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Santa Anita, Del Mar to pick up extra racing dates

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:55:26 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - Santa Anita and Del Mar will pick up extra racing dates in 2014 after the closure of Betfair Hollywood Park in December.

Egg Drop wins turf debut at Hollywood Park

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:13:49 -0400

INGLEWOOD, California - Egg Drop was successful in her turf debut, winning the $57,842 feature by three-quarters of a length at Betfair Hollywood Park on Friday.

Scripps National Spelling Bee: Make 'em spell! And make 'em...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:55:45 -0400

By CAROLYN McATEE CERBIN - Chuckles rippled through the audience.

Film: 'Renoir' paints a lovely picture

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:47:37 -0400

By MARY THOMAS - A beautiful young woman riding a bicycle through the French countryside, her billowing auburn skirt and jacket the color of her tucked hair, opens the film "Renoir" with the promise of a sumptuous visual journey.

LA mayor-elect says he'll focus on economy

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:52:45 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti says he's going to focus like a "laser beam" on the economy when he takes office July 1.

Film: 'Fast & Furious 6' is hit-and-run silliness

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:53:05 -0400

By JOHN BEIFUSS - Vin Diesel and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are so pumped up, so anatomically inflated and unlikely that when they have a confrontation in "Fast & Furious 6," it's like watching a pair of unmoored Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons bump against each other.

Daft Punk goes outside comfort zone for new album

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:43:36 -0400

LOS ANGELES - It's tempting to say Daft Punk has gone Hollywood.

Edward Furlong arrested in West Hollywood

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:14:05 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles sheriff's spokesman says 'Terminator 2' star Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend.

LA-area doctor indicted for illegal prescriptions

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:39:02 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A Southern California doctor has been indicted on charges he allegedly wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe the drugs.

Chris Brown's scary curbside art irks LA neighbors

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:53:15 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Grammy-winning musician Chris Brown's neighbors are unhappy with what some are calling frightening art he's chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home.

Chris Brown's scary curbside art irks LA neighbors

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:53:15 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Grammy-winning musician Chris Brown's neighbors are unhappy with what some are calling frightening art he's chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home.

Bejarano rides 3,000th winner at Hollywood Park

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:09:05 -0400

INGLEWOOD, California - Rafael Bejarano won the first race aboard Ondine at Betfair Hollywood Park, giving the jockey his 3,000th career victory.

News Corp unveils logo ahead of split

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:31:41 -0400

LOS ANGELES - News Corp. is unveiling a new corporate logo that emphasizes its focus on Hollywood as it prepares to spin off its newspaper division and be renamed 21st Century Fox.

Hollywood Park to close after 75 years

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:57 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Betfair Hollywood Park will close by year's end and the 75-year-old racetrack property in Inglewood that hosted Seabiscuit and the first Breeders' Cup in 1984 will be developed with new housing and retail by its owner.

'Monkeemobile' designer Dean Jeffries dies at 80

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:56:09 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A celebrated car customizer who painted James Dean's Porsche and made the "Monkeemobile" for "The Monkees" TV show has died. Dean Jeffries was 80.

Fitzgerald's Hollywood ending followed sad death

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:56:08 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Has-beens in Hollywood usually stay that way. Yet one writer who died there nearly forgotten 73 years ago had one of the most remarkable posthumous revivals in literary history.

Shakira on her post-baby body: 'I look decent'

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:46:18 -0400

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California - Colombian superstar Shakira is learning how to balance her demanding work schedule with being a new mom one day at a time.

New Broadway plays are all about the movies

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:51:34 -0400

NEW YORK - By SHARON EBERSON

Schram: CIA's cash to Karzai nets little in return

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:49:57 -0400

By MARTIN SCHRAM - America's long-running, mondo-bizzaro courtship of Afghanistan's mercurial Hamid Karzai got even wilder and wackier this past week.

'Girls Gone Wild' founder convicted of assault

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:43:17 -0400

LOS ANGELES - "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis was found guilty Monday of misdemeanor counts of assault and false imprisonment stemming from a dispute with three women after a night out at a Hollywood club in 2011.

Despite new album, will.i.am looks past pop charts

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:34:11 -0400

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California - Will.i.am wants to be known as a maker - not just of music, but things, from cars to headphones.

Early Hollywood teen star Deanna Durbin dies at 91

Thu, 02 May 2013 02:13:24 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Deanna Durbin, the teen sensation whose sparkling soprano voice and girl-next-door looks made her a star during Hollywood's Golden Age, has died, a family friend said Wednesday. She was 91.

Religion: Zombies are us

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:50:35 -0400

By TERRY MATTINGLY - It seems to happen whenever Steve Beard hangs out with friends -- especially folks who don't go to church -- talking about movies, television and whatever else is on their minds.

Billy Baldwin fights to save Olympic wrestling

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:17:15 -0400

Wrestling has always been part of actor Billy Baldwin's life.

Hollywood and Vine: Wineries with celeb connection

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:16:10 -0400

HEALDSBURG, California - Sometimes visitors to MacMurray Ranch, the 1,500-acre (600-hectare) spread owned by movie and TV actor Fred MacMurray for a half-century, want to know: Where's the heliport? Where's the screening room?