'Laredo' actor William Smith dies; played cowboys, brawlers

Chuck E. Weiss, a longtime presence on the Los Angeles music scene and the subject of a Top 5 hit for Rickie Lee Jones, died yesterday at age 76. Details on his death were not immediately available, but friends said he died after a long illness.

Lucasfilm‘s “Obi-Wan Kenobi” has been filming for months now in the Los Angeles area that will see prequel actors Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return to the “Star Wars” universe for the streaming series helmed by Canadian director Deborah Chow (“The Mandalorian,” “Jessica Jones“). But there could be more “familiar” faces we see in the movie.

As their romance continue to heat up, Ben Affleck, 48, and Jennifer Lopez, 51,  were spotted looking at Los Angeles area homes once again! The couple were spotted driving around the oceanfront Santa Monica on Friday, July 16 in Ben’s black Mercedes-Benz. Both windows were rolled down as they made their way around the neighborhood to look at homes with her twins Max and Emme, 13, in tow.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterExpanding Los Angeles-based distributor Safier Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to the comedic holiday feature “Christmas Vs. the Walters” out of the Cannes Film Market.The ensemble film is led by Oscar nominee Bruce Dern, “30 Rock” regular and “Oz” actor Dean Winters, “Saw” franchise star Shawnee Smith and Emmy-winning “Schitt’s Creek” star Chris Elliott.Promised a wide theatrical release on Nov.

LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Robinson, the versatile and prolific actor whose many credits ranged from stage productions of “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Fences” to such films as “Secret Santa” and “Miss Lettie and Me” to his long-running role as the court clerk Mac Robinson in the sitcom “Night Court,” has died. He was 75.Robinson died Sunday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to his manager, Lisa DiSante-Frank.

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As the Los Angeles Angels’ pitcher-slugger Shohei Ohtani moves toward a Major League Baseball feat that has not been accomplished since Babe Ruth, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith went on First Take Monday morning to say Ohtani’s discomfort with speaking English in interviews hurts the marketability of the sport.

Charlie Robinson, a prolific actor who played the clerk on Night Court for most of the NBC sitcom’s run and before that was a regular on its lauded series Buffalo Bill, died Sunday of cancer complications at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 75.

Ethan Shanfeld Charlie Robinson, known for playing Mac the court clerk in the 1980s and ’90s sitcom “Night Court,” died on Sunday in Los Angeles due to cardiac arrest and cancer.

Actor William Smith, known for playing bikers, cowboys and brawlers in a series of television shows and hit movies, has died. He was 88.

Prince Harry is stateside once again. The 36-year-old royal returned to the United States on Saturday, following his U.K. reunion with Prince William.

Prince Harry is stateside once again. The 36-year-old royal returned to the United States on Saturday, following his U.K.

Will Smith’s many blockbusters that would earn him the nickname “King of the Fourth of July,” which isn’t a reference to the movie’s title, per se, but rather the rapper turned sitcom actor turned action-star’s reliable success at summer box offices.