Hollywood Remembers Those It Lost to COVID-19

In a highly rare occurrence, Buckingham Palace has released a statement about the private health matters of the Queen and for a really important reason.

The Donald Trump era is passing like a dark cloud, but I’d offer a second headline of equal importance: The Rupert Murdoch era also is history. As the media lord nears 90, his ominous hold on the politics and pop culture of three nations is lifting as well. Hollywood, too, will be healthier in his absence.

Someone just tried to break into Johnny Depp’s home! According to TMZ, a suspect connected to the invasion has already been arrested. The tabloid reported that according to law enforcers, a lady broke into Depp’s private Hollywood Hills mansion over the weekend.

China finally usurped North America as the world’s biggest box office territory in 2020, generating an estimated $3 billion in ticket sales compared with about $2.28 billion stateside. All it took was a global pandemic.

Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in which his teenage daughter Gianna also perished. Naya Rivera's death by drowning shocked everyone as we learned how she protected her son and lost her own life in doing so.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorColleagues of legendary casting director Mike Fenton remembered the industry veteran as a tireless champion of actors who had a keen eye for talent, a great sense of humor and a full life outside of work with a wide circle of friends.Fenton, who died Dec. 30 at the age of 85, had nearly 300 casting credits to his name and helped launch the careers of such stars as Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Drew Barrymore and Robert Downey Jr.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesIn Boston we call it a “cucum-BAH.” This was my gut-check response to the Hilaria Baldwin drama that unfolded this past week, an event comprising themes ranging from cultural appropriation to canned phony accents and lingual disparities—“How do you say in English…cucumber?”—to blatant, old-fashioned mendacity. Pandemic lockdown ennui aside, it might seem pointless to unpack this social media soap opera any more than we collectively already have.

The couple that jogs together. Shia LaBeouf and Margaret Qualley are going strong just weeks after the actor’s ex-girlfriend, FKA twigs accused him of “reckless abuse” and emotional distress in a lawsuit filed on December 11. The Transformers actor, 34, and the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress, 26, were photographed on a run together in his Pasadena, CA neighborhood on Monday morning. They coordinated in matching baseball caps, pullovers and dark leggings for their joint workout.

SAG-AFTRA leaders told their members tonight that “most entertainment productions will remain on hiatus until the second or third week of January, if not later.” The update comes the day after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urged the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county.

Public health officials in Colorado confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant in the United States that was first discovered in Britain weeks ago, prompting a new set of lockdowns.  The state informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the case.  "The health and safety of Coloradans is our top priority and we will closely monitor this case, as well as all COVID-19 indicators, very closely," Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement.

Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in which his teenage daughter Gianna also perished. Naya Rivera's death by drowning shocked everyone as we learned how she protected her son and lost her own life in doing so.

James McClain In case you hadn’t noticed, yesterday’s kids of YouTube are now all grown up and buying multimillion-dollar houses. The latest millennial to join the ranks of property-owning YouTubers is OG creator Anthony Padilla, who with his beauty guru girlfriend Mykie (full name: Lauren Mychal Mountain) has paid $2.3 million for a snazzily redone home in the steep L.A.

This is a Christmas we’ll always remember. For many, Christmas is marked by tradition -- gathering with the ones we love for that favorite holiday meal, shopping in the same crowded malls, attending the same packed out candlelight service at church.

James McClain Now that she’s settled into her new $10 million Los Feliz compound, it’s only natural that Ava DuVernay is ready to offload her other L.A. property, this one a far more modest place tucked into the tightly packed hills of Hollywood, where homes enjoy dramatic views of the city skyline.

Shia LaBeouf packed on the PDA with Margaret Qualley days after his ex-girlfriend FKA twigs filed a lawsuit accusing the actor of “relentless abuse,” sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress.The Honey Boy actor, 34, met up with the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress, 26, at LAX airport on Saturday, December 19. According to photos, the pair engaged in a passionate smooch before getting into his white pickup truck.