Emma G. Gallegos

A mixed-race student says that her teacher dropped the n-word in class, said blacks aren't very smart and called Michael Brown a "thug" who "got what he deserved" when he was shot by police in Ferguson, according to a lawsuit filed against LAUSD.

There aren't any bombshells dropped, but Cryer uses his front row seat to offer a clear-eyed yet surprisingly human take on one of the biggest showbiz meltdowns in recent memory.

Poor little poppies.

The Associated Press was forced to issue quite a correction after mixing up their Dursts.

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Ben Woolf, who played Meep on American Horror Story: Freak Show, died Monday from head injuries, days after he was clipped by an SUV side mirror in Hollywood.

Here's a round-up of what went down at the Oscars for those of you who sane enough to not tune in for the marathon event.

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The first video on his timeline shows him jamming on a piano with a TGIF graphic. Classic Garcetti.

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A day care at Santa Monica High School was shut down today because of a baby who contracted measles.

The bodies of a man and his elderly parents—victims of a suspected murder-suicide—were found in a Koreatown apartment on Saturday afternoon.