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  • Will Smith not a swimmer

    Actor Will Smith may have pulled off several stunts in Hollywood films, but he doesn't know how to swim! He didn't learn to swim as he didn't have too many swimming pools in his vicinity when he was young. "I can't swim. In inner City Philadelphia, there's not a lot of swimming pools and I never actually learnt how to swim and I'm embarrassed about it," femalefirst.co.uk quoted the 44-year-old ...

  • Love scenes are judged Michael Douglas

    Hollywood actor Michael Douglas says it is tough filming love scenes for any movie because everybody judges them. He has shot a gay love scene with actor Matt Damon in his forthcoming film Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra". The 68-year-old believes that the cast, crew and eventually moviegoers are more critical of love scenes because everyone can relate to the acts, as opposed to ...

  • N.B.A. Roundup Clippers Wont Keep Vinny Del Negro as Coach

    The Los Angeles Clippers said Tuesday that Coach Vinny Del Negro would not be offered a new contract after the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs. Del Negro had a 128-102 regular-season record in three years with the team. The Clippers made the playoffs the last two seasons, last year advancing to the second round for only the second time since ...

  • Are LA Schools Prepared For a Huge Natural Disaster

    In addition to training staff to assume positions of search and rescue, Barnes said schools in general may be the safest structures when the so-called "Big One" hits. State law requires public K-12 schools to be built to higher standards and inspected more ...

  • Authorities on Scene of Dead Body at UCLA

    The outlet tweeted the body had been removed from campus by 5:30 p.m., but aerial footage of the scene showed the body was still there shortly before 6 ...


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Movie Review

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

Joel and Ethan Coen have a special affinity for characters who are dumber than they seem, which is matched only by their affinity for characters who are precisely as dumb as they seem. Burn After Reading, their relentlessly ridiculous screwball follow-up to No Count ... ...

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  • KRLA will broadcast from USS Iowa on Memorial Day

    < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } KRLA talk radio hosts Dennis Prager and Michael Medved will broadcast their shows live Monday from the USS Iowa battleship in San Pedro. Celebrating the ship's first Memorial Day since arriving on the L.A. Waterfront, the day's events also will feature free carnival games, food concessions and live music by a 1940s inspired group, the Lindy ...

  • Los Angeles City Council gives final approval to LAX runway shift

    < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } The Los Angeles City Council, overriding continued opposition from Councilman Bill Rosendahl, gave final approval to plans to move the northernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport by 260 feet to improve runway safety. Rosendahl, who represents the airport area and is leaving office on June 30, tried again to block the proposal, but the council ...

  • Teacher Kathy Carcamo wins San Pedro honorary mayor title

    < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } San Pedro High School teacher Kathy Carcamo has won the San Pedro honorary mayor title after raising more money for charity than her competitors. Carcamo's charities were the Boys and Girls Clubs of the L.A. Harbor, San Pedro High School and the San Pedro Elks Lodge. Other candidates were Margaret Hernandez and Casey Warren, who raised funds for the ...

  • Man posing as officer allegedly sexually assaults woman at El Segundo hotel

    Surveillance photo of unidentified second suspect. police badge, said he was conducting a prostitution sting and handcuffed her, Bermudez said. The second man stayed briefly, took some property and left. Stepp allegedly then sexually assaulted the woman, removed the handcuffs, took cash and other property from her purse and left. The woman called police, who quickly identified Stepp as a ...

  • 30-Year-Old Man Charged With Murdering Father In Canyon Country

    SAN FERNANDO (CBSLA.com) -- A 30-year-old man was charged Tuesday with murdering his father in Canyon Country. Juan Alexander Mejia was also charged with one felony count each of discharge of a firearm with gross negligence and receiving stolen property. The suspect's 53-year-old father, also named Juan Mejia, was shot about 11:45 p.m. last Thursday in the 19000 block of Newhouse Street. ...

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