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Los videojuegos, ¿son malos para los niños? Los expertos consideran que no tanto
El 47% de los hombres y el 39% de las mujeres afirmaron que a menudo o a veces juegan videojuegos.
Pregunte a cualquier padre cómo se siente sobre los videojuegos de sus hijos y seguramente escuchará intranquilidad acerca de las muchas horas transcurridas en un mundo virtual, y la posibilidad de un comportamiento antisocial, o incluso violento. Pero, ¿estas preocupaciones son válidas?
Mi hijo adolescente es un gran jugador, y me he preguntado mucho cuán proactivo debería ser para monitorear una actividad que, claramente, le apasiona. La investigación sobre el tema abunda y varía, desde aquellos que sostienen que los...
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Los videojuegos, ¿son malos para los niños? Los expertos consideran que no tanto
El 47% de los hombres y el 39% de las mujeres afirmaron que a menudo o a veces juegan videojuegos.
Pregunte a cualquier padre cómo se siente sobre los videojuegos de sus hijos y seguramente escuchará intranquilidad acerca de las muchas horas...
Tuesday's TV highlights: 'Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern' and more
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America's Got Talent DJ Khaled serves as a guest judge on a new episode of the reality competition. 8 p.m. NBC
American Experience The encore documentary “Summer of Love” looks back at the counterculture movement that sprung up in San...
Friday's TV Highlights: 'The 10th Annual ACM Honors' on CBS
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Masters of Illusion The showcased magicians include Greg Gleason, Jonathan Pendragon, Jarrett & Raja, Chris Korn, Jen Kramer and Barry & Stuart. Dean Cain is the host. A second new episode follows. 8 and 8:30 p.m. KTLA
Penn & Teller: Fool Us...
Morgan Saylor chases the thrill of the moment in electrifying 'White Girl'
“White Girl,” a cruel story of youth from the writer-director Elizabeth Wood, unfolds in a blur of swift, continuous motion. Young bodies crowd dance floors drenched in sweat and neon. Cocaine is snorted in astonishing quantities and from a highly...
Grindhouse-style 'Happy Birthday' talks its sadistic head off
There’s a fine line between mocking obnoxious bro behavior and celebrating it, and writer-director Casey Tebo’s “Happy Birthday” too often falls on the wrong side of the divide. Though well-acted and stylish, this meta-grindhouse exercise strains under...
Justin Tipping's nimble East Bay drama 'Kicks' is about a lot more than sneakers
For 15-year-old Brandon (Jahking Guillory), the frizzy-haired, undersized kid protagonist of Justin Tipping’s agile feature debut “Kicks,” navigating adolescence and a rough, depressed Oakland neighborhood is like working a double shift that doesn’t...
A Border Patrol drug bust goes awry in powerfully taut 'Transpecos'
A seemingly routine inspection by U.S. Border Patrol officers in West Texas proves to have violent repercussions in “Transpecos,” an effectively moody, well-acted and impressively understated thriller by Greg Kwedar in his feature directing debut.
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Nothing in the woeful drama 'Max Rose' will make the Jerry Lewis career-highlight reel
Given that 90-year-old show biz legend Jerry Lewis hasn’t been seen in a starring role since 1995’s “Funny Bones,” his lead turn in the drama “Max Rose” should be something of a big-screen event. Unfortunately, the movie, written and directed by Daniel...
L.A. theater openings, Sept. 11-18: 'Teatro Moz' and more
This week: Musicals for every taste, including a Latino-themed celebration of Morrissey, the singer formerly known as the frontman for the British rock band the Smiths.
Assassins Stephen Sondheim’s darkly comic musical about John Wilkes Booth, Lee...
New Film4 chief Daniel Battsek on Amazon, Nate Parker and his Miramax past
The British company Film4 was one of the quiet powerhouses of last Oscar season, responsible in part for contenders such as "Room," "Carol," “45 Years” and “Ex Machina.”
The financing-and-production firm will be back again this season, with dramatic...
Liberty Media to purchase Formula One for $4.4 billion
Formula One is being bought by Liberty Media, a U.S. company that invests in entertainment and sports, for $4.4 billion.
Liberty Media Corp., which is controlled by 75-year-old tycoon John Malone, has ended years of uncertainty about the ownership...
Project September app wants in on fashion week’s see-now-buy-now trend
Project September’s little green dots will soon tag the New York Fashion Week landscape. The app, cofounded by Gilt Groupe cofounder Alexis Maybank and launched in April, lets users buy directly from images posted on the app, while also functioning as a...
'Hamilton' star Daveed Diggs bolts from the 'popular to the fringe' with experimental hip-hop act Clipping.
A man flees his home on a ship, hoping to escape the turbulent life of his youth. All around him, a culture of slavery stains the past and future. The man sets out for a barely charted new land, one with the promise of redemption but also the fear of...
Madonna and Guy Ritchie settle custody battle over their son Rocco
Madonna’s contentious custody battle with ex-husband Guy Ritchie over their son Rocco has reportedly come to an end.
A court official confirmed Wednesday that the Material Girl and Ritchie had reached a settlement, according to the Associated Press....
Real love: Mary J. Blige and Maxwell are touring together this fall
“The King and Queen of Hearts.”
That’s how Maxwell and Mary J. Blige are referred to in the billing for a joint North American tour the veteran R&B stars will mount this fall. And given each singer’s deep catalog of love songs — the happy kind, the sad...
How Google is making street style shoppable at New York Fashion Week
Google’s getting into the search now, buy now game. The search giant today unveiled a new fashion week-centric search feature that helps mobile users easily access a show schedule, view images from each collection, get access behind-the-scenes content...
Zayn Malik and TV producer Dick Wolf team up for a new NBC drama: 'Boys'
In a collaboration that no one could have seen coming, former One Direction star Zayn Malik is teaming up with procedural television legend Dick Wolf to produce “Boys,” a drama that focuses on the whirlwind surrounding the creation and maintenance of a...
Games festival IndieCade relocates to USC
This fall, the University of Southern California, home to the nation’s most highly-regarded video game design program, will host IndieCade, one of the gaming industry’s most respected festivals. Celebrating its 10th year, the festival, which drew about...
The unbelievably sweet reason why Gene Simmons of KISS has never done drugs or gotten drunk
Rocker Gene Simmons says there’s no big secret to his ability to play a show night after night while wearing 50 pounds of gear (that’s between the armor and his guitar):
“I’ve never been drunk and I’ve never been high,” said Simmons, 67, who is currently...