Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a major donor to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee with obstructing a federal investigation into whether foreign nationals unlawfully contributed to the inaugural celebrations. The donor, Imaad Zuberi, recently pleaded guilty in a separate case in Los Angeles to campaign ...
Los Angeles prosecutors indicted Harvey Weinstein on Monday on sex crime charges just hours after the former film producer appeared in a New York court for the start of his rape trial, which has become a focal point for the #MeToo movement. Weinstein had been ...
Provocative British comic Ricky Gervais will host the Golden Globes for a record fifth time in January, organizers announced Tuesday. The annual film and television awards are seen by many as an important bellwether for Oscars success, but the ceremony's more informal — and often ...
Capsule pods are one option for budding artists trying to live in pricey LA
Kay Wilson packed up her life in a hurry and moved to Los Angeles ... only to find that what she paid in Pennsylvania for a nice studio apartment would only get her a 2.9-sq.-meter box in California. Her new home is a capsule, inspired ...
Exhibition about Japanese American A-bomb victims opens at Los Angeles museum
An exhibition featuring the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki opened Saturday in Los Angeles, telling the stories of Japanese Americans who were in the two cities when the bombs were dropped in August 1945. Marking the 75th anniversary of the bombings, the Japanese ...
Trump accuser Summer Zervos says phone records bolster her assault claim
A former reality-TV star who claims Donald Trump sexually assaulted her at a private dinner meeting more than a decade ago said newly unsealed phone records disclosed as part of her defamation lawsuit against the president corroborate elements of her story. Summer Zervos, a former ...
After 50 years, conductor Zubin Mehta to take final bow with Israeli orchestra
Superstar conductor Zubin Mehta, 83, takes to the Tel Aviv stage on Sunday for his final performance as music director of the Israel Philharmonic, retiring after 50 years with the orchestra. The performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony is to be ...
Trump takes aim at blue state California over homeless crisis
U.S. President Donald Trump hit out at California Tuesday over the handling of its homelessness crisis, which he said was destroying cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles and prompting foreign residents to flee. "We can't let Los Angeles, San Francisco and numerous other cities ...
Sony agrees to acquire Spider-Man video game developer Insomniac
Sony Corp. agreed to buy Insomniac Games Inc., the studio behind last year's hit, Marvel's Spider-Man, as part of a push to stay competitive by acquiring independent game studios. The studio, based in Burbank, California, and Durham, North Carolina, was founded 25 years ago by ...
American Airlines will pay $90 million over 10 years to sponsor the new home of the NFL's Rams and Chargers, becoming the first official partner for billionaire Stan Kroenke's new Los Angeles Stadium. American Airlines agreed to sponsor the 2.5-acre space that serves as main ...
Aika Miyake: Film editor makes the cut in both Japan and U.S
There aren't many female filmmakers in Japan, making even fewer female film editors. Aika Miyake is an exception.
