Television
A remorseful Simon Baker, who played Patrick Jane in ‘The Mentalist,’ avoids conviction after pleading guilty to a DUI charge near his home in rural Australia.
Sept. 11, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Sept. 8, 2024
Australian actor Simon Baker, 55, is scheduled to appear in court in the town of Mullumbimby in northern New South Wales September 4 for two DUI charges, Australian media reported.
Aug. 15, 2024
Climate & Environment
A sudden shutoff of water supplies has dried up the Kern River in Bakersfield, leaving thousands of dead fish on the parched riverbed.
Sept. 19, 2024
Dodgers
Dusty Baker will at long last be properly and singularly honored at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, 41 years after he was unceremoniously booted from the organization.
Aug. 9, 2024
Food
The prolific bread specialist is expanding its reach with a pizzeria in 2025, taking over the Town restaurant space in Highland Park.
Sports
TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’ show with Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson will likely end after the 2024-25 season with the NBA leaving the network.
July 24, 2024
‘Of course’ SpongeBob SquarePants has autism, voice actor Tom Kenny says. ‘That’s his superpower.’ Now if only someone would write a treatise on the fan theory.
Movies
Julianne Nicholson stars as a mother with boundary problems raising a precocious, strong-minded 11-year old daughter in playwright Annie Baker’s A24 release.
June 25, 2024
This week: Sean Baker’s ‘Tangerine and ‘The Florida Project,’ Annie Baker’s ‘Janet Planet,’ Catherine Breillat’s ‘Last Summer’ and ‘Josie and the Pussycats.’
June 28, 2024