Scott D. Pierce Dies: Veteran TV Critic For Salt Lake City Tribune, TCA President Was 64

Dozens of people marched in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday to demand justice for former General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor, who was shot and killed May 25 at Pico Boulevard and Hope Street in Los Angeles.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Die Hard 2, has died aged 86.The actor died in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles on May 30, as confirmed by his sister-in-law to The Hollywood Reporter.Born in Denver, Colorado on January 3, 1938, Bower’s acting career spanned five decades, with his first on-screen appearance being in two episodes of US detective drama The Rockford Files.He also starred as two separate characters, Rex Barker and Dr. Curtis Willard in the historical drama series The Waltons.His later work on the small screen would include appearances in The X-Files, The West Wing, Criminal Minds and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, in which he played Heinrich “Pop-Pop” Landgraf, the grandfather of Dennis and Dee Reynolds.Bower’s film career saw him appear in multiple successful movies, including Die Hard 2, in which he played the janitor who helps Bruce Willis’ John McClane foil the attempted terrorist attack at the airport.Throughout his career he played several law enforcement figures, for example Sergeant O’Car in his second film, The Dain Curse, Detective Walsh in Split Decisions, Sergeant Cally in Raising Cane and FBI Agent Mullins in 2002’s High Crimes, starring Morgan Freeman.Bower himself left acting for a brief period to work as a private investigator in Boston, working alongside O.J Simpson’s defence attorney and member of the ‘dream team’, F.

Zooey Deschanel wears a cute black and white mini dress while attending the 2024 Daytime Emmy Awards held at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles on Friday night (June 7) in Los Angeles.

Kendrick Lamar will embrace friendship at his next gig.The Pulitzer Prize winner just announced via his Instagram Story that he will drop into Los Angeles’ Kia Forum for ‘The Pop Out Ken & Friends Show’ on Wednesday, June 19.Lamar is yet to reveal any of the “friends” on the lineup at the time of publication. There’s also no word on whether or not he will address his high profile beef where he took aim at Drake on four separate diss tracks including the Billboard Hot 100 chart topper “Not Like Us.”All we know is 1) the best way to find out is live and that 2) tickets are available to see the Hip-Hop icon live at his one-off Juneteenth concert.As of today, Kendrick Lamar fans can grab tickets for the Kia Forum show on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Friday, June 7.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete breakdown of all the sections at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum can be found below.Never been to the Kia Forum?You can check out a map of the venue here:Lamar’s last non-festival headlining gig as part of his ‘Big Steppers Tour’ was at Auckland, NZ’s Spark Arena on Dec.

Michael Kors is celebrating the opening of his new store on Rodeo Drive!

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has begun development on a Untitled Kenny Washington film about the triumphs and hardships of the first Black NFL player leading up to his professional debut with the Los Angeles Rams. La Monte Edwards is penning the script. Adam Scott Epstein  will produce through his Comet Company banner, Cottrell B. Guidry producing through his Stay Cool Productions Banner and Evan Silverberg, Darin Friedman and Guymon Casady producing through Entertainment 360. Ryan Rottman, Nate Raabe and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers exec producing through their Awkward Handshake production company.

Janis Paige, who racked up more than 100 film, TV and stage credits over six decades including The Pajama Game, Silk Stockings and Santa Barbara, died June 2 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 101.

Martin Starger, a producer for such films as Robert Altman’s Nashville and Peter Bogdanovich’s Mask, died Friday at 92 in his Los Angeles home of natural causes. His death was confirmed by his niece, casting director Ilene Starger.

EXCLUSIVE: Publicist Alex Schack has been hired by align PR as their Vice President.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran talent agent Dana Sims is moving into management, joining Industry Entertainment with a talent and literary focus on the burgeoning entertainment business in Africa. Sims will continue to manage and produce with clients in all areas and will split time between Los Angeles and Johannesburg. 

raided his Florida mansion, taking his mother into custody, earlier in the day.The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Kingston was arrested without incident for a Florida warrant on fraud and theft charges in the area of Fort Irwin, an Army base in the desert about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles.The rapper was billed to perform at the base for the United States Army’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Programs.Video posted to social media allegedly shows law enforcement officers at Fort Irwin’s “Army Field” as Kingston performs “Eenie Meenie” on stage.The rapper was booked into jail in San Bernardino at 5:02 p.m. during his scheduled set.Earlier Thursday, Kingston’s 61-year-old mom, Janice Turner, was arrested when authorities swarmed the rapper’s luxurious Southwest Ranches property in Florida.

Jessica Biel provided some rare insight into her family with Justin Timberlake during a new interview.

Risa Heller Communications, which specializes in crisis and reputation management, is expanding to the West Coast. The New York-based strategic comms firm has opened a Los Angeles office and tapped former Netflix executive Erika Masonhall as Managing Director to lead the expansion.

Justin Timberlake started flirting around, and that was the last straw for Jessica Biel!

The Alexander White Agency is expanding its Los Angeles Commercial Division with the hire of veteran agent, Stephany Burns.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Charlie Colin, a founding member of the group Train, has died at the age of 58 after he slipped and fell in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium. While circumstances around his death are scarce, sources told TMZ that no one found Colin until his friends returned home from their trip five days ago.

“Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa” that the family moved to get away from the paparazzi in Hollywood.“I don’t really think they necessarily respect that, you know, if we’re out and about with our kids,” said Biel. “It can be somewhat country dependent where, if we’re in this country, in the States, it’s kind of like state by state, you know, you get hammered on the East Coast, you kind of get hammered on the West Coast.

CNN was hoping to get a little perspective about Sean Diddy Combs and the newly released video of him attacking a former girlfriend in 2016. Instead, they got a lesson on what happens when bookers don’t fully vet a potential guest.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Cynthia Erivo may not be a green witch but that doesn’t mean she can’t relate to Elphaba, the sorcerer she plays in the upcoming “Wicked” movies. “As I stand here in front of you: Black, bald-headed, pierced, and queer, I can say I know a thing or two about being the other,” the Tony winner said Saturday night at the Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala, where she was presented with the Schrader Award by Jada Pinkett-Smith. “Elphaba’s story is… about how a colorful, powerful, magical woman—despite being disparaged, demonized, and discriminated against—becomes a hero.” “Wicked is a reclamation and a reimagining of the labels used against her.

We’re getting the first look at Kate Hudson as President of a legendary basketball franchise in Mindy Kaling‘s new comedy series Running Point (fka Untitled Mindy Kaling Comedy Series), set for premiere in 2025. Hudson and Kaling presented the new title and photos Wednesday during the Netflix Upfront presentation in New York City. You can see the photos above and below.