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UPDATED, with exclusive details of event: Joe Biden plans to return to Los Angeles next week for a pre-midterm swing next week that includes a fundraiser with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Oct. 13 event will be for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, tasked with retaining the Democrats’ House majority, according to a DCCC official. The evening reception will be in Brentwood, with tickets starting at $5,000 per person, rising to $10,000 per couple and $50,000 per couple to host. The latter includes a photo and reception. All attendees are required to be fully vaccinated, including a booster shot, according to the invite. Further details, like the hosts of the events, have yet to be announced. Biden was traveling to New York on Thursday, with an itinerary that included a fundraiser at the home of James Murdoch. That event also is for the DCCC. Other events also are being scheduled, according to sources. Biden was last in Los Angeles in June, on a trip … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Plans Pre-Midterm Trek To Los Angeles

The first-ever LA3C culture and creativity festival sponsored by Penske Media and set for Dec. 10-11 will include mainstage performances by Free Nationals, Gerardo Ortiz, Fonseca, Marc Segui, Shawn Wasabi, Monogem, Shea Diamond, and Chicocurlyhead, organizers announced today. The festival will take place at Los Angeles State Historic Park in Los Angeles. The name, LA3C, stands for Los Angeles the Capital of Culture & Creativity. See the newly released full poster below. The diverse lineup of performers joins previously announced headliner and three-time Grammy-winner Megan Thee Stallion and Latin chart-topper Maluma , with performances by K-Pop stage-breakers Seventeen and Snoop Dogg. Tickets are on-sale now at LA3C.com . “We are thrilled to share our full music lineup today,” said Juan Mora, CEO of LA3C. “Our goals were to create a lineup that celebrates the range of musical genres Los Angeles offers including Pop, Hip-Hop, R&B, K-Pop, Regional Mexican … [Read more...] about LA3C Culture Festival Announces Additional Performers To Join Megan Thee Stallion and Maluma

Big Little Lies producer Bruna Papandrea ’s production company, Made Up Stories, is expanding with a new UK office run by Sarah Harvey , who has joined the company as a producer and creative director. Harvey officially began her new position in August. “I’ve long admired Bruna’s tenacity and stellar storytelling instincts, and I’m thrilled to have joined the incredibly talented Made Up Stories Team,” said Harvey. Harvey has worked across film and TV for over 20 years and has held positions at several production companies, including Blueprint Pictures, Intermedia Films, and Working Title Films. As Head of Film at Blueprint, she developed and co-produced The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , directed by John Madden. The film picked up BAFTA and Golden Globe nods. She also co-produced Martin McDonagh’s directorial debut In Bruges , starring Colin Farrell. Most recent credits from Harvey include Ol Parker’s romantic comedy Ticket To Paradise , starring George Clooney … [Read more...] about Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories Opens UK Office; Sarah Harvey Joins As Producer And Creative Director

EXCLUSIVE: Circle of Confusion has hired Literary Manager Jon Kee to join the firm. Kee is the first person from the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities Los Angeles Program to be hired by a major management company. During Kee’s time with the program, he went from being an intern to a literary manager. Kee grew up in the Nickel City. He cut his teeth interning at UTA, ultimately working in the VO department. He also worked for the SAG Awards, and worked at Good Fear Content, where he assisted Scott Stoops in the literary department and Chris Bender on the production side while also building his own unique roster in both the literary and talent departments. “We are thrilled to welcome Jon to the Circle of Confusion family, and to help further nurture and accelerate bringing diverse talent into our industry, said the Circle partners. “We have known and worked with Stacy Milner and her HBCU in LA program and … [Read more...] about Literary Manager Jon Kee Joins Circle Of Confusion

EXCLUSIVE: Tamara Taylor ( Law & Order: Organized Crime , Bones ) has joined the cast of FX ’s Snowfall for its sixth and final season. Details regarding who she will portray are under wraps. From John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and showrunner Dave Andron, Snowfall follows Los Angeles’ criminal underbelly in the 1980s when the crack epidemic was bringing it a lot of cash but also ruining countless lives. At the center of the story is Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), a teen at the start of the series, with smarts that could take him from college to the career of his dreams. But the challenges he faced led him down a different and darker path. After becoming a young drug kingpin, he’s got more money and power than he could’ve ever asked for but the consequences of his actions normally lead folks with similar ambitions to the morgue or prison. Family, friends, associates, and competitors often follow a similar path, regardless of their willingness to participate in the … [Read more...] about ‘Snowfall’: Tamara Taylor Joins Sixth & Final Season Of FX Series

Jody Miller , who had a run of country hits in the 1960s and ’70s that began with the crossover single “Queen of the House,” died October 6 or Parkinson’s complications in Blanchard, OK. She was 80. First signed to Capitol Records as a folk act in 1962, Miller dented the pop charts with “He Walks Like a Man” two years later before hitting it big with “Queen of the House” in 1965. An answer record to Roger Miller’s hit “King of the Road” that used his song’s music, it reached the Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart and hit No. 12 on the Hot 100. The song win her a Grammy for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance – Female, and she also was nomination for Best New Country & Western Artist. RELATED: Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery That song would be her biggest crossover hit, but Miller — no relation to Roger — continued to record for Capitol through the 1960s, releasing a slew of singles including “Home of the Brave” and “Long … [Read more...] about Jody Miller Dies: Country Singer Of Hits Including ‘Queen Of The House’ Was 80

Opening statements have begun in Kevin Spacey ’s trial over sex abuse claims by Star Trek Discovery ’s Anthony Rapp . The proceedings in a New York federal courtroom come as Harvey Weinstein , Danny Masterson and Paul Haggis all face sex crimes trials of their own starting next week. After an extremely brisk jury selection this morning in District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s Manhattan courtroom, Keller Anderle lawyers for Spacey, and Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigma attorneys for Rapp will present the starting salvos of their case to the six men and six women chosen to serve. First filed by Rapp in 2020 over claims he made public in October 2017, the $40 million civil case alleges that back in 1986 Spacey fondled and trapped the then 14-year-old on the defendant’s bed without his consent at a theatre party. Quickly pink-slipped from his starring role in Netflix’s acclaimed House of Cards when further sexual misconduct allegations emerged on … [Read more...] about Kevin Spacey Trial Opens As Harvey Weinstein, Danny Masterson, & Paul Haggis’ Sex Crimes Cases Head To Court Next Week