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What started out as a fun day dedicated to all things “Star Wars,” took a chaotic turn Saturday when a man carrying a toy gun prompted a large police response. The incident was reported at 12:15 p.m. during “Star Wars Reads Day” at the Silver Lake Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. The event at the library…

AMC Entertainment announced it has closed a $600 million strategic investment from Silver Lake, a tech-oriented investment firm, and will use part of the proceeds to buy back Class B common shares owned by the Dalian Wanda Group. The deal will give Silver Lake, which has stakes in companies including Alibaba, Tesla…

Veteran technology executive John Berkley has been named President at Cast & Crew, the Burbank-based payroll, accounting and production management firm. Berkley will assume his new role as of September 5, moving over from his job as Operating Executive at Silver Lake, Cast & Crew’s lead investor. In that position…

Cast & Crew Entertainment Services has sealed a deal to acquire CAPS Payroll, which will add commercial production, venues, music tours, live events, unscripted TV and independent film sectors to its growing base of payroll and production management services.  It’s the latest pickup for the company since Silver Lake…