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Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid continue to fuel those reconciliation rumors!

Two-term Mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan “passed peacefully this evening at his home in Brentwood, surrounded by his wife Elizabeth, family, friends and precious pet dogs,” according to a family statement released Wednesday night. He was 92.

APPOINTMENTSDowntown Music has announced another rejig of its various businesses resulting in the creation of Downtown Artist & Label Services, bringing together the artists and labels previously working with its DashGo and Downtown Music Services units under one roof. The new division will be headed up by Ben Patterson.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Recent Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan and actor-producer Sandra Oh will be honored at the second annual Gold House Gala in May. Quan will be honored with the Leading Man Award, while Oh will receive the SeeHer Award. The event, taking place at the Jerry Moss Plaza at the Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles, is a celebration of AAPI excellence and heritage, honoring the most impactful Asians on the company’s A100 list. Other award recipients include Netflix’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria, author and trans rights activist Geena Rocero and Vanity Fair’s editor-in-chief Radhika Jones.

The 22nd edition of the Tribeca Festival unveiled a 2023 lineup with a record number of female helmers and heavy on films directed by actors like Chelsea Peretti’s First Time Female Director, John Slattery thriller Maggie Moore(s) with Tina Fey and Jon Hamm, David Duchovny’s Bucky F*cking Dent and Steve Buscemi’s The Listener.

Tamra Judge is opening up about a scary experience at her daughter’s school. “The Real Housewives of Orange County” star took to Twitter Thursday to tearfully share that her 17-year-old daughter, Sophia’s school went into lockdown.

https://t.co/kL1RPdSdUz Kelsea Ballerini Honors Nashville School Shooting Victims at CMTs How CMT Awards Attendees Honored Nashville School Shooting Victims Sheryl Crow, Jill Biden Attend Nashville School Shooting Vigil Melissa Joan Hart Tearfully Recalls Nashville Shooting Evacuation  

Angelique Jackson Earlier this month, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez was honored by the Human Rights Campaign with the Equality Award for her work advocating for the LGBTQ community. Accepting the award at the JW Marriott in Downtown Los Angeles, Rodriguez delivered a rousing speech addressing the onslaught of more than 400 anti-queer bills that have been introduced across the country, “I remember growing up in Jackson, New Jersey, and feeling free,” Rodriguez told the crowd at the HRC Los Angeles dinner on March 25. “When I was four years old, I had no knowledge of the restrictions that society wanted to place on my body or on my existence. My light. The boxes they wanted to fit me and the standards they wanted me to uphold. I had full autonomy to be just me.”

The Killers, Kendrick Lamara and ODESZA set to headline and return to the desert. Check out the full roster below.This year’s festival marks a decade of the Downtown Las Vegas event.

The Downtown Albuquerque Railyards will serve as the headquarters for the New Mexico Media Academy, a collaborative workforce development program equipping NM residents with the skills they need to build successful film and TV careers, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Wednesday.

Actress Amanda Bynes has been "placed on psychiatric hold after being found roaming around streets naked," it has been reported.The 36 year old was one of the most successful young actresses in the 90s and noughties, known for her roles in rom coms such as She's the Man, alongside Channing Tatum. US publication TMZ reports that Amanda was seen walking in Downtown Los Angeles in the early hours of Sunday morning as she waved down a passing car and told the driver that she was coming down from a psychotic episode, before Amanda herself then called 911. After she was taken to a local police station, TMZ's law enforcement sources claim a mental health team determined she needed to be placed on a 5150 psych hold.

Three months ago, Doha’s new Downtown Msheireb district was the throbbing heart of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar as one of its main fan zones.

APPOINTMENTSDowntown Music has promoted Manan Vohra to Chief Technology Officer and Harmen Hemmings to VP Product & Services Strategy, both moving up from roles at the music firm’s FUGA division. “Both Manan and Harmen have made unprecedented contributions to the growth and development of FUGA’s technology and strategic services”, says President Pieter Van Rijn. “I am confident they will bring their unparalleled knowledge and experience to the wider Downtown Music group, spearheading our next chapter”.Transgressive has promoted Mike Harounoff to become Associate Director, Senior A&R and Artist Manager.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Top Gun: Maverick” topped the winners at the 58th Cinema Audio Society Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing. Other winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Moonage Daydream,” “Better Call Saul,” “Only Murders in the Building” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Five-time Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin, whose credits include “Black Panther,” “Bullet Train” and “Gone in 60 Seconds,” was honored with the Cinema Audio Society’s 2023 career achievement award. Alejandro González Iñárritu who directed this year’s Oscar-nominated “Bardo” received the CAS Filmmaker of the Year.

