NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Steve Buscemi is OK after he was punched in the face by a man on a New York City street, his publicist said Sunday. The 66-year-old star of “Fargo” and “Boardwalk Empire” was assaulted late Wednesday morning in Manhattan and taken to a nearby hospital Read More
(The Hill) — Dozens of students walked out of the Duke University commencement ceremony ahead of Jerry Seinfeld’s scheduled speech Sunday, apparently in protest of the Jewish comedian’s support for Israel, according to news reports and videos circulated on social media. As Seinfeld received his honorary degree, before beginning his Read More
On Friday, May 10, 2024, the KTLA newsroom changed forever. It was around noon when the news came in of Sam Rubin’s passing. It came to the assignment desk first, where KTLA hears the heartbeat of Los Angeles, something Rubin has been for more than three decades. For the next Read More
From sports teams to television networks to KTLA viewers, tributes continue to pour in for Sam Rubin | KTLA Skip to content
Sam Rubin has always been Los Angeles’ entertainment reporter, even in high school. In footage sent to KTLA, Rubin was part of the “Student News” broadcast in the late 1970s, when he attended high school. “Student News” was a television production prepared by students of LAUSD, broadcasting in 1977. Sporting Read More
Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98. Corman died Thursday at his home in Read More
A year after the “Barbenheimer” cultural frenzy that raked in hundreds of millions for Hollywood, the movie-making business is entering summer with no clear blockbuster on the horizon and lingering questions about the future of movie theaters. Universal’s “The Fall Guy,” was seen by many box office watchers as the potential spark Read More
Longtime KTLA entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, who suddenly passed away Friday at the age of 64, is properly being remembered by friends and colleagues as an innovator in TV news and show business. But one innovation, as Rubin himself would probably admit, may stand above the rest: how to maximize Read More
The KTLA family shared some laughs and tears on Saturday morning as they remembered their longtime friend and colleague Sam Rubin. Reporter Carlos Herrera recalled that the legend himself was the first coworker to send him a greeting when he started at the station four years ago. “I’m what he Read More
It was evident that Sam Rubin loved his job as entertainment anchor at KTLA, but out of the many roles he assumed over the years, none was more important to him than being a father and husband. Rubin brought his home family and his work family together often, giving many Read More
