On Friday, John Travolta debuts his latest film — “Cash Out,” an action thriller about a bank heist gone wrong. The trailer credits it as “a film by Ives.”“Cash Out” is the first and only project Ives has ever worked on, according to IMDb.But over his quarter-century in the entertainment business, “Ives” has in fact directed five films, produced dozens more and appeared on the reality TV show “Vanderpump Rules.”He was also the subject of a 2022 Los Angeles Times investigation and subsequent Hulu documentary that delved into allegations of abuse against women and assistants as well as...…On Friday, John Travolta debuts his latest film — “Cash Out,” an action thriller about a bank heist gone wrong. The trailer credits it as “a film by Ives.”“Cash Out” is the first and only project Ives has ever worked on, according to IMDb.But over his quarter-century in the entertainment business, “Ives” has in fact directed five films, produced dozens more and appeared on the reality TV show “Vanderpump Rules.”He was also the subject of a 2022 Los Angeles Times investigation and subsequent Hulu documentary that delved into allegations of abuse against women and assistants as well as...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The Disneyland Resort, to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, is preparing to reopen just in time to celebrate the park’s 65th anniversary. The so-called happiest place on Earth is looking to begin a phased reopening in July. Both Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure will open July 17, pending local and state government approvals.The Downtown Disney shopping district is slated to reopen July 9, with Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel planning to open July 23. The Disneyland...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The Disneyland Resort, to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, is preparing to reopen just in time to celebrate the park’s 65th anniversary. The so-called happiest place on Earth is looking to begin a phased reopening in July. Both Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure will open July 17, pending local and state government approvals.The Downtown Disney shopping district is slated to reopen July 9, with Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel planning to open July 23. The Disneyland...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Prominent anchors Jeff Michael, Sandra Mitchell and Sharon Tay, along with meteorologist Garth Kemp, were cut from CBS TV stations in Los Angeles late Wednesday amid sweeping corporate layoffs.Michael has been co-anchor of KCBS-TV Channel 2’s premier newscasts at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. for more than three years.The Emmy Award-winning anchor joined KCBS in early 2017 after working as an anchor at rival Fox’s KTTV-Channel 11 for nearly two decades. Michael became known to L.A. TV viewers in the early 1990s as a crime reporter for KABC-TV...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Prominent anchors Jeff Michael, Sandra Mitchell and Sharon Tay, along with meteorologist Garth Kemp, were cut from CBS TV stations in Los Angeles late Wednesday amid sweeping corporate layoffs.Michael has been co-anchor of KCBS-TV Channel 2’s premier newscasts at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. for more than three years.The Emmy Award-winning anchor joined KCBS in early 2017 after working as an anchor at rival Fox’s KTTV-Channel 11 for nearly two decades. Michael became known to L.A. TV viewers in the early 1990s as a crime reporter for KABC-TV...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The shutdown of sports due to the coronavirus pandemic is propelling a historic decline in U.S. TV advertising: Sales could be down by as much as $10 billion in the first half of the year.For the record:The projection, released Monday in a new report by digital research firm EMarketer, illustrates the financial pain facing U.S. broadcasters, particularly ESPN, CBS, Turner and NBC, which rely on live sports to boost their ratings and advertising hauls.The New York firm said Monday that TV ad spending in the U.S. will decline by an...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The shutdown of sports due to the coronavirus pandemic is propelling a historic decline in U.S. TV advertising: Sales could be down by as much as $10 billion in the first half of the year.For the record:The projection, released Monday in a new report by digital research firm EMarketer, illustrates the financial pain facing U.S. broadcasters, particularly ESPN, CBS, Turner and NBC, which rely on live sports to boost their ratings and advertising hauls.The New York firm said Monday that TV ad spending in the U.S. will decline by an...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement This year’s batch of TV pilots included some ominous names: “Triage,” “Wreckage” and “Housebroken.” Now, those show titles also describe network TV’s pilot season, which has been upended by the Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW were gearing up to employ thousands of workers in Los Angeles; Vancouver, Canada; New York and beyond when two weeks ago. AdvertisementOpportunities vanished overnight. For some, the work stoppage came just days after being hired onto a pilot, the industry term for the initial episode of a...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement This year’s batch of TV pilots included some ominous names: “Triage,” “Wreckage” and “Housebroken.” Now, those show titles also describe network TV’s pilot season, which has been upended by the Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW were gearing up to employ thousands of workers in Los Angeles; Vancouver, Canada; New York and beyond when two weeks ago. AdvertisementOpportunities vanished overnight. For some, the work stoppage came just days after being hired onto a pilot, the industry term for the initial episode of a...WW…

