryan Pace’s decision to cut Kyle Fuller left the Bears with second-year cornerback Jaylon Johnson as the best player at the position, with Desmond Trufant, Duke Shelley, Kindle Vildor and Burns among those battling for spots behind him.
The Steelers drafted Burns No. 25 overall out of Miami in 2016, but he quickly fell out of favor. Opposing quarterbacks posted a 143.2 passer rating and completed 64% when they threw his way, according to Pro Football Reference, and he allowed five touchdown catches. He played just 66 defensive snaps in 2019, and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said the team was “disappointed, certainly,” with his lack of progress.
“Just looking at the tape… you saw a long guy that could run, would stick his nose in there in the run game,” Bears secondary coach Deshea Townsend said when they acquired him. “He’s physical, he has man-to-man ability, and that’s all we can look for.”
Burns was at his best as a rookie, when he had three interceptions, 13 pass breakups and 65 tackles.
The Blackhawks may finally be learning how to protect a lead.
Between Feb. 1 and Monday, the Hawks blew seven of their nine multi-goal leads (excluding empty-netters), a feat so bad it was impressive. But after nearly two months of those extreme difficulties, they seemed to turn a corner this week.
The Hawks built multi-goal leads by the second period of both games against the Panthers and managed to successfully see both of them out.
“We want to build confidence that, when we’ve got a lead in the third, we’re going to close it out,” coach Jeremy Colliton said. “You want those to be automatic. The way that you do it, it can build confidence in your team. You want to just snuff it out.”
Tuesday’s lead fizzled from a decisive 3-0 to a nervy 3-2 by the final minutes — the Hawks didn’t exactly snuff out the game — but it translated into a win nonetheless.
And the Hawks responded well both times the Panthers did score. The Hawks followed the Panthers’ first goal with several offensive-zone shifts that regained their momentum entering the second intermission. Mattias Janmark followed the Panthers’ second goal by drawing a power play that ate up most of the remaining time.
If Tuesday was a small step forward, though, Thursday was unquestionably a massive leap.
After conceding a barrage of shot attempts and scoring chances earlier in the game — even while building their 2-0 lead — the Hawks played their best defensive hockey of the night during a crucial stretch of the third period.
“I really liked our third,” Colliton said. “We beared down there and found a way to defend. I would’ve liked us to spend a little more time in the offensive zone … [since] that is, a lot of times, how you close out a game. But we did have to defend quite a bit and we did a really good job.”
Between the “under-10” commercial break with 9:19 left and Brandon Hagel’s game-sealing empty-net goal with 1:24 left, the Hawks didn’t give up a single shot on goal.
The Panthers recorded five shot attempts during those eight minutes, versus 68 attempts during the other 52 minutes. One missed the net, and the other four were blocked by Ryan Carpenter, Hagel, Patrick Kane and Nikita Zadorov, respectively. Goalie Kevin Lankinen — en route to a 41-save shutout — had a busy night, but not during that stretch.
The Hawks’ stoutness then exemplified how they’ve learned “not to feel panicked,” Connor Murphy said.
“We showed times in the past where we would vacate the front of the net and let a guy get a ‘grade-A’ chance in the slot, or let their ‘D’ walk down to open ice,” Murphy added. “It seemed like guys were clicking better with that, realizing that even though [the Panthers] were going to have a little bit of a push, we weren’t going to panic.
“We were going to play the way we know we can in ‘D’-zone. And then when you get a puck, you’ll make a strong play to get it out at the right time. That clicked.”
A seven-week sample of bad results outweighs a one-week sample of good results, so it’s premature to say the Hawks’ issues are fixed. Colliton has used the phrase “lack of killer instinct” a dozen times this season, and those words will surely reappear at some point.
But the improvement the Hawks showed and positive reinforcement the Hawks received this week should help moving forward.
“[We took] steps forward, for sure,” Colliton said. “[It’s] not perfect, we know there are things we can be better at, but we’re a team that has a lot of learning to do. And we know we’ve got to keep improving.”
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin have charged dozens of more people in connection with violence during protests in the city in August after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
The department charged 55 people — 49 adults and six juveniles — with counts including arson, burglary, conspiracy to commit theft of narcotics, possession of a firearm by a felon, disorderly conduct and battery, Police Chief Daniel Miskinis said Friday in a statement.
Of those identified, 35 were Kenosha residents, Miskinis said.
Kenosha was rocked by protests in the days following the Aug. 23 shooting of Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, by a white officer who shot him seven times in the back. Blake survived the shooting but was left partially paralyzed.
