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election results website. Kevin De León is in third place with 7.77% of votes.Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, Bass and Caruso will face each other in a runoff during the general election taking place in November.On Tuesday June 7, the race was called when half of the votes had been counted.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorA Los Angeles benefit for Democratic Party efforts, co-hosted by Jeffrey Katzenberg, raised nearly $2.5 million Friday with President Joe Biden in attendance.“The money raised today will help get people to the polls on election day in November,” said Katzenberg. “Just the idea of Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell in charge should be enough to get people out to vote.”Biden has been in Los Angeles this week for the Summit of the Americas, which concludes Friday.The event is being held at the home of Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and Andrew Hauptman.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterDemocrats are sounding the alarm about Rick Caruso’s first-place finish in the race for Los Angeles mayor in Tuesday’s primary, as the billionaire mall developer heads to a runoff against Rep. Karen Bass.Caruso, who has run on addressing homelessness and crime, took 42% of the vote, leading Bass by more than five percentage points.

The top two Los Angeles races in today’s primary election look to have both kicked the can down over to November.

Sasha Urban editorIn a tight primary election for Los Angeles mayor, the two frontrunners — Congresswoman Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso — have seen their support split down the middle among major Hollywood players. Tuesday’s election could lead to a November runoff if none of the candidates garner more than 50% of the votes needed to conclusively win the election.Over the last few months, celebrities and executives from all corners of the entertainment and tech industries have voiced their support for Bass and Caruso. Early on, actor and Goop CEO Gwyneth Paltrow threw her support behind Caruso, while pop star Ariana Grande has endorsed Bass on Instagram to her 315 million followers.

When voters go to the polls Tuesday for Los Angeles’ primary election, they are likely to advance two mayoral candidates to the general election: Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) and developer Rick Caruso.

Joe Biden, touting a better-than-expected jobs report, responded to reports that Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economic outlook and that he wants to slash jobs at Tesla by 10%.

Kim Kardashian is getting political.  On Friday, the reality star shared with her 313 million Instagram followers that she is endorsing candidate Rick Caruso for Los Angeles mayor.  "I recently met with Rick Caruso, who is running for mayor in Los Angeles, and I don’t typically endorse anyone in politics," she said in an Instagram story video. "When it comes to my hometown and there’s people that can really make a difference, I think that he really can help with the crime in our city, which is such a big issue."  Kim Kardashian shared with her 313 million Instagram followers that she will be voting for Rick Caruso for Los Angeles mayor. (Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for LACMA) "Also, the homeless issue.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterL.A. mayoral candidate Rick Caruso responded on Tuesday to TV ads that compare him to Donald Trump, accusing the ads’ principal financial backer, mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, of “lying” about him.The mayoral primary is just two weeks away, and polls show Caruso in a tight race against Karen Bass in a multi-candidate field. If no candidate secures a majority, the top two finishers will advance to a November runoff.Katzenberg, a longtime Hollywood power broker and Democratic fundraiser, has contributed $600,000 to an independent committee supporting Bass, a Democratic congresswoman.

Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Councilman Kevin de Leon will be taking part in a Los Angeles mayoral candidates’ forum at ICM Partners on Tuesday focused on what is perhaps the biggest issue in the race: homelessness.

Jeffrey Katzenberg has donated $600,000 to an independent committee backing Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor, as polls show the California congresswoman facing a tight race against billionaire developer Rick Caruso.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterFive candidates took the stage for an L.A. mayoral debate last week, but as far as Hollywood is concerned, there might as well be only two.Karen Bass, the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, is the favorite among the industry’s Democratic donor community, led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and J.J. Abrams.

Developer Rick Caruso’s ads have blanketed the Los Angeles airwaves the message that he is just the non-career politician that the city needs to solve the homelessness crisis and crime, but on Tuesday, he for the first time faced his rivals in the race.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterBillionaire developer Rick Caruso said Monday that if elected mayor of Los Angeles, he would take power over homelessness policy away from the City Council and concentrate it in his office.Caruso announced his candidacy late on Friday, just ahead of the filing deadline, and is beginning to outline his plans. In an interview with Variety, he said that he would claim emergency powers to address the city’s homelessness crisis.“Day one, I’m going to declare a state of emergency, take the authority in the mayor’s office, and I’m going to be held accountable for it,” Caruso said.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterBillionaire developer Rick Caruso filed to run for mayor of Los Angeles on Friday afternoon, ending months of speculation and shaking up the crowded race to succeed Eric Garcetti.A onetime Republican, Caruso is best known as the builder of the Grove and the Americana at Brand shopping centers, among others. He is also a former Los Angeles city commissioner, and has flirted with a run for mayor for the better part of two decades.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe race for mayor of Los Angeles has hardly begun, but Karen Bass has already taken a commanding lead among Hollywood donors.Candidates filed their contribution reports on Monday, when showed that Bass has spent much of the last few months winning over the creative community.Donors to her campaign include stars like Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, and Jennifer Garner. They include Hollywood’s most profligate political benefactors, like Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg, J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath, Alan and Cindy Horn, and Damon and Heidi Lindelof.

Kris Jenner is setting the record straight about rumours that were sparked after she and daughter Kim Kardashian reportedly had a meeting with “Saturday Night Live” exec producer Lorne Michaels.

A rep for Kris Jenner is speaking out in response to reports that she and daughter Kim Kardashian had a meeting with Saturday Night Live‘s Lorne Michaels.

We already knew that AMC took over two older Pacific Theatres leases at Rick Caruso’s The Grove in L.A. and Americana at Brand in Glendale, however, today CEO Adam Aron announced on the recent earnings call that eight out of his upcoming ten new locations are former Arclight locations.

The deal would a natural fit as L.A. billionaire Rick Caruso, whose real estate firm runs the two high-end shopping complexes on the Westside and in Glendale, told reporters in April that his company intended to find a new operator for the theaters as quickly as possible after Pacific and premium sister company ArcLight Cinemas announced that they would not reopen their locations.

By James McClain