The Cinema Audio Society’s 59th annual CAS Awards are being handed out tonight at the Intercontinental Downtown Los Angeles, and Deadline is posting the winners as they are announced. Have a look the list below. 

Lala Kent feels like she's watching back «a person I don't really know» as season 10 of  plays out on Bravo. «I mean, the Lala that was onscreen was still trying to process what had happened, you know? We were so fresh and in it,» she reflects with ET, sitting down at a pop-up shopping experience for her brand, Give Them Lala, at Shopify LA in Downtown Los Angeles. Season 10 picked up just as Lala's personal world began to fall apart. She ended her engagement to movie producer Randall Emmett, moving out of their Bel-Air mansion with their then-infant daughter, Ocean, as cheating allegations spread on gossip blogs.

Nicole Kidman and Kathryn Newton model their looks at the 27th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards on Saturday evening (February 18).

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The 27th Annual Art Director’s Guild Awards returned to an in-person ceremony at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday evening, with “Babylon” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” among the top honors. “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” took home the award for animated feature. “Pachinko,” “The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power” and “Severance” were among the main TV winners. The eventual winner of the production design Oscar has landed an ADG nomination. Nicole Kidman presented the Art Directors Guild’s Cinematic Imagery award to “Elvis” director Baz Luhrmann and his longtime producing partner and Oscar-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin. Their 30-year collaboration includes films such as “The Great Gatsby,” “Australia,” “Romeo + Juliet,” “Strictly Ballroom” and “Moulin Rouge!”

The 27th annual Art Directors Guild Awards are being handed out tonight at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, and Deadline is updating the winners as they are announced. Check out the list below.

EXCLUSIVE: A street shooting disrupted the filming schedule of the CW series All American Friday. According to sources, the drama had production set up in two Downtown Los Angeles locations for today. The unrelated shooting occurred in the vicinity of one of the locations, we hear. No one from the show was hurt.

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Lifetime Achievement Award from the Set Designers & Model Makers Council (SDMM) will be granted to set designer Luis G. Hoyos, the union has announced.

A crowd of approximately 100 gathered outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters Friday night in protest of the Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols.

Everett Quinton, a staple of New York’s post-1960s downtown theater scene and diligent standard-bearer for the outrageously campy and hilariously melodramatic style of performance known as the Ridiculous, died of glioblastoma January 23 in Brooklyn. He was 71.

The Art Directors Guild will present Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro with the William Cameron Menzies Award, to honor his visually striking and emotionally rich body of work. Del Toro will receive the award at the 27th ADG’s Excellence in Production Design Awards on Saturday, February 18 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and his longtime producing partner and collaborator, Oscar-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin, will be this year’s recipients of the Art Directors Guild’s Cinematic Imagery Award. Their 30-year collaboration includes work on such films as The Great Gatsby, Australia, Romeo + Juliet, Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge! and last year’s Elvis.

Hear that? It’s the Cinema Audio Society’s nominations for its 2023 CAS Awards, which celebrate excellence in sound mixing for film and TV. See the list below.

maternity style just got a glam red-carpet upgrade.On January 4, the Nope star, wearing a sparkling Michael Kors gown with rib cutouts, attended the 2023 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Tao Downtown in New York City. Trading in the from her tropical babymoon with , the actor glowed in the silver sequined dress she paired with minimal gold jewelry. KeKe Palmer in New York on January 04, 2023After arriving at the event, Palmer hit the red carpet with director Jordan Peele and posed for a few solo shots, cradling her baby bump. For her makeup look, Palmer opted for a classic smoky eye and glossy lip look. Keke Palmer and Jordan Peele attend the 2023 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Tao Downtown on January 04, 2023.Keke Palmer attends the 2023 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Tao Downtown on January 04, 2023.Of course, the 29-year-old superstar did not walk away empty-handed.

The New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture Winner Tár by Todd Field has drawn accolades since its Venice premiere, the latest a major rave by Martin Scorsese last night: “The clouds lifted when I experienced Todd’s film.”

Scenic Artist Michael Denering will be honored in February with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild.

DEALSLitmus Music – yet another equity fund buying up music rights – has acquired the recording rights of Keith Urban. “I have the deepest respect for Keith, his incredible talent and his passion for making great music”, says Litmus co-founder Dan McCarroll. “He’s a musically insatiable musician, record maker, performer and songwriter”.Downtown Music Services has signed up Colbie Caillat, Francis Karel, Lily Meola, Loren Gray, Rebecca Black and Yung Bae to it artist services offerings, including distribution, publishing administration, creative marketing and finance.