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19 Feb, 8 tweets, 4 min read
Private jets are becoming more popular in Hollywood.

@anoushasakoui explains latimes.com/entertainment-…
Increasingly, cast and crew nervous about getting infected with COVID-19 are asking to travel via private jet.

Budgeting for the expense used to be out of the question. Now, not so much.

For instance, here's what happened with a Super Bowl ad: latimes.com/entertainment-…
At the end of December, a production company filming a commercial for the event decided to charter a private plane to transport the crew and stars from L.A. to Milwaukee and Green Bay

CBS did something more extreme:
latimes.com/entertainment-…
It may seem like an extravagance. But if a key crew member gets COVID-19, the production has to shut down, which can lead to losses exceeding $100,000 a day.
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Case in point: Tom Cruise latimes.com/entertainment-…
There is a new status symbol in Hollywood that has joined private jets, yachts and Beverly Hills mansions.

Story via @RFaughnder latimes.com/entertainment-…
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"Sometimes we have to take that responsibility on ourselves and make changes and sacrifices in our own lives ... We don’t have to take private jets to Palm Springs. I’ll try to do better. I hope you do, too,” Joaquin Phoenix said last year at the Oscars latimes.com/entertainment-…

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