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Ace Frehley, who played lead guitar as a founding member of the face-painted, blood-spewing, fire-breathing hard-rock band Kiss, died Thursday in Morristown, N.J. He was 74. His death was announced by his family, which said he’d recently suffered a fall. “In his last moments, we were fortunate enough to have been able to surround him…

CNN is taking another shot at launching a direct-to-consumer streaming service that will make much of the channel’s news programming available without a pay TV subscription. The unit of Warner Bros. Discovery announced Thursday it will launch an All Access subscription tier for CNN.com available for $6.99 a month starting Oct. 28. The service will…

Diane Keaton died in Los Angeles on Saturday at age 79, and her family says the cause was pneumonia. Family members of the Oscar-winning actress shared a statement with People confirming Keaton’s cause of death and saying they were “very grateful for the extraordinary messages of love and support” they had received in recent days….

Are you ready, kids? Because you’ll soon be able to visit a certain pineapple house without going under the sea. Universal unveiled new details Wednesday about the various themed lands of its new theme park geared toward families with younger kids. Among them are areas that will spotlight the worlds of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Shrek,” “Minions”…

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, the former “Good Morning America” co-anchors who were embroiled in a cheating scandal in late 2022, are ready to tie the knot. “We are sharing with all of you that we are engaged and we’ve been engaged for a month now,” Robach, 52, announced Tuesday on their “Amy & T.J.”…

Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix, further diversifying the types of content on the Los Gatos, Calif.-based streaming service beyond movies, TV shows and games. The move reflects how many people are consuming their podcasts not just by listening, but by watching the podcasters conduct their discussions on video. Roughly 70% of podcast listeners…

Madonna’s “MDNA.” Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising.” Mariah Carey’s “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” According to the Recording Industry Assn. of America, none of these albums — each the 12th studio LP by its respective maker — has sold 4 million copies in the United States in the decade or more since it was released. Yet…

For L.A.-based musician, composer and artist San Cha, the Spanish language is a creative gold mine. “One of my favorite Spanish words is ‘embriágame,’ which I think the direct translation is ‘make me drunk’ or ‘intoxicate me,’” she says. “I love that word. I think there’s a song by Thalía that has that word, it’s…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> It’s 90 minutes before curtain on the opening night of “Les Misérables” at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Actors are arriving, signing in by the stage door and heading to their dressing rooms. Crew members in cargo pants prepare scenery on stage, the costume department steams dresses and hairstylists comb wigs in a basement…