Endeavor-WWE Acquisition Deal Reached on Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles

So many stars descended on the Fairmont Century Plaza on Saturday (April 22) to attend the 2023 Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is willing to fill more potholes in the city of Los Angeles. The 75-year-old actor went viral last week when he shared a video of him filling a pothole in his Brentwood neighborhood after becoming frustrated that it was "screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks." The move caused controversy with the City of Los Angeles. A city spokesperson later said it was "not a pothole" but a "utility trench" for ongoing repair work being conducted by SoCalGas.

Bill Hader and Ali Wong are displaying some PDA! Amid their rekindled romance, the comedians were spotted hand-in-hand in Los Angeles on Wednesday.In the pics, which were taken on Wong's 41st birthday, the couple was all smiles while on a hike near her home. Both kept things casual for the outing, with Hader, 44, in a red T-shirt, gray sweats and a baseball cap, and Wong sporting a black shirt and pants, as well as a straw hat.After their hike, the couple, who both wore sunglasses, headed out for a dinner in honor of Wong's birthday.The sighting came shortly after Hader's rep confirmed to ET that he's currently dating Wong.

Tory Lanez wants a do-over.

Tory Lanez has shared an open letter to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. The Canadian rapper, facing up to 20 years in prison having been convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot at a party in 2020, posted the letter to his Instagram feed this morning.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre are officially back in business together, with the actor joining Lorre’s HBO Max series “How to Be a Bookie.” Variety has confirmed with sources that Sheen will recur in the upcoming HBO Max series (with the streamer set to be renamed Max in the next month). The show stars Sebastian Maniscalco and was ordered to series in October. Reps for Warner Bros. Television and HBO Max declined to comment. Sheen and Lorre previously worked together on the hit CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” Lorre co-created and executive produced the show, with Sheen starring. Sheen earned four Emmy nominations during his time on the show, but infamously left in the eighth season amid a public meltdown that included his viral “tiger blood” interview with ABC News and entering drug rehab. Sheen proceeded to make a number of disparaging remarks about Lorre publicly, with Lorre killing off Sheen’s character on “Two and a Half Men.” It was revealed in the series finale that Sheen’s character was not really dead, but died in the finale when a piano fell on his head.

Robert Pattinson grabs an order to-go from The Oaks Gourmet Market & Cafe on Wednesday (April 12) in Los Angeles.

After being hailed a hero for filling in a pothole in his Brentwood community, Arnold Schwarzenegger's good deed has not gone unpunished, with the city claiming he interrupted scheduled maintenance for a service trench. A city spokesperson clarified that the location "is not a pothole," but rather "a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCal Gas, who expects the work to be completed by the end of May," in a statement given to NBC Los Angeles.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Sex/Life” has been canceled at Netflix after two seasons, Variety has learned. The second season of the drama series debuted on the streamer on March 2, while Season 1 debuted in June 2021. The series was inspired by the book “44 Chapters About 4 Men” by B.B. Easton and hailed from creator Stacy Rukeyser. Sarah Shahi starred as Billie Connelly who, exhausted from taking care of her two kids and feeling nostalgic for the free-spirited life she lived in New York with her best friend Sasha (Margaret Odette) before marrying loving and reliable Cooper (Mike Vogel), starts journaling and fantasizing about her exploits with an ex (Adam Demos).