The shooting was recorded on video, sparking demonstrations and violence in Kenosha. Dozens of fires were set and numerous businesses destroyed, with authorities ultimately estimating $50 million in damage from the unrest.
“Large numbers of people engaged in lawful protest; however, many engaged in unlawful and dangerous activity. We respect the right to demonstrate peacefully, but we cannot and will not accept criminal actions under the guise of protest,” Miskinis said.
Bail was denied Friday for two men charged in a deadly gang-related shooting earlier this week outside a Secretary of State facility in suburban Bridgeview.
Matthew Givens and Cortez Hudson each face a count of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting 21-year-old Jawaun Davis in the brazen attack Wednesday afternoon in the facility’s parking lot at 7358 W. 87th St.
Givens, 23, and Hudson, 24, both reputed members of the Black Disciples street gang, targeted Davis because he was a member of the rival Gangster Disciples street gang, prosecutors said in court.
Davis, who was unarmed, had been waiting for several hours in a line that stretched outside the facility when Givens and Hudson arrived in a red Nissan Sentra, along with Hudson’s 6-year-old brother, prosecutors said.
The pair waited about a half hour, with one witness telling investigators that it appeared they were “scoping out” the facility, before Hudson approached Davis in line about 1:30 p.m. and fired at him multiple times with a 9 mm handgun, prosecutors said.
Just after, Givens walked up with a .40-caliber handgun that had been modified to be an automatic weapon and also fired at Davis, prosecutors said.
The two gunmen then drove away in the Sentra.
Davis was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and later died of multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said.
An Oak Lawn police officer spotted the Sentra about 1:40 p.m. and attempted to stop the car, prosecutors said. Officers followed the car onto Interstate 294 and briefly lost sight of the car after it exited onto 95th Street.
Near 97th Street and Roberts Road, the two shooters and Hudson’s younger brother got out of the car and Hudson attempted to steal a man’s Tesla at gunpoint while the man was showing the car to a friend, prosecutors said.
Ultimately, Givens and Hudson did not enter the Tesla, prosecutors said. Givens and Hudson’s brother jumped over a fence and Hudson followed, dropping the keys to the Sentra in the process, prosecutors said.
The Tesla owner identified Hudson and Givens as the men who tried to take his car, prosecutors said. Both men were taken into custody by police nearby and also face a count each of attempted vehicular hijacking.
Cellphone GPS records and surveillance recordings from the Secretary of State facility, private residences and business were also used to track and identify Hudson and Givens, prosecutors said. Weapons matching shell casings used in the shooting were also recovered.
In a statement, Bridgeview Police Chief Ricardo Mancha said over a dozen other police agencies helped in the investigation.
Givens was free on bond at the time of the shooting for a pending residential burglary case, according to prosecutors. Hudson was previously convicted of two separate unlawful use of a weapon cases and has been arrested twice in domestic battery incidents since his parole on the gun charges in 2019.
Givens, of Lansing, was working before the coronavirus pandemic for a Ford Motor Co. plant, defense attorney Nathaniel Niesen said.
Hudson, of Oak Park, was employed as a forklift driver and cook at two restaurants, according to defense attorney Michael Clancy.
Judge Linzey Jones ordered both men held without bail.
Hudson was next expected in court April 23. Givens, whose attorney asked for a hearing to review the judge’s no-bail order, was scheduled to return to court Tuesday.
Citing a “concerning possible trend” in rising COVID-19 infection rates statewide, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday deployed vaccination teams to five hard-hit counties in northwestern Illinois and authorized other local health departments to expand eligibility to get more shots into arms as quickly as possible.
Public health officials say they’ve seen demand slow down in a number of counties, leaving appointments unfilled while the average statewide coronavirus testing positivity rate has increased by 38% in less than two weeks.
That’s why the governor’s health team is allowing local health officials to start giving out doses to any resident 16 or older “at their immediate discretion,” according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
“We want to avoid a surge, and so we’ve tried to jump on top of this as fast as possible, making sure we’re not only vaccinating more people, but that we’ve got teams that are going to the regions of the state where this is happening, and… effectuating change so that we can bring down the numbers,” Pritzker said during an unrelated South Side news conference.
The troubling uptick also threatens to derail Pritzker’s “bridge phase” plan that had been poised to loosen more business restrictions within weeks.
“We cannot move forward if our metrics are going backward,” Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said in a statement.
