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As firefighters and first responders continue fighting the good fight against the Southern California windstorms and wildfires, we have some some bi details to pass along regarding FireAid Announced earlier this month by Live Nation, AEG, and the Azoff Company, the benefit concert in support of those impacted by the blazes has grown so much[...]

As firefighters and other first responders continue fighting the good fight against the deadly and devastating Southern California wildfires, The Walt Disney Company announced on Friday that it is donating $15 million "for initial and immediate response and rebuilding efforts." The statement noted that a portion of the funds will be dispersed to the American[...]

Thanks to the State of California, we actually have some good news to pass along regarding a highly anticipated project that he and a whole lot of other folks are intimately familiar with Earlier today, we learned that Peacock's upcoming Dan Harmon & Andrew Guest-penned, Glover (Troy), Ken Jeong (Ben Chang), Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley), Joel[...]

Earth-2 Comics of Sherman Oaks, California, opened twenty-one years ago, but is now closing its store, on Ventura Boulevard, on the 30th of June But the moment has been prepared for The announcement ran on Facebook from owner Carr D'Angelo; From Earth-2 of Sherman Oaks, California "There is no Secret Society of Super-Villains to blame[...]

Paul Gravett has curated a new exhibition on Asian comic books for The Barbican, Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form which has just opened in The Bowers in Santa Ana, California Created in close collaboration with a diverse team of over twenty international advisors, it has more than 500 featured works, including delicate Japanese[...]

Bleeding Cool recently reported on the loss of the comic book store Brian's Comics of Petulama in California Well now the Santa Rosa secondhand comic book store The Batcave is opening a second location in the space that formerly housed Brian's Comics and will continue to sell second-hand comics, toys and games The new location will[...]

Local news station KRA3 reports from Sacramento, California, that comic book and toy stores in the area believe that they have been targeted for break-ins and vandalism in recent months After reporting a break-in at Sacramento store Toy Fusion in Sacramento, the station learned of four additional stores that had reported recent burglaries, and they[...]

But it could have been a whole lot harder. One of the earliest comic book retailers and comic historian Bob Beerbohm (author of Comic Book Store Wars) set up the Californian comic book store Comics & Comix Store #1 near UC-Berkeley campus with Bud Plant and John Barrett, which went on to host comic conventions, and become the first comic[...]

Mike Wellman, formerly of The Comic Bug and now the co-owner of Long Beach Californian comic book store, Atomic Basement Comics and Creator's Lab, has posted a proposition to his customers – and potential customers in California He writes; Get Vaxxed and get a FREE COMIC!!! Show us your Vaccine Card and get a free comic book[...]

Yesterday, comic book retailer Ryan Higgins of Comics Conspiracy of Sunnyvale, California posted the following tweet, adding to the debate about the US minimum wage levels He wrote; Want to see a store with a $16.30 minimum wage? It's my store Get the f-ck out of here that billion-dollar corporations can't afford $15. With the following photo[...]

In the following preview for Sunday's The Rookie, Nolan's "momster" problems turn deadly while West looks to Sgt. Grey for help with Stanton.

HBO's Barry star Bill Hader stopped by (virtually) Late Night with Seth Meyers to drop some news on season 3- and season 4?

On Sunday, SAG-AFTRA, the Producers Guild of America, and the Joint Policy Committee of the Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising Agencies announced that on-set commercial production has been halted temporarily in Southern California over COVID outbreaks in the region (with major studios and streamers already on production hiatus until the[...]

The move comes after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reached out to the entertainment industry for their voluntary support on Monday as COVID cases and deaths continue to rise throughout the county and the state of California. (Photo by: Jordin Althaus/NBC) FilmLA posted excerpts from the county health department on their website, directed at[...]

CBS Studios is delaying production return starts for NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, Seal Team, and other series as Los Angeles COVID cases soar.

For those unaware, Animal Kingdom is not a nature documentary, but instead a "lively" TNT action-drama about Southern California's best family of bank robbers Think of it as the cool surfer cousin of Sons of Anarchy All that aside, I'm not here to convince you to watch it this time or even to review it. Or[...]

Ex-America's Got Talent judge Gabrielle Union is taking her harassment, discrimination, and retaliation complaints against the show's producers to court, filing a complaint on Thursday in the state of California against FremantleMedia, Simon Cowell's Syco, and NBCUniversal (with reports that Union will also file a separate suit against Cowell) While the complaint covers many of[...]

Andrew Cuomo and California Gov Gavin Newsom are hearing from Hollywood The Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee Task Force has submitted a 22-page set of recommendations and guidelines to be considered by their respective states for the resumption of film, TV, and streaming productions New York and California represent the states with the highest number of[...]

Comic Hero University of Fullerton, California  has been giving away free comic books where one may not expect it, inside students school lunches Even though schools have been shut down, school districts have been handing out lunches to those students who need them And with a little extra reading time on their hands right now,[...]

In the following preview for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Tiago and Molly look for a break from their lives as Magda's plans heat up.

One comic shop has come up with a clever way to sll comics while shut down, by letting customers pick up their comics from a pizza place.

Ryan Higgins of Comics Conspiracy in Sunnyvale, California has informed customers that he will only be ordering for subscriptions and special orders from now on, and no longer stocking any comic books 'for the shelf' So if customers want stuff, a) they have to tell him and b) they have to tell him now, as[...]

Travelers from the two major Disney theme parks in California and Florida of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge will have to contend with a souvenir ban of the spherical "thermal detonator" Coke bottles, because of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says it looks like a replica explosive The $5 Coke bottles are among over a 1,000 unique[...]

Welcome to our new favorite episode of TNT's "Animal Kingdom," so sit back and get ready because "Ambo" gets wild and crazy - ier... crazier than usual!

Hot on the heels of last week's fourth season premiere, the second episode of TNT's Animal Kingdom "Angela" packs just a hard a punch as its season lead-in.

In our review of ABC's 'The Rookie' season finale "Free Fall": while we wait for news of a second-season order, the writers brought out the big guns...

In this week's review of ABC's The Rookie "The Checklist," the rookies prepare for six month exams and the next phase of training - what could go wrong?

Showtime‘s sequel series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels welcomes back Rory Kinnear (The Creature), set to return to the franchise in a pivotal role.

YouTube Originals 'Cobra Kai' stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka are teasing fans on what they can expect when the 'Karate Kid' sequel series returns.

Stephen Dorff is following his 'True Detective' turn with the lead in the FOX pilot 'Deputy', a modern police procedural set in Los Angeles.