1+ week, 2+ day ago  (995+ words) Nia Long remembers exactly where she was when she heard the news of Michael Jackson's death. "I was at home and I was supposed to go to a friend's set to do a little cameo," she recalls. "I remember calling…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (184+ words) Hometown: Oxford, United Kingdom On how a failed dance exam led her to acting: On what attracts her to a role: On her love for painting: I found it really therapeutic and a calming way to focus my creativity. Ella…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (854+ words) LA Focus Eye On Gospel: P. J. Morton Unites Gospel and R&B on Double Album From PJ Morton's double album to a Morton family single and John P. Kee's Rance Allen tribute, gospel's past and present meet in a slate of new…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (381+ words) LA Focus 5 Big Entertainment Updates: Zo" & Harry, Oprah's Amazon Deal, Snoop Biopic Harry Styles and Zo" Kravitz's reported engagement headlines a week of Hollywood shakeups, from Brian Mc Knight's defamation suit to Snoop's 2027 biopic and Oprah's big Amazon deal. Zo…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (223+ words) LA Focus Judge Dismisses Portions of Smokey Robinson's Countersuit Against Sex Abuse Accusers A Los Angeles judge has dismissed key defamation claims in Smokey Robinson's countersuit against four ex-housekeepers, reshaping their sexual assault case ahead of a 2027 trial. A Los…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (511+ words) Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre returned to Compton last week not for a concert, but to help reshape the future of the city that raised them. Standing shoulder to shoulder in red construction vests at Centennial High School, the two…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (342+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California will launch a first-in-the-nation program providing free diapers to families with newborns, part of a broader effort to lower costs for parents and improve infant health outcomes. The initiative, called Golden State Start,…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (788+ words) In July 2024, Adrienne Boulware, a 47-year-old mother and grandmother, died from complications related to extreme heat exhaustion while incarcerated at the Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, according to her family. Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) hopes his legislation, Assembly…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (264+ words) LA Focus Jamal Bryant, New Birth Launch Major Affordable Housing Initiative Pastor Jamal Bryant and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church are turning 35 acres into 390 affordable homes to boost Black homeownership amid Atlanta's housing squeeze. Jamal Bryant and New Birth Missionary…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (348+ words) The revised Pregnant Women in Custody Act expands safeguards beyond the federal prison system to include women held by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The legislation also strengthens healthcare standards, oversight…...