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Cold hard cash offered for tipsters to report animal abuse as issue spirals on Skid Row
The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who tips off authorities to animal abuse in Los Angeles that leads prosecution under a federal law — as the issue plagues the city’s notoriously derelict Skid Row. Officials are asking eagle-eyed Angelenos to report abuse to a tip line to help root out violators of…
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Major ‘Princess Diaries’ star confirms she won’t return for third film
“Princess Diaries” star Julie Andrews confirmed she will not reprise her role as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in the forthcoming third installment. “I’m not going to be in it,” the beloved actress, 90, confirmed to Today.com. “I think the story is slightly different. And I’m not quite sure how they’re dealing with that.” Andrews added that it’s…
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Ari Emanuel’s events business will acquire theater owner ATG Entertainment
Ari Emanuel’s events and experiences business, Mari, said Tuesday that it will acquire ATG Entertainment, the owner of 70 venues, including theaters in London’s West End. ATG’s venues have hosted more than 16,000 performances and more than 18 million theatergoers annually, according to Mari. ATG also co-produces work for West End and Broadway and is…
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Trove of documents fuels new questions on why Trump-election probe collapsed
Classified documents released by President Donald Trump last month revealed why the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 elections never reached completion. According to The New York Times analysis, just a week after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, bureau officials launched a secret investigation codenamed “Oxferd Comma.”…
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Protesters Arrested After Storming OpenAI Lobbying Office
Over 30 student activists came together on Monday afternoon to occupy the Gallup Building in Washington DC, home to a public-facing lobbying office belonging to ChatGPT developer OpenAI. Once inside the lobby, the demonstrators unfurled a massive banner reading “Stop Stealing Our Future,” while others held signs with messages like “OpenAI bought my Senator.” The…
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Reggie Bannister, star of ‘Phantasm’ cult film franchise, dies at 80
Reggie Bannister, the actor who devoted his decades-long career primarily to independent horror thrillers including all five films of the the cult “Phantasm” franchise, has died. Bannister died Sunday morning at age 80 at home in Crestline in the San Bernardino Mountains, his wife Gigi Bannister announced Monday on Facebook. “In the snap of fingers,…
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How Ukraine is holding its own against Russia — and changing warfare as we know it
When the Russia-Ukraine conflict erupted into full-scale war in 2022, things looked grim for Ukraine. Its capital, Kyiv, was under threat almost immediately, and there were questions about how long the smaller country could hold out, even with US support. More than four years later, however, the dynamic is changing. US military support has waned,…
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Purple state stuck with massive tab for Trump’s deportations: ‘Huge waste’
Nevada taxpayers paid $2.7 billion on mass deportations in 2025, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Clark County taxpayers accounted for $1.8 billion of that amount, and Washoe County taxpayers accounted for nearly $600,000. Analyzing IRS statistics of income, an Institute for Policy Studies estimate of the costs of the Trump…
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You could soon be paying more to visit the L.A. Zoo
For the second year in a row, officials are moving to raise ticket prices for the Los Angeles Zoo. The Los Angeles City Council’s Arts, Parks and Libraries Committee voted Tuesday to hike zoo ticket prices by $2 across the board, an increase of 7% to 9% depending on the type of ticket purchased. The…
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Fireworks as Trump admin’s attempt to silence jazz drummer backfires spectacularly
A judge ordered the Kennedy Center to pay thousands to jazz drummer Chuck Redd, who canceled a Christmas Eve concert after the center added President Donald Trump’s name to the building. Associate Judge Tanya Jones Bosier of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia signed the order Monday. It follows her dismissing the lawsuit…