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told KNBC. “I don’t know what’s happened to Los Angeles that a beautiful guy like this gets shot and killed over nothing.”Bennett, 30, was shot at least eight times and died while on the way to an area hospital, police said. Investigators have not released a possible motive in his shooting or identified any suspects.The trainer’s murder comes as homicides in Los Angeles reached the highest level in 15 years, according to ABC7.
In the first half of the year, the city saw 181 murders — a 34% increase from the average number of homicides during the same time period between 2015 and 2019.Bennett, who worked out of Fortune Gym in Los Angeles, had numerous celebrity clients such as Grillo, UFC fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller and singers Kiana Ledé and Eddie Benjamin. “Azuma was our family. One of the best of the best.
We are all so broken,” Fortune Gym said in a statement.Bennett, from Australia, moved to the US three years ago. A GoFundMe page was created to raise money to send Bennett’s body back to his home country. It has raised more than $35,000 as of early Friday.“Azuma was one of a kind.
An outstanding athlete, fighter, teacher trainer, and friend/mate to so many,” gym owner Tamara Fortune wrote in the GoFundMe page description. “We lost one of the best ones out there.”“He did not deserve this,” Fortune added. “He was kind to all that he met and always engaged everyone in the gym with his positive energy and engaging personality.”
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The man whose infant image graced the cover of Nirvana’s multimillion-selling Nevermind album has seen his lawsuit about that photo tossed by a Los Angeles judge.
The Weeknd’s sold-out show in Los Angeles did not go as planned. The “Save Your Tears” singer abruptly ended his show -- following the second song.The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, left the stage while performing his hit song, “Can’t Feel My Face.” After a few minutes, the 32-year-old came back out and announced that he would not be completing the concert. “I’m going to make sure you’ll get your money back,” he told the crowd of over 70,000 inside SoFi stadium.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Kore-eda Hirokazu will be the star turn at Emerging Japanese Films, a Los Angeles showcase organized by Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization. The event, running Sept. 27 – Oct. 1, 2022, at the Harmony Gold Preview House, consists of four newly-released, dramatic and awards-worthy Japanese feature films and a retrospective night that honors Kore-eda, whose “Shoplifters” won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2018. Kore-eda will take part in a live video conversation after the screening of his “Like Father, Like Son,” a child-swap drama film that Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks previously optioned for remake.
Woke up this morning, got myself a ticket to The Sopranos Official Convention.
West Coast bound! Michelle Young announced she’s moving from Minnesota to Los Angeles two months after her split from Nayte Olukoya.
Trace Adkins "enjoyed every minute" of his time working with the late Anne Heche. Adkins spoke about having the opportunity to work alongside Heche for the film "13 Minutes." According to her IMDb, it was one of Heche's final projects released before her death. "My time with Anne was way too short," Adkins told Fox News Digital.
Michael Tuck, whose commanding on-air presence led to long news anchorman stints in San Diego and Los Angeles, died August 17 at 76 after a long battle with post-stroke complications, according to reports.
Marvel star Frank Grillo is speaking out about rising crime in Los Angeles after his boxing trainer was shot last week. Grillo, who portrays Crossbones in "Avengers" and "Captain America," is mourning the loss of Azuma Bennett, who was killed outside a marijuana dispensary Aug. 12.
reports Newsweek. A picture of the bench shows the armrests as well as a billboard featuring the She-Hulk, played by Tatiana Maslany, as well as a quote reading “Superheroes need a super lawyer!”Fans, however, did not find the bench so super or heroic, with some taking to Twitter to slam Disney over the use of the armrests.“Why does the she-hulk bench have anti-homeless architecture,” wrote one angry user.
MONSTA X, EXO’s Kai, Jeon Somi and more will perform at upcoming festival KAMP Los Angeles, which is calling itself “the biggest, fully immersive K-pop experience to ever hit the United States”.Yesterday (August 16), organisers KAMP GLOBAL unveiled the first wave of performers for the two-day festival. These are MONSTA X, Super Junior, iKON and rookie girl group Lapillus.
Lindsey Pearlman’s cause of death has been revealed after she was found dead inside a car in Hollywood in February. The "Empire" actress died by suicide from sodium nitrite toxicity, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed with Fox News Digital Tuesday. The presence of non-toxic levels of lorazepam, metoclopramide and codeine were also found in Pearlman’s system, according to multiple reports. Pearlman, 43, was discovered unresponsive in a vehicle in Los Angeles Feb.
Lindsey Pearlman’s cause of death has been revealed six months after her death at age 43.
UPDATED with results: An effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was rejected today, with the county clerk’s office announcing that organizers submitted only 520,050 valid petition signatures, short of the required 566,857.