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EXCLUSIVE: A street shooting disrupted the filming schedule of the CW series All American Friday. According to sources, the drama had production set up in two Downtown Los Angeles locations for today. The unrelated shooting occurred in the vicinity of one of the locations, we hear. No one from the show was hurt.

Actress Amanda Bynes has been "placed on psychiatric hold after being found roaming around streets naked," it has been reported.The 36 year old was one of the most successful young actresses in the 90s and noughties, known for her roles in rom coms such as She's the Man, alongside Channing Tatum. US publication TMZ reports that Amanda was seen walking in Downtown Los Angeles in the early hours of Sunday morning as she waved down a passing car and told the driver that she was coming down from a psychotic episode, before Amanda herself then called 911. After she was taken to a local police station, TMZ's law enforcement sources claim a mental health team determined she needed to be placed on a 5150 psych hold.

Three months ago, Doha’s new Downtown Msheireb district was the throbbing heart of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar as one of its main fan zones.

APPOINTMENTSDowntown Music has promoted Manan Vohra to Chief Technology Officer and Harmen Hemmings to VP Product & Services Strategy, both moving up from roles at the music firm’s FUGA division. “Both Manan and Harmen have made unprecedented contributions to the growth and development of FUGA’s technology and strategic services”, says President Pieter Van Rijn. “I am confident they will bring their unparalleled knowledge and experience to the wider Downtown Music group, spearheading our next chapter”.Transgressive has promoted Mike Harounoff to become Associate Director, Senior A&R and Artist Manager.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Top Gun: Maverick” topped the winners at the 58th Cinema Audio Society Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing. Other winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Moonage Daydream,” “Better Call Saul,” “Only Murders in the Building” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Five-time Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin, whose credits include “Black Panther,” “Bullet Train” and “Gone in 60 Seconds,” was honored with the Cinema Audio Society’s 2023 career achievement award. Alejandro González Iñárritu who directed this year’s Oscar-nominated “Bardo” received the CAS Filmmaker of the Year.

The Cinema Audio Society’s 59th annual CAS Awards are being handed out tonight at the Intercontinental Downtown Los Angeles, and Deadline is posting the winners as they are announced. Have a look the list below. 

Lala Kent feels like she's watching back «a person I don't really know» as season 10 of  plays out on Bravo. «I mean, the Lala that was onscreen was still trying to process what had happened, you know? We were so fresh and in it,» she reflects with ET, sitting down at a pop-up shopping experience for her brand, Give Them Lala, at Shopify LA in Downtown Los Angeles. Season 10 picked up just as Lala's personal world began to fall apart. She ended her engagement to movie producer Randall Emmett, moving out of their Bel-Air mansion with their then-infant daughter, Ocean, as cheating allegations spread on gossip blogs.

Nicole Kidman and Kathryn Newton model their looks at the 27th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards on Saturday evening (February 18).

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The 27th Annual Art Director’s Guild Awards returned to an in-person ceremony at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday evening, with “Babylon” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” among the top honors. “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” took home the award for animated feature. “Pachinko,” “The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power” and “Severance” were among the main TV winners. The eventual winner of the production design Oscar has landed an ADG nomination. Nicole Kidman presented the Art Directors Guild’s Cinematic Imagery award to “Elvis” director Baz Luhrmann and his longtime producing partner and Oscar-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin. Their 30-year collaboration includes films such as “The Great Gatsby,” “Australia,” “Romeo + Juliet,” “Strictly Ballroom” and “Moulin Rouge!”

The 27th annual Art Directors Guild Awards are being handed out tonight at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, and Deadline is updating the winners as they are announced. Check out the list below.

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Lifetime Achievement Award from the Set Designers & Model Makers Council (SDMM) will be granted to set designer Luis G. Hoyos, the union has announced.

A crowd of approximately 100 gathered outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters Friday night in protest of the Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols.

Everett Quinton, a staple of New York’s post-1960s downtown theater scene and diligent standard-bearer for the outrageously campy and hilariously melodramatic style of performance known as the Ridiculous, died of glioblastoma January 23 in Brooklyn. He was 71.

The Art Directors Guild will present Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro with the William Cameron Menzies Award, to honor his visually striking and emotionally rich body of work. Del Toro will receive the award at the 27th ADG’s Excellence in Production Design Awards on Saturday, February 18 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and his longtime producing partner and collaborator, Oscar-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin, will be this year’s recipients of the Art Directors Guild’s Cinematic Imagery Award. Their 30-year collaboration includes work on such films as The Great Gatsby, Australia, Romeo + Juliet, Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge! and last year’s Elvis.

