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Eli Broad, Billionaire Philanthropist, Dies at 87 Michael Schneider, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Eli Broad, the successful business leader who later help transform the arts, culture and architecture of Los Angeles, died Friday afternoon at 87. The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, where Broad and his wife Edye have served as full-time philanthropists since 1999, announced Broad’s death. More from Variety Broad amassed his wealth by creating two successful businesses: Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation, which Broad founded in 1957 at age 23 in Detroit, and later turned a life insurance ...

Hollywood Unions Join AFL-CIO Push for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Public Policy Agenda Cynthia Littleton, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Hollywood’s major unions have signed on with the AFL-CIO-affiliated push to advance public policy initiatives involving diversity, equity and inclusion issues. The broad goals of the campaign spearheaded by the Department for Professional Employees (DPE), a coalition of unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO, is to strengthen collective bargaining and copyright protections and the state and federal level. On Thursday, a clutch of entertainment industry...

Domingo called the claims, some dating back 30 years inaccurate. i have felt judged, convicted and sentenced but haven't been charged with a crime. in the wake of the accusations the 78-year-old star resigned from the l.a. opera where he was general director. ♪ he also withdrew from any future performances at the metropolitan opera in new york where he performed more than 50 years. those who know me and have treated me well know i have never beharched in the aggressive harassing and vulgar way they painted me. domingo not charged with a crime, and found new refuge on european stages. ♪ rec...

Of an accused murderer. a handwritten letter arrives at los angeles times penned by robert durst himself as he sits in a new orleans jail awaiting extradition to california. stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: the sloping cursive gets sloppy with grammar and spelling errors. return address, robert durst, elaine hunt correctional in louisiana. a personal take on years lived in los angeles at this address. i loved watching the traffic come up and mush into santa monica. my interests are opera and pro-football. a production at the l.a. opera fell short. a true example of hollywood gone berserk....