Movie shoot returns to Beverly, fans rush in for photo with George Clooney

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Movie shoot returns to Beverly, fans rush in for photo with George Clooney

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Updated: 3:00 PM EDT Mar 18, 2021



 
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BEVERLY, Mass. —
Hollywood was at work on the North Shore again Thursday.
George Clooney was spotted in Beverly directing “The Tender Bar,” a drama adapted from the 2005 memoir by Pulitzer-winning author J.R. Moehringer. Massachusetts-native Ben Affleck is starring in the film.


At one point, Clooney was seen posing for a photo outside the fictitious bar, The Dickens, and a group of fans rushed in to get close to him. Despite reminders from the film's crew that, "there is still a pandemic," Clooney posed for a moment outside the door of the bar.


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George Clooney poses for a photo. March 18, 2021
 


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Fans rush in for photo with George Clooney
"Oh my god, I touched him," one of the women said afterward.
On Thursday, actress Lily Rabe was seen working on the film.


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Actress Lily Rabe works on ’The Tender Bar’ in Beverly.
The film crew has been seen working throughout the Boston area and North Shore over the past few weeks. They are expected to wrap-up production in mid-April.
Other stars of the film include Tye Sheridan and Christopher Lloyd.
According to Deadline, "The Tender Bar" tells the story of J.R. (Sheridan) who grew up fatherless but looked to his sharp and quirky bartender Uncle Charlie (Affleck) as a father figure.









Families share post-COVID-19 vaccine reunions: 'Be safe so other people can do this'

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Updated: 3:20 AM EDT Mar 19, 2021




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TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE

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Families are beginning to reconnect after spending a year apart during the pandemic. Many are erring on the side of caution to minimize COVID-19 risk for their older adult relatives.

Sister station KCRA-TV met with two families about their first post-vaccination visits with loved ones.
Following vaccinations, negative coronavirus tests and the go-ahead from a California care facility, Paul Klein, Fred Emigh and Fred's 101-year-old mom, Mary, reunited this week and appreciated every minute of their in-person visit.
Klein captured the moment, exactly one year in the making, on his cellphone video camera.



"I just knew this was going to be a special moment," Klein said. "Just being able to get in that building and hold on to her for a few seconds was the most precious thing I could ask for."
The video shows an outpouring of emotion among the family members as they made up for 52 weeks worth of not being able to visit with each other except for through the windows of the care facility where Mary lives.



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Fred Emigh and Paul Klein visit mom, Mary, at her care center during the COVID-19 pandemic

"We'd do a little virtual hug and put our hand up to the glass doors and we'd touch her through the glass doors," explained Emigh. "To be as close to her as we could."
Pandemic-era visits with loved ones, however, just aren't what most of us will ever get used to, especially for families accustomed to showing their love through an embrace.
"Mary is a real hugger," Klein said. "She loves to hug or just sit there, and hold her hand."
The chance to do that once again, with no window between them, finally came at long last.


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First post-vaccination visit with mom. Fred Emigh and Paul Klein visit with Fred’s mom, Mary
"After not being able to hug her for an entire year..." Klein said. "I was not going to let that moment pass."
Meeting in-person was exactly what this family needed.
The same is true for the Ortman and Masley families. Barbara and Jim Ortman were thrilled to see their granddaughters after a full year.
"It was just wonderful! Just the biggest, gigantic hugs from both of the girls," said Barbara Ortman. "It was so wonderful just to all be together like old days again and old times."


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Grandparents reunite with children, grandchildren following pandemic
The Ortman's daughter, Crystal Masley is a family physician. She knew the risks COVID-19 poses, so she heeded the advice she gave her patients. The family waited until it was safe.
"Once we were fully vaccinated, and then the new CDC guidelines came out last weekend, we were definitely ready to embrace those and know that it was safe to get together again," Masley said.
Real-life reunions are now possible for them.
"I just really encourage everyone when your chance is up to get the vaccine," Masley said. "I think it is what we all need to do to get back to whatever the new normal is."
"Be safe so other people can do this also," encouraged Emigh.

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How cool for the fans that were around.

For some reason the photos aren't showing for me in Annemarie's post, but then I found THIS STORY which has them and can be viewed from outside the US:



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