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Viola Davis wins the Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Fences". 2017-02-26
"La La Land" 's director Damien Chazelle wins the Oscar for Best Director and Emma Stone wins the Best Actress. 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
American actor Michael Jace is arrested in relation to the shooting death of his wife in Los Angeles. 2014-05-20
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards are held in the US city of Los Angeles, California, with "Breaking Bad" winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and "Modern Family" winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. 2013-09-22
American songwriter Hal David, who was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach, dies in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 91. 2012-09-1
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
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