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LOS ANGELES — The 2025 awards season is (finally) approaching its end.

The 97th Academy Awards will be held Sunday at the Dolby Theatre, where Hollywood's biggest stars will assemble to celebrate this awards cycle's ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State funding for homeless services came in lower than expected this week and furthered strained Sacramento’s upcoming budget deficit.

The city received the news Monday afternoon following the ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are considering stripping protections for the state’s farmworkers amid an avian flu crisis and widespread abuses in the agricultural industry.

A bipartisan bill introduced this month would ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Roberto Orci, the producer and writer behind “Star Trek,” “Transformers” and several other action-adventure movies and the TV reboot “Hawaii Five-0,” died on Tuesday at his Los Angeles home of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — I'll let you in on a secret: I lose my play-along Oscar ballot every year. Hey, I'm a critic who can't help voting her heart while championing what should have been nominated instead. This Sunday, I'll be ...Read more

A useful warming mat for home cooks and entertaining: Regular readers know I have a passion for food and cooking, and later this year I will be launching a cooking website. For now the name of the site and the web address ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It seems John Lithgow spilled the (Bertie Bott's Every Flavor) beans about his involvement in HBO's upcoming "Harry Potter" series.

The Oscar-nominated "Terms of Endearment" actor revealed this week that ...Read more

Across the U.S., tough-on-crime policies are surging again, despite research showing they do little to reduce crime, particularly violent offenses.

Before the early 1990s, people who were sentenced to 10 years ...Read more

With the 2024 U.S. election over and done with, political analysts and both major parties are already turning their attention to the upcoming midterm elections in 2026.

All 435 seats in the House of ...Read more

While policy debates on immigration, abortion and other issues took center stage in the 2024 presidential election, the first months of the Trump administration have also signaled major changes in federal disability ...Read more

A meeting in Philadelphia, held at a senior center on a bitter cold Saturday afternoon in late January 2025, drew nearly 300 people.

They came for two key reasons.

One was to voice outrage at the upsurge...Read more

After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world’s fourth mass bleaching event on coral reefs around the globe. At least 74 countries and territories are confirmed to ...Read more

Taylor Swift won the "ultimate respect" of tennis star Frances Tiafoe during an all-day drinking session.

The sportsman has revealed he met the singer at a Kansas City Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium last November and ...Read more

Halle Berry's doctor misdiagnosed her perimenopause symptoms as herpes.

The Hollywood actress, 58, has revealed she was sent into a spin after being told she had the sexually transmitted infection (STI) and she then spent...Read more

Queen Elizabeth was briefed about the possible existence of UFOs, according to a new documentary.

'The King of UFOs: A Documentary Exploring the British Royal Family's Fascination with UFOs, Crop Circles, and Ghosts' has ...Read more

They voted for Donald Trump for president and for a change in the direction of the federal government. But this wasn't the kind of change they had in mind.

Laid off by the administration in recent days from their U.S. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — They were neither Department of Government Efficiency officials nor simple impersonators.

Instead, a social media video posted Monday may have provided evidence that three men who asked for sensitive data ...Read more

There’s a certain type of prestige TV that appeals to the gawker in all of us, and it increasingly functions as a sign of the times: The rich may have all the power and Hollywood is all too happy to reinforce that status...Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s received an invitation to meet with Donald Trump in Washington after negotiators secured a draft agreement giving the U.S. control over half of the war-battered country�...Read more

Guy Pearce has predicted he'll lose out on an Oscar to Kieran Culkin.

The 'Memento' star is nominated for the Best Actor In A Supporting Role prize for his performance in 'The Brutalist' while Kieran is up for the same ...Read more