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LOS ANGELES — Stella Stevens, the 1960s Hollywood starlet known for starring in "The Nutty Professor" with Jerry Lewis and opposite Elvis Presley in "Girls! Girls! Girls!," has died. She was 84.

"The View" audience made one thing clear this week: Kim Kardashian is no Raquel Welch.

Bruce Willis, who left acting last year due to his struggles with aphasia, has been diagnosed more specifically with frontotemporal dementia, his family announced Thursday.

Raquel Welch was well aware that her work in the 1960s films "One Million Years B.C." and "Fantastic Voyage" made her an international sex symbol. But she was also determined to let Hollywood know there was more to her than her looks.

LOS ANGELES — Raquel Welch had only three lines in the 1966 film “One Million Years B.C.,” but her doeskin bikini did all the talking anyway, launching her as an international icon almost over night.

Tom Luddy, who co-founded the Telluride Film Festival as part of a long and varied career in the film industry, has died at age 79.

It's the "Immigration - Written and Oral Reform Declaration (I-WORD) Joint Resolution" from 2021.

LOS ANGELES — When Los Angeles city employees file for religious or medical exemptions to the city's COVID-19 vaccination requirement, the requests are typically reviewed to ensure that exemption requests are valid.

Anthony Lowe’s family says they want to see Huntington Park police prosecuted: ‘I’m heartbroken and filled with rage’

Jay Leno broke his collarbone and several other bones in a motorcycle accident last week, the comic revealed in an interview published Thursday night. The revelation comes less than two months after he suffered second-degree burns in a car fire in his Burbank garage — and at the same time…

LOS ANGELES — Hulu has severed ties with Justin Roiland, co-creator of its show "Solar Opposites" and the Adult Swim series "Rick and Morty," the company announced Wednesday.