Mayor Karen Bass has dismissed Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley following the deadly Los Angeles wildfires last month. Bass shared on Friday that she met “met with and removed Kristin Crowley as fire chief effective immediately” because 1,000 firefighters were sent home the day the fires broke out on Jan. 7. Former Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva has been …
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A$AP Rocky Named Ray-Ban Creative Director
A freshly acquitted A$AP Rocky isn’t wasting any time in getting back to work. The rapper and fashion magnate, found not guilty at a jury trial in Los Angeles on Tuesday of firing a handgun amid a beef with former friend A$AP Relli in 2021, has been named Ray-Ban’s first creative director. Per the leading eyewear brand, the role will …
Read More »A Complete Guide to the Red Carpet Events and Parties
Attention industryites, the final stretch of awards season is here and it’s all leading up to Hollywood’s biggest night with the 97th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre. It’s best to pace yourself as the momentum will be building in a big way with a packed schedule of soirees, celebrations and exclusive parties in the coming days. While the …
Read More »‘Suits’ Creator on Bringing Back Harvey Specter for ‘Suits LA’
Gabriel Macht‘s Harvey Specter is back on TV, this time with an appearance on Suits spinoff series Suits LA. The new show stars Stephen Amell as Ted Black, a former New York prosecutor who has built a Los Angeles law firm that specializes in criminal and entertainment law. To maintain a link to the original series, creator Aaron Korsh — …
Read More »Annette Bening, UFC, Brad Garrett Support Las Vegas Community Center
During the depths of the pandemic, Las Vegas’ blindingly bustling main boulevard jerked to a grinding halt that highlighted the unconventional traits of the world’s biggest entertainment mecca — like how the grand doors to Sin City’s extravagant resorts are never closed nor unstaffed. “They had to board up billion-dollar facilities with plywood because the doors don’t even have locks,” …
Read More »Comedian Caleb Hearon Wants You Off the Internet (Mostly)
Caleb Hearon wants a landline. Specifically one of those old-fashioned corded landlines (maybe even a rotary?) so he can speak to his friends while in the kitchen and making pasta with that long spiral following his steps. Hearon is done with smartphones. Actually, the whole internet — he wants off. But wait, it’s not that simple, because he has a …
Read More »How Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Has Changed Hollywood Publicity
“When they start to whack the lawyers, that’s when I draw the line,” fretted attorney Saul Goodman in an episode of Breaking Bad after one his colleagues was murdered. A similar anxiety has now gripped Hollywood’s publicity class amid the Justin Baldoni–Blake Lively legal battle in which several top PR names have become major players in a war that has riveted the …
Read More »Cooper Koch VMAN Magazine Cover: Menendez Brothers Interview, Photos
Cooper Koch is crediting his job at an ice cream shop for helping him appreciate the success of his hit series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The 28-year-old appears on the cover of VMAN’s “A Day in the Life” issue, where he reveals that he was teaching yoga to make ends meet and “scooping ice cream” at a …
Read More »Pernel Media Enters TV Drama Series With ‘The Au Pair,’ David Suchet
French production company Pernel Media is known for its factual TV output, from Legends of the Pharaohs, Ancient Superstructures, and Rise of the Vikings to Ghettos in the Holocaust, Secret Gardens of Pompeii, and The Real War of Thrones. Now, the Paris- and London-headquartered company is gearing up for a push into the traditional drama space with the launch of The …
Read More »Andrew Lincoln Is a Repressed Family Man in ‘Cold Water’
Andrew Lincoln is a repressed and depressed family man in a first look at ITV’s upcoming six-part thriller Cold Water. In The Walking Dead star’s long-awaited return to British TV, Lincoln plays John, who ups and moves his family to the rural idyll of Coldwater and far away from London. Upon arrival, John is quickly befriended by his charming, confident …
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