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Now, it's all about avoiding the Chicago Letdown. After their last victory against the Blackhawks, the Ducks promptly went into an emotional tailspin, losing their next four games, dotted with poor performances in the first period. They finally got a correction with a significant win against the Blackhawks in Chicago on Friday night. Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller downplayed the meaning of being 3-0 against the Blackhawks. The Ducks won, 2-1, on Friday in a game crackling with playoff-type intensity.

Hundreds of homeless and poor children and their families began Easter weekend with a traditional service at the Fred Jordan Mission on skid row. The service was to be followed by a barbecue brunch, face painting, an ice cream social and other holiday activities. Mission staff and and a team of volunteers were assisting with the service and brunch. Hundreds of Easter baskets were filled for the event. One young volunteer made more than 1,000 scarves and stuffed bunnies to give out to mothers and children.

The movie crew scurried to set up camera dollies and lights in the lobby of the faded Baltimore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The scene to be filmed at the 113-year-old lodging house at the corner of 5th and Los Angeles streets would depict a good Samaritan leading a drugged-up woman from skid row to get her off the street during a chilly winter's night. The good guy was being played by David Marroquin. The heroin-addicted young woman was portrayed by Mary Morales. Marroquin is a 30-year-old officer with the Los Angeles Police Department whose beat for the past 4 1/2 years has been an eight-square-block area of skid row. When off duty, he is one of L.A.'s legions of aspiring filmmakers, writers and actors - but with a twist: his police beat is his inspiration.

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who exited the Broadway play “Orphans” under unusual (and tweetable) circumstances, turned up in the front row Tuesday night for the show's first preview performance. The “Transformers” star was also the first to his feet for a standing ovation at the close of the show, then quickly left the Schoenfeld Theater after curtain call, The New York Times reported . A spokeswoman for the show told The Times that LaBeouf bought his ticket Tuesday and didn't inform the production team he would be in the audience.

LAKERS AT MILWAUKEE When: 5 PDT. Where: BMO Harris Bradley Center. On the air: TV: TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio: 710, 1330. Records: Lakers 37-35; Bucks 34-36. Record vs. Bucks: 1-0. Update: The Bucks have lost four consecutive games and are experiencing some turmoil. Point guard Brandon Jennings was benched in the fourth quarter and failed to score in Milwaukee's 100-92 loss Wednesday to Philadelphia. Dwight Howard had 31 points and 16 rebounds while Kobe Bryant had 31 points and six assists in the Lakers' 104-88 victory over the Bucks in January.

So now what? The Ducks had won 13 consecutive home games, topped by a gritty third-period rally to beat NHL points leader Chicago last week, only to lose their last three at home. They gave up five goals on Friday against Detroit and Monday against San Jose and fell behind 2-0 in the first 10 minutes of Sunday's game against Detroit and in the San Jose game. Now they start a four-game trip on Wednesday in San Jose. "One thing we have that others don't is the track record," Ducks veteran defenseman Sheldon Souray said Tuesday from the airport.

Three-time champion Novak Djokovic lost in the fourth round of the Sony Open to Tommy Haas , 6-2, 6-4. The defeat Tuesday night ended Djokovic's 14-match winning streak at Key Biscayne, Fla., where he won the tournament the last two years. The top-ranked Djokovic has lost two of his last four matches after winning 22 in a row, including the Australian Open for his sixth Grand Slam title. Haas, who turns 35 next week, improved to 2-14 against No. 1-ranked players. His only other win came against Andre Agassi in 1999.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Think of this as an added victory during this win streak. Not only did the Miami Heat keep alive the second-longest streak in NBA history, they also provided another opportunity for one of their stars to recuperate. Guard Dwyane Wade sat for a second straight game because of knee soreness, but it didn't matter in a 108-94 victory Monday against the Orlando Magic at Amway Center. LeBron James nearly recorded a triple double with 24 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, pulling the Heat closer to league history.

The Enabler has fretted about the fate of the legendary Skid Row dive bar the King Eddy Saloon since it was bought by new owners and closed for renovations in December. King Eddy, which first opened in 1933, has a history of attracting literary types, including John Fante and Charles Bukowski, along with a rough and tumble cast of blue collar workers, homeless folks and artists. It was easy to imagine the new owners, Acme Bar Group, making it a place for the fancy pants set. The thought made the Enabler want to smash a bottle of vermouth over her head.

It has been a rough start to 2013 for a movie studio unaccustomed to taking one on the chin. And in this case, there has been more than one haymaker. Warner Bros. has released five films in a row that have underperformed at the box office, including "Jack the Giant Slayer," a roughly $195-million production that has flopped, tallying $55 million in domestic receipts after three weeks of release. The film's tepid performance and last weekend's disappointing opening for "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" mark an unusual rough patch for Warner Bros., which has historically been among the most successful studios.