Wednesday, June 3, 2026

COVID is Back! Jimmy Kimmel, Steve Martin, Martin Short Cancel Las Vegas Appearances: Only Illness in the Building!

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COVID is back big time. baby!

Steve Martin and Martin Short have cancelled their sold out shows in Las Vegas this weekend.

Martin writes: “Dear fans and enemies, Unfortunately, our sold-out shows at the Wynn in Las Vegas this Friday and Saturday has to be postponed because of rampant Covid in our crew and one other essential guy. We are sorry for any inconvenience, but we are moving to mid-December, where your tickets will be honored with an added “date-moving tax,” of nine thousand dollars.”

Jimmy Kimmel and late night colleagues Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert were supposed to raise money for their crews at a Vegas Strike Force show. But no. Kimmel Tweeted: “Well, Las Vegas, I got Covid, and sadly, we need to cancel this weekend’s Strike Force Three show. I could never live with myself if I got my hometown friends sick. Thanks to all who purchased tickets, everyone will get full refunds and we will try to reschedule if possible.”

This is why yours truly got the new vaccine on Monday. Don’t listen to Robert Kennedy Jr. and Eric Clapton, who are now Nuts-in-Arms. Get the vaccine! If famous people can get it again we are all at risk!

PS The US govt will start giving out free COVID tests next week again– they know something is happening!

PPS Sorry for Martin and Short, but you can watch the new episode of “Only Murders in the Building” now on Hulu. Meryl Streep has some big plot twists!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York 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. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. 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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