We have it on good authority that Hollywood insiders hate having their status threatened. And so it must have been amusing for Jon Voight, Angelina' Jolie's father, to suggest to a reporter that his grandchildren -- all six of them -- might soon present some serious competition for folks in the movie industry. more ›

Since mid June, Seth Menachem has been walking around his Fairfax District neighborhood, getting to know his elderly neighbors, interviewing them on camera for advice and posting the captivating short clips on his blog, Life Advice from Old People. "Maybe it's because my dad died, maybe it's because I was so close to my grandparents, and maybe it's a combination of both," he explained over e-mail. "But, I love speaking to the elderly and I love getting advice from them on the things they've learned in their lives. It forces me to reevaluate my life constantly - not a bad thing. more ›

The 15th annual Los Angeles Film Festival kicks off tonight at 7:30 pm with the premiere screening of Paper Man at the Mann Village Theater. The full festival begins in earnest the following morning as over 80 documentary and narrative features unspool in venues across the Westside. In addition to that, the festival features panels and seminars, coffee talks and poolside chats, short-film programs, music video showcases, live concerts and free screenings of such beloved films as Ghostbusters, Election and The Muppet Movie. more ›

There’s a sneak preview tonight of the film Blessed is the Match at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills at 7:30 pm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Roberta Grossman and Marta Kauffman. The award-winning documentary tells the story of Holocaust heroine Hannah Senesh. Though she was safe in Palestine in 1944, she volunteered to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. “Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured and ultimately executed by the Nazis. Though only 23 at the time of her death, Hannah left behind a body of written work that has inspired readers around the world for generations.” more ›

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• To update our avalanche story from yesterday, 3 have now been confirmed dead after the snowy storm struck near the town of Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains. One missing person was located Saturday, after apparently walking out of the snow encrusted mountain. Another missing person was located Friday, but died on Saturday morning.
• Remember when Fred Thompson was running for president and NBC stopped showing re-runs of Law & Order featuring the ex-Senator because of fair election laws? Well, one blogger thinks that USA should stop running episodes of Walker Texas Ranger because of the exposure it gives to Mike Huckabee lover supporter Chuck Norris. He "has gone way beyond what other celebrities like Oprah, Sylvester Stallone or Jon Voight have done."
• Bert Parks never saw this coming, but the format of the Miss America pageant has been changed to reflect the sentiments of a younger generation used to shows like America's Next Top Model and American Idol. Miss America will now basically be a reality show in which organizers hope infuse some much needed life into the boring traditional pageant.
• There is nothing more terrible than losing a son. But finding out through the press that your son is dead, as Heath Ledger's dad did, must have stung like something awful.
• We already know that 9 USC students were arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness this morning, but you might not have heard that 9 men and women were arrested in Pomona today for allegedly advertising sex on the Internet. They were nabbed at a motel by undercover cops. God, when did illicit, dirty, immoral, solicited sex become illegal?
• Though rains pounded the southland into a wet submission the last couple of days, the five inches are just a drop in the bucket as far as our drought is concerned. Or, so says the state agency in charge of water, who fears that people will stop conserving water in the wake of the storm that is supposed to continue off and on through Monday.
• Even though 7 percent of you don't seem to care, 53 percent said Yes on Props 94-97, while 41 percent said No. A harbinger of things to come or an aberration? Ten days to find out.

Despite his recent slash amazing drunken video release, David Hasselhoff was granted sole custoday of his two teenage daughters - CBC Skating with Celebrities star Kristy Swanson pulls a Tanya Harding and was arrested for assaulting her boyfriend (and former skating partner's) ex- wife - People Angelina Jolie and the kids take a fathers day shopping trip - She also speaks about potentially repairing her estranged relationship with her own father Jon Voight - Just... more ›

The mother of Angelina Jolie, Marcheline Bertrand, died yesterday after fighting cancer for over seven years. Ms. Bertrand, a Canadian-American actress of Spanish and Québécois descent, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Jolie's older brother James Haven were at the hospital yesterday. Bertrand, 56, who had a few bit parts in '80s films, studied with Lee Strasberg, and raised Jolie and Haven after she separated from Jon Voight in 1975 and... more ›

He is Angelina Jolie's uncle, Jon Voight's younger brother, he wrote the Troggs (and Hendrix, X, etc.) tune "Wild Thing", Janis's "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)", and Juice Newton's "Angel of the Morning" and gave it all up to be a professional gambler. Now he tours around with a super-hot singer/violinist Carrie Rodriguez. James Wesley Voight aka Chip Taylor is at McCabe's tonight with Rodriguez Dead Meadow, The Ponys, Midnight Movies, Icarus Line,... more ›