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2016 Grammy after-parties

Grammys 2016: Show highlights

Grammys 2016: Red carpet arrivals

Kendrick Lamar didn't win the Grammy for album of the year, but he's moving rap to a bigger stage

Paul McCartney turned away at Tyga's Grammys party: 'I don't control the door,' rapper says

Grammys' David Bowie love fest: Better late than never?

Wait, hold on: Did Joe Perry really perform twice on the Grammy Awards?

The Grammys' energy shortage: Kendrick was fierce but what happened to Bieber, the Weeknd and Adele?

New couple? Zendaya and Odell Beckham Jr. step out together at Grammy after-parties

#OscarsSoWhite? Maybe not in 2017. Here's an early look at promising contenders from upcoming films

Diversity takes the win at 2016 Grammys with moments that crossed race, age and gender

Samantha Bee has the solution for Hollywood's diversity problem: 'Just hire people'

BET and the American Black Film Festival to produce the 2016 ABFF Awards

Calls for diversity set the tone on the Directors Guild Awards red carpet

NAACP Image Awards highlight the power of diversity

Compton mayor celebrates Kendrick Lamar's Grammys -- and disses Drake

During the Grammy Awards on Monday, Compton artist Kendrick Lamar earned five trophies for work from his 2015 album "To Pimp a Butterfly." The album, like much of his work, reflects on his life and the challenges of growing up in South Los Angeles. His self-described "tire screeching, ambulance,...

Lester Holt's son joining NBC's New York station as afternoon anchor

Ronda Rousey says she thought about killing herself after loss to Holly Holm

Alabama Shakes: The powerhouse band that just swept the rock categories at the Grammys

'Better Call Saul' recap: Jimmy's career path hits a fork in the road

Grammys fashion trends: Strategic skin-baring, high-slits and taking black to the next level

2016 Grammy Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees

Kendrick Lamar's Grammys performance makes an unforgettable impression

After half-billion-dollar week, China's February box office may again top North America's

'Star Wars: Episode VIII' reveals new cast members and first behind-the-scenes footage

'The Revenant' wins big at the BAFTAs

'11.22.63' showrunner Bridget Carpenter on adapting a Stephen King novel

Tuesday's TV highlights: 'Rizzoli & Isles' and more

'11.22.63' is a messy trip back in time to JFK's assassination

L.A. Opera again casts an enchanting spell with its silent-movie-styled ' Magic Flute'

'Hamilton' fever fires up musicals win, Stephen Paulus and Boston Symphony get classical Grammys

Steven Stucky dies at 66: Pulitzer winner, longtime composer for the L.A. Phil

CBS News debate moderator John Dickerson set to face Trump and the Republicans

John Dickerson, political director for CBS News and moderator for "Face the Nation," gets his second debate of the primary season tonight when he questions the six remaining contenders for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in Greenville, S.C., tonight. He took a break from rehearsals...

Democratic debate with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders draws 8 million viewers on CNN and PBS

Toy industry bets on Hollywood superheroes and 'Star Wars' to drive 2016 sales

'Deadpool' opens to huge $12.7 million Thursday night

Why it took so long for Compton to get its own movie theater

Kendrick Lamar's 2016 Grammy performance

What time are the 2016 Grammy Awards? A show primer

It's music's biggest night once again: The 58th Grammy Awards will take place Monday, jumping from the usual Sunday-night time slot to bestow numerous gilded gramophones on the industry's creme de la creme. Grammys 2016: Full coverage | Live updates | Complete list | Surprises and snubs | Top nominees...

'The Good Wife' recap: This Monday is not so good to Lucca

So it’s official, "Good Wife"-ers, we are now in our last season of "The Good Wife." I’m flooded with emotions, but there’s too much to cover about this week’s episode to posit about the series just yet. Despite Alicia’s hearty laugh at the end of the last episode when Cary asked her to return...

Kanye West goes on another Twitter rant

Kanye West, here during Kanye West Yeezy Season 3 show on Feb. 11, goes on another Twitter rant, this time asking Mark Zuckerberg for money.

Tensions are high but stakes are low on the midseason premiere of 'The Walking Dead'

When all is said and done at the midseason premiere of the sixth season of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” only a single question remains: What happens in the zombie apocalypse when the imminent threat of zombies is contained? For nearly six full seasons, the scrappy band of survivors led by Rick (Andrew...

'The Walking Dead' recap: Alexandrians summon their courage in zombie siege

Formerly sheltered residents of the Alexandria Safe-Zone valiantly defend their walled enclave against a zombie invasion on “No Way Out” (Episode 609), the midseason premiere of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” This especially bloody installment begins with a bang, literally, when bikers belonging to...

Of late it's been Kanye vs. Kanye, and no one seems to be the winner

"The Old Kanye," as even Kanye West refers to himself, was like the Robert Moses of hip-hop, tearing apart neighborhoods, installing roads and requiring the general population to follow his rules. Who made Auto-Tune a legitimate tool for MCs? (T-Pain had to bear the brunt of West snatching that...

How the Weeknd got his revenge and became one of the biggest pop stars

"There’s a lot of weird ... in here,” Abel Tesfaye says about his new home, a high-rise condo in Westwood he just moved into a few days prior. Tesfaye, better known as the Weeknd, is pointing toward an intricate and ancient-looking drawing of a man and woman midcoitus hanging near his bathroom....

