Actor Mickey Rourke faces eviction from his Los Angeles home after failing to pay rent. Rourke, whose birth name is Philip Andre Rourke, Jr., received a three-day notice to pay …
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“Oooh, look at this trash!” Alicia Piller was giddily flitting around her Inglewood live-work studio holding up resin-coated balls of detritus, showing off tiny fossil fragments, and pulling out plastic …
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Timothée Chalamet’s extensive pingpong training for ‘Marty Supreme’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFirst clue that someone is serious about pingpong: They call it table tennis. Second clue: They bring their own paddle. Timothée Chalamet dropped a third clue on movie sets all …
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Tyler Perry sued for sexual assault by ‘Madea’s Halloween’ actor
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAn actor who appeared in Tyler Perry’s “Boo! A Madea Halloween” allegedly confided in the media mogul about health concerns and financial woes months before filing a $77-million sexual assault …
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El DeBarge brings the ‘rhythm of the night’ to New Year’s Eve at Blue Note L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhen the Hollywood location of the Blue Note first opened, it was during difficult times. Like almost all of L.A., the venue was impacted by the January wildfires, and a …
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Podcast tours are all the rage: Inside the big business of live shows
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOn Dec. 4, Amy Poehler hosted a live recording of her less-than-a-year-old podcast, “Good Hang,” at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. The crowd wasn’t just packed, it was fully engaged …
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‘Stranger Things’ creators on Will facing a fear bigger than Vecna
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThis article contains spoilers from Season 5, Vol. 2, of “Stranger Things.” What could be more gulp-inducing than trying to defeat a nightmarish vine-covered villain and wipe out an eerie …
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Bobby Berk has seen a lot, but a $100,000 surprise on his new HGTV show made his jaw drop
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNobody does a jaw-drop reaction like Bobby Berk. It’s only surprising when you assume he’s probably seen it all after eight seasons traveling the world as the interior design expert …
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Brigitte Bardot dead: France’s prototype of liberated female sexuality
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBrigitte Bardot, the French actor idealized for her beauty and heralded in the midcentury as the prototype of liberated female sexuality, has died at 91. Long withdrawn from the entertainment …
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Will ‘Avatar’ box office translate into Oscar success?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHas there been a year this decade when we’ve been sad to see it go? I thought about that while reading our “25 ways to banish this no good, very …