George Clooney Eva Longoria and more stars launch film school in Los Angeles

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are bringing their families together. On Friday, the actors stepped out for a lunch outing in Los Angeles and they had a few special people in tow.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPresident Biden has nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to become the next U.S. ambassador to India, which would leave a vacancy in the top job in the nation’s second-largest city.

Nothing but smiles over here! George and Amal Clooney enjoyed a romantic dinner date at Il Gatto Nero, in Lake Como, Italy while vacationing at their second family home in Villa Oleandra, on Sunday, July 4.

Sparklers for everyone! Celebrities including Kerry Washington, Kristin Cavallari and Camilla Belle celebrated the 4th of July in style — and with lots of patriotic spirit.

Sofía Vergara, Eva Longoria, Emilio Estefan, and José Andrés will become board members of the upcoming National Museum of the American Latino. The actresses, the musician, and the chef-activist will be joined by Alberto Ibargüen, former publisher of the Miami Herald.As reported by the Washington Post, the museum is expected to open next spring in the National Museum of American History.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorPenske Media Corp. will launch a three-day culture festival, LAC3, in Los Angeles in December that aims to celebrate entertainment, food, comedy art, fashion, sports and music as well as the great diversity that defines the City of Angels.The event, staged by the parent company of Variety, is set to take place in venues around Los Angeles from Dec.

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.

John Mulaney and Olivia Munn are going public with their romance. The new couple were spotted at lunch together at Rick’s Drive In & Out in Los Angeles over the weekend.

Out to lunch! John Mulaney and Olivia Munn were spotted out and about for the first time since their relationship made headlines last month.

Out to lunch! John Mulaney and Olivia Munn were spotted out and about for the first time since their relationship made headlines last month.

“We are starting to see small increases in daily hospitalizations, cases and deaths,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer.

Britney Spears' famous fans and friends have her back. The 39-year-old singer spoke out for the first time at her conservatorship hearing on Wednesday, and stars including Lena Dunham, Keke Palmer, Cara Delevingne and Mariah Carey took to social media to show their support. Spears, who has been under the legal conservatorship for 13 years, joined the Los Angeles court hearing remotely amid COVID-19 protocols, and did not hold back in her account of her experiences.

Angelique Jackson Frieze and Deutsche Bank announced the winner for their second annual Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award, a $10,000 prize awarded to an emerging L.A.-based filmmaker.The award went to John Rizkallah, while Jane Chow earned the initiative’s first-ever audience award, which was voted for by the public.

David Arquette keeps it sharp in a pinstripe suit at the premiere of Lansky held at the Harmony Gold Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday night (June 21).

George Clooney can add “founder of a school” to his ever-growing resume.

George Clooney, Eva Longoria, Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling, Don Cheadle and more stars are teaming up for a good cause.Along with principals at the Creative Artists Agency, the group of high-profile celebrities are creating a new high school in Los Angeles — the Roybal School of Film and Television Production, housed within the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center — to help teenagers in underserved communities train for jobs in Hollywood.