Former LAPD Sgt. Jim Parker appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Monday to battle a $10,000 fine imposed by the Los Angeles Ethics Commission stemming from a 2014 incident in which he was falsely accused of racism by actress Daniele Watts.
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, Girls star and showrunner Lena Dunham, Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones, Buzzfeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith, late-night host Jimmy Fallon and Grammy Award-winning musician Alicia Keys are among those featured in Hollywood trade publication Variety’s 2016 “New Power of New York” list.
Monday night’s first presidential debate between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump was the most-watched political debate in history, according to early ratings figures.
Pop star and outspoken Hillary Clinton supporter Katy Perry stripped down to her birthday suit to head to the ballot box in a new voter registration PSA produced by liberal comedy website Funny or Die.
Hollywood trade publication Variety will host its first conference on diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry in November, the outlet announced Monday.
While live-tweeting during Monday night’s highly-charged first presidential debate, outspoken liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore contended that Republican Donald Trump “won” the contest over his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.
Like millions of Americans watching at home across the country, Hollywood celebrities were glued to their Twitter accounts Monday night during the first presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump — and emotions ran high during the showdown.
Hit ABC comedy Modern Family will become the first television show to feature a transgender child actor in an episode slated to air this week.
Days after having Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appear as a guest on his popular Funny or Die web series Between Two Ferns, actor Zach Galifianakis said he wouldn’t extend the same invitation to Republican Donald Trump.
MTV will revive its popular early-2000s television program Total Request Live, or TRL, on Tuesday in honor of National Voter Registration Day, re-branding the program “Total Registration Live” and bringing on a slew of artists and celebrities to help with its campaign.
Fox Searchlight has teamed with several independent movie theater chains on a voter registration initiative that will sign up voters in theater lobbies ahead of screenings of the Nat Turner slave rebellion drama The Birth of a Nation.
President Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio will meet at the White House on October 3 to discuss ways to end climate change, the White House announced Sunday.
Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi is concerned that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a chance to win the White House in November.
Newly announced Saturday Night Live cast member Melissa Villaseñor — the first Latina cast member in the show’s four-decade history — has come under fire for apparently deleting thousands of tweets from her social media account that critics have deemed racist.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Saturday a measure that requires film and television industry casting websites to remove actors’ ages upon request, in what supporters hope will be an important step in combatting age discrimination in Hollywood.
Kim Kardashian released a statement on her website this weekend re-affirming her support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, after an interview published Friday in which she said she was undecided between Clinton and Republican Donald Trump caused a stir on social media.
Veterans groups were left outraged after producers for the upcoming Transformers film decorated the home where former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was born with Nazi flags to film a scene this week.
Just a few weeks after dedicating a song to a concertgoer who handed him a Constitution scrawled with the phrase, “F*ck Trump,” rocker Bruce Springsteen ripped the Republican presidential candidate in an interview, calling him a “moron” whose candidacy is “tragic” for America.
Artist Brian Andrew Whiteley’s “Trump Tomstone,” a fake tombstone belonging to the Republican presidential candidate which caused a media frenzy when it appeared in Central Park in March, will go on display Friday at an art gallery in Brooklyn.
ABC has acquired Magnum, a television series sequel to the 1980s detective show Magnum P.I., with the series set to focus on the private eye’s daughter.
Merle Haggard is set to make a posthumous entrance into Colorado’s marijuana market when a strain of cannabis the late musician helped to develop hits the state’s dispensaries in the coming months.
Citizens United Productions will release the documentary film Torchbearer, starring Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson, in select theaters across the country on October 7, the organization announced this week.
Brad Pitt is reportedly under investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services over an incident last week in which he was allegedly verbally and physically abusive toward his children, according to a report.
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has weighed in on the debate about racism in Hollywood, telling the BBC in an interview that it is “pretty undeniable” that the movie business discriminates against actors and actresses on the basis of skin color.
Writer-director Joss Whedon has assembled his Avengers cast — and a bevy of other Hollywoods stars — for an anti-Donald Trump campaign ad released Wednesday timed to the launch of his Save the Day PAC, which encourages Americans to vote on Election Day.
Coincidence or crafty marketing?
Democratic vie presidential candidate Tim Kaine was the guest of honor at a fundraiser hosted by UTA managing director Jay Sures on Tuesday in Los Angeles, where he confidently predicted that his running mate, Hillary Clinton, would win the election in November.
Sony released the first trailer for the much-hyped sci-fi thriller Passengers early Tuesday morning. The film follows Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) and Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence), two people on an intergalactic mission to colonize a far-away planet who are woken up just
Fox News host Megyn Kelly is set to produce a new comedy series centered on a group of overwhelmed journalists who cover elections out on the presidential campaign trail.
Astronomically high parking prices outside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for patrons headed to Los Angeles Rams games could be just the thing the city needs to combat congestion and encourage fans to use trains and buses, public transportation activists say.
Wrigley — the company behind the popular Skittles brand — responded to Donald Trump Jr.’s use of an analogy involving the candy to illustrate a point about the Syrian refugee crisis in a statement on Tuesday.
Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from her longtime partner Brad Pitt, according to a report.
Disney found itself at the center of another controversy this week after fans took to social media to complain that a Halloween costume based on one of the studio’s upcoming animated films appropriates Polynesian culture and is “basically full-body brownface for kids.”
YG — the rapper behind the song “F*ck Donald Trump” — opened up his concert tour of the same name in San Diego on Sunday by inviting fans onstage to beat a piñata bearing the likeness of the Republican presidential candidate.
Jim Carrey was sued Monday for wrongful death by the family of his late girlfriend Cathriona White, with the woman’s estranged husband claiming the actor illegally obtained and provided the prescription medications that led to her death in 2014.
While host Jimmy Kimmel and several other TV stars skewered Donald Trump during the 68th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday night, Hollywood Democrats were quietly panicking over the Republican presidential candidate’s election chances while mingling during pre- and post-Emmy parties, according to a report.
Initial ratings are in for Sunday night’s 68th annual Emmy Awards, and they’re as bleak as most of the winners’ jokes about Donald Trump during the broadcast.
Pop superstar Lady Gaga is reportedly set to headline the 2017 NFL Super Bowl halftime show, according to a report.
The hottest talent on television gathered in Los Angeles Sunday night for the 68th annual Emmy Awards, where perennial HBO juggernaut Game of Thrones and FX true-crime crowd-pleaser The People vs. O.J. Simpson won big — but the night’s biggest star arguably was Donald Trump, as presenters and winners seemingly couldn’t stop talking about the Republican presidential candidate.
Actor Jason Lee has become the latest celebrity to confirm he is no longer practicing Scientology.
