When Jesse Montana filmed Vanderpump Rules last summer at the height of Scandoval, he didn’t realize Season 11 would be his last time in front of the cameras for the hit Bravo series. For years, Jesse has been in the background of the show as a server at Lisa Vanderpump’s …
Read More »'Vanderpump Rules' Season 11 Premiere: Is This It?
The Vanderpump Rules Season 10 finale, aptly titled “#Scandoval,” concluded with a dramatic exchange between Tom Sandoval, two-timing paragon of Angeleno scumbaggery whose five-percent ownership stake in one of West Hollywood’s seediest bars made him think he was the second coming of Steve Rubell, and Scheana Shay, an aspiring pop …
Read More »Former LA Sheriff Decries 'Witch Hunt' for Deputy Gang Members
After years of flouting subpoenas and decrying calls for his testimony as a “political circus designed for political damage,” former Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva finally testified to the county’s Civilian Oversight Committee about the problem of deputy gangs in the force on Friday. As Rolling Stone has reported, the …
Read More »Gal Gadot's 'Bearing Witness' Screening of Hamas Massacre Brings Sobs, Protests to L.A.
As pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups of demonstrators waved flags and vied for support from passing motorists at a busy Los Angeles intersection on Wednesday night, an audience of around 200 people filed through a security checkpoint into the city’s Museum of Tolerance. Attendees, the protesters chanting outside, and scores of …
Read More »SAG-AFTRA Members Toast Historic Victory Against AI: 'It Was Up to Us'
I t took 118 days of marching and negotiating for the actors’ union to reach a tentative deal with the Hollywood Studios Wednesday evening. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) leadership and negotiating committee voted unanimously to approve the tentative agreement with the Association of …
Read More »Sylvester Stallone Reveals Origin Story of the Name 'Rocky Balboa'
Over the past handful of years, Thom Zimny has emerged as one of the most prolific music documentarians around. A former editor on The Wire, Zimny won an Emmy for directing the Netflix film Springsteen on Broadway, reunited with Bruce for Letter to You, chronicled the life of Elvis Presley …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' Movie Will Make You Sing, Scream, and Sob
The first of many great moments in Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie: Right as the lights went down, the girl in Row H spoke up. “Oh my God, I should have asked permission before now, but we’re all gonna sing, right?” she pleaded in the dark. “Because I wanna sing!” …
Read More »Sarah Paulson, Star of Many Netflix Shows, Strikes Against Netflix
Members of the Screen Actors and Writers Guilds picketed outside of Netflix in Los Angeles on Tuesday in the hopes of sending an important message to the streaming giant: They think Netflix has the opportunity to lead other streaming services and studios toward reaching a deal with the writers (WGA) …
Read More »The Decathlete-Turned-Grifter Who Conned L.A.
N ov. 27, 2007, was a hot and humid Tuesday in Manila, Philippines, and David Bunevacz was getting the shit kicked out of him. He had been invited to the home of one of his partners in a recent cosmetic surgery venture, the Beverly Hills 6750 clinic in Makati City, …
Read More »'Vanderpump Rules' Is Filming Season 11 and Entering a Strange New Era
Cameras have officially picked up for Vanderpump Rules Season 11, following a monthslong news cycle around Scandoval and the highest-rated episodes in the Bravo series’ history. Last Thursday, TMZ reported that Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney filmed at a Los Angeles thrift store shopping for items for their sandwich shop, …
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