Officials did not specify all communities where vaccine demand “appears to have waned.” They urged residents to contact local health departments directly to see if they’ve expanded eligibility.
“Each county is different and local health departments know better how to vaccinate people in their communities as soon as and as equitably as possible,” Ezike said.
Pritzker previously announced plans to open appointments to all residents 16 and up starting April 12, though officials in Chicago and suburban Cook County have said that’ll likely happen closer to May 1 for city-area providers.
For now, Pritzker is also sending “rapid response” vaccination teams to five counties in the northwest portion of the state where experts say they need “to administer doses quickly to blunt increasing trends.”
The state is scheduled to receive an all-time high of nearly 1 million vaccine doses from the federal government next week. With the latest 126,710 shots administered statewide on Thursday, nearly 2 million residents have now been fully immunized, but that’s only 15.4% of the population.
COVID-19 vaccine doses administered by day
Graphic by Jesse Howe and Caroline Hurley | Sun-Times
Illinois has averaged 99,449 shots administered per day over the past week, while COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates — which were near record lows earlier this month — have inched upward just as they did last October before a devastating fall resurgence.
For the first time since Feb. 6, the public health department reported more than 3,000 new cases of the disease in a single day, with 3,002 infections diagnosed among 76,774 tests. That raised the state’s rolling average positivity rate to 2.9%, which had been at 2.1% on March 13.
Hospitals were treating 1,302 COVID-19 patients Thursday night, the most they’ve seen since the end of February — and a 15% increase compared to two weeks ago.
New COVID-19 cases by day
Graphic by Jesse Howe and Caroline Hurley | Sun-Times
“While these rates are certainly significantly lower than the peak, they represent a potential early warning sign about a possible resurgence,” the state health department said in a statement.
The state also reported 33 more deaths, including that of a Cook County teenager.
Overall, Illinois’ death rate has been falling since late December, but experts agree a rise in cases is typically followed weeks later by rises in hospitalizations and deaths.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady sounded the alarm earlier this week on rising transmission among young people in the 18-39 age range. The governor’s health team noted the city has seen its daily case rate jump by 50% in the last week, while they’re up about 40% in suburban Cook County.
Pritzker touted his “aggressive action” against the potential spike about a week after outlining the “bridge phase” plan ahead of a potential full reopening as early as May.
To get to the bridge phase, 70% of residents 65 or older have to receive at least a first dose of vaccine — a benchmark the state will hit “in the coming days,” officials said.
The other requirements are keeping 20% or more of intensive care unit beds open across the state, and keeping hospitalization and death rates flat or declining over a 28-day period. Both those metrics are heading the wrong direction.
“This is very concerning to us and it makes us take a pause here to evaluate these numbers,” Pritzker said. “What we want to do most of all is make sure: is this a blip in the numbers?… Or is this something that could have some sustaining features to it, in which case, obviously we want to be extra careful.”
Over the past year, more than 1.2 million residents have tested positive for the disease, and 21,203 have died.
Notice was served as far as Zach LaVine was concerned.
Not only to the remaining Bulls players still having a locker at the Advocate Center after the trade-deadline purge, but to the entire league.
“That they’re not here to mess around,” LaVine said on Friday, when asked what message was sent out by his new front office regime. “They’re ready to win and they’ll do anything it takes to make this organization better and get back to where this franchise should be at. That’s what I got from it.”
“I’ve always wanted to play with a dominant big, and you know we’re obviously going to have to figure out our chemistry, but with a guy like that who is so talented offensively, he’s dominant in the post, in the mid-range, he facilitates, he can pop for the three, so I think a combination of us in pick-and-roll, pick-and-pops, is going to be deadly,” LaVine said of the former Orlando standout center. “I know him pretty well. Been having his number for a while and we became real close friends, so I’m very happy he was able to find his way over here, and it’s a blessing.”
Also acquired by the Bulls were Al-Farouq Aminu, Troy Brown Jr., Daniel Theis and guard Javonte Green. Only Theis did not make it to Chicago, and he will miss the Saturday game in San Antonio wrapping up some family issues, according to coach Billy Donovan.
The hard-nosed Celtics big man will then meet up with his new team in San Francisco in time to take on the Warriors.
But because of players getting their physicals and the Bulls needing to catch a flight to Texas, the first time Donovan will have a chance to start integrating the newest pieces into the puzzle will be at the Saturday morning shootaround.
After that? It’s not a kind schedule to a team looking for practice time with just 29 games left. There’s the real test for Donovan.
