Television
Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a waitress on the TV sitcom ‘Alice,’ has died at age 87.
California
On Tuesday, the council drafted and posted a flurry of proposals for same-day voting — so many that they were buried under one another on a City Hall bulletin board.
Entertainment & Arts
Broadway performer Gavin Creel, who died Monday at age 48, won a Tony for “Hello, Dolly!” and was also nominated for roles in “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “Hair.”
The actor’s career stretched back to ‘Platoon’ and included work on TV series such as “Law & Order” and “Night Court.” Though famous for a gory horror role, Todd was a lover of classic literature.
Hollywood Inc.
As he prepares to leave Sony Pictures, Tony Vinciquerra reflects on his time at the helm of the Culver City film and TV studio and defends “Madame Web” and “Kraven the Hunter.” “These are not terrible films.”
Logistics executives, warehouse owners and truckers are accused of moving shipping containers to warehouses and replacing contraband with ‘filler’ cargo.
Dodgers
Dodgers pitchers Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin, who missed this past season because of injuries, agreed to contracts for next season to avoid arbitration.
Trump’s order to cut off funding to sanctuary cities could threaten L.A. fire relief
Broadway producer Adam Epstein, whose credits include ‘Hairspray,’ ‘Amadeus’ and ‘Cry-Baby,’ died this week after months battling a brain tumor.