Police: 'High chance' of Hollywood mass shooting prevented
A “high chance” of a mass shooting in Hollywood was thwarted Tuesday by police seizing a cache of guns and ammunition in a high-rise apartment where several rifles were pointed toward a nearby park, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Braxton Johnson was taken into custody Tuesday after he allegedly made violent threats involving weapons to security staff at the apartment building and people outside, the agency said the following day. A search of Johnson's apartment turned up two assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines, all of which are illegal in California, as well as three handguns, a sniper rifle, a shotgun and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
news.yahoo.comWrexham eyes Hollywood ending in impressive FA Cup run
The Hollywood owners of Wrexham are still learning the vernacular of British soccer. Rob McElhenney, who co-owns the fifth-tier club with fellow actor Ryan Reynolds, joked that he’s visited Sheffield and likes the people but “they of course are the enemy now and their tyrannical reign through the Championship must be stopped a la Goliath.” Wrexham is lowest-ranked team left in the world’s oldest soccer knockout competition, 71 places below its opponent in English soccer’s pyramid.
news.yahoo.comReview: The good, the bad and the Tuesday of the 2023 Globes
Tuesday night doesn’t really scream “glamorous awards show.” Hollywood, in large part, turned out too, acting as though it wasn’t a rainy weekday in Southern California and as though they hadn’t just a year ago protested the existence of the show. Brad Pitt and Angela Bassett came.
news.yahoo.comTom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and more real-life celeb couples who sizzle on screen
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are one of Hollywood's most enduring on and off-screen couples. "Rita and I just looked at each other and — kaboing — that was that," Hanks told outlet, per People magazine . This is the one!’" Wilson told the outlet. Goldie Hawn and Kurt RussellGoldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have enjoyed one of Hollywood's most storied romances over their 39 years together. And you both need to want it to work," "The First Wives Club" actress told Porter magazine in 2015.
foxnews.comExam finds famed LA mountain lion may have been hit by car
The famous Hollywood-roaming mountain lion known as P-22 is drastically underweight and was probably struck and injured by a car, wildlife experts who conducted a health examination on the big cat said Tuesday. The male cougar, whose killing of a leashed dog has raised concerns about its behavior, probably won't be released back into the wild and could be sent to an animal sanctuary or euthanized, depending on its health, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said. “Nobody is taking that kind of decision lightly,” spokesperson Jordan Traverso said during a videoconference.
news.yahoo.comProsecutor: Women's stories show Weinstein's predatory power
A prosecutor told jurors Monday that the women who will testify that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them will tell uncannily similar stories of themselves as young aspiring women who were cornered in hotel rooms by a man who defined Hollywood power.
Movies love a comeback story. This summer, it's their turn.
Hollywood is bringing out some of its biggest and most reliable players for the 2022 summer movie season, which unofficially kicks off this weekend with the help of Marvel and Disney’s “Doctor Strange and the Multitverse of Madness” and runs through the end of August.