'Jersey Shore' star Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancola' returning to show

Sammi Giancola was an original "Jersey Shore" cast member from 2009-2012 but had taken a decade-long hiatus and was notably absent from MTV's reboot "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation" in 2018.

List: Oscars 2023 nominees

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" will look to cap its remarkable run through the Hollywood awards season Sunday evening when it takes a leading 11 nominations into the 95th Oscar ceremonies.

Oscars 2023: Hollywood road closures

The closures on March 12 will include all of Hollywood Boulevard from El Cerrito Place to Cahuenga Avenue, and Highland Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to Franklin Avenue. On the west, Orange Drive will be inaccessible from Lanewood Avenue north to Franklin.

'The Issue Is': The 95th Academy Awards

This week on 'The Issue Is' we talk about the recent California storms and potential flood dangers with Karla Nemeth, then the 95th Academy Awards takes the spotlight as Variety’s Elizabeth Wagmeister and Steve Mason, host of the “Culture Pop” podcast, join us to talk all things Oscars.

National Mario Day: How a Seattle man inspired the name of Nintendo's most iconic character

March 10 marks National Mario Day! Widely regarded as the most iconic videogame character of all time, Mario was actually named after a man from Seattle – and no, he was not a plumber.

Free Oscar films property master panel Saturday
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The 95th Academy Awards are coming up this weekend, and there?s a lot that goes into creating the worlds we see on the screen. The Production Design of a film can immerse you into the story and help define a character. The props in these films play a major role in doing just that. Who is Wonder Woman without her lasso of truth? The Scream films without the phone? And Star Wars fandom without the Lightsaber? Amanda Salas caught up with two Property Masters who share how their craft helps enhance these stories, and how the public can attend a free panel discussion (with free parking too) featuring Property Masters from films in the Best Picture category on Saturday at the Hollywood Heritage Museum.

Robert Blake, Emmy-winning actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89

Blake, star of the 1970s TV show, "Baretta," had once hoped for a comeback, but he never recovered from the long ordeal which began with the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, outside a Studio City restaurant on May 4, 2001.