Rick Squire, Longtime NBC, CBS and Fox Marketing Exec, Dies at 68

EXCLUSIVE: Madam Secretary alum Geoffrey Arend is set as a series regular opposite Rose Byrne and Rory Scovel in Apple TV+ dramedy Physical, from Almost Family creator Annie Weisman, Dirty John showrunner Alexandra Cunningham and Tomorrow Studios.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday morning released a deeply personal video in which he comparedthe violent riot that took place on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C to the rise of Nazi Germany.

Naman Ramachandran Dave Creek, lead character designer for popular Fox animated sitcom “Bob’s Burgers,” died on Thursday following complications from a skydiving accident last weekend.A Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate from the California Institute of the Arts, class of 2005, he was also an adjunct professor there, teaching character animation and conducting character workshops. The news was first reported by CartoonBrew, and confirmed by Creek’s colleagues.

SAG-AFTRA has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the executive poaching battle between Netflix and Disney-owned Fox. The union isn’t taking sides but says “the case raises important questions about the right of workers to pursue employment opportunities, and the strong protections in California law against employers holding their workers off the market, especially when they are not being compensated for that time.”

It’s over! Shia LaBeouf and Margaret Qualley have called it quits nearly one month after the Transformers star’s ex FKA Twigs came forward with allegations against him.

Grammys has been delayed as a result of the surge in Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles, it has been announced. The event had been due to take place on January 31, but has a new date of March 14, the Recording Academy said.

New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif.: Time for a parade, right? Some Trump supporters thought so Friday after the Tournament of Roses Parade – a long-standing Southern California tradition to kick off each year -- was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. At least 600 vehicles participated in the event along the usual Rose Parade route.

A Delaware Chancery Court Wednesday rejected Shari Redstone’s motion to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit claiming she breached her fiduciary duty by pushing allies to ram through the Viacom-CBS merger at stockholder expense in a quest to attain the status of “media magnate” like her father, the late Sumner Redstone.

California Governor Gavin Newsom spent much of his Wednesday Covid-19 briefing discussing new plans to reopen schools. But amidst those details, he also reported the news that the state had recorded a shocking 432 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours.

Shia LaBeouf and Margaret Qualley took their romance to the streets for a joint jog after his ex-girlfriend FKA twigs accused him of abuse.The Even Stevens alum, 34, and the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress, 26, were spotted out in his Pasadena, California, neighborhood on Tuesday, December 29, for an early morning run. In contrast to their recent outings, the pair did not show PDA.LaBeouf wore a black jacket and black joggers with matching sneakers and a green baseball cap.

CBS Studios has pushed several return-to-production dates coming off the current holiday hiatus. The news comes a day after Deadline reported that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health had urged the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county and hours after the stay-at-home order for Southern California was extended to Jan. 16.

Dave McNary, a veteran film reporter for Variety, died Saturday in Pasadena. He was 69.

California inmates with special needs were among the first to get vaccinations against COVID-19 in the Golden State this week, according to a Tuesday report. Sixty-five inmates and employees of California Health Care Facility in Stockton, volunteered to receive the vaccine Tuesday, said Steve Crouch, director of public employees for the International Union of Operating Engineers, which represents maintenance and systems employees.

As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations continued its record ascent in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, 30% of the respondents to a recent survey indicated they had visited a friend, neighbor or relative or had visitors at their residence. The survey was conducted by the University of Southern California’s Center for Social and Economic Research, which does a weekly representative survey of L.A. County residents about their actions through the pandemic.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Stars including Kelly Ripa and Kathie Lee Gifford were among those who paid tribute to Regis Philbin following his death at the age of 88 back in July. The popular TV show host passed away after he suffered a heart attack, and what makes the news even more devastating is the revelation that he and his wife Joy had recently sold their $4.

Toys for Tots holiday toy drive.The duo also welcomed Jay Abel, a widowed dad who had previously asked Johnson for a retweet of his “nerdy” eBay listings so he could give his kids a Christmas this year.“Your story is my favorite of the holiday season. It’s like superdad stuff,” Krasinski told the single dad of two from Copperopolis, California, whose wife died three years ago.“I’m just trying to be what I expect of a father.