‘I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it’s going to sell,’ Macklemore tells MTV News. By Rob Markman Macklemore in “Thriftshop” Photo: Macklemore
The duo don formal wear, flash smiles in photos from Los Angeles set. By Kara Warner Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake on the set of the “Suit & Tie” video Photo: PacificCoastNews.com
In a recent interview about the controversial Quentin Tarantino film, Django: Unchained, Samuel L. Jackson is asked about the constant use of the N-word in…
The city of Los Angeles is holding its annual gun buyback event at two locations today in response to the mass shooting in Newtown , Conn., this month. In a campaign that probably wouldn’t inspire a Jesse James’ gun rant , LAPD officials don’t try to take away your guns – they basically buy them off you. The guns can be turned in anonymously, with no questions asked, in exchange for up to $100 in Ralph’s gift cards for handguns, shotguns and rifles. Assault weapons can fetch up to $200 in rewards cards at the grocery store. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa created the gun buyback program in 2009. So far, it is credited with getting close to 8,000 firearms off the streets. Just last May, LAPD officials collected 1,673 firearms, including 53 assault weapons, 791 handguns, 302 shotguns and one anti-tank rocket launcher. Villaraigosa announced last week that the gun buyback, usually held in the spring, would be moved up to give Angelenos a chance to take “concrete action.” “Too often we wake up with another headline that reminds us we are too late,” Villaraigosa said at a news conference last week in response to the CT massacre. “In Los Angeles, we believe we should stand together.”
A jury has ruled that the Los Angeles Unified School District must pay $6.9 million to a boy molested by his elementary school teacher. The award Tuesday is among the largest for a single victim in the history of the district, and comes as it seeks to settle s ex abuse suits involving nearly 200 plaintiffs stemming from high-profile allegations against a teacher at Miramonte Elementary School. The Los Angeles Times reports the jury found the district liable for the 2008 molestation by teacher
Bronson Pelletier, an actor who portrayed a werewolf in The Twilight Saga, was arrested yesterday in Los Angeles for getting drunker than Lindsay Lohan on a Tuesday night. According to TMZ, here’s what went down: Pelletier’s pants. The 25-year old was removed from an airplane in Los Angeles after passengers complained of his drunk behavior. From there, sources say officers left Pelletier by a nearby gate… only to receive a call two hours later that the actor was at the airport. And NOT in the bathroom. So they returned and placed Pelletier under arrest for public intoxication. He was released not long after booking.
‘His age says my son would be Chief Keef if he didn’t make it,’ 50 Cent tells Power 106 in Los Angeles of the rising rap rookie. By Rob Markman 50 Cent Photo: Jon Kopaloff
From a bookstore display to a worldwide phenomenon, ‘Twilight’ Tuesday pays homage to the beloved saga in its last post. By Kara Warner Fans camp out before the “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” in Los Angeles Photo: Tibrina Hobson/ FilmMagic