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The city of Los Angeles is considered the mecca of the entertainment world, providing venues for the largest music festivals and film premieres, and for the next three years, will continue to host the annual geek’s paradise that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3.

On July 30, the Entertainment Software Association named Los Angeles the continued home of their trademark fair, E3, the largest gaming convention in the world, after coming to an agreement with sports and entertainment company Anschutz Entertainment Group.

Although E3 has been held at the Los Angeles Convention Center since its inception back in 1995, it was almost relocated to a different venue and city due to the future construction of the Anschutz group’s stadium, Farmer’s Field, which is estimated to be completed by 2016 and is projected to house an NFL team.

Screenwriter and director Todd Solondz has made himself known for his dark but humorous style through a series of movies, including “Happiness” and “Welcome to the Dollhouse.” In his films, Solondz explores the pain of being an outcast and the capacity of human cruelty, as well as delving into more unnerving matters of rape, pedophilia and preteen pregnancy. The director’s new film, “Dark Horse,” which premiered at the Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles on Friday, goes in a different direction, focusing instead on the darker side of adult adolescence. Solondz spoke with Daily Bruin’s Meg Davis about the film and how he approached the process of filmmaking for this particular movie.

Known for giving the world some “Bonafied Lovin,” Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) and P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) of Chromeo are coming back to Los Angeles. The duo is branded by their ’80s funk sound and infectious electronic jams ““ anyone who listens to them will be hypnotized to sing along as their bodies free themselves in uncontrollable jives. With an upcoming performance at this summer’s Hard Music Festival, P-Thugg sat down with the Daily Bruin’s Lynn Chu to talk about their first-time experience closing for Montreal’s International Jazz Festival, expectations for Hard this year and being addicted to life in the fast lane.

In May 2012, Lee Amir-Cohen, a UCLA graduate student majoring in psychobiology, decided to post a rap song he created called “Fly Away” on YouTube. The song was drawn from a real event in Amir-Cohen’s life: the death of his ex-girlfriend’s mother.

A judge ordered a temporary hold on UCLA’s plans to sell the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air, the Los Angeles Times” reported Friday.

The Los Angeles Superior Court Judge said in her ruling that the university is contractually obligated to keep the garden.

UCLA said it would postpone the process of accepting bids for the garden. The minimum bid was set at $5.7 million for the garden and $9 million for a nearby house that was gifted with the garden, the L.A. Times reported. The opening of bids was set for August.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office dropped all criminal charges against the UC Board of Regents on Friday in connection with the 2009 death of a UCLA staff research assistant.