All participants who are eligible to receive their booster shots are required to do so in order to attend the event next month, as omicron also led some award ceremonies to cancel their in-person events, leaving the entertainment industry's return to normal in limbo.
The Eygptian Theatre is in Park City, Utah.
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The annual film festival, which hosts premiere and screenings of some of the best and most talked about movies of the year, will require all attendees and employees to be fully vaccined and those 16 years or older to have gotten their booster shots.
Employees and some guests will need to provide a negative test result before attending the festival in Park City, Utah, which will take place between January 20 and January 30.
It is strongly recommended that participants wear masks outdoors as well as indoors.
Eating and drinking will not be allowed in theaters at most events at the festival.
The Venice, Toronto, and Cannes film festivals are not known for their plans for later in the year.
The Governor's Awards were supposed to take place in person on January 15. The January 9 ceremony of the Critic's Choice Awards was postponed due to health and safety concerns.
The number is big.
122,297. The omicron variant made up more than 70% of new cases in the US last week, according to the CDC.
The Golden Globes will announce its winners on January 9, but they haven't revealed what form the ceremony will take. Changes to the in-person ceremonies of the Oscars and the Grammys have not yet been announced because of the rise in cases.
The key background.
The coronaviruses affected the festival. Most of the events and screenings were virtual. There were plans for drive-in showings in LA, but they were canceled as the US experienced a surge of post-holiday cases.
Omicron is the dominant covid variant in the US.
The LA Drive-In Screenings are being moved online.
