(CNN) — Hollywood actor Gal Gadot and her celebrity friends have recorded an uplifting take on John Lennon’s song “Imagine” as they — like millions more around the world — find themselves kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic. The “Wonder Woman 1984” star is joined in her Instagram video by fellow screen stars, comedians and […]
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(CNN) — Netflix is leaning into their comedy game. The streaming service is launching the “Netflix is a Joke Fest” from April 27 to May 3 in Los Angeles, a rep for the the streaming service tells CNN. Ali Wong and Dave Chappelle will headline the festival, which will feature over 100 shows throughout 20 venues around Hollywood. Some […]
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As Modernism wraps up, one thing we have learned is the value of saving and restoring our iconic desert architecture. One such structure is the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs. Over 350 events celebrating and spotlighting our iconic desert style, fill the 11 days of Modernism Week. Now in its fifteenth year, one of the […]
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(CNN) — The world’s richest man is on a real estate binge. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos paid $165 million to buy a Beverly Hills mansion belonging to Hollywood mogul David Geffen, a source familiar with the transaction told CNN Business. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. That isn’t the Amazon founder’s only Los […]
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Orson Bean, a familiar face on TV game shows and series from Hollywood’s Golden Age to Netflix, was fatally struck by a car Friday evening while walking across a busy boulevard in Los Angeles, police said. Bean, 91, was walking off the crosswalk when he was struck by a vehicle and fell, then was struck by a second […]
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20th Century Fox is an icon of Hollywood history. Its epic fanfare title card has appeared in front of “The Sound of Music,” “Star Wars” and other major films over the past 85 years. But in 2020, that name is no more. Disney is dropping the Fox name from its 20th Century Fox brand, renaming the longtime […]
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The 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival begins Thursday, bringing with it screenings of the year’s most acclaimed films and appearances by some of Hollywood’s most celebrated A-listers. The 12-day affair kicks off Thursday morning with a 10 a.m. screening of “Harriet,” which tells the story of Harriet Tubman’s extraordinary escape from slavery, and […]
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A man fell down a 40- to 50-foot hole at a construction site in East Hollywood Thursday, but he was pulled to safety and suffered what appeared to be only minor injuries. The man fell around 8:30 a.m. at the construction site in the 1400 block of North Hobart Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles […]
