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California's geologist has determined that a massive proposed building development in Hollywood is sitting on an active earthquake fault, which sets up the developer for a battle with City Hall over seismic safety, the Los Angeles Times reported. The California Geological Survey released its final seismic map and findings on Thursday for the area proposed for the Millennium Hollywood skyscrapers, adjacent to the iconic Capitol Records building. "Our conclusion from the data is that there is an active fault, and it does run right along the course that's right along the map," state geologist John Parrish told the Times. Read more Fault

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This story first appeared in the Aug. 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. In Hollywood, even fault lines must be nominated to be taken seriously. The controversial $664 million Millennium Hollywood project -- a pair of proposed 35- and 39-story towers that would include 1 million square feet of hotel, office and retail space -- got a Los Angeles City Council Ok on July 24, despite a huge opposition campaign claiming city reports far underplay traffic increases and a serious seismic situation. Now state geologist John Parrish says a fault might run directly beneath the Millennium Hollywood site, the towers of

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Joseph L. Manciewicz's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar put Marlon Brando in a toga.

Beware the Ides of March. You can expect all manner of bad omens, murders most foul, and pretentious features like this one. The Roman year began in March and it took fifteen days to recover from their new year’s celebration. On this day in 44 BC, give or take a calendar change, Julius Caesar, who ended the Roman Republic after years of internal battles dating back to Romulus and Remus, was assassinated in a conspiracy of about 60 Senators who inflicted 23 stab wounds on the new dictator.

Mark Antony, who was Caesar’s underboss, united the people of Rome and went after the conspirators, finally forming a triumvirate with Lepidus and Octavian to rule the fledgling empire before “going native” in Egypt with Cleopatra. That period in Roman history is one of the most documented...