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Bam Margera is getting some help.

Jack Lee, part of the influential Los Angeles band The Nerves in the 1970s and later a hit songwriter, died May 26 in Santa Monica, Calif. at age 71. He died after a long battle with colon cancer.

Jennifer Lopez is trying to fill up her new house!

Paris Hilton is making her return to the music stage, with her debut show taking place Wednesday, June 7 at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.

Paris Hilton is making her return to the music stage, with her debut show taking place Wednesday, June 7 at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.

Charna Flam Peacock will hold its very own Bullshit (BLSHT) Day, an immersive in-person activation experience to celebrate its comedy “Poker Face” on June 10.  BLSHT participants and fans will have the opportunity to “hit the road” like Natasha Lyonne’s character Charlie Cale. The “BLSHT Day” consumers will be able to score “Poker Face” themed items from the various participating L.A. locations and “call BLSHT and reap the rewards.” To receive the special themed products, fans will have to walk up to the checkout counters and call BLSHT.  The “BLSHT Day” hub will be at Westfield Century City Mall, featuring Charlie’s Barracuda, a lie detector experience and branded photo opportunities. Additionally at the Century City location, fans will receive a map of participating locations around Los Angeles. See below for the event’s participating venues.

during the U. S. Capitol riot, court records show.

attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.According to court documents reviewed by The Post, Johnston, 54, was arrested in California. He is charged with obstruction of officers during civil disorder, which is a felony, and several misdemeanors, including entering a restricted building and engaging in disruptive conduct with intent to impede government business.On March 4, 2021, the FBI tweeted photos of a man, allegedly Johnston, at the Jan.

Kaley Cuoco is looking back at a scary accident.

Well, this is a sad day for comedy fans…

We’ll be seeing more of Jimmy Buss in the upcoming season of Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty. McCabe Slye, who guest-starred as the character in the Season 1 finale, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2.

Tupac is being celebrated.

outstanding leadership [Nikki] gave,” the letter began. “The goal has always been (and remains) to take HCA onwards and upward by elevating the members of this organization, and Nikki was a staunch advocate of this.”In her resignation letter to the critics association on Friday, Fowler described a “hostile, biased and dismissive executive work environment” that was “not in alignment with the original duties offered when elected president last year.”“As a woman in leadership, I attempted to assist the organization on many variables with many being dismissed which included calling for proper formation since last year, committees, spearheading sales, bias training and accountability on harassment,” she said.Other members of the HCA, including Variety’s senior awards editor Clayton Davis, resigned from the organization last year.

The Los Angeles Times announced newsroom layoffs today for the first time since biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the paper in 2018. The cuts include 74 positions, representing about 13% of the total newsroom headcount.

actor, 37, opened up about her scars, as well as the accident where she acquired them, during an appearance on the podcast, co-hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes.Cuoco is an and competitor, so her September 2010 visit to a Los Angeles ranch should have been smooth sailing—unfortunately, it was anything but. Shortly after she saddled up and readied to ride, her horse got spooked and threw Cuoco off. She landed on the ground, directly under the horse, which attempted to jump over her but instead crushed her left leg.

On-location production of scripted TV series has ground to a complete halt in Los Angeles due to the five-week-old Writers Guild strike, according to data compiled by FilmLA, the city and county film permit office.

We’ve heard some pretty wild theories about Scandoval over the past few months – but Lala Kent’s latest idea about the whole cheating debacle is just beyond ridiculous!! …Right??

Chrissy Metz is keeping hope alive for a This Is Us reunion movie!