“I think that’s going to be the challenge,” Donovan said. “You have a lot of new players coming in here right now. We’re all going to have to kind of learn our way. You want to make sure you can do it maybe sooner than later.
“We have to try to work through some things. You obviously try to probably shrink a lot of things playbook wise, try to create some clarity defensively for those guys. There will be some things they have to learn as well and will have to learn playing with new players. All those guys were probably in some kind of system or playing with very familiar faces that all of a sudden has changed to not only for them but for the guys who are currently here. I think we have a lot to work through.”
The two that will be counted on to figure it out the quickest? That’s no mystery.
On paper, LaVine and Vucevic should be a match-up nightmare. On paper, however, the Bulls shouldn’t be losing to the Cavaliers or blowing 24-point leads to the Spurs.
LaVine feels like the two will click right away. What he also feels is he now has a front office that understood he needed help to reach his postseason goals.
“Yeah, we got another big-time player here,” LaVine said. “For me personally, that’s something that’s really big and speaks volumes to me and not just on how they see me but how they see the organization and what they’re trying to do moving forward.
“That’s big because I want to win. That’s all I’ve been talking about the last couple years. And I think this puts us in the right foothold of being able to put some wins on the board.”
The foothold they were wedged into on Friday afternoon, was 10th in the Eastern Conference and holding onto a play-in spot for the postseason. The good news was only the three top spots held down by Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Brooklyn looked out of reach.
The bad news? A brutal schedule that sits in front of the Bulls, with teams like Atlanta, Boston and Miami each improving after Thursday’s deadline as well. What’s nice is Vucevic is not only experienced but versatile.
That should make it easier for him to get acclimated.
“He can do a lot of different things,” Donovan said of his new starting center. “The one thing that has been really encouraging in our conversations that I’ve had with Vuc is he’s a big believer and big proponent of ball movement and player movement. I think he feels like everybody being involved in the game, everybody moving and cutting and playing off each other and him facilitating some of that stuff, I think he likes that. And I think that’s the way he feels the game should be played, and I’m in alignment with him on that.”
What LaVine was in alignment with is now feeling like there’s long-term reasons to stay a Bull. The organization will be looking to extend him this offseason, so of course he was asked if the Vucevic deal sweetens the pot to stay.
“I want to stay in Chicago,” LaVine said with a laugh. “I haven’t had anything of wanting to leave. When that time comes, obviously I’ll try to do the best I can to stay here. Adding someone like this and being more attractive in the free-agent market to bring more players here is always a bonus for any player.”
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers have made a big move to grab their quarterback of the future by trading up with Miami for the No. 3 pick in next month’s draft.
A person familiar with the deal says the Niners are trading their No. 12 pick along with first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 and a third-rounder in 2022 to get the third pick. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t been announced.
ESPN first reported the deal.
The Dolphins then immediately traded the 12th pick, the 123rd pick and a 2022 first-rounder to Philadelphia for the No. 6 and No. 156 pick in the draft, the Eagles announced.
The trade by the Niners puts them in position to draft a quarterback with Zach Wilson, Justin Fields and Trey Lance all possibilities. Jacksonville is expected to take Trevor Lawrence first and the New York Jets also could take a quarterback at No. 2.
Drafting a quarterback would likely lead to the end of Jimmy Garoppolo’s tenure in San Francisco either in a trade this season or after a year if the Niners opt to keep a veteran to help ease the transition for a rookie QB.
San Francisco acquired Garoppolo midway through the 2017 season from New England for a second-round pick and gave him a $137.5 million, five-year contract the next offseason.
Garoppolo helped the Niners reach the Super Bowl in the 2019 season, but he missed 23 starts the other two seasons because of injuries. That contributed to San Francisco’s desire to find a more dependable option at quarterback in coach Kyle Shanahan’s offense.
For the Dolphins, the trade signals they’re not in the market for another potential franchise quarterback, and will stake their future on Tua Tagovailoa. He was the No. 5 overall pick last year and went 6-3 as a rookie starter.
Instead, Miami is taking a long-term approach toward addressing its many needs after going 10-6 last year, but missing the playoffs for the fourth season in a row. The Dolphins have stockpiled draft picks since beginning a rebuilding project when Brian Flores was hired as coach two years ago. The Dolphins have two first-round picks and two second-round picks this year, an extra third-rounder in 2022 and two first-rounders in 2023.
