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The 17-year tenure of UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero will end in June, as the UC Regents approved a six-month extension of his contract, which was set to expire in December. Guerrero’s decision means the two major universities in Los Angeles are looking for athletic directors. Earlier this month, the University…

UPDATE, 4:27 PM: Running late out of a big donor shindig in Palo Alto earlier today, Air Force One has just landed at LAX nearly an hour behind schedule. As Donald Trump deplanes and gets in Marine One in the next few minutes for a possibly augmented trip to DTLA before his Beverly Hills fundraiser tonight, LAPD are…

A fight in the Rose Bowl parking lot after the UCLA/University of Oklahoma football game has left one man dead and another injured. Pasadena police said the shooting happened about 11:20 p.m., three hours after the game ended. UCLA was beaten by Oklahoma 48-14 in the game. Officers responded to a report of a fight in…

Late Friday evening, the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East have sent out a joint letter to membership outlining two new ways to connect with a franchised agent or manager. Earlier this month, the WGA reached out to personal managers to connect them with writers who are looking for new…

Jacob Gralitzer is already looking at up to a decade behind bars if found guilty for the killing of Noah Benardout last month. Now the parents of the deceased pedestrian are taking the industry accountant, the producers of Lights Out with David Spade and Viacom to California court for wrongful death. In an often-raw…

The page is turning this weekend from summer into what promises to be a busy fall season, filled with music, football and Lindsay Lohan. There will be no Ed Sheeran, though, at least on the concert stage. This week in music: NASHVILLE BRACES FOR BURNS: The Ken Burns documentary Country Music premieres on PBS September…

The Santa Monica Observer has issued a story following the coroner’s verdict today on the cause of death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, a report that largely vindicated the newspaper’s speculation on his cause of death. The newspaper was blasted by the Angels and Texas police after it published an earlier…

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from a mixture of the opioids fentanyl and oxycodone combined with alcohol, causing him to choke, according to a toxicology report released today by the Tarrant County, Texas medical examiner's office. The 27-year-old pitcher was found dead in his Texas hotel room on July…

From too many years in and around the movie business, I've consciously kept exactly one souvenir. It's a smallish chip of concrete, about 3" x 4", with some daubs of red and blue paint. Ray Stark gave it to me not quite thirty years ago. He was just back from the Berlin Film Festival, which in February of 1990 had…

Patricia Louisiana Knop, a film screenwriter and television producer known for 9 1/2 Weeks, Wild Orchid and the Showtime series Red Shoe Diaries, died at age 78 on Aug. 7 in Santa Monica, Calif. from what her publicist said was a lengthy illness. She was married for 46 years to producer/director Zalman King, who…

Peter Fonda, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his work in the groundbreaking Easy Rider, which he co-wrote, produced, and co-starred in, has died at age 79. The son of Hollywood legend Henry Fonda, brother of actress Jane Fonda, and father of actress Bridget Fonda, his death was confirmed by his publicist. “It…

EXCLUSIVE: As other Democratic candidates race to qualify for the next debates less than a month away, one candidate who definitely is in, donor favorite Mayor Pete Buttigieg, will be making another Hollywood fundraising swing, as will Sen. Kamala Harris. The mayor of South Bend, IN, is scheduled to headline a…