Hear that? It’s the Cinema Audio Society’s nominations for its 2023 CAS Awards, which celebrate excellence in sound mixing for film and TV. See the list below.

maternity style just got a glam red-carpet upgrade.On January 4, the Nope star, wearing a sparkling Michael Kors gown with rib cutouts, attended the 2023 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Tao Downtown in New York City. Trading in the from her tropical babymoon with , the actor glowed in the silver sequined dress she paired with minimal gold jewelry. KeKe Palmer in New York on January 04, 2023After arriving at the event, Palmer hit the red carpet with director Jordan Peele and posed for a few solo shots, cradling her baby bump. For her makeup look, Palmer opted for a classic smoky eye and glossy lip look. Keke Palmer and Jordan Peele attend the 2023 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Tao Downtown on January 04, 2023.Keke Palmer attends the 2023 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Tao Downtown on January 04, 2023.Of course, the 29-year-old superstar did not walk away empty-handed.

The New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture Winner Tár by Todd Field has drawn accolades since its Venice premiere, the latest a major rave by Martin Scorsese last night: “The clouds lifted when I experienced Todd’s film.”

Scenic Artist Michael Denering will be honored in February with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild.

DEALSLitmus Music – yet another equity fund buying up music rights – has acquired the recording rights of Keith Urban. “I have the deepest respect for Keith, his incredible talent and his passion for making great music”, says Litmus co-founder Dan McCarroll. “He’s a musically insatiable musician, record maker, performer and songwriter”.Downtown Music Services has signed up Colbie Caillat, Francis Karel, Lily Meola, Loren Gray, Rebecca Black and Yung Bae to it artist services offerings, including distribution, publishing administration, creative marketing and finance.

Alejandro González Iñárritu (Bardo) is set to receive the Cinema Audio Society’s Filmmaker of the Year honor at the59th CAS Awards, taking placing at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel on March 4.

Giving back. Meghan Markle helped prepare Thanksgiving lunch for more than 300 homeless residents of Los Angeles.

The American Music Awards 2022 brought the stars together under the Microsoft Theatre roof in Downtown Los Angeles. As the celebrities made their way into the venue, they flashed some of their fashion looks showcasing their personality.

Duckie Thot is so stunningly gorgeous, rapper Nicki Minaj felt the need to ask, “How are you even real?” It’s a good question and one WHO is also pondering after catching up with Thot in her home town of Melbourne, where she opened the Mumm champagne marquee at Flemington’s Birdcage.Watch: A Day In The Life Of Duckie ThotThe meat pie-loving model is out-of-this-world beautiful, but gives off an easy-going air and seems unaffected by the glamorous life she leads – although Thot might disagree with that description of her day-to-day.“You know what sounds glamorous to me – working nine to five. It’s hard work what I do!”“You know what sounds glamorous to me – working nine to five. It’s hard work what I do!” Duckie says of modellingOh, thank you! I had dinner with some friends at Cipriani Downtown in New York [her home since 2017]. And I had all my friends around and went to a nice bar that we rented out, and had a good time.It was nice to see them all before heading to Australia.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Los Angeles-based real estate developer The Ratkovich Company, which brought the Hercules Campus in Playa Vista to life for Google and YouTube Studios, and a J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives investment group have acquired a three-acre property near Downtown Culver City with plans to develop it into a creative campus like others in the area occupied by Amazon, Apple, WarnerMedia, Sony, TikTok, Nike and Adobe, Variety has learned exclusively. Dubbed “The Bowcroft Collection,” the 73,035-square-foot group of connected buildings stretches from 5950-5978 Bowcroft Street, near the intersection of Jefferson and Obama Boulevards in Los Angeles.

Robert Gordon, a rockabilly devotee and singer whose band the Tuff Darts was a staple of New York City’s CBGB and Max’s Kansas City punk scene of the 1970s, died today. He was 75.

New York City-based restaurateur Keith McNally has made a shocking announcement about James Corden.

