Viva Music Festival is organizing back-to-back benefit concerts at the Glass House in Pomona to provide aid to those impacted by the Los Angeles fires.
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Pasadena Playhouse and Center Theatre Group have worked to give kids safe spaces and keep them engaged with the arts, while some schools remain shuttered because of the L.A. fires
Hero Complex
The walk-through art installation aims to get participants to hear color and see sound. The goal? Calmness.
Benedict Cumberbatch reveals that Doctor Strange won’t be in ‘Avengers: Doomsday.’ Also, he was just as surprised as anyone by Robert Downey’s MCU return.
The Envelope
Los Angeles Times columnist Glenn Whipp breaks down the Oscar nominations and falls for Laura Dern’s tribute to David Lynch in his weekly newsletter.
Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language cartel musical has garnered a lot of buzz this Oscar season — good and bad. Here’s everything to know about the ‘Emilia Pérez’ discourse.
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The music mogul’s sexual mistreatment of women dating back decades was aided and abetted by a complex and vast network of enablers, according to a Times review of court filings and interviews with current and former business associates.
Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe or scripted series with countless spinoffs, reality TV has become more reliant on proven franchises as the industry becomes more risk-averse.
Critics
Martha Graham Dance Company reminds us that our city continually reinvents itself, with or without disasters like the Palisades and Eaton fires.
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Prosecutors began laying out their case Friday against hip-hop star ASAP Rocky, aka Rakim Mayers, in a 2021 shooting incident in Hollywood. If convicted, Mayers faces nearly 20 years in prison.
Carolla spoke about leaving his home due to wildfires and his upcoming gigs, including an appearance at the Comedy Fantasy Camp in Hollywood this weekend.
The daughter of a former Pacific Palisades housekeeper, author Yesika Salgado recounts the home and family that influenced her life and career.
From a star-studded adaptation of a novel to a documentary about Tejano icon Selena Quintanilla, this year’s slate of movies premiering at Sundance include several efforts by Latino filmmakers.
Billy Ray Cyrus’ son Trace says he and sisters Miley and Noah are ‘genuinely worried’ for their country singer dad. ‘You’ve pushed all of us away,’ he writes.
‘Emilia Pérez’ thinks it’s in a transgressive tradition. Instead, it turns out like every other narco movie. The director falls for one of the worst stereotypes.
Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill’ and ‘Above the Rim,’ has died at age 66. ‘Will never be another,’ his son says.
Streaming service Netflix garnered 16 film nominations (mostly for “Emilia Pérez”), more than any other studio or streamer. But Universal Pictures and its Focus Features sister unit weren’t far behind.
A robust number of near-experimental documentaries and narratives already call out to us from this year’s lineup, sure to yield a crop of future award winners.
Without ‘Barbenheimer,’ Oscar best picture nominees see 37% drop in global box office revenue to $1.5 billion.
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