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The 72 year old owner of a 98 Cent Store in downtown Los Angeles was clinging to life Tuesday after being shot in the head during a robbery.

As an autopsy was being done Monday on actress Brittany Murphy, Los Angeles Police Department officials said that they are looking into the possibility of an overdose in the death of the 32-year-old Sunday morning.

Perez Hilton made the eerie prediction on a San Diego radio station. Updated 7:45 PM EST, Sun, Dec 20, 2009 The sudden death of Brittany Murphy at such a young age stunned the nation Sunday.

Emmy-nominated reality TV star Shane Sparks's attorney insists his client is the victim of a "Hollywood style" extortion plot following his arrest on child molestation charges.

Fashion designer Tom Ford has made a seamless transition to filmmaker with "A Single Man," the soulful, immaculately styled story of a grieving college professor in 1960s California.

Bouncing on stage in a skintight red outfit and pink platform shoes, "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson is clearly having fun in her British pantomime debut, playing the genie in Aladdin's lamp.

James Cameron launched his science-fiction epic "Avatar" into a safe orbit as the costly film soared to No.

Brittany Murphy, the actress who got her start in the sleeper hit "Clueless" and rose to stardom in "8 Mile," has died in Los Angeles.

Two Brampton girls will be chasing their acting dreams all the way to Hollywood in January.

Rowland Heights man and a La Puente woman were fatally shot inside a vehicle in the El Sereno area of Los Angeles Saturday.

A 22-year-old man accused of raping and fatally stabbing a Venice woman who was pregnant with twins pleaded not guilty to the crime.

A broken sprinkler system in the Hollywood hills has caused a minor mudslide that damaged a sport utility vehicle and forced the evacuation of a home.

Jennifer Jones in 'The Song of Bernadette,' for which she won an Oscar for best actress in 1944, died Thursday at age 90.

Share + Dec 19, 2009 8:25 am US/Central LOS ANGELES 1 of 1 Actor Shane Sparks attends the Debbie Allen Dance Academy's annual fundraiser at UCLA's Royce Hall on Dec.

Los Angeles - Deteriorating and congested roadways cost Los Angeles motorists an average of $2,462 a year in higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and delays, according to a report released today by a national nonprofit transportation group.

A suspected drunken driver who carjacked a pickup truck in Willowbrook was taken into custody following a dangerous high-speed chase tonight that lasted more than two hours and approached the U.S.-Mexican border, authorities said.

Share + Dec 18, 2009 10:48 am US/Pacific Bail was set at $10 million Friday for a veteran Los Angeles police detective charged with murdering her ex-boyfriend's wife more than 23 years ago.

Chihuahuas have been flying out of California since other states learned about the glut of little dogs in the Golden State.

With the California economy sputtering at half speed, population growth has slowed to a crawl as residents head east in search of jobs, according to a report released Thursday.

A suspected drunken driver who was involved in a collision in South Los Angeles, then allegedly carjacked a pickup truck, led authorities on a dangerous high-speed chase tonight that reached Carlsbad in San Diego County.