Entertainment & Arts
Sept. 8, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
Don Buchwald, Howard Stern’s ‘superagent’ and founder of a now-bicoastal talent agency bearing his name, has died at his home in the Berkshires. He was 88.
July 31, 2024
Awards
The director of the documentary ‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ had an overarching question he wanted to answer: ‘How in the world did he create such a lasting legacy of work with such a burst of creativity in only a few decades?’
June 10, 2024
Television
Ron Howard’s Disney+ documentary about Jim Henson, which features interviews with his family and close associates, is an admiring but unvarnished look at the puppet innovator.
May 30, 2024
California
Howard University trustees rescinded Sean “Diddy” Combs’ honorary degree, citing video of him attacking Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel.
June 7, 2024
Food
Michael Twitty’s second book “Koshersoul” explores the links between Black and Jewish culinary traditions with conversations, personal essays and recipes, including a matzoh ball gumbo.
April 11, 2024
Politics
Biden told Howard Stern he is willing to debate Trump in the fall. ‘OK let’s set it up!’ a Trump aide responded.
April 26, 2024
In LAUSD, fights and aggression are rising and students’ perception of school as safe declines. Officials put faith in counseling and support for positive behavior.
Sept. 14, 2024
Ten public schools, with extra resources, will be able to develop their own student measures to replace a bevy of standardized tests that L.A. Unified is currently using.
Sept. 12, 2024
Sports
Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz with a relentless baseline game to win the U.S. Open less than three weeks after he was exonerated in a doping case.