Jessica Gelt is an arts and culture writer for the Los Angeles Times. In her career at the paper she has served as assistant style editor for the Sunday magazine, co-edited the Daily Dish food blog, written a nightlife column called “The Enabler” and regularly covered red carpets and backstage events at the Emmys, Oscars, Grammys and Golden Globes. She has penned cultural commentary and reams of celebrity profiles, as well as investigated claims of sexual misconduct in music and the arts. Over the years, she has written in-depth features about theater, television, film, music, movies, books, art, fashion, food, travel and more. Her award-winning work has appeared in the New York Observer, the L.A. Weekly and Vulture, among others.
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May 8, 2024
The Hammer Museum’s annual gala paid a starry tribute, featuring Jodie Foster, Will Ferrell and k.d. lang, to departing Director Ann Philbin, who is stepping down after 25 transformational years.
May 5, 2024
Professors crash the Hammer Museum’s starry gala, calling for UCLA’s chancellor to resign and for pro-Palestinian student activists to be given amnesty.
May 4, 2024
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May 4, 2024
Kim Noltemy takes over as president and CEO of the L.A. Phil from Chad Smith, who left for the Boston Symphony Orchestra last fall. She arrives from the Dallas Symphony Assn.
May 1, 2024
Helder Guimarães and Frank Marshall created the rare COVID-era theater hit with “The Present.” They’re back with “The Hope Theory,” a magic show about the immigrant experience.
April 29, 2024
As the warm weather turns up the heat on L.A., we take it as a sign to do the same by firing up a new week in review of art and culture around L.A.
April 27, 2024
Inside LACMA’s plans to share its collection with a new Las Vegas museum: ‘I’m a West Coast booster’
Early this year the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced a partnership with the planned Las Vegas Museum of Art. LACMA’s Michael Govan and LVMA director Heather Harmon discuss the details of the arrangement.
April 22, 2024
The L.A. Times’ Festival of Books takes over USC, Andrew Scott does “Vanya,” TCM fest shines across L.A. Here’s your ultimate culture guide to this weekend and beyond.
April 20, 2024
Winners at the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prizes included Ed Park for fiction, Ivy Pochoda for mystery/thriller and the pro-Palestinian commencement speaker whose name has become a rallying cry for free speech.
April 19, 2024