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Battle For L.A.: Incumbent Karen Bass On Trump Backing Pratt For Mayor, LAPD Control, ParaBros Deal & Protecting Hollywood Jobs For Angelenos

Editor’s note: In what could be one of the most consequential elections in Los Angeles’ history, the race this year for mayor sees two former allies in an increasingly sharp bid to take over City Hall. With many issues in the contest between incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman and reality TV vet Spencer Pratt impacting the entertainment industry, Deadline […]

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Leah McSweeney Claims ‘RHONY’ Smear Campaign From NBCU Exec & Andy Cohen In Bid To Save Booze- & Drug-Drenched Lawsuit

Whatever else you want to say about Leah McSweeney, it can’t be denied that the Real Housewives of New York alum is persistent when it comes to her lawsuit against reality kingpin Andy Cohen, Bravo and its parent company NBCUniversal, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Hoping to fight off a dismissal motion from Cohen and the […]

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Hollywood Legal Hustle: Amazon & Vice Smacked With Defamation Suit Over Docuseries On “Millennial Madoff” & $650M Ponzi Scheme

The former business partner of the incarcerated “midwestern, millennial Madoff” who ripped off investors and pals to the tune of $650 million with promises of lucrative licensing rights to HBO and Netflix flicks is plenty peeved at Amazon Studios, Vice Studios and director Rebecca Chaikin. “As a result of Defendants’ desire to sensationalize the Series and […]

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Jill Biden Admits She Thought Joe Biden Was “Having A Stroke” During Disastrous 2024 Debate With Trump: “I Had Never Ever Seen Joe Like That”

Watching the 2024 debate with Donald Trump that killed Joe Biden’s re-election hopes, then-First Lady Dr. Jill Biden now admits she thought her husband might actually be dying or in medical danger onstage. “I don’t know what happened,” Dr. Biden tells CBS News Sunday Morning‘s Rita Braver in a piece set to run this weekend. […]

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California Governor Frontrunner Xavier Becerra Wants To Save Hollywood, But Offers Few Specifics

Leading in the polls to be the next governor or California, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra is holding to the physician oath of “do no harm,” at least when it comes to his plans to preserve and grow production in the home of Hollywood. “I will defend what has been […]

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It’s Bass Vs. Pratt: Early L.A. Mayor Election Results Leaning Towards Incumbent Against ‘Hills’ Villain In The Fall

UPDATE, 7 a.m. Wednesday: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will be on the ballot in November, a result that was not surprising based on recent polls, but comfort nonetheless given voter discontent in the city. The Associated Press declared that Bass would make the general election. Reality star Spencer Pratt was still in second place, […]

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OpenAI Is A Menace And Sam Altman Knows It, Florida AG Declares; “Danger Of Addiction … Suicide, Violence & Related Harms”

With a blistering lawsuit filed Monday, the state of Florida may succeed where Elon Musk failed in bringing OpenAI and Sam Altman to heel. “Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said this morning after filing an 83-page complaint in the Sunshine State’s […]

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Canada Shakes: Montreal Canadiens Fans Trigger Earthquakes Celebrating NHL Playoffs Win Over Buffalo

The Montreal Canadiens’ 3-2 overtime win on Monday against the Buffalo Sabres literally made the Earth move. Might seem smalltime to LA residents, but Natural Resources Canada seismographs registered tremors of 0.5 on on the Richter scale during both the May 16 at-home NHL playoff in the Canadian metropolis and similar shakes during the away game […]

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Colbert Finale: Joe Biden & Hillary Clinton Praise ‘Late Show’ Host’s Decade Long CBS Run; Ex-POTUS Says “America Could Always Count On A Laugh”

Donald Trump has unsurprisingly promised to chime in later on long time foe Stephen Colbert’s late night departure tonight, but two of the ex-Apprentice host’s political rivals Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton have already had their say on the Late Show finale. There aren’t many who can make people think and laugh at the same […]

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Colbert’s Next Act?: Ex-‘Late Show’ Host’s New YouTube Channel Way More Interesting Than BS That CBS Tried To Quash His Public Access Special

Stephen Colbert may have revealed what his next move is now that the Late Show is over on CBS. At the same time, CBS has absolutely revealed that they were behind Colbert’s May 22 Michigan public access special, the one that aired the day after the long-running network late-night franchise came to an end. In […]

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Nick Reiner Seeks $1.5M Trust Fund To Pay For Murder Defense: “The Harm Is Irreparable… Trustee Withholds Funds That Are Already Nick’s”

Facing the possibility of the death penalty for the murder of his parents last year, Nick Reiner is trying to get the best defense money can buy by unlocking a $1.5 million trust fund Rob and Michelle Reiner set up for him decades ago. “Nick has a defense to present in the criminal case, and […]

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Fired Scott Pelley Decries “Heartbreaking” Submission To Trump By CBS, Paramount: “Incompetence & Unprofessionalism In The New Management Have Wreaked Havoc”

“The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable,” Scott Pelley said late Tuesday just hours after being fired from CBS News after almost 40 years at the network. “The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well,” the former CBS Evening News anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent added in […]

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