9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (302+ words) There will be harsh job losses and severe economic pain if Paramount carries out its threat to leave California over the antitrust action a coalition of blue state Attorneys General are pursuing to stop David Ellison‘s $111 billion merger with…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (215+ words) Ocean Way Festival has been canceled because of beach erosion caused by Hurricane Marie. The two-day festival was scheduled for Saturday, September 26, and Sunday, September 27, with headliners The Killers and Olivia Dean, along with artists like Jack White, Sublime, Alvvays,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (242+ words) Mariska Hargitay, coming off her own double Emmy win last weekend, is gearing up to host the Primetime Emmys on Monday, and there’s none better than Jimmy Kimmel, a three-time host himself, for some advice. Hargitay sat down with Kimmel…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (507+ words) As sweetened production incentives roll out in Texas, an Austin-based company wants to help filmmakers capture the maximum possible rebate from the Lone Star State and beyond. Its new platform called Goldenrod is now live for productions based in Texas,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (432+ words) While crews toiled away building out the Peacock Theater ahead of Monday’s 78th annual Emmy Awards, host Mariska Hargitay sparkled in the sun as she rolled out the blue carpet alongside the show’s producers. She may have spent nearly three decades…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (339+ words) What wine pairs well with beefcake? Burgundy, of course. That’s the conclusion one might reasonably draw from the new documentary directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw that’s set in the famous wine-making region of France. Among the colorful personnages…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (269+ words) Beyond Fest will open its 2026 edition with Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime and close with Bassam Tariq’s Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother as the Los Angeles-set genre festival revealed its full lineup Wednesday. The fest, which runs September 23-October 6, will feature…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (757+ words) Los Angeles elected officials spent several hours on Wednesday grilling city leaders on ways to streamline the region’s film and television production processes, and the answer largely came down to more funding. “I have approached this work with a simple…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (187+ words) Heads turned across West Los Angeles this afternoon as smoke rose near the Getty Center. According to the Watch Duty app, evacuation warnings were issued for two areas of Brentwood at about 4:40 p.m. An Evacuation Warning means anyone in the area…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (859+ words) By Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten Among many D.C. lobbyists, when the bet is on whether a piece of legislation will pass Congress or not, the rule of thumb always is to take the latter. Yet, a long-desired federal film and television…...