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Screen pals Caine, Freeman talk career longevity
Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman shared only fleeting screen time in the Batman trilogy now concluded. In a recent interview, the two Oscar-winning ...
Andrus, Rangers win wild game over Angels
Elvis Andrus and the Texas Rangers were not going to let the Angels beat them again — even if they needed two improbable comebacks to win. Andrus had ...
Michael Jackson's siblings resume attack on will
More than three years after Michael Jackson's death, his youngest brother continues to raise questions about the validity of the pop superstar's will.
Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies
In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidal might have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat's bearing — tall, handsome and composed — and ...
Phillies send Victorino to Dodgers
Shane Victorino will hear an unfamiliar sound at Chavez Ravine: cheers. The Phillies traded the two-time All-Star center fielder to the Los Angeles ...
Steve McQueen watch auctioned for nearly $800,000
A watch worn by Steve McQueen in "Le Mans" sold for nearly $800,000 at an auction of film memorabilia. The auction house Profiles in History said ...
50 years on, Marilyn's star power shines bright
Only 11 years after her death, Elton John sang his ode to Marilyn Monroe. "And I would have liked to have known you, but I was just a kid," went the ...
Dodgers get RHP League from Mariners
The Los Angeles Dodgers bolstered their bullpen for a playoff run, acquiring former All-Star reliever Brandon League from the Seattle Mariners for two ...
Feds: Calif. man attempts to smuggle meth as candy
A California man faces federal drug charges for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 4 pounds of methamphetamine to Japan in what looked like dozens ...
Romantic crooner Tony Martin dies at 98
Tony Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s and sustained a career in records, television and ...
Catholic schools see marketing aid enrollment
After 97 years, Our Lady of Lourdes School was closing — enrollment had dwindled to just 35 children last year at what was once one of the West ...
Catholic schools use marketing miracles to survive
After 97 years, Our Lady of Lourdes School was closing — enrollment had dwindled to just 35 children at the East Los Angeles school. But with a new ...
Ramirez's HR in 10th lifts Dodgers over Giants 5-3
Hanley Ramirez's daily chats with hitting instructor Manny Mota are already paying big dividends for the Dodgers. Now it's even more clear why the Los ...
'Selena' star Lupe Ontiveros dies of cancer at 69
Veteran actress Lupe Ontiveros, who appeared in scores of TV shows and movies including "Desperate Housewives," ''Selena" and "As Good As It Gets," ...
Willard says he did nothing to warrant arrest
Fred Willard said his recent lewd conduct arrest at an adult movie theater was "very embarrassing" but insisted he did nothing wrong. "It's the last ...
Katherine Jackson apparently back home
Katherine Jackson is apparently back home, reuniting with Michael Jackson's children after a judge temporarily took away her guardianship because of ...
Judge appoints temp guardian for Jackson children
Michael Jackson's mother says she was hurt by a court ruling that temporarily took away her guardianship of the deceased singer's children.
Bieber paparazzo faces criminal charges in pursuit
Authorities are using a new California law to charge a paparazzo photographer in connection with a high-speed chase of Justin Bieber earlier this ...
New Tonto, familiar feelings for Native Americans
Gyasi Ross grew up decades after the "Lone Ranger" aired on TV, but his friends would still call him "Tonto" when they teased him.
'Medical Center' star Chad Everett dies at 75
Chad Everett, the blue-eyed star of the 1970s TV series "Medical Center" who went on to appear in such films and TV shows as "Mulholland Drive" and ...
LA City Council votes to ban marijuana shops
Unable to rein in hundreds of medical pot shops that blossomed around the nation's second-biggest metropolis, the Los Angeles City Council banned them ...
Hollywood skirts blame in 'Dark Knight' shooting
There seems to be very little of the blame-it-on-Hollywood backlash in the wake of the Colorado theater massacre that so often occurs when people ...
'Twilight,' Swift add to Teen Choice Awards hauls
"The Twilight Saga" is gonna need a bigger garage. It was announced at Sunday's Teen Choice Awards that the supernatural franchise has won 41 ...
'Dark Knight Rises' reportedly earns $160 million
"The Dark Knight Rises" was on track to earn $160 million, which would be a record for 2-D films, over the weekend following a mass shooting at a ...
AP Essay: Will anyone really miss the box office?
A Warner Bros. executive emailed a fact sheet about "The Dark Knight Rises" to Hollywood reporters a few days ago and ended with two hopeful syllables ...