California
The panel previously rejected a proposed settlement of $11,250 for Moonves because commissioners wanted a tougher penalty. The $15,000 fine approved Wednesday was the maximum allowed.
Former CBS boss Leslie Moonves agreed to pay an $11,250 fine in an ethics case involving the city of L.A. But the City Ethics Commission rejected the fine as too low.
Television
Leslie Charleson, the soap-opera legend who played Monica Quartermaine on ‘General Hospital’ starting in the 1970s, died Sunday. She was 79.
Entertainment & Arts
Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. says ‘I have no choice to defend myself in court’ after his father sues him for breach of contract and financial elder abuse.
Hollywood Inc.
Under the terms of the L.A. Ethics Commission case, the former CBS boss admitted to inducing ‘a city official to misuse his position to attempt to create a private advantage for Moonves.’
Ronald Hughes was supposed to be another puppet, a neophyte attorney who would be easily manipulated — or intimidated — to do whatever Charles Manson demanded.
The Tony nominee explains why this ‘Purlie Victorious,’ premiering Friday on PBS’ Great Performances series, isn’t a musical — and why it’s all the better for it.
With Toxica Fridays, DJ Leslie Ortiz is bringing Latin music to the LGBTQ+ scene in Silver Lake. The event takes place at Mi Corazón.
The comedian talks about quitting her Netflix job when she got her stand-up career up and running. Next month she headlines the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever as part of Netflix Is a Joke Fest.
Julie Chen, who wrote in her new book that leaving ‘The Talk’ wasn’t her choice, says she told her son the allegations against dad Les Moonves were ‘false.’