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WWE’s WrestleMania 39 delivered the highest weekend usage ever on Peacock. The two-night event was up 29% in hours viewed and 32% in reach compared to last year’s WrestleMania, Peacock announced Tuesday. The NBCUniversal-owned streamer also claims that WrestleMania 39 generated the most hours-watched of any live event on Peacock with the exception of the Super Bowl. It should be noted that, like other streaming services, Peacock does not provide specific viewership information to back up these claims. On linear television, the episode of “Monday Night Raw” that aired on USA Network the day after the final night of WrestleMania saw a significant boost in the ratings. This week’s episode nabbed 997,000 viewers in the key adults 18-49 demographic, the highest demo audience for “Raw” since February 2020 and up 37% from last week. In total viewers, the episode averaged 2.26 million viewers, up 23% over last week.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent The stars and creatives behind Hulu’s “Tiny Beautiful Things” celebrated the premiere of their upcoming show at an ethereal and intimate event, presented by Hulu, ABC Signature and Variety. “Tiny Beautiful Things” stars Kathryn Hahn as an anonymous and revered advice columnist whose own life is falling apart. Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern are among the executive producers behind the buzzy show, which begins streaming on April 7 on Hulu. Adapted for television by Liz Tigelaar, “Tiny Beautiful Things” is based on Cheryl Strayed’s New York Times bestseller of the same name, which is comprised of a collection of essays from Strayed’s “Dear Sugar” advice column, which she wrote anonymously more than a decade ago.

Endeavor Group Holdings and Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment have entered a definitive agreement to create a new $21.4 billion live sports and entertainment company consisting of UFC and WWE.The deal, which was unanimously approved by Endeavor and WWE’s boards of directors, values UFC at $12.1 billion and WWE at $9.3 billion. It is expected to close in the second half of 2023.Under the terms of the transaction, existing WWE shareholders will roll all existing equity into a new entity that will be the parent company of UFC and WWE (“NewCo” until it is named at a later date) and intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “TKO”.

J. Kim Murphy World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) is nearing a deal to be acquired by Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. Bloomberg was first to report on the ongoing acquisition deal. The report states that “no final decision has been made” and that negotiations could potentially fall through. The talks coincide as WrestleMania 39, one of the organization’s premier annual events, continues to unfold. The two-day pay-per-view and streaming extravaganza concludes Sunday evening, with more than 80,000 fans in attendance in Los Angeles. The WWE has been actively exploring an acquisition deal for some time now. Vince McMahon, the longtime public face and majority owner of the professional wrestling organization, returned to the company as executive chairman in January. McMahon had exited his WWE leadership role last year amid investigations into sexual misconduct allegations, leaving his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, to take on offices as chairman and co-CEO alongside Nick Khan, who previously served as the company’s president.

Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber stopped by Children's Hospital Los Angeles and spent an eventful afternoon with patients to support the hospital's annual «Make March Matter» campaign.The star and 21-year-old supermodel are said to have hung out with patients on Friday for a slew of activities, including a jam session. Butler, of course, rocked out on a guitar, and he also displayed his deft Jenga skills.

More than three years after they were instituted, Los Angeles County’s local emergency declarations due to Covid will be lifted at the end of the day today. The move comes six weeks after California quietly ended its own state of emergency and one day after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced that Hollywood’s Covid protocols will expire on May 12.

Putting her family first. Katherine Heigl opened up about how moving her kids from Los Angeles to Utah helped them in the long run.

World Wrestling Entertainment has had plenty of dominant characters over the past 50 years, but Roman Reigns continues to set his own path.

Brad Pitt has officially sold his Los Angeles home for roughly $40 million, ET has learned. The 59-year-old Oscar winner has called the property located in the Los Feliz area home for nearly 30 years, after buying it in 1994 for a reported $1.7 million. «Brad Pitt has sold his Los Feliz home for around the asking price of $40 million. The deal was done off-market,» a source tells ET.Pitt and Angelina Jolie — who tied the knot in 2014 and finalized their divorce in 2019 — spent time at the home while in L.A.

Austin Butler holds hands tightly with girlfriend Kaia Gerber as they walk their dog around the neighborhood in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon (March 25).

#BREAKING On ground view of possible tornado damage to printing company roof, cars and utility lines in the Montebello area of Los Angeles. @latimesphotos @latimes #MontebelloTornado pic.twitter.com/Yeud13fDpnThat followed the touchdown of a small tornado that also reportedly injured at least one person.