Mick Rock, whose photos of rock music luminaries like David Bowie, the Sex Pistols, and Queen graced numerous major publiciatios, died tonight at age 72. His family confirmed his death on social media, but did not give a cause. "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share our beloved psychedelic renegade Mick…

The House of Representatives was poised to vote on the Build Back Better Act, the $1.9 trillion social spending and climate package that is a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s agenda. The vote was delayed as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, leading the Republican opposition, delivered a speech from the floor…

Grammy-nominated jazz songwriter, singer and pianist Dave Frishberg died yesterday, according to a post on his Facebook page. His wife April Magnusson said he had been battling an illness for several years. He was 88. Frishberg had a long and varied career that stretched from the Greenwich Village jazz scene of the…

Sixty-four years late and right on time, Alice Childress’ wise and stirring backstage comedy-drama Trouble in Mind is making its long-in-coming Broadway debut tonight, and to describe the play as prescient would be an understatement. Uncanny rings truer. With a star turn by LaChanze that takes a strong place in a…

“This is a pandemic that is in fact fueled by younger people,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer today as she unveiled a list of the L.A. County 10 communities currently being hit hardest by Covid-19. Lancaster, Palmdale, Studio City and Santa Clarita were among the areas with the highest rates of…

A mammoth SEC filing by Discovery today offers some tidbits on its upcoming merger with WarnerMedia – like the new Nasdaq stock symbol, WBD – and pages detailing back-and- forth calls between David Zaslav and AT&T CEO John Stankey starting in February when the Discovery boss first reached out. They spoke, they met in…

EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Hopkins has resigned as president of IATSE Local 871, in part because of her dissatisfaction with IATSE's new film and TV contract. Marisa Shipley, the local's current vice president, will be the local's next president, running unopposed to succeed Hopkins in the local's ongoing election. Hopkins…

Los Angeles Angels outfielder/pitcher Shohei Ohtani today became the first two-way star to win the American League Most Valuable Player award. He received all 30 first-place votes for his dominating performance. The 27-year-old Ohtani hit 46 home runs with 100 RBI and went 9-2 with a 3.18 ERA and 156 strikeouts in 23…

For those living in Los Angeles or other major American cities, it may be hard to imagine a time when news helicopters did not hover over seemingly every breaking news event. News choppers have become almost as ubiquitous as gnats. The documentary Whirlybird rotates around the L.A. couple who pioneered helicopter news…

The nonprofit responsible for maintaining the Hollywood Sign announced today it completed the first stage of restoration work in preparation of the sign’s 100th anniversary in 2023. The Hollywood Sign Trust is working to restore the sign to the “pristine condition” achieved in its rebuild in 1978. The first phase of…