Category: Business

The Los Angeles Lakers' home game Thursday against the Charlotte Hornets was one of the first major sporting events in Los Angeles to be postponed after major wildfires broke out across the city earlier this week. Now the team's next home game, against the San Antonio Spurs, has been postponed as the devastation caused by […]

Elton John is enjoying a return to the top of the UK albums chart, with a debut record released in 2017. The BBC reported that Sir Elton's collection is a greatest hits diamond It reached number one in the UK after 374 weeks on the charts, marking the musician's ninth number one album, at the […]

Meta and Amazon are both canceling their diversity programs, adding their names to a growing list of companies across corporate America taking similar steps in anticipation of Donald Trump's return to the White House. The BBC reported that Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, sent a memo to employees about the decision, citing […]

South Indian films headed by Pushpa 2: Al Qaeda and Kalki 2898 ADtopped the box office in India in 2024, offsetting a decline in Hindi-language cinema revenues, according to data from Mumbai-based Ormax Media. This year's box office gross was the second-highest ever — at $1.38 billion (Rs. 118.3 billion), down 3.2% from $1.42 billion […]

Sam Moore, one half of the Grammy Award-winning R&B duo Sam & Dave behind the 1960s hits “Soul Man,” “Hold On I'm Coming” and “I Thank You,” died this morning in Coral Gables, Florida. Age 89. The cause of death was listed as complications of recovery from surgery. Born in 1935, Moore grew up in […]

As the Palisades and Altadena fires continue to devastate Los Angeles communities, celebrities like Jennifer Garner, Paris Hilton and others are mobilizing to donate, spur relief funds and volunteer. Some, like Sharon Stone and Halle Berry, are donating clothes to those who have lost their homes or been displaced amid the state's ongoing state of […]

As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles County, Hollywood and media companies are joining relief organizations in stepping forward to raise money to help those affected as well as first responders and other emergency agencies. Efforts include Fire assistancea benefit concert under the Azoff family's productions in association with Live Nation and AEG Presents, which […]

EXCLUSIVE: Wicked production sound mixer Simon Hayes says Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba opposite Ariana Grande’s Glinda in the musical extravaganza, has the prowess of an Olympian, which enabled his team to achieve vastly more than they’d expected. When Hayes and his unit were setting up microphones for the dynamic tour de force number “Defying Gravity” that sees Erivo […]

Warwick Davis, British actor and comedian best known for starring in Lucasfilm Willow His follow-up series on Disney+ is set to be awarded a BAFTA Fellowship at the EE BAFTA Film Awards, taking place on Sunday 16 February. The BAFTA Fellowship honors those who have made an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or […]

Barbara Corcoran, best known for being one of the investors in ABC Shark tanklost her mobile home amid the Los Angeles wildfires that displaced thousands of Southern California residents. The businesswoman shared a video on social media of the fires that destroyed a mobile home community in the Palisades Fire, where she got her own […]