'American Idol' recap: Twelve show off their solos

With 12 solo performances to pack into an hour-long show, “American Idol” didn’t have time to waste on Wednesday night. It did, however, allow itself a quick moment at the outset for Ryan Seacrest to establish the stakes. “This is the only show that truly takes someone undiscovered and turns them...

Kanye West on that Taylor Swift lyric: 'I will express how I feel with no censorship'

Kanye West just cannot stop stirring the outrage cauldron. The day after his extravagant (and apparently still-evolving) rollout for both his new LP "The Life of Pablo" and the third season of his Yeezy fashion line, much of the conversation about the album revolves around a single lyric about...

From pedicures to Instagram, Obama tells all on 'Ellen' -- but did he dance?

During a visit to "Ellen" on Thursday, President Obama addressed some topics not usually covered in White House news conferences, such as dancing, Instagram and how the leader of the free world feels about pedicures. "It's not something I want to spend a lot of time doing," a sober-faced president...

Thundercat, one of Kendrick Lamar's secret weapons on 'To Pimp a Butterfly,' emerges in time for Grammys

Those paying attention to the sound of contemporary Los Angeles as imagined by Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly," nominated for an album of the year Grammy, might have noted a mysterious musician named Thundercat lurking in the background. In late 2014 and 2015, he seemed to be everywhere....

Twitter responds to Kanye West's strict performance rules and that Taylor Swift reference

Kanye West dominated the twittersphere today with the livestream of his Madison Square Garden event, which doubled as a release party for his long-awaited new album, "The Life of Pablo," and the launch of the latest iteration of his fashion line, Yeezy Season 3.The ticketed event was streamed live...

Funny or Die 'Donald Trump' filmmakers talk about making the viral parody with Johnny Depp

If you think you've been exposed to a lot of Donald Trump lately, try being Joe Randazzo. Randazzo, the former editor of the Onion, spent months last year immersed in the collected clips and writings of the GOP front-runner, turning his research into a 1980s-set parody script for the website Funny...

10 essential artists who helped Kendrick Lamar shape his Grammy-nominated 'To Pimp a Butterfly'

When Kendrick Lamar arrives at the Grammy Awards to accept applause for his album of the year-nominated "To Pimp a Butterfly," the Compton-born rapper, lyricist and producer will be representing not only himself and his city: He'll also be carrying a community's worth of creators who contributed...

Donald Trump and Univision settle lawsuit over Miss Universe pageant

Donald Trump has settled his lawsuit with Univision over the media company's decision to drop his Miss Universe pageant last year. Terms of the settlement announced in a joint statement Thursday were not disclosed. The suit stemmed from Univision's decision last June to cancel plans to air Trump's...

Sylvester Stallone fought his way back to drama in 'Creed,' but don't expect him back for a sequel

Recently, while accepting a Critics' Choice award for supporting actor for his reprised role in the "Rocky" spinoff "Creed," Sylvester Stallone looked out at the crowd and mumbled, "Oh, my God," as they collectively rose and gave him a standing ovation. A few days later, sitting in a Beverly Hills...

How Adam McKay brought unity to Congress for one night with 'Big Short' screening

Filmmaker Adam McKay had just finished introducing his Oscar-nominated movie "The Big Short" at a special screening in the Congressional Auditorium on Wednesday night and he figured he'd stick around, stand in the shadows and see how the film would play for the bipartisan audience of assembled...

Adele announces surprise Los Angeles show at the Wiltern on Friday

In advance of her Monday night performance as part of the Grammy Awards telecast, superstar pop singer Adele has announced a surprise show at the Wiltern for Friday. The performance will be her first since she released her blockbuster new album, 25, and will precede Adele's sold-out headlining...

Eagles' Glenn Frey to be saluted by bandmates at Grammy Awards

Eagles founding singer, songwriter and guitarist Glenn Frey will be saluted during Monday’s 58th Grammy Awards ceremony by his bandmates as well as close friend and songwriting collaborator Jackson Browne. Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit and Bernie Leadon will join Browne to sing the Eagles’...

Watch the first full trailer for 'Fuller House' and weep at the inexorable march of time

Behold the return of the Tanners. Netflix released its first full trailer for the upcoming “Full House” revival, named “Fuller House” (DJ married a man whose last name would serve as a helpful pun once he was inevitably killed by the Tanner family curse), on Monday, to the delight of nostalgia...

Watch the epic 'Family Feud' fail that confounded Steve Harvey

It’s not every day that a person ends up on a game show with absolutely no idea how the game works, but that’s what appears to have happened on a recent episode of “Family Feud.” Sheila, of house Patterson, seemed stymied when host Steve Harvey asked her what term people might use to say “mother.”...

Bowie said no to Coldplay, then Beyonce: Is rejecting the band becoming tradition?

Hating Coldplay — or at least being honest with them — is in vogue again.  According to a soon to be published interview with Rolling Stone, the band's lead singer, Chris Martin, revealed that Beyonce once rejected a potential collaboration with the band because the song wasn't up to her standards....

The real challenge for Los Angeles' new football stadium is everything around it

The feints, dodges, Potemkin stadium renderings and extended leverage plays are over. The National Football League — behemoth, cruelly skilled manipulator of cities and printer of money — is officially headed back to Los Angeles. After a secret-ballot vote last month by the league's owners, the...

The Jets and the Sharks and Dudamel are on the Hollywood Bowl summer schedule

Hollywood Bowl audiences this summer will voyage into the romantic past with "West Side Story" and "Tosca," both led by Gustavo Dudamel, while also blasting off into the future, preferably at light speed, with music from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" conducted by John Williams. The Bowl is expected...