Jessica P. Ogilvie

Zac Efron has maintained a squeaky-Disney-clean reputation for most of his career, but reports coming out this week suggest that the actor has a dark side.

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The scene of Whitney Houston's death might have been more upsetting than originally reported.

Britney Spears seems a little young to be going where pop starts go to die, but the 31-year-old singer announced today that she's taking up a residency in Las Vegas.

Cher is and always has been a friend to the gay community, and now, she's taken a decided stand on LGBT rights

The Wet Electric music festival went on as planned yesterday in Huntington Beach, although they were not allowed to serve alcohol.

Downed power lines in Torrance left nearly 115,000 households without electricity in the South Bay this morning, reports City News Service.

A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death during a fight in Hollywood early this morning, according to City News Service.

After being busted on August 30 for driving too slowly and then failing several sobriety tests, Lamar Odom has been charged with a DUI.

Miley Cyrus has been attracting all manner of negative attention lately, and it looks like some people have now had all they can take.