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In a leaked audio clip, actor Tom Cruise is heard berating the crew on the set of the next ‘Mission: Impossible’ film over COVID-19 safety precautions.

In an insulting Wall Street Journal essay, Joseph Epstein criticizes Jill Biden’s use of the title “Doctor.” Now he and the paper are wondering why people are angry.

As Hollywood’s two biggest talent agencies remain at odds with the Writers Guild of America, some agents are leaving to start their own management firms.

Who the heck is Clayton Johnson? And what happened to the cop beau? We dug up some tidbits about musician Lana Del Rey’s new fiancé.

Top Ten for 2020

From homegrown jazz to furious punk to raw hip-hop recorded from prison, these 10 albums highlight L.A.'s creative spirit in a hard-scrabble year for musicians.

Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang’s best movies of 2020 include ‘Nomadland,’ ‘First Cow’ and ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things.’

In a noisy 2020, it was too easy to overlook these 10 literary gems, from Miranda Popkey’s “Topics of Conversation” to Mieko Kawakami’s “Breasts and Eggs.”

Nathan Apodaca, the Idaho man who went viral for his Fleetwood Mac-inspired TikTok video, has COVID-19. His rep says he’s home “resting and getting better.”

“The Talk” co-hosts Sharon Osbourne and Carrie Ann Inaba are both laid up with COVID-19. Osbourne, 68, is recovering away from husband Ozzy Osbourne.

2020 decimated our cultural and entertainment institutions. Artists have readjusted their ways of working. Many wonder if they can continue their craft even after the pandemic. Yet we’ve also seen resilience and creativity.

Across the city on Thanksgiving weekend, indie bookstores greeted lines of customers, kicking off a holiday season of high promise and existential concern.

Illusionist and performer Helder Guimarães follows up his Geffen Playhouse pandemic hit ‘The Present’ with new tricks and a new story in ‘The Future.’

Globalization and technology make this pandemic different. Is it a cultural Singularity? COVID-19 unites us all, from villages to cities, and may permanently transform humankind.

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Get ready for the musical equivalent of 250 candles and a year’s supply of cake. Beethoven 250 has brought a bevy of new music and books. Here are the best.

Nonprofit museums are acting like for-profit art dealers, flouting standards and endangering their nonprofit status. In Long Beach, a case study.

The moratorium designation adds Chicano history to L.A.'s historic sites. Plus, controversy at MOLAA and what we lost and found in 2020 — in our weekly arts newsletter

Netflix’s star-studded spin on the Broadway musical underscores a major shortcoming of the landmark 2019 profit-sharing agreement between producers and actors.

What to watch while celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s Eve? Our mega-list hits all the favorites, plus some wildcards.

  1. Most tend to push unpleasant feelings aside in the name of good cheer. But experts say people need to process their feelings, so they don’t manifest in self-destructive ways.

  1. NBA star Blake Griffin just bought his second house in Brentwood, paying $5.87 million for a 1930s traditional that backs up to his other home.

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