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Casey Affleck wins the Best Actor for his role in "Manchester by the Sea", which also won Best Original Screenplay. 2017-02-26
"The Salesman" directed by Asghar Farhadi won Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi and other film crew did not attend the ceremony in protest of Donald Trump's visa ban. First Iranian in space Anousheh Ansari and scienist Firouz Naderi attended in place of Farhadi. 2017-02-26
The Netflix "documentary" "The White Helmets", a film about the Syrian Civil War, wins the Best Documentary Short.The cinematographer Khaled Khatib who is himself a member of the rebel-aligned group couldn't attend the ceremony because officials from the Department of Homeland Security discovered "derogatory information" about him. 2017-02-26
American hip hop music mogul Suge Knight drives a vehicle into a crowd in Compton, California near Los Angeles resulting in the death of a pedestrian in what authorities are calling a hit and run. 2015-01-29
The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards is held in the US city of Los Angeles with Jean Dujardin winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role in "The Artist". [https:--www.usatoday.com-life-movies-movieawards-story-2012-01-29-2012-screen-actors-guild-awards-52873680-1 ("USA Today")]Viola Davis wins the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in "The Help". [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-ap-20120130-ap_on_en_mo-us_sag_awards (AP via Yahoo News)]date=August 2019 Viola Davis wins the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in "The Help". [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-ap-20120130-ap_on_en_mo-us_sag_awards (AP via Yahoo News)]date=August 2019 2012-01-29
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for television programs broadcast in the United States are held in Los Angeles with "Mad Men" winning the outstanding drama series and "Modern Family" winning the Outstanding Comedy. 2011-09-18
American television producer Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch", dies in Los Angeles, California. 2011-07-12
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at the age of 79 in Los Angeles. 2011-03-23
Target Corporation pays $22.5 million to settle claims of toxic waste dumping in the city of Los Angeles and elsewhere in the US state of California. 2011-03-3
United States rapper T.I. and his wife singer Tameka Cottle are arrested on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles for illegal drug possession. 2010-09-1