By trading away the No. 3 overall pick, the Dolphins gave up their primary bargaining chip in a potential deal to acquire Deshaun Watson. They had been widely expected to pursue the Houston Texans’ disgruntled three-time Pro Bowl quarterback if he goes on the trade market, but he has been accused of sexual assault and harassment in lawsuits filed by 16 women, making a deal unlikely for now.
Loyola will try to take another step toward the Final Four when it faces off against No. 12 seed Oregon State in the Sweet 16 on Saturday afternoon. The tipoff is set for 1:40 p.m. CT on CBS as part of a busy weekend that will set the stage for the Elite Eight next week.
The eighth-seeded Ramblers booked their trip to the Sweet 16 last weekend by taking down No. 1 seed Illinois in the second round. The highly anticipated matchup lived up to the hype, at least for Loyola fans, as Cameron Krutwig comfortably handled Fighting Illini star Kofi Cockburn on the national stage to fuel the upset.
Oregon State doesn’t boast the star power that Illinois had, but the Beavers took down fifth-seeded Tennessee and fourth-seeded Oklahoma State to reach the Sweet 16. While potential No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Cade Cunningham scored 24 points, the Cowboys shot just 28% from the field in the second-round defeat.
Don’t be surprised if that adds up to a defensive showdown between these two teams in Indianapolis. Oregon State just proved it could stifle a team featuring arguably the most talented player in college basketball. Loyola showed why it’s got the best defensive efficiency in the country, per KenPom.com, when it completely bogged down on a talented Illinois offense.
“Union Yes! Union Yes!” Chicago labor leaders and union members chanted Friday outside Amazon’s Chicago office.
The demonstrators, who were joined by the U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, gathered to voice support for an ongoing union vote among workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.
The crowd also urged senators to pass the PRO Act, union legislation that would override right-to-work laws across the country. Schakowsky and Garcia voted in favor of the act when it passed in the House on March 9.
“It is very gratifying to see labor uniting around this struggle,” Garcia said. He added that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would be joining the Retail Workers Union in Alabama to encourage union organizing.
Chicago Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer Don Villar leads union workers in protest outside of the Chicago Amazon corporate office and Amazon Go store Friday.Zac Clingenpeel/Sun-Times
Chicago Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer Don Villar urged Amazon workers across the nation, including in Chicago, to unionize.
“We’ve seen the intense pressure that Amazon has placed on these workers,” Villar said. “They’re trying to crush the spirit of the workers.”
Villar said the PRO Act would hold large corporations like Amazon accountable for violating labor laws.
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Unions at the rally included the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, the Teamsters Joint Council 25, and the United Food and Commercial Workers.
“This is going to be the era of the workers,” Schakowsky said.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky stands alongside Chicago union workers outside of the Amazon corporate offices Friday to show support for union efforts in Bessemer, Alabama.Zac Clingenpeel/Sun-Times
The ongoing mail vote by almost 6,000 workers at the Bessemer warehouse is the largest union push ever at Amazon, one of the world’s wealthiest companies. The election, which runs through March, also ranks among the largest single organizing efforts in Southern history. It follows a series of failed organizing votes at automobile assembly plants — Nissan in Mississippi in 2017, Volkswagen in Tennessee in 2019, among others — that have flocked to the region over the past three decades.
The union’s election overlaps with President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress pushing the “PRO Act,” legislation that would overhaul labor law to make organizing easier. The bill represents the most significant labor law change since the New Deal era and follows a decades-long slide in union membership. In 1970, almost a third of the U.S. workforce were unionized. In 2020, that number was 10.8%.
Amazon, which has a long record of beating back organizing campaigns, has held mandatory sessions to tell workers a union would command dues when they already get the kind of compensation benefits, including health insurance, that unions negotiate.
“We believe we already offer everything the unions are requesting and that we highly value direct communication with our employees,” said company spokeswoman Heather Knox.
Nikeia Peals, a former Chicago Amazon worker, said she was fired from her job and denied any appeal after weather made it difficult to show up for work on time. There is no union for Chicago Amazon workers.
“This is why today I stand in solidarity with the Amazon workers in Bessemer,” Peals said.
The Paley Center for Media recently announced the full lineup of programming for PaleyFest LA 2021. The country’s premier television festival features conversations with the cast and creative teams from television’s most acclaimed and most popular shows, providing fans with exclusive behind-the-scenes scoops and breaking news stories. Starting today, all programs will be available to view by Citi cardmembers and Paley Members. The initial slate of programming will be available to the public starting on Tuesday, March 30 with additional releases on Wednesday, March 31, and Thursday, April 1 on the Paley Center’s dedicated channel on Yahoo Entertainment,yahoo.com/entertainment/tagged/paley/, at 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT.