Copyright © 2020, Los Angeles Times | | | |AdvertisementMeg JamesIn 1979, Sumner Redstone was trapped in a deadly fire. He fled his third-floor hotel room at Boston’s Copley Plaza by crawling out of a window, then crouching on a narrow ledge as flames seared his flesh.“The pain was excruciating but I refused to let go,” Redstone would later write.He suffered third-degree burns over 45% of his body. He endured months in the hospital, numerous skin-grafting surgeries and rehabilitation to learn to walk again. The fire didn’t change him, he would later say, but the recovery proved his grit and...…Copyright © 2020, Los Angeles Times | | | |AdvertisementMeg JamesIn 1979, Sumner Redstone was trapped in a deadly fire. He fled his third-floor hotel room at Boston’s Copley Plaza by crawling out of a window, then crouching on a narrow ledge as flames seared his flesh.“The pain was excruciating but I refused to let go,” Redstone would later write.He suffered third-degree burns over 45% of his body. He endured months in the hospital, numerous skin-grafting surgeries and rehabilitation to learn to walk again. The fire didn’t change him, he would later say, but the recovery proved his grit and...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has reached an agreement with Google Inc. for the tech giant to pay for digital distribution of the publishing company’s news articles.The landmark deal, announced Wednesday, comes after a 14-year-plus campaign by Murdoch and his lieutenant, News Corp. Chief Executive Robert Thomson, for Google and other technology giants to compensate publishers for the use of their journalism. Google and Facebook have freely distributed news stories despite , which has been that instead have gone to Google, Facebook and...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has reached an agreement with Google Inc. for the tech giant to pay for digital distribution of the publishing company’s news articles.The landmark deal, announced Wednesday, comes after a 14-year-plus campaign by Murdoch and his lieutenant, News Corp. Chief Executive Robert Thomson, for Google and other technology giants to compensate publishers for the use of their journalism. Google and Facebook have freely distributed news stories despite , which has been that instead have gone to Google, Facebook and...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Gripped by scandal in the summer of 2018, CBS came up with a way to contain the crisis.The television giant’s board hired two outside law firms to investigate against its longtime leader, Leslie Moonves, and to scour the company for traces of a .Lawyers with those high-caliber firms promised “a thorough and independent inquiry.” They invited CBS employees to report “sexual harassment, retaliation or the unfair treatment of women,” according to their Aug. 15, 2018, email. Margaret Cronan said the message filled her with “tremendous...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Breaking News Gripped by scandal in the summer of 2018, CBS came up with a way to contain the crisis.The television giant’s board hired two outside law firms to investigate against its longtime leader, Leslie Moonves, and to scour the company for traces of a .Lawyers with those high-caliber firms promised “a thorough and independent inquiry.” They invited CBS employees to report “sexual harassment, retaliation or the unfair treatment of women,” according to their Aug. 15, 2018, email. Margaret Cronan said the message filled her with “tremendous...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine announced that he would soon step down and that the paper was launching a search for a new top editor who could chart a digital future and unite a newsroom that has been torn by controversies. Pearlstine, who celebrated his 78th birthday over the weekend, made the announcement Monday morning during a meeting with top editors and in a note to staff members.“It has been an honor to serve as your executive editor since Patrick and Michele Soon-Shiong acquired the Los Angeles Times in...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine announced that he would soon step down and that the paper was launching a search for a new top editor who could chart a digital future and unite a newsroom that has been torn by controversies. Pearlstine, who celebrated his 78th birthday over the weekend, made the announcement Monday morning during a meeting with top editors and in a note to staff members.“It has been an honor to serve as your executive editor since Patrick and Michele Soon-Shiong acquired the Los Angeles Times in...WW…