Platonic stars two of the biggest names in Hollywood — Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen — but Tre Hale says his colleagues were as down-to-earth as they could possibly be.
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revealed in a surprise announcement on Tuesday. SCPR operates the LAist website, LAist’s radio station (formerly known as KPCC), and LAist Studios, which produces LA-centric podcasts.Staff were notified in a Zoom meeting and also received a memo about the layoffs.
Other media outlets, including NPR and the Los Angeles Times, have made similar cuts recently. Scannell said 21 of the organization’s approximately 175 positions are being eliminated, which will mostly affect administrative staff, producers and technicians.
Scannell said the cuts will allow LAist to beef up its editorial coverage, a rare trend in today’s market. “We need more reporting,” Scannell said, according to LAist’s own report.
“More and more folks are getting news online. We need to figure out a way to develop [more online] loyalty.”A number of podcasts will be cut, but “How to LA” and “LA Report” will continue, while the investigative series “Imperfect Paradise” will be expanded.
“The podcast industry has been a rollercoaster — a rollercoaster up and a rollercoaster down,” Scannell said. “Now it’s down.”He estimated that advertising for LAist had a shortfall this year of “a couple of million dollars,” citing the ongoing WGA strike, which has put the entire industry on hold, and “a cloud of [possible] recession hanging over” the economy.Scannell also estimated that 20% to 25% of revenue is from advertising, with the rest coming from listeners and readers, as well as philanthropic donors.
.Platonic stars two of the biggest names in Hollywood — Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen — but Tre Hale says his colleagues were as down-to-earth as they could possibly be.
Joan Collins is speaking out about the negative impact that she believes cancel culture has had on the Hollywood social scene. The 90-year-old actress expressed her disappointment over how she thinks times have changed during a recent interview with Best magazine. "The parties I go to now are kind of… dull," the "Dynasty" alum said. She continued, "They are red carpet things in which everybody does behave.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have recently faced multiple tough times in business after they were dropped from Spotify earlier this month.
John Boyega and Teyonah Parris are stepping out to promote their new Netflix movie!
man of many jobs — too many jobs, according to some trolls on social media.The 48-year-old accomplished TV personality is adding “Wheel of Fortune” to his impressive resume, as he announced Tuesday that he will replace longtime host Pat Sajak, 76, when he retires next year. Seacrest holds several coveted jobs in Hollywood as the host of “American Idol”and his syndicated KIIS-FM radio show “On Air with Ryan Seacrest,” and Dick Clark’s replacement on ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”Seacrest recently ended his six-year run as Kelly Ripa’s counterpart on “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” apparently freeing up some time in his schedule to take on one of television’s most beloved game shows.The “Wheel” gig reportedly comes with a $28 million salary too, which would make Seacrest the highest-paid talent on TV. While one of Seacrest’s Instagram fans argued he is the “perfect replacement” for Sajak, fans over on Twitter voiced different opinions.
Finding fame at a young age has proved difficult for a handful of stars, including Zachery Ty Bryan, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. Each star found themselves in handcuffs after a wildly successful career start at a young age. Bryan, Spears and Lohan have each struggled with alcohol or substance abuse publicly while attempting to steer their careers in the right direction.
EXCLUSIVE: Queer advocacy group Out in Hollywood released its third annual list of the best unproduced queer-focused television pilot scripts of the past year.
Angela Bassett is getting her long-awaited Oscar! Bassett was first nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Tina Turner in 1993's and the actress has been a prominent figure in Hollywood for the past 40 years — garnering another Oscar nomination for her role in 2022's . On Monday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Bassett, as well as Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton, will receive an honorary Oscar at this year's Governors Awards. The ceremony will also honor Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The 14th annual Governors Awards is set to take place on Saturday, Nov.
Tom Morello and Zack De La Rocha, have pledged to boycott venues that use face-scanning technology.The boycott was organised by the digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future, and calls for the ban of face-scanning technology at all live events. Artists that have signed the pledge include Boots Riley, Wheatus, Anti-Flag, Downtown Boys, and over 80 additional artists.Smaller independent venues in the US such as the House of Yes in Brooklyn, the Lyric Hyperion in Los Angeles, and Black Cat in D.C., also pledged to not use facial recognition tech for their shows.A post shared by Fight For The Future (@fightfortheftr)Leila Nashashibi, campaigner at Fight for the Future, shared in a press statement: “Surveillance tech companies are pitching biometric data tools as ‘innovative’ and helpful for increasing efficiency and security.
Emma Heming took her daughters on a fun family outing.
Jamie Foxx might not be gracing any red carpets at the moment, but he’s still on everyone’s mind. ET’s Kevin Frazier spoke with Foxx’s co-star, Porscha Coleman, at the 2023 BET Awards, where she shared a hopeful update on the 55-year-old’s hospitalization in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jamie Foxx might not be gracing any red carpets at the moment, but he's still on everyone's mind. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with Foxx's co-star, Porscha Coleman, at the 2023 BET Awards, where she shared a hopeful update on the 55-year-old's hospitalization in Atlanta, Georgia.«I've talked to people very close to Foxx, [he] is doing well.
A bombshell report about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is shedding light on the couple’s plans in Hollywood, which have seemingly hit a roadblock.
Even Meghan Markle couldn’t get one of the biggest names in Hollywood to appear on her podcast!
Hollywood is often associated with parties and drinking, but not all celebrities follow this lifestyle. Many famous individuals have chosen to lead sober lives for various reasons. Whether they came to sobriety later in life, have never consumed alcohol, or are taking a temporary break from drinking, these stars have chosen a different path.
Alyson Stoner looked back on their experience after coming out as queer in Hollywood.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Rose Byrne is getting ready to say goodbye to “Physical,” as the series ends with its upcoming third season. “It’s all very bittersweet,” she says on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. Byrne stars on the Apple TV+ show as Sheila Rubin, an aerobics entrepreneur in the 1980s whose business is booming just as her marriage is falling apart and she secretly suffers from an eating disorder. “It’s challenging,” Byrne said in depicting the illness on a dark comedy. “I did a lot of research. I spoke to people in recovery. I spoke to a wonderful young woman who worked in an ED recovery center who was every day with people in recovery and all of the behaviors.”
Editor’s note: Part 2 of two-part series about the writers strike crossing the 50-day mark.
The Last of Us started as a video game, became a hit TV series and is about to become not one but two live attractions: Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights will open Last of Us haunted houses at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood in September.
Gabrielle Union isn't worried about what others have to say about her marriage. Despite online backlash after sharing that she and her husband, Dwyane Wade, split bills evenly in their household during an interview with Noah Callahan-Bever on his Bloomberg Originals series,, the actress is doubling down on the information.While chatting with ET's Kevin Frazier about commemorating her 50th birthday last year with an intimate trip through several countries in Africa, from the island of Zanzibar to the coast of Ghana to the parks of Namibia and the nightlife of South Africa, and documenting her journey, Union confirmed that she really does goes dutch with her husband on their big finances. «I took 100 percent of his points.