The ocean water along roughly eight miles of prime Los Angeles coastline remained off-limits indefinitely due to the recent rains and fire debris carried to the coast, while a water quality advisory was in effect all beaches in L.A. county until Thursday morning. The water closure ordered by the…

Artists Equity, the studio launched in 2022 by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is shuffling key roles in its executive suite. Dillon West has been elevated to Chief Operating Officer, with current COO Michael Joe transitioning to a strategic advisory role but staying on the company’s board of…

Meta has settled a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump after the social media giant suspended him from their Facebook and Instagram platforms following the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. As part of the agreement, Meta will pay $25 million, including about $22 million to Trump’s presidential…

The NFL’s “Tailgate Concert,” an annual Super Bowl Sunday event first held in 2021, is shifting from TikTok to YouTube for this year’s edition. YouTube and the NFL announced Post Malone as the headliner of this year’s livestream. The pop star is expected to take the stage a bit less than three…

Meta consistently beat Wall Street estimates on key fourth quarter numbers but forecasts for the current first quarter disappointed a bit as investors wait to grill CEO Mark Zuckerberg on a range of topics from AI rivals and investments, and new social media moderation policies. Here’s to hoping Wall…

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Dem-CA) has introduced H.R. 791, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (or FADPA), to prevent foreign-run piracy sites from exploiting loopholes in U.S. law. The Act sets site-blocking laws that require U.S. internet providers to make “a good faith effort” to disable access to…

Longtime CBS Studios development executive Bryan Seabury is expanding his role, adding head of content strategy, along with his current oversight of drama development, to his purview. In addition to continuing to lead drama development, Seabury"s expanded EVP role will include overseeing…

The White House rescinded an order that froze federal grants, loans and other financial assistance, generating widespread confusion among governors, state agencies and non profits over the future of their financial support. A federal judge had already issued an injunction to temporarily block…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Sugar23 has signed rising British actress Hannah Dodd. Best known for her roles as Francesca Bridgerton in the hit Netflix series Bridgerton and as Sarah Chapman in Enola Holmes 2 alongside Millie Bobby Brown, Dodd has recently established herself as one of…

A gaunt-looking Harvey Weinstein pleaded with the judge in his upcoming criminal retrial to move the start date forward, even by a week, because “I don’t know how much longer I can hold on” while the fallen mogul remains imprisoned in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island…

UPDATED, with additional details: One of President Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, Robert Kennedy Jr., repeatedly insisted that he was not “anti-vaccine” at his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of health and human services. But during a morning of testimony today…

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Murphy, author of the bestselling self-help book Inner Excellence, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. He’ll also now be represented globally through UTA’s partners at Curtis Brown Group. Murphy’s Inner Excellence made headlines earlier this month during the NFL…