Three films — ‘Armand,’ ‘Kneecap’ and ‘Sujo’ — prove that great performances, incredible music and a sliver of hope can transcend the darker aspects of life.
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Art director Mary Kenny transformed her 600-square-foot apartment in L.A. with budget-friendly DIY projects and thrift store finds.
Hero Complex
“Code Green” is a sci-fi-inspired escape room with a heavy backstory and complex puzzles. It also resides in a dorm room at UCLA.
Good friends Hugh Jackman, Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds bucked the downward multiverse trend by making the first R-rated MCU movie the biggest-grossing R-rated film ever.
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Filmmakers have artfully taken the horror genre above and beyond the standard jump scares and remakes this year.
‘Saturday Night,’ the film, envisions the whirl of chaos that took hold in the 90 minutes before ‘NBC’s Saturday Night,’ the show, premiered.
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The music mogul’s sexual mistreatment of women dating back decades was aided and abetted by a complex and vast network of enablers, according to a Times review of court filings and interviews with current and former business associates.
Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe or scripted series with countless spinoffs, reality TV has become more reliant on proven franchises as the industry becomes more risk-averse.
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Three new thriller series, ‘Get Millie Black’ on HBO, ‘The Madness’ on Netflix and ‘The Agency’ on Showtime, promise to deliver action and suspense.
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With Season 3 of the hit HBO show ‘The White Lotus’ slated for 2025 release, Thailand is gearing up to court luxury travelers and more Hollywood productions.
In a guest column, the ‘Scandal’ actor recounts her late mother’s experience with elder domestic abuse and urges readers to seek help if they’re in need.
‘What I enjoy doing is trying to disappear and not do the same thing over and over again,’ says the actor with three recent releases: ‘Juror #2,’ ‘The Order’ and ‘Nosferatu.’
Films such as ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ have won top Oscar gold. But how will the range of Jewish-centric films fare this awards season?
From Doug Aitken’s “Lightscape” to D.S. & Durga’s new store in Silver Lake, this list will keep you merrily busy.
Francesca Eastwood, actor and director Clint Eastwood’s daughter, will not be charged following her October arrest on suspicion of felony domestic violence.
The Oscar-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman, whose wide-ranging career spanned some of Woody Allen’s best films, the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” and a number of Johnny Carson’s most beloved sketches, has died
Marissa Bode, the first wheelchair user ever to play ‘Wicked’s’ Nessarose, called jokes about her character’s disability ‘low-hanging fruit.’
A lawyer for one of two men who was indicted along with rapper Young Thug and is awaiting a jury verdict said his client was stabbed in jail.
AC/DC’s Power Up tour will hit 13 stadiums in North America in the spring, including the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on April 18.
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