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UPDATED with latest: Despite 5 hours of work by firefighters and mental health professionals, a distraught man jumped to his death from a ledge atop the Hollywood & Highland shopping center. A Los Angeles Fire department statement indicated the man “plummeted to his death in an area where LAFD’s rescue air cushion was…

UPDATE, Friday AM: This list will be updated on a regular basis: As we first told you (scroll down) Hollywood’s 94-year-old TCL Chinese Theatre is reopening today, however for tours only. This will be followed by Imax showtimes of Tenet on Monday with a full official ribbon-cutting/reopening ceremony on Monday March…

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“And I’m gonna be 40!” Meg Ryan says between sobs. “When?” Billy Crystal asks. “Someday.” When Harry Met Sally … is only turning 30 next year, actually, but the king of the modern rom-com will get an opening-night anniversary screening at the 10th annual TCM Classic Film Festival, organizers said today. Ryan, Crystal…

A perfect storm of traffic is brewing in Hollywood this weekend, and city officials have taken notice. Los Angeles authorities said today that Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Orange Drive and Highland Avenue from 2 AM Saturday until 1 AM Sunday because of the Ghostbusters premiere at the TCL Chinese…

David Bloom is a Deadline contributor. It was a two-continent crush of crazy at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood today when Feng Xiaogang became the first Chinese director to sinks his hands and shoes into wet cement for posterity at the storied venue. Feng, who has directed more than 20 mostly comedy films in…

Here’s the formal announcement of the arrangement we reported yesterday: HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 12, 2013 – IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Chinese Theatres LLC today announced an agreement to add an IMAX® theatre to the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, through an extensive transformation of the…

Sources tell me that a deal for IMAX to take over the iconic theater on Hollywood Boulevard is nearly complete, subject to permitting approval. The news comes just a few months after Chinese TV maker TCL paid more than $5 million for the naming rights to the venue which is now called TCL Chinese Theatre. With IMAX…

The Hollywood cultural and historic landmark opened in 1927 by Sid Grauman will now be called TCL Chinese Theatre under the 10-year, $5 million deal with Chinese TV firm TCL Group. As part of the agreement, TCL will help fund improvements to the property and has agreed to sponsor a national and international marketing…