Hilton Foundation to Honor L.A.'s Homeboy Industries With Humanitarian Prize

Henry Golding and Liv Lo are having a cute lunch date together.

Last spring, CAA — as part of its 9-month-old pro bono partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District — supported the launch of the L.A. Students Most in Need Fund to raise crisis-relief money for meals and supplies for families impacted by the pandemic.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDavid Ayer and Chris Long’s Cedar Park Entertainment has hired former AT&T Audience Network executive Shane Elrod as Senior Vice President of Development and Production for TV and Film. For the past ten years Elrod has worked for Audience Network out of both their New York and Los Angeles offices.

Henri Stout Dirt Real Estate EditorIn defiance of the economic catastrophe that’s accompanied the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, art world titan Larry Gagosian has closed a deal to take up occupancy in a portion of the now defunct Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles. Beginning in January of 2021, the international gallerist will launch programming in what’s called the Grand Theater Gallery on the first floor of the gigantic 90,000-square-foot former Masonic hall.

gunned down in front of his Los Angeles clothing store last March.Though he wasn't here to receive them, birthday tributes for Nipsey, born Ermias Asghedom, poured in on Twitter in honor of the late star.On Friday, Snoop Dogg released a new song in Nipsey's honor, "Nipsey Blue," which saw the rapper singing Nipsey-focused riffs on Dorothy Moore's 1976 stunner, "Misty Blue," tweaking lyrics to fit the pair's friendship.miss u Nip

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s no surprise that the announcement of Kamala Harris as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate was met with wild enthusiasm by large swaths of the music industry — after all, she’s a Bay Area-bred California senator who lives in Los Angeles with her entertainment-attorney husband, Douglas Emhoff. But less known is how longstanding and strong her connections with the music business are — and not necessarily with artists.

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterArguably the most forward-thinking jazz artist of his generation, Los Angeles saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington has never hesitated to step outside his comfort zone. He’s logged studio time with Kendrick Lamar and St.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorSumner Redstone, a towering figure in media who built his father’s drive-in theater business into an empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS Corp., only to see his legacy tarnished in his final years by corporate battles and sordid allegations by former girlfriends, died Aug. 11 at his home in Los Angeles.

Lorenzo Soria, who served five terms as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles on Friday, according to a family member. He was 68.

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.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLorenzo Soria, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, a member of his family told the HFPA. He was 68.“Lorenzo was a beloved member of the entertainment industry and the Hollywood community and will be sorely missed,” the HFPA said in a statement.

Zach Braff is memorializing his late friend Nick Cordero with some special ink.

Taylor Zakhar Perez, 28, is opening up about those romance rumors with his gorgeous The Kissing Booth 2 co-star Joey King, 21! The actor revealed that he and Joey “went away” for a weekend trip, after also dishing that the pair “live” near each other in Los Angeles. “I know, we went away this weekend for some friends’ birthdays and her birthday, everyone kinda freaked about it,” he spilled to Access Hollywood host Kit Hoover on Wednesday, Aug.