Category: Entertainment News

Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actress and mother of Laura Dern, dies at 89

Oscar-nominated actress Diane Ladd, who appeared in such films as “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Chinatown,” has died at the age of 89. Ladd’s daughter Laura Dern confirmed her mother’s passing in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times. Diane Ladd speaks at the Read More

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, vocalist for Grateful Dead dies: reports

(NEXSTAR) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who sang with the Grateful Dead in the 1970s, has died, according to multiple reports. She was 78. Godchaux died Sunday at a Nashville hospice facility, her family said in a statement shared with the San Francisco Chronicle. Her representative told Rolling Stone that Godchaux Read More

‘It: Welcome to Derry’ episode 2 recap/review: Horror pickles

(KTLA) — The second episode of HBO’s “It: Welcome to Derry” premiered Friday, serving up more “King”-sized scares for Halloween and beyond. The episode, “The Thing in the Dark,” follows the thrilling series premiere earlier this week by delving deeper into the evils at work in the fictional Maine hamlet. Read More

Reports: Son of rap executive, alleged Rolling 60’s Crips leader shot dead in L.A. 

The son of a prominent figure in the L.A. rap community and alleged gang leader was shot and killed outside a smoke shop late Friday night, according to reports. A spokesperson from the Los Angeles Police Department stated that officers were dispatched to the intersection of 69th Street and Figueroa Street in South L.A. at 11:11 p.m. Read More

Holiday movie nights return to L.A. with outdoor screenings, historic mansion tours

A winter-themed movie series will take over Los Angeles’ Heritage Square Museum and offer outdoor screenings of holiday classics surrounded by Victorian homes, simulated snowfall and seasonal drinks. Starting Saturday, Nov. 29, the annual Yuletide Cinemaland features themed double features like “Elf” and “A Christmas Story,” “The Santa Clause” and Read More

MTV’s hit show ‘Ridiculousness’ canceled after 14 years, 46 seasons

MTV is ending one of its most notorious and long-running shows, “Ridiculousness,” sources familiar confirmed to KTLA on Friday morning. As of Halloween, no more original episodes of the 14-year-long series will be produced. Instead, new, previously produced first-run episodes will continue to air on MTV to finish out the Read More

Hollywood producer sentenced to 146 years in prison for murdering 2 women, multiple rapes

A Hollywood producer was sentenced to 146 years to life in prison for the overdose deaths of two women and for sexually assaulting seven others. David Pearce, 43, was arrested in 2021 for the fentanyl-induced murders of Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, 26, and Christy Giles, 24, according to the Los Angeles Read More

‘It: Welcome to Derry’ episode 1 recap/review: (Don’t) send in the clown

(KTLA) — Just in time for Halloween, HBO’s “It: Welcome to Derry” has finally arrived with a spine-tingling premiere that lays out a fresh tapestry of intrigue while also harkening back to what we loved about Andy Muschietti’s adaptations of Stephen King’s “It.” And episode 1 isn’t clowning around with Read More