Cult Pop Singer-Songwriter Emitt Rhodes Dies at 70

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLorenzo Soria, who was in his third nonconsecutive term as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which presents the Golden Globe Awards, died today at his home in Los Angeles, He was 68.The Argentina-born, Italy-raised Soria was elected HFPA president in June 2019, following stints in the top post from 2003-05 and 2015-17.

Vanderpump Rules couple might be spending a little time apart — Lala is with her family in Utah, while Randall is back home in Los Angeles — but they're not splitting up, despite speculation they were done. At the end of last month, internet tabloids ran wild, claiming Lala had called off her wedding to Randall after all photos of the Oscar-nominated film producer disappeared from her Instagram account.

Chris Pratt is grateful that his pregnant wife Katherine Schwarzenegger didn't 'pop' on their recent hike date.Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger, who tied the knot in June last year, are expecting to welcome their first child any day now. The couple took a risk of Katherine going into labour when they went on a hiking date in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are getting ready for the birth of their first child together!

Hikaru Utada premiered her new video for "Time" on her official YouTube channel Tuesday (July 28).Anthony Gaddis and Eric Tilford -- the team responsible for Mac Miller's "Good News" and "Everybody" videos, among others -- shot "Time" in Utada's London home during the COVID-19 lockdown with a selected crew, who all tested negative before the shoot with measures in place to ensure everyone's safety.

David Robb Labor EditorMichael Franklin, who served as the top executive officer of both the DGA and the WGA West, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 96.An attorney, Franklin served as executive director of the WGA West — where he spent two decades — before being was hired by the DGA as its national executive director in 1978.

Emitt Rhodes, a singer whose career began in the 1960s but who became critically acclaimed in the 1970s as a solo artist for his Paul McCartney looks and power pop stylings, died in his sleep on July 19, according to friend and record producer Chris Price.

Steve Marinucci Emitt Rhodes, a singer whose career began in the 1960s but who became critically acclaimed in the 1970s as a solo artist for his Paul McCartney looks and power pop stylings, died in his sleep on July 19, according to friend and record producer Eddie Price.

Police have charged two adults and two teens with the murder of rapper Pop Smoke after a home-invasion incident in Los Angeles this past February. Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement that Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers were charged with a murder that occurred during the commission of a robbery and burglary.Two adolescents, ages 15 and 17, were also charged with murder and robbery while in juvenile court.

Two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rising rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February, the district attorney’s office said Monday. Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement that Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers were charged with murder that occurred during the commission of a robbery and burglary.

LOS ANGELES — Two men and two teens have been charged with killing rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery in February, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

LOS ANGELES -- Two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rising rapper Pop Smoke who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February, the district attorney’s office said Monday. Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement that Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers were charged with murder that occurred during the commission of a robbery and burglary.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorAlan Donnes, who worked as a stand-up comic before producing films, acting, doing radio, writing about sports and running National Lampoon, died July 8 of bacterial meningitis in Los Angeles. He was 57 and had been hospitalized for three weeks.

LOS ANGELES — Five suspects were arrested on Thursday in the killing of rap music artist Pop Smoke, who was shot to death inside his Hollywood Hills home during a reported break-in earlier this year, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Authorities believe rising rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February after his social media posts led five suspects to the house he was renting, police said after detectives arrested the group Thursday morning.

Pop Smoke in February, the Los Angeles Police Department have confirmed.The force tweeted today (July 9): “LAPD Detectives have arrested three adult males & two juvenile males related to the Feb 19th murder of Bashar Jackson, a New York based rapper known as Pop Smoke. We will provide further details as they become available.”LAPD Detectives have arrested three adult males & two juvenile males related to the Feb 19th murder of Bashar Jackson, a New York based rapper known as Pop Smoke.