‘Mack & Rita’: Diane Keaton Comedy Adds Wendie Malick, Nicole Byer, Dustin Milligan, Simon Rex & More

Academy Awards ceremony, originally set for February and delayed by the pandemic, airs April 25, the birthday of her late father, David Warren, and a coincidence that she calls “so cool.”“He believed in me so much he would take me to music publishers when I was 14 or 15,” Warren said. “My mom would be saying, ‘Why are you doing it? Why are you encouraging her? She can’t make a living off that.’”Warren, who drew up in Los Angeles, recounted her dad’s reply: “She has talent.

Alejandro Fernández might be headed to a city near you! The singer just announced his 19-date tour, «Hecho en México,» which kicks off on Sept.10 at the Grand Sierra Theatre in Reno, Nevada. Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 16.  Fernández will make stops in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Miami, New York, New Mexico, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Arizona, before ending the tour at Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix on Oct.

Attorney Howard Weitzman, who had a client list including Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson, Marlon Brando, Morgan Freeman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ron Meyers, & CAA, has died at the age of 81.

Tara Reid certainly turned heads at her first red carpet event in over a year. The Sharknado actress, 45, took a tumble in Los Angeles on March 29 as she arrived at a ScotWeek event, wearing towering stiletto pumps.

Naman Ramachandran Objective Fiction, producer of Netflix/Channel 4 show “Feel Good,” is setting up a permanent U.S.-based operation.Hannah Mackay, previously the outfit’s head of scripted, will be relocating to Los Angeles to take up the role of senior VP, Objective Fiction America, with immediate effect.Mackay’s focus will be on North American original commissions, alongside U.S./U.K. co-productions.

Los Angeles agent Anthony Boyer has been named a partner in the Theatrical Division at DDO Artists Agency.

Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’re probably familiar with the Los Angeles Lakers and the team’s “Showtime” era of the ‘80s. That’s when you had players like Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Larry Bird.

Courteney Cox gives a hug to Molly Sims while leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles earlier this week.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn Saturday (March 20), Duran Duran cofounder and keyboardist Nick Rhodes will release the first music from a collaborative project with British artist and singer/violinist Wendy Bevan.While in lockdown over the past year, Rhodes (in London) and Bevan (in Los Angeles) collaborated on a monumental series of 52 cinematic instrumentals inspired by the Universe. The recordings will be presented as the Astronomia project across four 13-track, individually named albums.