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Netflix's newest reality competition series is based on 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,' and among its detriments is using the AI-generated voice of the late Gene Wilder.

Bush, a former host of "Access Hollywood" and "Extra," will offer commentary across the network's platforms.

The pop superstar will release an expanded version of her blockbuster 2025 album with four new songs.

Chris Spatola, an ESPN college basketball analyst, former Duke assistant coach and Army veteran, has died at 47. His death triggered an outpouring of grief.

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

For 25 years, "The Crazy Uncle Joe Show" has brought long-form improv, friendship and plenty of laughs to the L.A. comedy scene.

The Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of 'The Peterson Show' by Janine Nabers, a play that reunites the cast of a beloved Black sitcom after the TV dad has gone to jail.

In her debut memoir "Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter," Katya Suvorova pulls back the velvet curtain on white-passing undocumented life, domestic abuse and the dark reality behind post-Cold War stereotypes.

An impersonator may have tricked a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber. L.A. County's district attorney was too.

The actors, who previously starred together in 'True Detective,' join forces again, playing versions of themselves and running with the rumor that they might be related.

Dolly Parton's estate has reportedly accused the late singer's nephew of extortion and threats against staff.

Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta's agreement clearing the $111-billion merger followed intense pressure from state leaders including Gov. Gavin Newsom and dissent among fellow Democratic state attorneys general.

'Children of Blood and Bone' director Gina Prince-Bythewood's son Cassius Bythewood has been honored with a hero award by Miami Police after he saved a woman from a brutal stabbing attack.

Paramount's settlement to clear the path for its Warner Bros. Discovery merger adds a new wrinkle for news divisions.

Jennifer Eckhart, a former Fox Business Network associate producer, settled a sexual assault lawsuit against ex-"Fox & Friends" weekend anchor Ed Henry in 2025.