Kep1er have dropped their new comeback single ‘We Fresh’, the title track lifted from their new mini-album ‘Troubleshooter’.The K-pop girl group’s new EP dropped on October 13 at 6pm KST, alongside an accompanying music video for its lead single ‘We Fresh’. In the visual, the members of Kep1er are spotted having breakfast together in an otherwise empty diner, before the scene cuts to a futuristic, cyberpunk setting.“Roaring, we fresh / Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go / We fresh, hop on ta / Stuck in a rut, break all the same old rules / We will show you, for you / Come on, touch down,” they chant on the track’s high-octane chorus.Aside from its title track, the ‘Troubleshooter’ mini-album features three new B-side tracks – ‘Lion Tamer’, ‘Downtown’ and ‘Dreams’ – as well as a remastered version of ‘THE GIRLS (Can’t turn me down)’, which was previously released as Kep1er’s original mission track during their stint as contestants on Queendom 2 earlier this year.

Katie Reul editor “Encanto” swept the 37th annual Imagen Awards, which was held Sunday at Downtown Los Angeles’ La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, but the Disney musical movie was closely matched by several wins from Hulu’s “Love, Victor.” Overall, “Encanto” creators took home the most awards of any nominated project and were recognized for Best Feature Film, Best Music Composition for Film or Television, Best Music Supervision for Film or Television and Best Director – Feature Film, which co-director Charise Castro Smith was not expecting. “I’m pretty sure my mom is never going to live down the fact that I won a best director award when nominated against Stephen Spielberg,” Castro Smith, who is also known for producing “The Haunting of Hill House,” joked with the audience during her acceptance speech. “That’s serious bragging rights for her Zumba class.”

Sasha Urban editor After a low opening turnout in theaters for LGBTQ rom-com “Bros,” writer and star Billy Eichner wrote on Twitter Sunday that it was “disappointing” that “straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up.” Dot-Marie Jones, who co-stars in the film, echoed Eichner’s sentimentsSunday evening at the Best in Drag Show, an annual parody drag pageant that functions as a charity benefit for people living with HIV/AIDS, and at which Jones was serving on the panel of judges.     “There’s so much heart and so many wonderful good laughs in this [movie],” Jones told Variety at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. “I don’t know if it’s because it’s, you know, LGBTQ. It’s not contagious — fuckin’ go see a movie, you know what I mean? It’s crazy.”

Honey Dijon has announced details of her upcoming album ‘Black Girl Magic’, following the release of new single ‘Show Me Some Love’.‘Black Girl Magic’ is due to be released on November 18 via Classic Music Company. ‘Show Me Some Love’ was released earlier this week and features Channel Tres and Sadie Walker.The album is made up of 15 tracks and collaborations with artists including EVE, Josh Caffé, Mike Dunn, Hadiya George and more. Previously released singles from the album include ‘Work’, ’Not About You’, ‘Downtown’, ‘Beyond’, ‘La Femme Fantastique’ and ‘Love Is A State Of Mind’.Dijon worked closely with Classic Music Company founder Luke Solomon on ‘Black Girl Magic’, as well as frequent collaborator Chris Penny.Speaking about the album, Dijon said: “This album is dedicated to love.

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has announced details of his debut solo album ‘Radio Songs’ and shared new single ‘Devil’s Island’.The record, which is released via Cooking Vinyl on January 23, 2023, was produced by Leo Abrahams, who has previously worked with Wild Beasts, Brian Eno, Ghostpoet.“The idea of Radio Songs is me spinning through the dial,” he said. “It sounds like you’ve got a radio tuned to some static and you spin the dial, and the song pops out of it.

Five-time Oscar-nominated production sound designer Peter J. Devlin is set for the Cinema Audio Society’s 2023 Career Achievement Award. He’ll pick up the prize at the 59th CAS Awards on March 4 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Manhattan’s Downtown Community Television Center celebrated the opening of the media arts center’s long-anticipated nonprofit, 67-seat movie theater, Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film, on Tuesday.The only movie theater in New York City dedicated to screening documentaries, Firehouse is an official Academy Award-qualifying theater that will screen first-run films and curated programs.On Sept. 23, Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes’ self-distributed “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales” about the growing inequalities in America and better pay for Disneyland cast members, will be the inaugural docu to play at Firehouse cinema. The week-long screening will serve as the film’s qualifying run in New York. Disney is set to appear in person for opening weekend Q&As.

EXCLUSIVE: The Jim Henson Company is developing All-of-a-Kind Family, a live-action one-hour drama series about a hardworking Jewish family in Manhattan’s bustling Lower East Side in 1911, based on the collection of books by Sydney Taylor.

Afropunk was back in its birthplace for the first time since 2019 this past weekend.