
In a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter, veteran actor and “Hateful Eight” star Samuel L. Jackson said that an increase in racial profiling sentiment following recent terror attacks is turning Muslim Americans into “the new young black men.”
by Daniel Nussbaum29 Dec 2015, 8:35 AM PST0

The average price of gas is below $2 per gallon in more than half of the United States, but prices at California pumps are creeping higher due to maintenance issues at refineries across the Golden State.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 Dec 2015, 9:40 PM PST0

Motorhead bassist and vocalist Ian Fraser Kilmister died in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 70.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 Dec 2015, 7:06 PM PST0

A prankster had some Christmas fun over the weekend by programming–or reprogramming–a California highway traffic sign with a message supporting the frontrunner in the Republican presidential race.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 Dec 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

David Spade is unimpressed with the President and First Lady’s constant appearances on reality television and talk shows.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 Dec 2015, 10:17 AM PST0

At least one police union has seemingly abandoned its plans to boycott Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight in the wake of the director’s participation in an anti-police brutality rally in October and his subsequent escalating rhetoric against law enforcement.
by Daniel Nussbaum27 Dec 2015, 5:56 PM PST0

Construction is set to begin next month on the new galaxy-sized Star Wars expansion at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.
by Daniel Nussbaum27 Dec 2015, 2:27 PM PST0

Business is booming at Southern California ski resorts following disappointing snow seasons over the last few years.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Dec 2015, 5:53 PM PST0

Comedian Sarah Silverman offered up a warm holiday greeting to her seven and a half million Twitter followers on Christmas Day.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Dec 2015, 4:17 PM PST0

Robert Downey, Jr. received an official pardon from California Gov. Jerry Brown on Christmas Eve for his 1996 drug conviction in the state.
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Dec 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

Country music star Miranda Lambert recently opened up about the craziest gifts she gets for Christmas — revealing that one fan sends her firearms every year, which she finds “pretty badass.”
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Dec 2015, 11:17 AM PST0

“Star Wars” star Mark Hamill ditched a promotional appearance for “The Force Awakens” this week in order to visit sick children at a London hospital.
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Dec 2015, 10:20 AM PST0

Plentiful snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains this week has brought good tidings for drought-ravaged California–but less pleasant news for millions of motorists who will take to the state’s main interstate for Christmas travel. Snowpack levels for the mountain range
by Daniel Nussbaum24 Dec 2015, 12:30 AM PST0

For all the vitriol he’s directed at Donald Trump in recent weeks, Michael Moore does believe one thing — Trump will definitely win the Republican presidential nomination, which the filmmaker thinks is helping generate interest in his latest movie.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Dec 2015, 2:23 PM PST0

Three-time Grammy-winning singer and actress Bette Midler is enjoying the unseasonably warm pre-Christmas weather in New York City — by blaming “climate deniers” for the phenomenon.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Dec 2015, 1:17 PM PST0

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is working to determine how a screener copy of Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film “The Hateful Eight” leaked online, where it has already been illegally downloaded more than a million times.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Dec 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

California water regulators could relax statewide conservation rules even as the state enters a likely fifth year of record drought.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Dec 2015, 12:04 PM PST0

Madonna wouldn’t let a measly curfew cut her concert short on Sunday — she simply finished up her set sans power.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Dec 2015, 10:48 AM PST0

The first trailer for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” a film set in the same universe as the Harry Potter novels, was released online this week.
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Dec 2015, 12:24 AM PST0

The first trailer for Star Trek Beyond debuted this week. The third installment in the revamped franchise is the first not to be directed by J.J. Abrams, who was presumably busy working on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Justin Lin
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Dec 2015, 12:18 AM PST0

Tina Fey’s Netflix series “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” has been accused of racism — but the series co-creator and former 30 Rock star doesn’t really care if viewers find the show offensive.
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Dec 2015, 8:09 PM PST0

Tina Fey stars as a journalist in way over her head in war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first trailer for next year’s “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.”
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Dec 2015, 5:28 PM PST0

Grammy Award-winning R&B star R. Kelly walked off during a live interview with the Huffington Post on Monday after apparently becoming increasingly uncomfortable with questions regarding past sexual assault accusations against him.
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Dec 2015, 3:39 PM PST0

Quentin Tarantino continues to stand by anti-police comments he made earlier this fall in a new interview, saying he “completely rejects” the “bad apples” argument that only a small number of police officers behave inappropriately on the job.
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Dec 2015, 1:37 PM PST0

Miss Puerto Rico, Destiny Vélez, was suspended indefinitely from the Miss America competition on Friday for a series of tweets deemed anti-Muslim.
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Dec 2015, 4:02 AM PST0