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Apple delays ‘The Banker’ theatrical release amid review

LOS ANGELES – Apple on Friday delayed the theatrical release of its first original film, “The Banker” amid misconduct allegations against one of the film’s co-producers. A person ...

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Marvel celebrates 80th anniversary with massive comic

LOS ANGELES – Marvel Comics is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a massive issue that pays tribute to its history and introduces a new object with implications for the superhero universe...

DATE: Aug 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Books

Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director, dies at 86

LOS ANGELES – Czech filmmaker Milos Forman, whose American movies “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus” won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died Saturda...

DATE: Apr 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Los Angeles police open Weinstein sex assault investigation

LOS ANGELES – Police in Los Angeles have launched an investigation of Harvey Weinstein involving a possible sexual assault in 2013, authorities said Thursday. Detectives have inte...

DATE: Oct 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Harry Shearer sues French studio over ‘Spinal Tap’ profits

LOS ANGELES – Comedian Harry Shearer announced Tuesday that he has sued a French film studio over tens of millions in dollars in profits he claims he and his co-creators are owed for creatin...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Golden Globes hosts tackle tough topics with comedy

LOS ANGELES – Leave it to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to turn some of Hollywood’s sorest subjects into punch lines. At Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, the comedians turned serious stor...

DATE: Jan 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Giuliani to help fight Noriega’s video game lawsuit

LOS ANGELES – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining a video game company’s legal fight against disgraced Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who is suing Activision over his in...

DATE: Sep 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Casey Kasem, king of the Top 40 countdown, dead

LOS ANGELES – Casey Kasem, the internationally famous radio host with the cheerful manner and gentle voice who became the king of the top 40 countdown with a syndicated show that ran for dec...

DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iconic Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney dies at 93

LOS ANGELES – Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal l...

DATE: Apr 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Who should be sued over leaked script?

Quentin Tarantino gave it to few people; Gawker linked to it

DATE: Jan 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Jury sides with Courtney Love, ruling tweet was not defamatory

LOS ANGELES – A Twitter posting by Courtney Love suggesting that one of her attorneys had been “bought off” wasn’t defamatory, a jury decided Friday. The verdict came after roughl...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Singer Cee Lo Green pleads not guilty in felony drug case

LOS ANGELES – Cee Lo Green pleaded not guilty on Monday to giving a woman ecstasy at a Los Angeles restaurant during a 2012 dinner, and prosecutors declined to file a rape count against the ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music