Paul Reubens, the actor famous for the signature role of Pee-wee Herman, died on July 30 after a long — and private — battle with cancer. He was 70 years old. “Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years,” wrote Reubens in a statement posted to the actor’s official Instagram account after his death. “I have always felt a huge amount of love and respect from my friends, fans and supporters. I have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for you.” “Paul bravely and privately fought cancer for years with his trademark tenacity and wit,” reads a ..read more

Barbie is a candy-colored smash! Greta Gerwig’s tribute to L.A.’s favorite doll enjoyed the biggest opening of the year, earning $162 million on its first weekend. Fans turned it into an event, dressing up in their favorite pink confections and enjoying pink cocktails or downing a whole Barbie Brunch. Some 200,000 moviegoers stayed at the theater another three hours for a double feature with Oppenheimer. Odds are you’ve already seen the movie, but here’s a reason to go back and watch it again. Production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer were so inspired by Barbie’s ..read more

Do you believe in life after rock stardom? Can one churn back time? Bryan Adams morphed into a major photographer. Queen’s Brian May became an astrophysicist. Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan is now a boxing promoter. Vanilla Ice restores homes. Blur’s Dave Rowntree is a practicing lawyer. Now Cher—one of the most famous women in the world—is staging a myriad comeback; but it doesn’t involve a tour, dancers, feathers, or sequins. The pop-rock diva, Oscar-winning actress, and fashion icon is putting a new product into the market: gelato. If you’re lucky, you’ll catch a glimpse of her “Cherlato ..read more

The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, originally scheduled to air on Fox on Sept. 18, have been postponed until January 2024 amid the ongoing strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, the unions representing writers and actors, respectively. The date shift is pinned to the resolution of labor issues, which many in Hollywood were hoping would wrap up in the fall. Writers and actors have been on strike since May, pushing for improved residual payments for streaming and protections against the use of AI. Emmy nominations were announced on July 12 with HBO hit drama Succession scoring 27 nods across a ..read more

Perhaps no rock star over the past 30 years has stirred quite as much controversy as the angelic-faced, acid-tongued Irish singer/songwriter Sinead O’Connor. From ripping up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live before a performance of Bob Marley’s “War,” which preceded an impromptu a cappella version just 13 days later at a Bob Dylan tribute at Madison Square Garden, where she was unmercifully booed and consoled by Kris Kristofferson.( The song she was supposed to perform that night was, ironically, “I Believe in You.”) That, in essence, was the end of her stint as a pop star in the U ..read more

The quips about long-running L.A. punk band X changing its name to Twitter started almost immediately after Elon Musk announced plans to rebrand the social media site he acquired for a cool $44 billion just last October. “Big fan of the new Twitter logo @elonmusk #X #punkrock1977,” the group tweeted over a vintage photo to a total of half a million views and climbing, following up with a press release to “address the confusion,” claiming, “We would like to assure everyone that Twitter is not us and we are not it… To misquote David Bowie – ‘it’s not who does it second; it’s who did it first.’ W ..read more

This summer, Cinespia provided Angelenos with thrills, chills, and everything in between for what proved to be a thoroughly entertaining lineup. Now, the famed outdoor cinema screening organization will be closing out its 22nd summer season with more classics. The month kicks off with The Devil Wears Prada on Sep 2 followed by The Goonies on Sep 3. The weekend after brings Wes Anderson’s classic, The Royal Tenenbaums, on Sep 9, and Brian De Palma’s Scarface on Sep 16. “We’re thrilled to bring you the ultimate blend of fashion, adventure, family nostalgia, and drama with our Cinespia September ..read more

On the latest episode of Los Angeles’ podcast The Originals, host Andrew Goldman’s longtime obsession, Cybill Shepherd, serves as a guide through her own storied past. Obsession is a word that comes naturally with Shepherd, and not only because of her big-screen debut as Jacy Farrow, the Texas beauty so careless of boys’ feelings in The Last Picture Show. Not for nothing, as Goldman points out, was she cast as the woman who drives Travis Bickle off the rails in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. As you’ll hear below, Shepherd in The Last Picture Show didn’t only drive boys like young Andrew Goldma ..read more

A U.K. jury has found two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey not guilty of nine charges related to sexual assault and indecent assault, and now that he’s been legally cleared, the question turns to whether Hollywood will be willing to hire the controversial actor going forward. Spacey is, after all, one of the industry’s biggest talents, having won a supporting Oscar for his performance in The Usual Suspects before winning Best Actor for American Beauty. In addition to those two films, he was a fixture of many great ’90s movies, delivering memorable turns in Glengarry Glen Ross, Swimming With Shar ..read more

After 12 hours and 26 minutes of deliberations, a London jury has returned a verdict of “not guilty” in the sexual-assault trial of Kevin Spacey.   The 63-year-old American actor was cleared of nine charges of sexual and indecent assault, including one count of “causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity,” which carries a potential life sentence.   During the five-week trial, the jury of nine men and three women heard from three men who each accused the Hollywood star of “aggressive” crotch grabs, while a fourth claimed the defendant drugg ..read more