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Los Angeles police on Thursday detained multiple suspects in connection with the killing of General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor earlier this year, a law enforcement source tells Deadline.

Cooper Koch and boyfriend Stuart McClave are no longer hiding their love and they put on some PDA during a red carpet appearance together!

Los Angeles’ newly-elected District Attorney Nathan Hochman does not support giving the Menendez Brothers a new trial and Monsters actor Cooper Koch is expressing that he’s “deeply troubled” by the stance.

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s potential release from prison, one man will determine what that outcome could look like.The brothers are currently serving life sentences in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez. In October 2024, Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, were on the verge of release when then-L.A.

Kim Kardashian is advocating for Erik and Lyle Menendez‘s life sentences for killing their parents to be reconsidered.

Back in the news with Ryan Murphy’s Netflix hit Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the siblings’ sordid 1990s murder case today found itself in the spotlight again thanks to the Los Angeles County District Attorney.

Ethan Shanfeld Armie Hammer joined Bill Maher on his “Club Random” podcast for a rare interview since a series of sexual misconduct and abuse allegations derailed his career. The “Call Me by Your Name” and “The Social Network” star said he was grateful for the fallout because “had none of this gone on … my life would have kept going exactly as it was. And I know that that would ultimately only lead in one place, and that’s death.” After sexual assault allegations surfaced against Hammer, the actor exited a number of film and television projects and was dropped by his publicist and agent at WME.

Game Of Thrones spinoff centered around his character Jon Snow has been scrapped.The idea was first confirmed to have been in the works in 2022, with George RR Martin revealing that the series would pick up where the main show left off and was Harington’s own idea.Two years on, however, and Harington has said the show is no longer in development as producers “couldn’t find the right story to tell”.“I hadn’t really ever spoken about it, because it was in development,” he told Screen Rant. I didn’t want it leaked out that it was being developed, and I didn’t want the thing to happen where people kind of start theorizing, getting either excited about it or hating the idea of it, when it may never happen.

Game Of Thrones star Joseph Gatt has filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department, and L.A. District Attorney George Gascón, among others, over false paedophile charges.The actor, who played the Thenn Warg in season four of the HBO fantasy series, is suing the defendants for $40million (£31.6million) in relation to the dismissed charges against him.In the lawsuit, shared by Entertainment Weekly, Gatt claims the defendants “publicly branded him as a serial paedophile,” which in turn ruined his reputation and career.

A con man who was convicted twice in New York for bilking victims out of millions of dollars through financial fraud schemes was behind bars today in Los Angeles on charges of running similar scams locally, allegedly luring victims by claiming to be well-connected with big names in Hollywood and the finance world.

Pete Davidson's community service assignment has a special tie to his late father.Davidson's lawyers went to Los Angeles Superior Court a week ahead of his scheduled arraignment and struck a deal with prosecutors that will keep the actor from serving any jail time for the March car accident.The L.A. District Attorney's Office confirmed to ET Monday that Davidson, who was charged with misdemeanor reckless driving last month after crashing his car into a Beverly Hills home, has been placed on an 18-month diversion program with terms including Hospital and Morgue or the New York equivalent.Davidson will need to complete 50 hours of community service, which may be performed in New York and will likely be completed with the FDNY, the same fire department where his late father worked.

Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles rape trial said Tuesday that they have decided not to move forward with four counts relating to Jane Doe #5. It means the producer now faces seven counts against the four remaining Jane Does: two counts of rape and five counts of sexual assault.

UPDATED with afternoon session: A Los Angeles police officer testified Thursday during Danny Masterson’s rape trial that while didn’t remember the specifics of an initial meeting with Jane Doe #1 in 2004 at the LAPD Hollywood station, he did take her claims about being attacked by Masterson in his Hollywood Hills home in April 2003 “to be a sexual assault.”

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against Brian Warner (Marilyn Manson) is still ongoing, but the department has submitted its initial findings to the L.A. District Attorney’s Office, The Daily Beast first reported Monday and a representative of the D.A.’s office has confirmed to The FADER. The office sent the following statement: “On September 19, 2022, investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department provided partial case material to LADA pertaining to the sexual assault allegations against Brian Warner, also known as Marilyn Manson.

J. Kim Murphy Rakim Mayers, better known by his stage name A$AP Rocky, faces two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm with allegations of personally using a firearm. Los Angeles county District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office had filed charges against the rapper on Monday.“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” Gascón said in a statement.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky made their first public appearance together sincethe rapper’s arrest on Wednesday. The pair were joined by family and friends on Saturday evening for dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica.  The couple made their arrival in an all-black SVU.

A$AP Rocky has been released from jail. Rocky was booked and released Wednesday on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon (firearm), stemming from an alleged incident that took place in November 2021, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to ET.«Yes, he was released,» LAPD Public Information Officer Lee said.The 33-year-old rapper, whose birth name is Rakim Mayers, had just returned from a vacation in Barbados with his pregnant girlfriend, Rihanna, when he was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday morning. He was interviewed at the LAPD Robbery Homicide Division before being booked at the Metropolitan Detention Center.