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This image released by Disney shows Tom Hanks as Walt Disney, left, and Emma Thompson as author P.L. Travers in a scene from "Saving Mr. Banks."

Amy Tan published her newest book, "The Valley of Amazement," on Nov. 5. Her book tour for the novel is from Nov. 5 to March 7. LOS ANGELES >> Amy Tan, author of 'The Joy Luck Club,' will speak about her new book at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

A man who was fatally burned today inside a van at a South Los Angeles gas station may have been trying to steal fuel from an underground tank, authorities said.

A $50,000 reward was announced Tuesdayfor information leading to a conviction in the Dec. 2 death of 7-year-old Taalib Pecantte, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in the 1900 block of South Corning Street in the Mid-City section of Los Angeles.

A fire did major damage to a large detached garage behind a home in Sylmar Monday night and killed about a dozen birds.

The Wallace opened on November 30th in downtown Culver City, upping the ante in the neighborhood's burgeoning dining scene.

Friends and family members were stunned Monday by the death of a 16-year-old Torrance High School student who was killed in a weekend crash that occurred as an allegedly drunken teenage driver raced along a Wilmington street in his red sports car to impress her and her friends, police said.

James Howe a Director of Reality TV Shows "America's Next Top Model" and "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila."

Whether anyone understood Tagalog or not, “we're all Filipino tonight,” Tony Olaes told a crowd of nearly 200 people Sunday night at The Church Key in West Hollywood.

But among his fellow actors, he's the versatile acting everyman whose resume includes more than 180 film roles, a hundred or more television appearances, including a Golden Globe-winning performance in the title role of the mini-series “Hemingway.” Yet it's on the stage, specifically in the plays of William Shakespeare, that Keach has ... (more)

This June 27, 2013 file photo shows actress Fran Drescher at the Helmut Newton: White Women - Sleepless Nights - Big Nudes exhibit opening at the Annenberg Space Photography in Los Angeles.

After opening for Selena Gomez earlier this year, Emblem3 is hitting the road for their first national headlining tour.

"Hangover" producer Scott Budnick has decided to pursue his interest in juvenile justice reform and more socially conscious television and movies.

Sunday might be the coldest night of this month-and where it's not freezing cold, damaging winds may strike.

A tie-happy Los Angeles Film Critics Association gave its best picture of 2013 award to “Gravity” and “Her” at a meeting of 45 members in Cheviot Hills on Sunday.

However, even the City of Angels has the odd rainy day such as Saturday when the heavens opened with unseasonably cold temperatures.

It seemed like Stacy Keibler managed to drag out her relationship with George Clooney longer than most of his exes have, didn't she? I mean most of his women come with an 18-month expiration date and by the time their relationship is creeping towards the 2-year mark they find themselves out of George's Italian villa while he quickly moves on to the ... (more)

The colder air arrives a few hours later, and snow levels could drop to as low as 3,000 feet.

LOS ANGELES _ Pop and classical singer Josh Groban has listed his gated house in Malibu at $5.475 million.

Hollywood mourned this week after "Fast and the Furious" star Paul Walker was killed in a fiery car accident in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Nov. 30. The 40-year-old actor was a passenger in his friend Roger Rodas' Porsche Carrera GT when it crashed and exploded.