Arts Dec 08 Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney dies at age 85 Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the Sesame Workshop.
Arts Nov 14 Mo’Nique sues Netflix for discrimination in show offer The comedian and Oscar-winning actress accuses the streaming service of giving her a lowball offer that was part of a larger company tendency to underpay black women.
Arts Aug 16 Peter Fonda dead at 79 The son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider" died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles.
Arts Jul 30 Jury says Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ copied a Christian rap song The case focused on the notes and beats of the song, not its lyrics or recording.
Nation Apr 02 WATCH: Los Angeles police identify suspect in Nipsey Hussle slaying Los Angeles police are seeking a 29-year-old man who they believe shot and killed Nipsey Hussle outside the rapper's clothing store where he was trying to remake his community.
Nation Apr 01 Grammy-nominated rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle shot and killed at 33 Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood, police said, cutting short a career that earned him a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label debut. He…
Nation Feb 03 Jussie Smollett strikes emotional chord: Attackers won’t win Jussie Smollett was blunt, emotional and defiantly determined Saturday night at a Southern California concert some urged him not to play, telling the crowd before singing a note that he had to go on with the show because he couldn’t…
Nation Dec 24 Kevin Spacey will face charge of groping a Massachusetts teen Spacey is due in court Jan. 7 on the resort island of Nantucket to be arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery, Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said in a statement Monday. Spacey could get up…
Arts Nov 27 ‘SpongeBob’ creator Stephen Hillenburg dies of ALS at 57 Hillenburg conceived, wrote, produced and directed the animated series Spongebob SquarePants that began in 1999 and bloomed into hundreds of episodes, movies and a Broadway show.
Nation Nov 11 Southern Californians battered by wildfires that killed 2 The death toll from another massive fire in northern California has reached 23, bringing the statewide total to 25.