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Disney Animation, Pixar chief John Lasseter taking leave

LOS ANGELES – Just days before Pixar’s “Coco” is set to hit theaters, Pixar co-founder and Walt Disney Animation chief John Lasseter announced he is taking a six-month leave of absence citin...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hundreds in Hollywood march against sexual harassment

LOS ANGELES – Armed with signs, catchy phrases and a motivation to take #MeToo beyond the internet and into real life, a few hundred women, men and children gathered Sunday among the sex sho...

DATE: Nov 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

38 accuse writer/director James Toback of sexual harassment

LOS ANGELES – Writer and director James Toback, who received an Oscar nomination for writing “Bugsy,” has been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women in a report published Sunday in The Lo...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

A scary box office weekend for everyone but Tyler Perry

LOS ANGELES – It was a spooky weekend at the box office for nearly everyone but Tyler Perry. Perry’s comedy sequel “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” scared up a healthy $21.7 million in ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Character actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at age 91

LOS ANGELES – Harry Dean Stanton, the shambling, craggy-face character actor with the deadpan voice who became a cult favorite through his memorable turns in “Paris, Texas,” “Repo Man” and m...

DATE: Sep 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host dies, at 91

LOS ANGELES – Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Ben Affleck addresses rumors that he’s out as Batman

SAN DIEGO – Ben Affleck is still Batman. The actor shot down rumors that he would be hanging up his cape for the stand-alone Batman film, even though he recently ceded directing responsibili...

DATE: Jul 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Disney fans get look at ‘Incredibles 2,’ ‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’

ANAHEIM, Calif. – When it comes to Disney, they like to keep it in the family, whether it’s getting a football team’s worth of original Disney princesses to cameo in “Wreck-It Ralph 2,” reun...

DATE: Jul 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jimmy Kimmel set to return as host for 90th Oscars

LOS ANGELES – Despite his jokes that he’ll never get asked back after the historic envelope flub at this year’s Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the Oscars once more. The Academy ...

DATE: May 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Hillary’s America,’ ‘Batman v Superman’ top annual Razzies

LOS ANGELES – Neither Batman nor Dinesh D’Souza could finagle their way out of a Razzie. The annual Golden Raspberry Awards bestowed a tying four “honors” to both D’Souza’s docume...

DATE: Feb 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Peele turns his focus to directing

LOS ANGELES – Jordan Peele is “kind of done” with performing. While that might be a dagger in the hearts of fans who came to know and love Peele as an uncannily calm Barack Obama,...

DATE: Feb 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

John Hurt, Oscar nominated for ‘The Elephant Man,’ dies at 77

LOS ANGELES – The Oscar-nominated actor Sir John Hurt has died. He was 77. Hurt’s agent Charles McDonald says the actor, who battled pancreatic cancer, died Friday in London. ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment