2021 Oscars organisers planning to hold in-person telecast

None of us expected 2020 to be the year of a pandemic, but during these times businesses, organizations and people have adapted to the new normal. Our 2021 Best of LGBTQ LA Awards are adapting as well, but we will still celebrate the Los Angeles LGBTQ community.

Well, it sounds like things aren’t going quite as planned for Mossimo Giannulli as he continues to serve out his federal prison sentence in the aftermath of the college admissions scandal…

Robert Werden, a longtime film industry publicist who handled the Academy’s Oscars publicity for 18 years, has died. He was 94. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said he died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home but didn’t provide the date.

Megan Thee Stallion is in talks to perform live with Beyoncé at the 2021 Grammys next month.Next year’s ceremony will go ahead in-person despite the coronavirus pandemic, and will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31, 2021.Megan, who is up for a number of awards at the 2021 Grammys including Best New Artist, told the LA Times in a new interview that she’s currently in talks to perform ‘Savage’ with Beyoncé during the ceremony.The track has been nominated in three

EXCLUSIVE: UPDATE, 1:11 PM:  When and how Harvey Weinstein will be coming out to Los Angeles to face rape and other sexual assault charges won’t be known until next year.

Dale Sheets, a television pioneer and a manager for some of the top names in music, died on Monday in Los Angeles of heart failure at age 91. His death was confirmed by longtime family friend and former business associate Rob Wilcox.

A Los Angeles judge has tentatively ruled that Los Angeles County acted “arbitrarily” and without “rational” justification when it ordered a closure to all outdoor dining at restaurants as a coronavirus-control measure. Superior Court Judge James Chalfant notes, however, that due to the state’s overriding regional stay-at-home order that also includes an in-person dining ban, “outdoor restaurant dining in the county cannot reopen at this time.”

The day after Los Angeles County’s number of new cases topped 10,000 for the first time, state and local officials warned about the status of the region’s health care system.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorKeeping a movie theater running during the pandemic has been a monumental task, but planning for a new one to open after the pandemic is no picnic either.That’s the challenge facing Vidiots, the beloved Santa Monica, Calif. video store that closed in 2017 and last year announced plans to restore a vintage movie theater in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock.

Neve Campbell and Chelsea Handler were among the stars to show up in person for the 2020 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time, which aired on Sunday night (December 6).

The board of trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan said today that it will “vigorously contest” a class action lawsuit filed on Tuesday, calling it “entirely without merit.” Facing staggering deficits, the Plan announced in August that it will be raising premiums and earnings thresholds for coverage on January 1 in order to stay afloat, which will remove thousands of current recipients from coverage.

Notting Hill star Hugh Grant recently opened up about his hiatus from Hollywood. During a new interview, the 60-year-old The Undoing actor explained why he took a seven-year break from making movies in the late 2000s.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will join fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts in May 2021, the NBA annnounced Saturday.

Hugh Grant is opening up about his hiatus from Hollywood.

The NBA announced Saturday that it has set the date to celebrate its new Hall of Fame inductees, including the late Kobe Bryant.

Los Angeles residents may have trudged through the Thanksgiving holiday during the Covid-19 pandemic, but Los Angeles Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said Saturday that the county’s far from in the clear.