Legislation to repeal “loitering for purpose of prostitution” law introduced

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAttention, Cloud 9 shoppers: if you weren’t expecting Amy to return quite so soon, you weren’t the only one.“Superstore” star and executive producer America Ferrera didn’t anticipate her character Amy would head back to St.

SAG-AFTRA and several music artist coalitions are asking their members to support a California Assembly bill that would reform the state’s Labor Code to prevent production companies and record labels from holding artists signed to personal service contracts off the job market and unpaid for long periods of time. The bill, the Free Artists from Industry Restrictions (FAIR) Act, was introduced by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego).

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would have a major impact on industry labor practices aimed at restricting the ability of record labels and studios to bind recording artists and series regulars to lengthy exclusive contract windows.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterTV actors and recording artists are pushing for a major change in California labor law, which is likely to draw stiff opposition from studios and record labels.A bill introduced in the Legislature today would prevent labels from holding artists to contracts that last longer than seven years.

star Debbie's past, the revelations just keep coming. ET spoke with Debbie and her son, fellow star Colt, about the upcoming season finale of and they talked about Debbie's colorful past.In an episode of that aired in February, fans were shocked when Debbie revealed she was once a go-go dancer at Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, and that she «had a lot of one night stands,» including one with the Marlboro Man.

Jay Martel, a former showrunner for Key & Peele, is seeking class action status for a lawsuit against ViacomCBS and the WGA which he alleges signed a secretive deal that slashed royalties due writers for streaming views of dozens of ViacomCBS series including Key & Peele, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and Tosh.0.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAT&T will start counting streaming video used by HBO Max — and other telco-owned apps — toward wireless subscribers’ monthly data-usage caps. Previously, AT&T had provided unlimited usage of such services over its own networks for no extra change.

Erika Jayne’s estranged husband, Tom Girardi, has been stripped of his law license after a months-long legal battle.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWith Los Angeles County and Orange County’s COVID-19 cases subsiding enough for each region to potentially leave the most-heightened tier of restrictions, and Disneyland hoping to reopen its gates by late April, thousands of Southern California’s theme park workers are poised to return to work after enduring a grueling yearlong shutdown of the region’s amusement parks.Disneyland, the second-most popular theme park in the world, has plans to bring back 10,000

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAfter California officials issued new guidelines Friday allowing theme parks and stadiums to reopen as early as April 1, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday that Disneyland could open its gates again in a matter of weeks.“The fact is, it will take some time to get them ready for our guests,” he said, adding that Disney is focused on “recalling more than 10,000 furloughed cast members and training them to operate under the

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry invited Oprah Winfrey to their $14.5million (£10.5million) Montecito mansion in California during their tell-all interview.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also shared a never-before-seen part of their nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom home – an adorable chicken coop for one-year-old Archie. And a glimpse of the wooden coop filled with rescue chickens revealed a sweet plaque on the side titled: “Archie’s Chick Inn.

“We can’t wait,” wrote Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock on Friday. Potrock was reacting to the announcement by California health officials that the state will allow reopening of outdoor stadiums, ball parks and theme parks beginning April 1st.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDisneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks in California — as well as sports stadiums — have gotten the green light to reopen their gates once again after a long shutdown prompted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.According to the California Department of Public Health, ballparks, stadiums and theme parks can open outdoors starting April 1 with “significantly reduced capacity, mandatory masking and other public health precautions.”“With case rates and

Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari is an American film that tells the story of a Korean American family as they uproot from their more metropolitan life in California to a rural one in a small Arkansas town in search of the American dream. In case you didn’t catch on, this is a very American film.