Von Teese released a statement supporting the musician’s accusers:
“Please know that the details made public do not match my personal experience during our 7 years together as a couple,” Von Teese wrote. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Abuse of any kind has no place in any relationship,” she added. “I urge those of you who have incurred abuse to take steps to heal and the strength to fully realize yourself.”
Evan Rachel Wood and other women accused the musician and actor of abuse. Their allegations: latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality,” Manson posted Monday latimes.com/entertainment-…
Many in the entertainment industry expressed their support for Wood after she came forward latimes.com/entertainment-…
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One of Writer-Director Sam Levinson’s unseen but oft-referenced villains in “Malcolm & Marie” is an L.A. Times film critic who panned Malcolm’s previous movie, but who has apparently seen the light, marveling at his latest cinematic vision latimes.com/entertainment-…
Critic Justin Chang will “suspend that last question [below] for now, on the charitable assumption that Levinson couldn’t possibly be that petty, even if his dialogue here practically constitutes a textbook on human pettiness” latimes.com/entertainment-…
In January, three court staffers died after testing positive for the coronavirus, and since March, at least 445 of the court’s 5,100 staff and judges have tested positive.
A court reporter's positive test prompted administrators to close the courtroom she worked in. When an interpreter who also worked in the courtroom sought permission to quarantine at home on paid leave, she was denied, according to the interpreter’s union. latimes.com/california/sto…
The interpreter continued working, and days later, tested positive. According to the union, many were denied requests to go on paid leave. Some continued to show up to work, either because they feared reprisals for calling out or had no remaining sick time.latimes.com/california/sto…
Christopher Plummer, whose iconic role as the debonair Capt. Von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” was one of many acclaimed performances that led him to an Oscar and a pair of Emmy and Tony awards during his career in film and on stage, has died.
The Canadian leading man and character actor, who also starred in “All the Money in the World,” “Beginners,” “Up” and “Star Trek VI,” died early Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with Elaine Taylor, his wife of 53 years, at his side. He was 91.
A regal star with exquisite range, Plummer curated scores of theater roles and more than 200 film and television credits during his storied career. latimes.com/entertainment-…
A study conducted last spring suggested that around 7.5 million American small businesses would close by the fall of 2020.
That didn’t happen. Data later showed that less than 10% of the businesses expected to shut down reported having done so. latimes.com/business/story…
Figuring out what might be going on is vital, economists say.
And beyond dollars and cents, small businesses cement communities. A local shop is likely to patronize neighborhood service providers. Local businesses have a stake in community welfare. latimes.com/business/story…
It was never a question that Stephanie Contreras-Reyes would take the most rigorous AP classes her school offers.
And when her dad lost his job in March, it was never a question that the 17-year-old would do whatever was needed to keep her family afloat. latimes.com/california/sto…
Stephanie’s at the top of her class, the first in her family to get this far in school.
She is also among an increasing number of teens in L.A. who have started working to help their financially struggling families during the pandemic, often carrying overwhelming loads.
After her mother lost her full-time restaurant job last March, Isis Mejia-Duarte, a high school senior, began helping her mom deliver Amazon Fresh and InstaCart groceries.
They could make deliveries more quickly as a team, ultimately fulfilling more orders and making more money.