Entertainment & Arts
Plus: Dudamel’s homecoming, Pasek and Paul’s EGOT win and a salute to the late, great James Earl Jones.
Sept. 13, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
‘Encanto’ and ‘Zootopia’ director Jared Bush has been named chief creative officer at Walt Disney Animation as Jennifer Lee steps back and returns to filmmaking for ‘Frozen 3’ and ‘Frozen 4.’
Sept. 19, 2024
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts hosted a cohort of African filmmakers this summer as part of a State Department program for film diplomacy.
“Hunger Games” and “John Wick” studio Lionsgate will partner with AI research company Runway to create and train an AI model that can be used to help augment Lionsgate’s work.
Sept. 18, 2024
The Murdoch family will battle in court this month over patriarch Rupert Murdoch’s plan to place eldest son Lachlan in charge of its news companies.
Sept. 16, 2024
As audiences get more savvy about CGI, studios are ramping up the practical effects. But sometimes, the promotion of those practical effects belies the work done by special effects teams.
Sept. 12, 2024
Music
Susan Eubanks, the mother of late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, said the band promised to tell her if the group was getting back together. But they didn’t.
Sept. 20, 2024
Activist investor Starboard is challenging the dual-class share structure of News Corp. that has amplified the Murdoch family’s say in the company.
Sept. 9, 2024
California
A grandmother and daughter struggle to reclaim a loved one, but it’s as if fentanyl has taken her prisoner, and they can’t convince her to make a run for it.
Sept. 21, 2024
Tyrese Gibson gave a heated, 12-minute-long online response to ex-wife Samantha Lee’s suggestion that she would be open to reconciliation.
Oct. 24, 2023