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Jackie Farry, an industry veteran who worked closely with Nirvana — becoming Frances Bean Cobain’s first nanny — and then was tour manager for Elliott Smith, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Lemonheads and others, died Sunday of complications from a lung disease. Farry, who had battled cancer for more than 20 years, was 58.

Mia Ammer had been through plenty of fire drills before. The seasoned Hollywood publicist spent a decade raising her kids in the Pacific Palisades, where blazes would often threaten her home from the hills to the north. Historically, however, “fire had never jumped Sunset Boulevard and threatened our town,” she said.

For most of the film and TV industry, the devastating L. A.-area fires of the last week have at least avoided scorching the studios where the work largely occurs. But there’s no such consolation for many of those who work on the music side, as the professional-grade home studios of untold numbers of producers, engineers and […]

Celebrity realtor and “Selling Sunset” star Jason Oppenheim is calling out the illegal practices of price-gouging landlords. As deadly Los Angeles wildfires continue to devastate the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Eaton Canyon and nearby regions, leaving thousands of people displaced and frantically searching for shelter, online conversation has turned to Los Angeles landlords who are taking […]

Heidi Montag’s 2010 record, “Superficial” is now No. 1 on iTunes after her husband, Spencer Pratt, asked fans to stream the album to help generate income after their house burned down in the Palisades fire. On Friday, Pratt posted a series of photos to TikTok of him posing in front of his destroyed home with […]

The Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund has announced an initial $1 million commitment to the Los Angeles area fire relief and rebuilding efforts. According to the announcement, the  fund will donate to vital organizations supporting the city’s community, local first responders, and those in the music industry affected by the […]