Hollywood

The Laugh Factory sent a serious message Tuesday by unveiling a 148-foot-long mural as a tribute to Black Lives Matter. “This mural is an important avenue for Black artists to present societal challenges in a public and impactful way through the lens of their experiences,” club owner Jamie Masada said about the painting, which is believed to be one of the largest in...

Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such as classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” has died

Political activist 63-year-old Gregory “Joey” Johnson, who won the right to burn the American flag in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court 1989 case of Texas v. Johnson took to a Hollywood street Saturday and burned three flags — a Confederate flag, a Blue Lives Matter flag and a U.S. flag — to protest the policies of President Donald Trump. The…

A Hollywood man is thankful that his COVID-19 test came back negative after he says a fellow resident coughed on him and told him she had the coronavirus, after he witnessed her calling 911 on an African American woman who was in their building lobby. Amour Holloway recorded the video of a woman appearing to call 911 on her and…

Hollywood talent manager and producer David Guillod surrendered Monday to Santa Barbara County authorities to face 11 felony counts related to the alleged sexual assault or rape of three women in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.

Michelle Amor co-chairs the Committee of Black Writers for the Writers Guild of America West. She said that Hollywood needs to do more to live up to its rhetoric about the importance of Black lives. That means hiring Black writers to write Black stories.

Tens of thousands of people again took to Southern California streets to protest racism and police brutality Sunday, with more than a dozen demonstrations in Los Angeles County alone tied to the deaths of George Floyd, killed by police on a Minneapolis street, and Breonna Taylor, in her Louisville apartment. Sunday evening, an estimated crowd of about 20,000 peacefully marched…

Keke Palmer is asking for members of the National Guard to march in solidarity with protesters in Hollywood.

With marquee blockbusters like Warner Bros.′ “The Batman” and Paramount Pictures’ “Mission Impossible 7″ on hiatus from shooting because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the film industry is among those contemplating how the way its work is done will change in the future. Virtual production may aid in getting the cameras up and rolling again, allowing production teams to work simultaneously...

The “Leave It to Beaver” actor died Monday morning, his manager confirmed to NBC News.

As California moves to gradually reopen parts of its once-booming economy, Hollywood remains firmly closed, according to NBC News. The industry — which directly employs about 927,000 people across the country, among 2.6 million total Hollywood-supporting jobs — was one of the first sectors to shut down when the coronavirus took hold in the United States.

Amoeba Music will not reopen its iconic Sunset Boulevard location due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but management of the Hollywood record store said Monday it hopes to open its new Hollywood Boulevard location earlier than expected in the fall. “This is heartbreaking for us,” Amoeba’s management said in a statement on its website. “We never envisioned not being able...

Friday marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a time in the Los Angeles region when thousands would normally take to the streets, marching for awareness, recognition, and restitution, but instead are forced indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic. In years past, tens of thousands gathered in Little Armenia, raising flags, singing, chanting, and hoisting signs into the air,…

A 13-year-old boy who fell into a sewer pipe during a family Easter celebration at Los Angeles’ Griffith Park has been found alive after a methodical 12-hour search of the drainage system.

The red carpets are rolled up in storage, the A-listers holed up in mansions, multiplex doors are closed

Sony Pictures has cleared out its summer calendar due to the coronavirus, postponing the releases of Jason Reitman’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the Marvel movie “Morbius” to 2021.

Coronavirus precautions were already popping up in Hollywood — signs requesting no selfies with celebrities, music festivals canceled — but by Thursday there was not sector of the entertainment industry left untouched by efforts to prevent the spread of the virus

Henry Golding and his wife Liv Lo chat with Access Hollywood at the “Mulan” premiere, and they share how much they loved the original animated film. Henry also talks about the “Crazy Rich Asians” sequel. But does he spill any spoilers from the highly-anticipated film? “Mulan” is in theaters on March 27.

Corey Feldman, the 80s child star beloved in cult classics like “The Goonies,” “Stand By Me,” and “The Lost Boys,” is set to release a bombshell film about the alleged abuse he suffered at the hands of people working in Hollywood, on all levels.  The movie, “My Truth: The Rape of Two Coreys,” will debut March 9, and the public…