Gaming Organization FaZe Clan Launches Training Program for Content Creators

Colin Farrell holds onto two full bags of items as he leaves Gelson’s Market in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon (December 22).

Editors note: Rachel Feldman is a Los Angeles-based film and television director whose credits include over 75 hours of longform movies and recent series including ABC’s The Rookie, CBS’ Blue Bloods and Criminal Minds, and MGM’s The Baxters. A former chair of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee, she is working on a political thriller based on the life of equal-pay icon Lily Ledbetter.

Written and directed by Emerald Fennell (Killing Eve), the Focus Features dramatic thriller Promising Young Woman has been a buzzy awards season title before its Christmas Day theatrical release. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association named Carey Mulligan Best Actress for her turn as the methodical Cassie who is out for revenge while Fennell received honors for Best Screenplay. The writer-director was also awarded the Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award from the Chicago Film Critics.

Angelina Jolie was photographed braving the Grove with her daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt in Los Angeles yesterday. For the outing, the actress stuck to her signature color of black, wrapping up in an oversized wool coat and knee-high leather boots.

"Most people, when they hear 'clown,' think American circus clown or horror film freaky, serial killer clown,” says John Gilkey, who founded The Idiot Workshop, one of Los Angeles’ three clown schools, in 2012. “The fact that people don't really know what we do helps us; the mystique of it.

Ellen DeGeneres speaks into her phone to look something up while running a few errands around town in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Colin Farrell makes his way out of his truck as he stops by a gas station to fuel up on Sunday afternoon (December 20) in Los Angeles.

Danny Trejo spoke out about his past struggles with drugs and alcohol in a new PSA for a Los Angeles-based nonprofit treatment center.  The actor has been vocal about his troubled past for years.

Naman Ramachandran Argonon, the superindie production group with a presence in London, New York and Los Angeles, is expanding in the branded content realm with the acquisition of U.K.-based video agency Nemorin Film & Video.Nemorin’s client base includes global brands NBCUniversal, Nat Geo, Hugo Boss, McDonalds, Amazon and American Express.The acquisition brings Nemorin founder and CEO Pete Fergusson, one of the pioneers in the branded content space, and COO and content director Graham Hayday,

Glee is honoring the memory of their late costar, Naya Rivera, with a fundraiser for her favorite charity.The GoFundMe campaign — which is titled the SNIXXMAS Charity Drive — was launched on Friday, December 4, with proceeds benefitting Alexandria House, a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles that provides safe housing for women and children.“If you were lucky enough to know Naya, you know she threw some epic parties,” the website’s statement reads.

Natalie Oganesyan editorOutfest’s holiday fundraiser “’Twas the Night Before Give-Mas” on Monday night featured appearances by prominent LGBTQIA+ leaders and creatives, including Wilson Cruz, Margaret Cho, Charlie Carver, Candis Cayne, Alexandra Billings and “Veneno” star Jedet.The evening helped raise funds for Outfest initiatives, including OutSet, a joint collaboration with the Los Angeles LGBT Center that empowers queer youth to share stories through film; the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project,