Downtown L.A.’s First Talkie Theater Becomes a Spectacular Apple Store, and Preservationists Are Talking It Up

SPOILER ALERT: The post below has details for the first two episodes of FX and Hulu’s American Horror Stories. 

he died of AIDS-related complications in 1985.Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen purchased it in 1992 and added several surrounding parcels to the estate, which are included in the sale. Allen died in 2018 of complications from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and the property is being sold by his estate, which was last reported to be executed by his sister Jody Allen.The main home has beamed ceilings and wood and stone floors.

Los Angeles County inn Friday reported 1,107 new Covid-19 infections, double the number it reported a week ago and the county’s highest daily figure since March. Those higher cases counts are being detected despite a big fall in testing since the start of the year.

Former '90s heartthrob, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, has been spotted out in public for the first time in eight years. The actor, best known for his role on "Home Improvement" as Randy Taylor, was photographed in June in Los Angeles walking two small dogs while wearing jeans, a hoodie, and New York Mets hat.

Amanda Seyfried is getting ready to take on a high-profile role!

Tkay Maidza has announced a North American tour for September this year, her first trek across the country since 2017.The Adelaide rapper, now based in Los Angeles, will support Emotional Oranges for 11 dates of their Sad Fruit tour from September to November.Maidza will perform two headline shows in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, in addition to sampling the returning American festival circuit by joining the bill at Austin City Limits, Day N Vegas and All Things Go.

Lea Michele attended the Alice + Olivia Pride “Prom” event at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, benefitting the Ali Forney Center. Katie Holmes attended the 25-year anniversary screening of Julian Schnabel’s remastered film presented by Chanel at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City as part of the culmination of Tribeca Film Festival and Chanel celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Art Awards. Nikki Reed teamed up with LOCI to create a collaboration of sustainable sneakers.

When Kate Middleton set off on her first official overseas tour as a fully fledged royal, the world watched to see how she’d cope. It was the summer of 2011 and she was back in the spotlight two months after her wedding to Prince William.The couple, who became Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their marriage, travelled around Canada, taking in Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Alberta, before heading to Los Angeles.

In a first for YouTube, the digital video giant is putting its name on a new 6,000-seat music venue opening at Hollywood Park, the sports and entertainment area in Inglewood, CA just east of LAX.

Silk Sonic is officially an award-winning group!

Chris Willman Music WriterOne of downtown Los Angeles’ landmark clock towers, the one atop the 1927 Tower Theatre, is no longer right just twice a day. More significantly, the landmark theater below it at 8th and Broadway is no longer the near-exclusive habitue of pigeons, ghosts and David Lynch (who’d used it for a spooky “Mulholland Drive” location shoot).

Olivia Munn and John Mulaney are going public for the very first time!

Ethan Shanfeld Joanne Linville, who was best known for playing a Romulan commander in “Star Trek,” died Sunday in Los Angeles, her agent confirmed to Variety. She was 93.Born in Bakersfield, Calif.