Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
Sept. 20, 2024
Movies
With ‘Will & Harper,’ the ‘SNL’ star and his friend Harper Steele face a new twist on an old challenge in LGBTQ+ representation: How to educate cis viewers without alienating trans ones.
Business
Americans have been waiting for months for what the Federal Reserve is poised to announce this week: that it’s cutting its key interest rate.
Sept. 16, 2024
Also this week: Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, ‘Rhythm Thief’ restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill of Alain Delon’s beauty.
Climate & Environment
Our discarded clothing continues to clog waterways, char the skies with toxic smoke and ruin places where other people live, including Chile and Ghana.
Sept. 12, 2024
Hart House, Kevin Hart’s Southern California vegan fast-food chain, closed its four locations Sept. 10. The chain got its start in Los Angeles just two years ago.
Sept. 13, 2024
The rise of low-cost, trendy clothing has led to criticism of waste, carbon emissions and labor exploitation, prompting new legislation.
New clothes are fun, especially when the price is right. But how long can we support fast fashion with its bad-for-environment, bad-for-workers infrastructure?
UCLA Sports
Rod Foster is battling inclusion body myositis, a disease that has left the player once known as “Rocket Rod” bound to a wheelchair in his West L.A. home.
Sept. 11, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
“Silents Synced,” a new series pairing classic films with alternative rock, launches with “Nosferatu X Radiohead” at American Cinematheque.
Sept. 19, 2024