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer The first time Jesse Garcia (“Quinceañera,” “Narcos: Mexico”) learned about Richard Montañez — the former Frito-Lay executive who’s said that he invented the wildly successful Flamin’ Hot Cheetos brand when he was working as a janitor for the company — the actor immediately thought, “That would be an awesome movie.” Years later, Eva Longoria cast Garcia to play Montañez for her feature directing debut, “Flamin’ Hot,” which premieres June 9 on Hulu and Disney+. The film, produced by DeVon Franklin (“Breakthrough,” “Miracles From Heaven”), covers Richard’s life from his difficult childhood to his marriage to his high school sweetheart Judy (Annie Gonzalez) to his rise at Frito-Lay. For Garcia, it was an all-too-rare opportunity to depict the real-life story of a Latino family in a mainstream feature film.

in the email. “Collectively, we have done a vast amount of work as a company to meet the budget and revenue challenges head on. But that work will need acceleration and we will need more radical transformation in the newsroom for us to become a self-sustaining enterprise.”The company restructuring will get rid of 74 roles, with 500 people remaining according to spokeswoman Hillary Manning, who told the New York Times.Reporting positions will remain intact, but other full-time and temporary workers will be cut.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The Los Angeles Times, facing declining ad revenue and readership, is eliminating 74 editorial jobs, representing about 13% of the total newsroom staff. Staffers at the paper learned of the cut in a memo sent Wednesday from executive editor Kevin Merida, wrote wrote that the decision was “made more urgent by the economic climate and the unique challenges of our industry, the L.A. Times reported. The L.A. Times Guild, an affiliate of Media Guild of the West, issued a statement that it was “outraged” by the job cuts and that it was “blindsided by this news.” “We are outraged by management’s announcement this morning that it plans to lay off 57 Guild members across several departments, amounting to roughly 15% of our entire newsroom membership, including several Guild leaders,” Reed Johnson, LAT Guild Unit council chair, said in a statement. “This list of targeted layoffs is not final. Under our contract, management is required to bargain with the Guild over proposed layoffs. Management also so far has failed to offer buyouts to staff as is required by our contract.”

Heather Dubrow has two words to describe season 17 of : «Very tough.»  «This was not an easy season for me,» she admits to ET, sitting down inside her new Los Angeles penthouse. «I think, first of all, I was dealing with a lot in my life, in my personal life with my children, and we don't show everything about our kids and our families on the show, obviously; they are minors, you know? You don't tell everyone's stories for them, but you are still dealing with those things and so that, and two kids going to college and being involved in this group… it's a lot.»«I could very easily sit here and say, I had a terrible season and everyone was mean to me and it was just the worst,» she adds.  «I mean, do I have PTSD from some things that happened? Yeah, I really do.»Heather returned to  last year, her first season back after exiting the series in 2016. «It was so weird coming back last year,» she reflects.

Yungblud has shared new single titled ‘Lowlife’ – marking a “new era” for the Doncaster pop-punk star.The track is an energetic, rebellious and turbo-charged anthem, meshing together heavy basslines and raw, vulnerable lyrics reminiscent of his earlier works such as ‘21st Century Liability‘ and ‘The Underrated Youth‘, in keeping with his alternative roots.“I wrote ‘Lowlife’ because I just didn’t want to leave my house,” said Yungblud, real name Dominic Harrison. “I was sick of people, of games, of myself, my friends, anytime I did anything some idiot had an opinion about it.

EXCLUSIVE: Activist Artists Management has signed Hanna Västinsalo, the Finnish writer-director whose debut feature, Palimpsest, won an HFPA Special Prize at last year’s Venice Film Festival. The emerging filmmaker will now be represented at the company by Bernie Cahill and Jon Kanak.

Five-time Emmy winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will play the title character in The Wiz revival when it lands on Broadway in spring 2024, producers announced today, with Doom Patrol’s Alan Mingo Jr. (Kinky Boots) taking the role during many of the production’s pre-Broadway tour dates.

Ben Affleck is getting ready for a meeting.

We’re gonna start sharing some videos from Los Angeles that we never got around to posting.

Jennifer Aniston has finally revealed the recipe for her go-to salad - while opening up about the health and fitness routine she relies on to stay in such enviable shape at age 54.  Almost one year to the day after the former Friends star revealed the viral recipe for a salad that she was said to have made every day on the set of the show was fake, she has now shared the actual ingredients she puts in her 'really hearty' mix.  While speaking to the Today show about her collaboration with the fitness company Pvolve, she detailed her favorite salad order, which starts with butter lettuce as a base.

Elliot Page isn’t leaving any steamy details out of his tell-all memoir.

Carly Rae Jepsen is playing four very special shows this summer for fans on opposite sides of the country!