PaleyFest LA selections include: ABC’s Big Sky, CBS’s Evil, ABC’sThe Good Doctor, CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden, HBO’sLovecraft Country, Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, a 20th Anniversary Conversation with members of the cast and creative team from HBO’s Six Feet Under, Apple TV+’sTed Lasso, and FX’s What We Do in the Shadows.
Paley Center Members receive special benefits, which include exclusive content from PaleyFest events such as What We Do in the Shadows, Six Feet Under 20th Anniversary Reunion, and more, plus exclusive screening material from The Late Late Show with James Corden and Evil. Patron Members will have VIP behind-the-scenes access to attend the live tapings of the conversation with the cast and creative team from The Queen’s Gambit. Paley Membership provides once-in-a-lifetime experiences and exclusive access to today’s biggest names, and many additional benefits all year round. To learn more about the many benefits of Paley Membership, please visit the Paley Center Member benefits page at paleycenter.org/join-us/.
“For thirty-eight years, PaleyFest LA has been uniting fans with the casts and creative teams behind the most acclaimed and buzzworthy television shows, delighting audiences with exclusive behind-the-scenes and breaking news stories,” said Maureen J. Reidy, the Paley Center’s President & CEO. “We are proud to have Citi and Verizon as the official sponsors, and are thankful for their continued support and commitment to highlighting diverse and original voices on television.”
While television fans eagerly await the start of PaleyFest LA, they will have the opportunity to relive some of PaleyFest LA’s greatest moments on the Paley Center’s YouTube page at youtube.com/user/paleycenter. Some memorable highlights featured include conversations with the casts from Vampire Diaries, All American,The Golden Girls, The Big Bang Theory, and many more.
PaleyFest LA supports the Paley Center’s many education initiatives including education workshops serving 10,000 youth annually, the PaleyImpact series featuring programs centered around today’s most pressing social issues and the role of media in our society, and the continued preservation of the Paley Archive, featuring more than 160,000 historically significant television and radio programs.
Virtual PaleyFest LA Lineup:
The Queen’s Gambit (Release on Tuesday 3/30, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):
Anya Taylor-Joy, “Beth Harmon,” Marielle Heller, “Alma Wheatley,” Moses Ingram, “Jolene,” Thomas Brodie-Sangster, “Benny Watts,”Harry Melling, “Harry Beltik,” Bill Camp, “Mr. Schaibel,” William Horberg, Executive Producer
Moderated by Stacey Wilson Hunt, Hollywood Journalist
What We Do in the Shadows (Release on Tuesday 3/30, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):
Paul Simms, Executive Producer, Stefani Robinson, Executive Producer, Kayvan Novak, “Nandor,” Matt Berry, “Laszlo Cravensworth,”Natasia Demetriou, “Nadja,” Harvey Guillén, “Guillermo de la Cruz,” Mark Proksch, “Colin Robinson”
Moderated by Kyle Newacheck, Director
Six Feet Under 20th Anniversary Reunion (Release on Tuesday 3/30, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):
Alan Ball, Creator & Executive Producer, Robert Greenblatt, Executive Producer, David Janollari, Executive Producer, Alan Poul, Executive Producer, Peter Krause, “Nate Fisher,” Michael C. Hall, “David Fisher,” Lauren Ambrose, “Claire Fisher,” Frances Conroy, “Ruth Fisher,” Freddy Rodriguez, “Federico ‘Rico’ Diaz,” Rachel Griffiths, “Brenda Chenowith”
Moderated by Lynette Rice, Entertainment Weekly
Big Sky (Release on Tuesday 3/30, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):
Kathryn Winnick, “Jenny Hoyt,” Kylie Bunbury, “Cassie Dewell,” John Carroll Lynch, “Rick Legarski,” Jesse James Keitel, “Jerrie Kennedy,” Brian Geraghty, “Ronald Pergman,” Natalie Alyn Lind, “Danielle Sullivan,” Jade Pettyjohn, “Grace Sullivan,” Valerie Mahaffey, “Helen Pergman,” Brooke Smith, “Merrilee Legarski,” Ross Fineman, Executive Producer, Matthew Gross, Executive Producer
Moderated by Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly
Lovecraft Country (Release on Wednesday 3/31, 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT):
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