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For decades, HBO has been an anchor of the cable portion of Television Critics Association’s press tour with the network’s signature three-hour block of wall-to-wall panels packed with big stars. This summer, for the first time in as long as anyone can remember, there will be no HBO presence at TCA in Pasadena. In fact, the entire newly merged Warner Bros. Discovery is skipping the upcoming press tour as the company is going through the integration process, including layoffs, with the next wave rumored to come during TCA.

Susan Lucci honored her late husband Helmut Huber while appearing at the 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards.

The full list of winners for the 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards has been announced!

Drew Barrymore had a great time at the 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards, even though she didn’t take home the big prize.

FIFA, soccer’s governing body, said Thursday that Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Chargers and host of this year’s Super Bowl, is among the 16 venues that will host the 2026 World Cup.

Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, forcing the iconic band to postpone at least one of its concerts. Jagger, 78, made the announcement on social media, writing: "I'm so sorry we've had to postpone the Amsterdam show with such short notice tonight. I have unfortunately just tested positive for COVID.

LCD Soundsystem have announced two more locations for their residency series, with the band set to perform multiple gigs in Oakland and San Francisco in August.James Murphy and co. will kick off the Bay Area run at Oakland’s Fox Theater on August 16, playing three more shows at the venue across consecutive evenings.

Kristen Stewart has sold her Malibu, California beach house and we have all the images from inside the home!

Daytime Emmys will be emceed by Entertainment Tonight hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner,CBS and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said Monday. The duo are the first Black pair to lead an entertainment newsmagazine and Turner is the first Black woman to host CBS Media Ventures’ access magazine.  The 49th annual awards show will air live on Friday, June 24 at 9 p.

AMC Theatres announced its first newly-built theater of 2022 – the AMC Dine-In Topanga 12 in Canoga Park — will open June 2 as the pandemic-rattled exhibition business reshuffles.

closing at the end of May, Landmark Theaters announced Thursday that it has negotiated a long-term lease agreement for the Playhouse 7 cinema in Pasadena, taking over the venue from its original operators, Laemmle Theaters. “The Playhouse acquisition is important for Landmark, as we’re able to continue the tradition of showcasing quality film to Pasadena’s moviegoing community.

Wilson Chapman editorLandmark Theatres, the California-based movie theater chain, has signed a lease agreement to take over the Playhouse 7 movie theater venue in Pasadena, Calif. The 7-screen, 1,300 seat venue is expected to reopen under the chain this summer.The acquisition comes shortly after the announcement that Landmark will close its popular Pico street location, due to being unable to negotiate the terms of its tenancy with its realtor.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticIn another example of it raining when it pours, the greater Los Angeles area, which previously had zero country or Americana festivals, is now going to have two in the coming months. The latest to be announced is the BeachLife Ranch Country & Americana Festival, to take place Sept.

A graduate of UCLA with an animation degree, Cantwell spent much of the 60s and 70s with his mind in space, working on both real-life NASA projects exploring the final frontier and sci-fi imaginings of what might be out there. Before entering Hollywood, Cantwell got a job at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, using his animation skills to help create educational programs to explain the Apollo missions to the public.

A final Norm Macdonald stand-up special could soon be coming to a streamer. According to the late comedian’s friend, David Spade, Macdonald secretly taped a dry run for a planned special before his death. Spade said he got emotional when he finally saw the footage among five of Macdonald’s closest pals, describing the jokes as "classic Norm stuff." "I definitely cried," Spade said during Wednesday’s episode of his "Fly on the Wall" podcast with Dana Carvey.

Chris Morris Music ReporterLooking back on the life of Mickey Gilley, who died May 7 in Branson, Mo., at the age of 86, one must consider the musician and the country music era that he helped to define.The singer-pianist was a versatile stylist, an outstanding instrumentalist and one of country music’s most prolific hitmakers. He notched his first No. 1 country single, a version of George Morgan’s “Room Full of Roses,” in 1974 on Playboy Records.

