Critics' Conversation: Maher, 'Messiah,' 'Mank' and Other Oscar Odds and Ends

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers are in Los Angeles now after their trip to the Kentucky Derby last week!

Rihanna is looking stunning as always, and she’s debuting a new look!

Nearly two months after the season 25 finale of “The Bachelor”, Matt James is opening up about where his relationship with Rachael Kirkconnell stands now.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of six creative leaders in comedy honored for Variety‘s 2021 Power of Women. For more, click here.Over the course of 30 years, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has created Emmy-winning characters that are landmarks for women in pop culture. Her Elaine Benes on “Seinfeld” is your old friend who may be kind of awful; her Selina Meyer on “Veep” is your elected official who definitely is.

Bain Capital Real Estate said Tuesday it’s submitted plans with the city of Los Angeles to invest $450 million to develop a five acre studio site on Santa Monica Boulevard.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmett/Furla Films has set The Fortress as a trilogy, with Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray and Kelly Greyson starring for director Cullen Bressack. The first installment began production today in Puerto Rico, and EFF has set a back-to-back shoot. The franchise has been constructed as a trilogy, and the third film will shoot in the future.

The ArcLight Cinemas in Santa Monica face an eviction lawsuit from the Santa Monica Place for non-payment of rent.

Paul Weller has discussed getting sober, saying he gets “more from music” now than when he was drinking.The former frontman of The Jam has been sober since 2010, and reflected on the differences in his life now during a new interview.In a new piece in The Guardian, which saw Weller answer questions from fans, one asked: “Since you’ve become sober, your lyrics are deeper and more soulful, musically more diverse. It’s given you a whole new lease of life.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe owner of the Santa Monica Place mall has filed a lawsuit seeking to evict the ArcLight Theatre for non-payment of rent.Macerich, the real estate investment trust that owns the mall, served an eviction notice on April 13, the day after Pacific Theatres announced that it would permanently close all 17 of its ArcLight and Pacific locations.The eviction notice gave Pacific seven days to pay $368,841.60 or forfeit the premises.

Kelly Osbourne is speaking out against “cancel culture” and defending her mom Sharon Osbourne, following her controversial exit from The Talk.The 36-year-old TV personality, who previously had a viral moment on the popular show during a conversation about Mexican immigrants, explained that instead of cancel culture, there should be “counsel culture.”She also admitted that “the world is scary right now,” so it’s important to educate people, and give them “a gentle nudge in the right direction,”

The inaugural edition of the Monaco Streaming Film Festival (MCSFF) is due to take place from 3-6 July, 2021, at the Grimaldi Forum, just before the Cannes Film Festival.

immigration,” Bush told NBC's “Today” show on Tuesday.Bush, who was in New York to preside over a naturalization ceremony, said his new book, “Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants,” aims to ”elevate the discourse."The former president did not mention Donald Trump, who aggressively curbed both legal and illegal immigration during his tenure and sought to build a “big, beautiful wall” at the southwest border with Mexico to keep out migrants.

In 2015, Vice Media mogul Shane Smith and his wife Tamyka paid $23 million to purchase Santa Monica’s Villa Ruchello estate from filmmaker Henry Jaglom and his ex-wife, actress-director Victoria Foyt. Now the Smiths have officially sold the stunning 3.35-acre spread — featured in the film “Beverly Hills Cop” and comedy series “Entourage” — for $48.67 million.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAdam Monaco was elevated to executive vice president at Disney Advertising Sales, part of a series of new appointments made under the unit’s president, Rita Ferro.Monaco, previously a senior vice president, will lead most sales for Disney’s news, sports and linear and streaming kids operations.