For ‘The Underground Railroad,’ about the harrowing escape from slavery, director Barry Jenkins took a novel step: hiring a mental health counselor.
Does it matter that Dakota Johnson’s tense Ellen DeGeneres interview didn’t bring about the end of the host’s talk show? Not to folks on social media.
The pair’s apparent reunion has many of us cheering — not only for the triumph of true love but also for the chance at a much-needed media do-over.
Kornacki becomes a multi-hyphenate with roles at NBC Sports and a prime-time game show in addition to MSNBC.
Hollywood Bowl
Vaccinated people will get 85% of the tickets for the Bowl’s 2021 season, which includes Christina Aguilera, Yo-Yo Ma and “Black Panther” live.
The Hollywood Bowl has announced its 2021 season lineup after an unprecedented 18 months dark due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what’s on tap for summer fun seekers.
A landmark in hibernation, a surprise from the governor, tears and hugs: Behind the scenes of the whirlwind push to bring music back to the Bowl.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is restructuring. Who will be running the show? The L.A. museum with a penchant for drama lifts the curtain on a new act.
Casting a straight actor in landmark gay role isn’t a misstep. It’s a recognition of shared struggle.
What ticket buyer wants to spend unnecessary time in a crowded lobby or cramped restroom? Even more important: the broken spell of storytelling onstage.
L.A. Opera moves its outdoor “Oedipus Rex” into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, making it the first major L.A. arts group to stage an indoor show.
In the COVID-19 era, my 12-year-old played more video games than ever. What kind of parent was I to allow this? But then I talked to experts.
The designer of Washington, D.C.'s Vietnam Veterans Memorial is shaping the way women learn at Smith College and with ‘Ghost Forest’ makes a climate change statement.
Congressman Ted Lieu introduced the 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project act on May 6. It all started with an article by David Kipen in the L.A. Times
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Angelina Jolie’s thriller ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ hits HBO Max and theaters.
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Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil will perform at the Hollywood Bowl for the first time in 18 months. Here are backstage photos from rehearsal.
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Skirball Cultural Center reopens with Ai Weiwei portraits of political dissidents, and the L.A. Phil streams its return to the Hollywood Bowl.
Eli Broad envisioned Grand Avenue as DTLA’s Champs-Élysées. Instead it may be a memorial to an urbanism of big gestures that is passing into history.
Nonfungible tokens are a dressed-up species of bookkeeping. But what art needs is less auditing and more ecstasy.
Paul Pescador explores gender identity at Tyler Park Presents. Plus, live theater, stolen treasures and how our pandemic year shaped the work of Maya Lin
Pop-up art for Mental Health Awareness Month, a star-studded reading of “The Normal Heart,” John Cleese, Sofia Coppola and so much more.
Streaming through Center Theatre Group and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, “Black Feminist Video Game” explores our relationship with digital media.
Haven’t made Mother’s Day plans? Don’t have reservations? We have ideas.
Dan O’Brien, the playwright and poet behind “The Body of an American” and “The House in Scarsdale,” channels hurt and healing into new work.
The Hammer Museum launches Hammer Channel, a streaming archive of every artist talk, panel discussion and live performance since 2005.
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Roku will release 30 Quibi shows on its free, ad-supported streaming service the Roku Channel on May 20.
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The subscriber growth is less than expected, a sign that the pandemic-fueled streaming boom is starting to slow.
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A group of creatives and executives with disabilities in Hollywood is pushing employers to start including accessibility as part of inclusion initiatives.
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The long-delayed adaptation of A.J. Finn’s controversy-stirring psychological thriller has not been worth the wait.
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How a Tyler Perry joke led to Chris Rock becoming executive producer and star of ‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw.’
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“Profile,” the fact-based story of a female journalist going undercover to be recruited by Islamic State, is inventive and scary.
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Universal Pictures International is ‘working diligently to fix’ the Italian version of ‘Promising Young Woman’ after Laverne Cox was dubbed by a male actor.
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After gaining fame in the 1960s with music that urged social change, the Staple Singers had their first No. 1 hit in 1972 with ‘I’ll Take You There.’
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The Go-Go’s had to wait a few years to be inducted into the Rock Hall, but that hasn’t dimmed their enthusiasm: ‘Hell, yeah,’ exclaims Jane Wiedlin.
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The funniest TV show of the year, about a ‘90s girl group fashioning a comeback, also has some real bops. “Quit flying planes at my heart,” lol.
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Lost to history, the Jacksons came between the Jackson 5 and Michael’s solo triumphs. A set of reissues arrives compromised by his transgressions.
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What to watch Friday, May 14: The season finale of ‘Blue Bloods’ on CBS; ‘Pride’ debuts on FX; ‘Great Performances: The Arts Interrupted’ on PBS and more
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In Barry Jenkins’ hands, the enslaved emerge as the ancestors they are: We can sit with their pain because he is invested in them. And so are we.
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Jean Smart plays a Las Vegas comedian in “Hacks,” but the real subject of HBO Max’s new series is the generational divide.
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The Harry-Truman Show? On Dax Shepard’s podcast, Prince Harry talks about going to therapy and likens life as a royal to the movie ‘The Truman Show.’
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Jim Shepard has earned a cult following for refashioning history’s horrors. “Phase Six,” about a future pandemic, is his timeliest novel yet.
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More than 60 years after his death, Richard Wright is again a bestselling author with ‘The Man Who Lived Underground.’
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The CNN anchor talks about “The Devil May Dance,” an L.A. thriller about Sinatra and RFK, the Church of Scientology and the underbelly of Hollywood.
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