The Oscars' Best Animated Short Film category will be the usual battle between giants and little guys this year, with Pixar and Tweety Bird competing with a batch of smaller animated films from around the world. The Academy released a 10-film shortlist on Thursday, which puts Pixar's La Luna in the running to become the company's 11th nomination, and gives the Warner Bros. cartoon I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat a chance to add to WB's long history in the category as well.
Following is a list of nominees in key categories for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, announced in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Winners will be announced on February 12.
A powerful wind storm with gale-force gusts left much of the Los Angeles area strewn with toppled trees and downed power lines on Thursday, slowing rush-hour traffic and knocking out electricity to over 300,000 customers.
A Southern California man was arrested on Friday and accused of possessing what prosecutors called one of the largest child pornography collections ever recovered.
Harry Potter fans could be getting a second theme park in the United States, and possibly further attractions in Japan and Singapore, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
Drake Doremus doesn't do scripts.
A manager who represented child actors was arrested Tuesday in Santa Monica and charged with molesting an underage client, TheWrap has confirmed.
A powerful wind storm with gale-force gusts left much of the Los Angeles area strewn with toppled trees and downed power lines on Thursday, slowing traffic, damaging homes and knocking out electricity to over 350,000 customers.
Ukulele player Bill Tapia, believed to be the oldest performing musician in the world, died on Friday at the age of 103, his official website said.
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong, whose estranged husband Russell killed himself in August, is penning a memoir about her life experiences, TheWrap has confirmed.
A state government report said on Friday that California's homicide rate fell by 7.8 percent in 2010 to the lowest level since 1966, in-line with a U.S. drop in violent crimes that researchers have attributed in part to better police work.
Michael Jackson's doctor filed court papers on Friday indicating he plans to appeal his involuntary manslaughter conviction over the singer's death and his four-year jail sentence.
From the NYC bar scene to the pub crawls in Chicago, it can be hard to find an affordable place to get a few beers without breaking the bank. Here, see the top bars from San Francisco to Honolulu that sport the best deals in America's 10 most expensive cities.
The NBA has added two more games to its Christmas Day tripleheader: the Orlando Magic vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers vs. the Golden State Warriors.
Nicki Minaj, the Harajuku Barbie, has just solidified her place in the doll-world with the Nicki Minaj Barbie, to be auctioned for charity.
Life is a vicious cycle, said the wise sage. Deal with it.
The United Nations High Commissioner for human rights on Friday urged the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands following a reveal of evidence by an independent panel that suggests the country's security forces have committed crimes against humanity as it attempts to clamp down on an eight-month-old uprising.
The starter would replace Hiroki Kuroda.
Scott Olsen, the U.S. Marine Corps veteran who made national headlines in October after he received a brutal head injury during a violent clash between police and Occupy Oakland protesters, spoke to media outlets about the injury for the first time this week.
The troubled Cooper Square Hotel in Manhattan's East Village has sold for $67.5 million, according to New York City records.
Honda Motor Co. on Thursday announced that it has expanded its previous recall of certain types of Honda and Acura vehicles in order to replace the driver's airbag inflator.
Forbes released a list of the top ten worst cities for finding a job in America this week. Based off aggregated data from Indeed.com, Forbes found that Miami, Los Angeles, Riverside, Calif. and Las Vegas topped the list as the worst metro areas for job seekers.