Music
At the Hit Factory Criteria studio, rock stars and rappers rely on expert ears to create their sound.
July 22, 2008
Lakers
Flynn Robinson, guard on championship Lakers team, dies at 72; Steve Forrest, star of TV’s ‘S.W.A.T.’, dies at 87; Mack Emerman, founder of Criteria Recording Studios, dies at 89
May 23, 2013
Sports
PASSINGS: Flynn Robinson, Steve Forrest, Mack Emerman
Entertainment & Arts
Question: Do I address you as Sir Neville? * Answer. I respond to almost anything.
Sept. 24, 1994
California
Transportation experts have embarked on a monthlong study to determine whether the future thunder of Metro Rail could drown out television announcers, radio disc jockeys and rock bands in studios and sound stages along Sunset Boulevard.
Oct. 15, 1987
Humorist Art Buchwald and producer Alain Bernheim should receive between $5 million and $10 million for their contributions to the 1988 hit comedy, “Coming to America,” their attorney told a Los Angeles Superior Court judge Monday as the third phase of their trial against Paramount Pictures began.
March 3, 1992
Movies
“You people have lost your minds,” actress Kirstie Alley wrote in a since-deleted tweet criticizing new diversity rules for best-picture Oscar nominees.
Sept. 9, 2020
Opinion
Best picture nominees for the Academy Awards will have to meet diversity standards by 2024. But real change will take more than abiding by new rules.
Sept. 16, 2020
Starting in 2024, movies will need to meet specific inclusion standards in order to be eligible for the best picture Oscar.
Sept. 8, 2020
The album, now available in Bootleg Series box-set form, marked the beginning of a third act in Dylan’s career that’s still playing out today.
Jan. 26, 2023