The state of California is leading an effort to prepare a possible lawsuit that could thwart Paramount Skydance Corp.βs planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a potential obstacle for the $111-billion deal. The lawsuit, which could be filed as early as this month, would likely involve multiple states, according to a source familiar with the…
Andy Burnham has backed Labour’s newly announced candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, after being blocked from standing himself by the party’s governing body. In a post on X, the Greater Manchester mayor congratulated Angeliki Stogia, a city councillor for Whalley Range, and said she would do “a great job”. He added: “I will…
Iran on Thursday executed an Afghan national convicted of the killing of police officers during anti-government demonstrations, the 30th in a wave of hangings since the start of the Iran war, a rights group said. Ghaem Hosseini was executed after being convicted of involvement in the deaths of four police officers, according to the state-linked…
Before Byron Allen became a media mogul, he was one of those comedians whose life was changed by Johnny Carson. Growing up, Allen would accompany his mother to the NBC lot in Burbank, where she worked as a publicist, and was provided with a show business education. An aspiring comic who played comedy clubs as…
Actress Gina Carano, Lucasfilm and its parent company Walt Disney Co. have settled the federal lawsuit filed in which Carano claimed that, in 2021, she was wrongfully terminated from her role in βThe Mandalorianβ after she expressed her conservative political views on social media. The settlement details have not been made public, but Lucasfilm released…
βMiracle Mileβ takes place in a city in the throes of chaos as Angelenos flee the threat of a nuclear strike. The film was released in 1988, but it has resurfaced in the last few years, attracting sold-out crowds at the American Cinematheque and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Written and directed…
The television industry has changed dramatically over the last decade, but one tradition that wonβt die is the annual gathering of ad-buying execs in Manhattan to hear the pitches of networks and streamers looking to sell their commercial time. This past weekβs lavish presentations, known as the upfronts, included the usual array of big-name actors…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general on Thursday, ending a tumultuous 14-month tenure marked by mass firings of career prosecutors, a bungled handling of Jeffrey Epsteinβs sex trafficking investigation and a string of investigations into the presidentβs political foes, including prominent California Democrats. Trump announced the ouster of the former Florida attorney general…
Louis Naidorf, the visionary architect behind the iconic Capitol Records Building, died Wednesday night of natural causes. He was 96. His death was confirmed by his longtime friend Mike Harkins. Naidorfβs distinctive approach to architectural design, blending logic with creativity and function with feeling, helped define the Los Angeles cityscape. Though best known for the…
Pete Holmes understands the art of conversation β especially the way to get people to open up about their secret weird tendencies. Itβs what helped Holmes, known for his youth pastor aesthetic and wholesome jokes, build his more than 20-year-long comedy career (his next show is Jan. 21 at Largo at the Coronet) and create…