New York native Bobcat Goldthwait (real name Robert Francis Goldthwait) gained fame while in his mid-twenties after he parlayed his successful stand-up career into big-screen acting gigs while keeping his signature squawky voice on iconic ’80s movies. BG’s recognizable roles include the zany Zed on “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment,” Fred Chaney on the
After a week of rising Covid cases in Los Angeles, the county’s daily count of new infections hit a high not seen in nearly a year. On Christmas Eve the region reported 9,988 new cases. The last time it saw a daily new cases count that high was mid-January 2021. On Tuesday of this week,
The Wheel of Time ended its first season today with an explosive finale that saw entire armies fall, revealed several new mysteries, and left every major cast member changed in some significant way. From the opening moments of the episode, when we saw Lews Therin Telamon (the last Dragon) during the Age of Legends to
After an unprecedented 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of entertainment slowly began to make its way back to a new normal in 2021. However, even as movies began to make their way back to theaters, television continued to offer fans a wide variety of high-quality programming that offered up laughter, adventure, thought-provoking
The Justice Department has released a three-hour video of a battle between rioters and the police at the US Capitol Building on January 6 where rioters brandished weapons, officers were viciously beaten, and a member of the mob died on Capitol steps. CNN’s Jessica Schneider reports. #CNN #News
A person was killed and paramedics rushed three people to area hospitals Friday morning, Dec. 24, after a traffic crash involving at least a half-dozen vehicles — including two big rigs — on the 5 Freeway near Dodger Stadium, in Elysian Park. A 67-year-old woman, a 29-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl were transported to
A 14-year-old girl has been shot and killed in a Los Angeles clothing shop’s dressing room after police opened fire on an assault suspect. Police also shot and killed the suspect at the Burlington shop in the North Hollywood area of San Fernando Valley, police said. A man had been acting erratically and threatening to
The government will “look at all the data we have available” on Monday before making a decision on post-Christmas coronavirus restrictions in England, a senior government adviser has said. Dr Jenny Harries said any move on COVID rules next week will not be based on “simply what the epidemiology is saying”, but also “how it’s
Apple recently fixed a security vulnerability in the macOS operating system that could be potentially exploited by a threat actor to “trivially and reliably” bypass a “myriad of foundational macOS security mechanisms” and run arbitrary code. Security researcher Patrick Wardle detailed the discovery in a series of tweets on Thursday. Tracked as CVE-2021-30853 (CVSS score:
In the early days of her career, Joan Didion had a taste of what some music and arts journalists have had to endure over the years: the monotony of record-making. It was 1968, and Didion, working on a story, visited an L.A. recording studio to watch the Doors tinker with Waiting for the Sun. According
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I imagine Christmas at the Nelson house is full of just as much singing as it is exchanging gifts and normal people holiday traditions. I say normal because the last thing I would ever want on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is to hear anyone in my family try to sing a song or play
The university spin-out venture chaired by Lord O’Neill, the former Treasury minister and Goldman Sachs economist, has secured backing from a syndicate of City investment giants. Sky News has learnt that funds managed by M&G Investments, Lansdowne Partners and Columbia Threadneedle are to invest in Northern Gritstone, a collaboration between the universities of Leeds, Manchester
Adam McKay knows you’re angry. He’s angry, too. The writer-director partially responsible for some of the greatest comedies of the 21st century — and what is comedy, really, but a more socially acceptable form of expressing aggression — is steaming mad about the state of our nation, our hemisphere, our world. McKay is pissed over
This review contains spoilers for The Expanse. The Expanse Season 6 Episode 3 Like last week, the latest episode of The Expanse benefited from an exciting battle in space, but unlike the previous installment, which had plenty of emotional punch, “Force Projection” seemed unable to focus intently enough on any one subplot to keep viewer
Oppo Find N has debuted as the company’s first foldable phone. The smartphone is claimed to be a result of four years of research and development and the final product coming out of six generations of prototypes. Oppo also touted to have used a list of refinements on the Find N to deliver a better
Play video content Alec Baldwin hopped on cam to deliver a holiday message … thanking people who have supported him in the wake of the fatal shooting on the “Rust” set, saying it’s been a rough road for him. Baldwin expressed gratitude to people who reached out to him with messages of sympathy and support
UPDATED: Waitress, the Broadway musical featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, has canceled its remaining performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, producers announced tonight. The decision was made after new cases of Covid were detected among the company and crew. The production was to have run through January 9. Likewise, producers of the groundbreaking
After slow sales last December, Virginia Fernandez was ready to see her at-home tamale business bounce back this year. When customers began placing orders in early November, Fernandez said, it was an early sign of what was to come. Just days from Christmas, with nearly 2,400 tamales sold thanks to word-of-mouth and her loyal customer
A former US police officer who said she mistakenly fired her gun instead of her Taser in the fatal shooting of a man has been found guilty of manslaughter. Kimberly Potter was convicted over the death of 20-year-old motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April in Minneapolis. Potter, 49, was found guilty of