Friday, July 10, 2026

James Cameron Needs His Own Avatar for Tonight’s Hollywood Premiere: He Has COVID

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The big Hollywood premiere for “Avatar: The Way of Water” may be missing the most important guest: director James Cameron.

The director tested positive yesterday for COVID. He missed a screening for a documentary about his career as well as an Academy screening of the new movie.

Sources say Cameron tested negative, then positive. And now his presence at the movie’s premiere is in jeopardy. He may have to Zoom in. What a shame– after waiting 13 years since first film.

On the “positive” side, at least he hasn’t turned blue!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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