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A chair of a trial committee of the Writers Guild of America West has called out the union’s handling of disciplinary proceedings against one member accused of flouting the union’s rules during the 2023 strike. In a four-page letter , Jill Goldsmith, a former public defender from Cook County, conveyed profound concerns over the process behind the board’s decision to expel one writer, saying it was not “fair and proper,” according to a copy of the letter reviewed by The Times.

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Stacy Perman

Just days before beginning his second term as president, Donald Trump called Hollywood “a great but very troubled place.”Then, with his usual aplomb and bombast, he named Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson to be his “special ambassadors.” The actors would be his “eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Stacy Perman

NowThe former vice president said the administration was “insisting on trying to create their own preferred version of reality.” SAN FRANCISCO — Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday compared President Donald Trump’s administration to Nazi Germany and issued a dire warning about Trump’s use of power …

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Attended by actors, crew members, business owners, community organizers and union officials, Sunday’s rally was the group’s first since it launched a petition in January signed by more than 22,000. Stay in LA, the grassroots campaign aimed at boosting film and television production in Los Angeles, held a rally in Sun Valley on Sunday to draw attention to the struggling local entertainment industry.

1 month ago | latimes.com | Stacy Perman

Jay North, who starred as the blond, mischievous troublemaker Dennis Mitchell on the popular CBS comedy “Dennis the Menace,” has died. He was 73. North died at his home in Lake Butler, Fla., on Sunday after a long fight with cancer, according to a Facebook post by his friend Laurie Jacobson, who said his “Dennis the Menace” co-star Jeannie Russell called her with the “terribly sad, but not unexpected news.”“As many of his fans know, he had a difficult journey in Hollywood and after ...