Tonight the Television Academy in North Hollywood presented a panel discussion with Seth Meyers, and perhaps the audience might have expected a heavy dose of Trump gags and witty political snark from the Late Night With Seth Meyers host – particularly in light of this week's controversial news about Alabama's…

Applications for the second Native American Feature Film Writers Lab are now open, part of the LA Skins Fest. The 10-week workshop will develop the skills of the under-served Native American community and prepare them for employment in the film industry. The LA Skins Fest will select five Native American writers to…

Stan Lee is sadly gone, but the Marvel icon is far from forgotten, especially in the L.A. County District Attorney's office. Jackie Lacey's crew has hit the Spider-Man and Avengers co-creator's former business manager with elder abuse charges. Keya Morgan is facing one felony count of false imprisonment of an elder…

Donna Langley, the chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment, invoked the late director John Singleton today in her commencement speech for the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Class of 2019, reminding the audience to “touch what is human” in all audiences. Langley, who joined the USC School of Cinematic Arts Board of…

The E! People's Choice Awards will return to the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica for its 2019 broadcast, set to air on Sunday, Nov. 10 from 9-11 ET/PT. All 43 categories will be brought back, including "The Movie of 2019," "The Show 2019," "The Album 2019" and "The Beauty Influencer of 2019" Den of Thieves' Jesse…

UPDATE, 2:45 PM: Pete Buttigieg may be the Democrat running for President soaking up the L.A. spotlight today but the South Bend, Indiana Mayor is going to have to get a fundraising move on if he wants to catch up with Joe Biden. The former Vice-President’s big bucks get-together in former Ambassador to Spain and…

EXCLUSIVE: Lewis Rothenberg has been elected president of the Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600, defeating longtime incumbent Steven Poster, who'd been president since 2006. Several other incumbents were also defeated. Christy Fiers was elected 1st national vice president, defeating incumbent Paul Varrieur…

A private funeral for director John Singleton’s will be held on Monday, May 6th in Los Angeles, but a statement from his family indicated a larger memorial will be held “in a few weeks to celebrate his life.” The Monday services are described as a “very small, intimate goodbye for family and very close friends.”  It…

Almost a year after being pulled over at a Manhattan Beach police checkpoint and first refusing a sobriety test, Vince Vaughn faced justice Friday and will walk away with a lesser charge and no jail time. The Wedding Crashers star himself wasn't in Los Angeles Superior Court today, but his attorney entered a "no…

Director John Singleton is now in a coma, according to court documents filed by his mother in pursuit of a conservatorship on the stricken film director. Singleton suffered a major stroke in mid-month and has since been hospitalized, but this is the first report of his grave condition. The court documents were filed…

UPDATE 3:23 PM: If Roman Polanski and his legal representatives thought the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences was going to hand back his membership quickly after he took the Oscar organization to court today, they were incorrect. “The procedures taken to expel Mr. Polanski were fair and reasonable,” an…

EXCLUSIVE: Change comes slowly to Hollywood’s venerable Musso & Frank restaurant. The so-called “new room” for dining opened in 1955; the menu didn’t offer a hamburger sandwich until recent times; and waiters seem to serve a lifetime appointment. But now celebrating its 100th anniversary, the iconic Hollywood Boulevard…