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La Times Hit By Layoffs As Profits Plunge 41% at Tribune (Updated)
7 hours ago
The Los Angeles Times has cut more employees in what the paper termed a "modest round of staff reductions" on Friday, just as the parent Tribune company announced a quarterly earnings report with profit down by a staggering 41 percent. The layoffs coincided with the end of the parent Tribune Co.'s quarter and a redesign of its website. The company reported net income of $58.4 million in the first three months of the year, a 41% drop from the $99.1 million a year earlier. Revenue dropped 3.3% to $705 million and pretax »
- Sara Morrison
Bet Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List
8 hours ago
Actor and comedian Chris Tucker hosted the Bet Awards 2013 from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday. With 12 nominations, Drake went into Sunday's awards show with the most chances for taking home an award. He ended up taking three home: Best Collaboration with A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar for "Problems"; Video of the Year for "Started From The Bottom"; and the Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award. Nicki Minaj won the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist for the fourth year in a row. Meanwhile, Lamar won Best New Artist and Best Male Hip-Hop Artist. Jamie »
- Jethro Nededog
'The Lone Ranger' Review: Hi-Yawn, Silver, Awaaaay!
8 hours ago
The new film "The Lone Ranger" seems very reluctant on the subject of its own hero, a character who was exceedingly popular for decades on radio and on television. It's one thing to give the faithful sidekick top billing, when that sidekick is played by Johnny Depp, but the film feels constantly torn between deconstructing the legend and presenting it in a straightforward manner. Since it's impossible to simultaneously sacrifice and worship a sacred cow, "The Lone Ranger" feels schizophrenic, a state of affairs that would be forgivable if it delivered »
- Alonso Duralde
Cirque du Soleil Performer Dies From Fall During Las Vegas Show (Updated)
10 hours ago
A Cirque du Soleil performer has died after falling Saturday night during a performance of the show "Ka" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Sarah Guillot-Guyard was killed in fall from the show's elevated vertical stage at the MGM Grand, a spokesperson for Cirque du Soleil confirmed to TheWrap. The tragic incident marks first onstage death in the 30-year history of artistic acrobatic troupe, according to the Las Vegas Sun which first reported the news. Also read: 'Storm Chasers' Stars Killed While Following Oklahoma Tornado The Clark County Coroner's Office confirmed Sunday morning »
- Todd Cunningham
Jim Kelly, 'Enter the Dragon' Actor, Dead at 67
10 hours ago
Actor Jim Kelly, whose sharp wit and martial arts chops were a big part of the Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon," has died. He was 67. Kelly's ex-wife Marilyn Dishman said that he died Saturday of cancer in his San Diego home in a Facebook posting Sunday. He played he Afro-topped tough guy named Williams in the 1973 cult classic "Enter the Dragon" and supplied some of the film's best lines: He's "too busy lookin' good," Mr. Han-man comes "right out of a comic book," and "ghettoes are the same all over »
- Todd Cunningham
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