In Season 3 of “The Girlfriend Experience,” Anja Marquardt and Steven Soderbergh introduced technology into the series’ depiction of modern sex work.
'[Much] is complicated here. But some things are pretty simple,’ John Oliver said during a ‘Last Week Tonight’ segment on Israel and the Palestinians.
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Discovery CEO David Zaslav will run the proposed new company, which would bring together some of the best-known TV channels and Warner Bros. studio.
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Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl buzzed back to life Saturday with joy, optimism and a tinge of nervousness at a reopening concert celebrating frontline workers.
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.
With a wrenching tribute to “all the beautiful souls” killed by COVID-19, the L.A. Phil performs a stirring free concert for frontline workers.
Tears of joy and plenty of masked smiles could be found at the Hollywood Bowl as it gave its first concert after 18 months of pandemic closures.
Legendary guitarist and anti-lockdown activist Eric Clapton writes a letter blaming vaccine ‘propaganda’ for his second-dose AstraZeneca side effects.
Timeline of a comeback: historic cancellation of an entire season, painful layoffs, transformation into a recording studio, a whirlwind race to reopen.
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.
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CBS’ former CEO Leslie Moonves said he would donate his entire settlement to charity after resolving the severance pay dispute. The amount was not disclosed.
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Andrew Garfield and Maya Hawke play characters swept up in the world of online influencer culture in Gia Coppola’s satirically abrasive ‘Mainstream.’
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A grieving boy finds a book of spells, unleashing the titular monster, in ‘The Djinn,’ written and directed by David Charbonier and Justin Powell.
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Made in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s Berlinale prize-winner ‘There Is No Evil’ illustrates costs of Iran’s history of capital punishment
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