Organizers of the Television Critics Association’s annual summer press tour told members Friday that this year’s event will return to in-person status at the end of July.

Trevor Bauer is being suspended.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe 49th Daytime Emmy Awards return to a live, in-person format this year on Friday, June 24, airing on both CBS and Paramount+. Also, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences confirmed that, as expected, the ceremony will take place at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif.; nominations will be announced on May 5.The Daytime Emmys dates were part of a slew of announcements made on Tuesday morning by NATAS, which also revealed Lifetime Achievement Awards for PBS’ “This Old House,” soap opera icon John Aniston (“Days of Our Lives”), documentarian Sir David Attenborough, “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton and journalist Judy Woodruff.

Shia LaBeouf is grabbing lunch with a friend.

Shia LaBeouf's wife Mia Goth has welcomed their first child together.The pair were spotted in Pasadena walking with their newborn, according to Page Six reports. Mia, 28, was spotted sporting a sweatshirt and her hair up while pushing a stroller and Shia, 35, donned a T-shirt and shorts for their stroll.

Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth are parents!

Chris Willman Music WriterFor years, the Stagecoach Festival in Indio has had a side stage, dubbed the Palomino tent, that is a virtual festival-within-a-festival, focusing on alternative country, Americana and heritage country acts, “cred” artists that tend to draw a largely different audience than the larger one that stays at the mainstream main stage all day. This summer, Goldenvoice is branching off that approach into a one-day gathering of its own — the Palomino Festival — set to go down for the first time July 9 in Pasadena.Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson & Family and Jason Isbell are newly announced as the headliners for the inaugural event, which will take place at Brookside at the Rose Bowl, a park adjacent to the storied stadium that Goldenvoice has used for a number of other genre-specific festivals in the last decade.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA Chinese visual effects and animation studio filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that it is the victim of two American swindlers who forged documents, impersonated the CEO, and conned investors out of $234 million.Base FX, headquartered in Beijing, states that it was duped into trusting the two men — Remington Chase and Kevin Robl — over the course of several years, in which they engaged in several financing arrangements and a joint venture in Malaysia.However, over the last year and a half, the company has discovered that the men were using the relationship as a lure for investors, who were deceived into signing over $234 million, in what they thought were loans and investments in the company and its projects. Base FX alleges that Chase and Robl forged the signature of the company’s CEO on investment documents, created fake entities and bank accounts, had someone pretend to be the CEO in calls with investors, and set up a fake office for the company in Pasadena, Calif.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAfter two years of presenting the annual Race to Erase MS gala as a drive-in event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the annual festivities will return as a ballroom benefit at the newly renovated Fairmont Century Plaza hotel on May 20.Nile Rodgers & Chic will perform during the evening’s program, which will also feature a Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive fashion show with clothing designed to make dressing easier for adults and children with disabilities.“I am thrilled to be returning to our longtime home at the Fairmont Century Plaza for this year’s Race to Erase MS Gala, where our fundraising efforts provide tremendous support for the medical and scientific community’s integral research into finding a cure for MS,” Race to Erase MS founder Nancy Davis said on Monday morning. “To date we have raised over $50 million for MS research and there are now 22 FDA approved therapies available to treat multiple sclerosis.

Greg Kinnear is talking about crossing paths with Courteney Cox before starring in their upcoming horror comedy series,. The two spoke with ET's Matt Cohen about their new television show on Starz, and Kinnear also recalled having a memorable guest-starring role on . Kinnear played Dr.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a UCLA grad student.

LeVar Burton will serve as grand marshal of the 2022 Tournament of Roses on January 1, 2022, with the festivities beginning in Pasadena at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET.

using Gorilla Glue as hairspray, has undergone stem cell therapy to revive her hair after a disastrous dye job caused it to fall out. “I’m just praying that it works,” the greater New Orleans-area native told The Post of the procedure, which went down Wednesday at the La Fue Hair Clinic in Pasadena, Calif.