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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
Viola Davis wins the Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Fences". 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
Nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards are announced, with "La La Land", "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures" among the favorites. 2017-01-24
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 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
US rapper M-Bone, of the hip hop group Cali Swag District, is killed in a drive-by shooting in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. 2011-05-15
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