Movies
Michael Keaton intends to use a hybrid of his stage name and his birth name, which he sidelined in the 1970s because there was already a Michael Douglas in SAG.
Sept. 5, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
NBCUniversal Studio Group Chairman Donna Langley describes AI as ‘exciting’ but notes the ‘labor piece’ is important and that IP protection is key.
June 21, 2024
Television
In this Apple TV+ limited series, Michael Douglas stars as Benjamin Franklin during his sojourn in France, where he negotiated the peace treaty between Britain and the U.S.
April 11, 2024
Top NBCUniversal executives Mark Lazarus, Cesar Conde and Mark Woodbury received bigger portfolios. Susan Rovner, who oversaw television programming, is leaving the company.
July 6, 2023
Books
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Sept. 18, 2024
A new HBO film sheds light on the private pain and struggles with fame that Donna Summer, he Queen of Disco, dealt with during her career.
May 19, 2023
California
Donna Heinel, a former USC administrator who was sentenced to six months in prison for her role in the ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ admissions scandal, has been released.
July 12, 2023
Entertainment & Arts
The bestselling children’s book series ‘Dog Man’ gets the musical treatment in a touring show playing at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre.
Nov. 28, 2023
Politics
Like the rest of the nation, voters on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington appear evenly split between the two. Many in Clallam County — the last presidential bellwether county in America — can’t fathom how anyone thinks differently.
Sept. 19, 2024
INDUSTRIES
Marcus & Millichap has announced the sale of Point Dume Club of Malibu, a five-star, 297-site manufactured housing asset located on 95.4 oceanfront acres in Malibu.