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Susan Sarandon spent the Christmas holiday on the Greek island of Lesbos assisting international organizations with the mounting Syrian refugee crisis — a crisis, she says, that recalls the travails of Joseph and Mary on their way to the Inn in Bethlehem.

Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis unloaded on President Obama’s foreign policy “uncertainty,” praised Donald Trump’s showmanship, and offered up his own thoughts on the Syrian refugee crisis in a recent interview with the Catholic network EWTN.

Twitter has hired former Apple executive Jeffery Siminoff, a white male, as vice president of diversity and inclusion, the company announced Monday.

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.”

Motorhead bassist and vocalist Ian Fraser Kilmister died in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 70.

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.

David Spade is unimpressed with the President and First Lady’s constant appearances on reality television and talk shows.

Construction is set to begin next month on the new galaxy-sized Star Wars expansion at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.

Business is booming at Southern California ski resorts following disappointing snow seasons over the last few years.

Comedian Sarah Silverman offered up a warm holiday greeting to her seven and a half million Twitter followers on Christmas Day.

Robert Downey, Jr. received an official pardon from California Gov. Jerry Brown on Christmas Eve for his 1996 drug conviction in the state.

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.”

“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.

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

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.

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.

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.

California water regulators could relax statewide conservation rules even as the state enters a likely fifth year of record drought.

Madonna wouldn’t let a measly curfew cut her concert short on Sunday — she simply finished up her set sans power.

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.

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

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.

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.”

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.

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.

Miss Puerto Rico, Destiny Vélez, was suspended indefinitely from the Miss America competition on Friday for a series of tweets deemed anti-Muslim.

California’s record drought and the state’s inability to manage it has created shantytowns reminiscent of Great Depression-era “Hoovervilles” in once-vibrant agricultural communities across the Golden State.

Former Canadian Armed Forces sniper and Ottawa City Councillor Jody Mitic joined Breitbart News Daily on Friday morning to discuss his new book Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper and how he battled back from a devastating war injury to forge a successful career in politics.

Homeland star Mandy Patinkin offered up some advice for those wishing to make Syrian refugees welcome in the United States of America.

A woman was arrested Thursday for starting a fight with another woman and a security guard inside a Victoria’s Secret store in a NorCal mall.

A 22-year-old Fremont man was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday for attempting to join a terrorist group in Syria.

Bruce Jenner is Barbara Walters’ “Most Fascinating Person of 2015.” Walters bestowed the honor on the former Olympian and “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star during her annual ABC television special Thursday night.

Movie theaters across the country are bracing for large holiday crowds this weekend by adding additional security measures — including armed guards and metal detection checks — as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” rolls out on more than 4,000 screens nationwide amidst lingering fears of terror attacks.

As Star Wars fans gear up for Friday’s release of “The Force Awakens” on Friday, some have turned to the Dark Side to celebrate — sales of one particular Star Wars-themed porn film have skyrocketed in the past two weeks.

Disney has beefed up security protocols at its theme parks in Anaheim, California and Orlando, Florida as fears of terrorism have grown in recent weeks due to recent high-profile deadly attacks in San Bernardino and Paris.

Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli was arrested Thursday for allegedly lying about her place of residence to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes.