Penny Marshall, who costarred as a Milwaukee brewery worker in the top-rated 1970s and ’80s sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming a director of hit movies such as “Big” and “A League of Their Own,” has died. She was 75. Marshall died peacefully on Monday night in her Hollywood Hills home due… Source: latimes.com – […]
Blog: Director Martin Campbell cuts the price of Pacific Palisades villa
Film director Martin Campbell and his wife, singer-actress Sol Romero, have once again trimmed the price of their Mediterranean villa-style home in the Pacific Palisades. The 10,632-square-foot home is now on the market for $9.25 million. It was listed for $10.5 million in 2016 and $9.5 million… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Skyrocketing public pensions, long injury leaves and big bills for taxpayers: Inside L.A.’s DROP program
A: Michel Moore, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, got a $1.27-million DROP payment and started collecting his $240,000 pension when he retired, briefly, earlier this year. In a highly unusual maneuver approved by Mayor Eric Garcetti, Moore was rehired about a month later into the same job at the same salary. A few […]
Blog: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ is more than a movie. It’s a comic book come to life
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is unlike any “Spider-Man” movie that has come before it. Sure, it’s the first that centers on the story of Miles Morales, a black-Latino teen whose ascendance as New York’s newest friendly neighborhood hero updates a theme that has long been associated with … Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News
Blog: ‘Fresh Prince’ star Alfonso Ribeiro sues video game companies over use of ‘Carlton Dance’
Ribeiro is the latest in a string of celebrities to sue “Fortnite” creators over dance moves used in the game. Rapper 2 Milly, who created the “Milly Rock,” and Russell Horning, a.k.a. the Backpack Kid, who created the “Floss” dance move, also filed lawsuits this month. Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ is more than a movie. It’s a comic book come to life
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is unlike any “Spider-Man” movie that has come before it. Sure, it’s the first that centers on the story of Miles Morales, a black-Latino teen whose ascendance as New York’s newest friendly neighborhood hero updates a theme that has long been associated with … Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times