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LeBron James’ Son Bronny James Selected by Lakers With 55th Pick in NBA Draft
It was the dream that LeBron James first floated a few years ago, the notion of playing in the NBA alongside one of his sons. And it’s a step closer to reality now. Bronny James — the oldest son of the NBA’s all-time scoring leader and four-time champion — was drafted Thursday by the Los […]
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President Biden Condemns Pro-Palestine Protest Violence at L.A. Synagogue Event
A heavily Jewish Los Angeles neighborhood became a flashpoint of outrage over the Israel-Gaza conflict when a violent demonstration outside a synagogue over the weekend between pro-Palestine demonstrations and counterprotesters supportive of Israel ended with the deployment of dozens of police officers, one arrest and the condemnation of the city’s mayor and President Joe Biden. […]
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The Lakers Hiring JJ Redick as Their New Head Coach, AP Source Says
JJ Redick is being hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, a person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the Lakers hadn’t yet publicly announced the decision to hire the former guard for his first coaching job. The 39-year-old Redick […]
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Disneyland Employee Dies After Golf Cart Accident
A Disneyland employee died Friday after she suffered a head injury in a golf cart accident, the Anaheim Police Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The employee, identified as 60-year-old Bonnye Mavis Lear by the Orange County Coroner’s Office, fell from a moving golf cart and struck her head on Wednesday morning, a police spokesman […]
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Queen Latifah and Gabrielle Union Join Janelle Monae at WeHo Pride OUTLOUD Festival
Queen Latifah and Gabrielle Union both joined Janelle Monae’s performance at WeHo Pride’s OUTLOUD music festival last weekend, drawing massive from the crowd with their collective dance moves. In videos posted by Union to Instagram, Latifah and Union can both be seen escorting Monae to the front of the stage and twerking against the “Float” […]
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Actor Nick Pasqual Charged for Alleged Knife Attack on Ex-Girlfriend, Makeup Artist Allie Shehorn
Actor Nick Pasqual has been charged with stabbing his ex-girlfriend, Allie Shehorn, a Hollywood special effects makeup artist, several times. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged Pasqual with one count of attempted murder; one count of first-degree residential burglary with person present; and one count of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend […]
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Hollywood Makeup Artist Out of ICU After Knife Attack Inside Her Home
A Hollywood special effects makeup artist has been taken out of intensive care at a Los Angeles hospital after being stabbed multiple times inside her home by a man her friends say is an ex-boyfriend. Allie Shehorn was discovered bleeding out on May 23 at her home in the Shadow Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles […]
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Cynthia Erivo Opens Up About Claiming Her Queerness and the Impact of ‘Wicked’
The Los Angeles LGBT Center held their annual gala in downtown Los Angles Saturday night, where attendees gathered at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall for a dinner hosted by comedian Joel Kim Booster. Wicked star Cynthia Erivo was presented with the Rand Schrader award in recognition of her achievements in entertainment and activism championing […]
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Sam Rubin Remembered: Reporter Who Filled in for KTLA Legend on Day He Died Pays Tribute (Guest Column)
Over the nine years that I’ve been contributing to KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, I’ve been asked the same question over and over again by people who recognized me from the channel: “What is Sam Rubin really like?” The short answer is simple: With Sam, what you saw was what you got. As exuberant, enthusiastic and […]
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Sam Rubin, Longtime KTLA Entertainment Reporter and Anchor, Dies at 64
Sam Rubin, the popular entertainment anchor on KTLA-TV’s morning show since 1991, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He was 64. According to TMZ, Rubin died of a heart attack on Friday. He was on the air Thursday morning. “KTLA 5 is profoundly saddened to report the death of Sam Rubin,” the channel wrote […]
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UCLA Pro-Palestine Protests and Search for Attackers Continues Following Removal of Encampment
Tension at the University of California, Los Angeles, continued over the weekend and into Monday when professors protested outside an A-list gala at the school on Saturday night and another several dozen students were detained on Monday, while investigations into the mob that attacked the pro-Palestine encampment on campus last week continued. Despite the mass […]
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UCLA Leadership Under Scrutiny Over Slow Response to Attack on Pro-Palestine Encampment
Facing criticism from California’s political leaders, school faculty and students, UCLA’s chancellor is placing blame for the upheaval that overtook the university’s campus this week on “instigators” and “outside agitators” whose “terrifying” violent acts ultimately ended the weeks of pro-Palestine protests with the removal of an encampment by police and hundreds of arrests on campus. […]
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New Hollywood-Backed Israeli Restaurant Opening at Fraught Moment Hopes to “Transcend Politics”
Opening an ambitious restaurant in L.A. is notoriously challenging. The gauntlet runs from permitting hassles and online critics to razor-thin profit margins. But Carmel, a new dining concept backed by entertainment insiders, faces a singular predicament. It debuts its inclusive, cosmopolitan ideal of Tel Aviv cuisine on Thursday, the day after a violent UCLA protest […]
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Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli Protesters Clash at UCLA
Dueling groups of protesters clashed overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, shoving, kicking and beating each other with sticks after pro-Israel demonstrators tried to pull down barricades surrounding a pro-Palestinian encampment. Hours earlier, police burst into a building occupied by anti-war protesters at Columbia University, breaking up a demonstration that had paralyzed the […]
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Ye Says Wife Was “Sexually Assaulted” by Unknown Man Who Ye Then Allegedly Attacked
Bianca Censori, the Australian designer and model, was “physically assaulted” earlier this week, according to a rep for her husband, Ye (formerly Kanye West), by a man who Ye then allegedly attacked. “The assailant didn’t merely collide with her,” a statement from Ye’s chief of staff relayed by the rapper’s rep says. “He put his […]
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William Kidston, Three-Time Emmy-Winning Photographer, Dies at 68
William Kidston, a three-time Emmy-winning photographer who worked in Hollywood for decades, died March 22 of prostate cancer at his home in Denver, publicist Roger Neal announced. He was 68. “He was a staple on many red carpets, beloved by publicists and stars alike,” Neal said. “He was always there when you needed him; you […]
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