Deesha Philyaw, Victoria Chang and Isabel Wilkerson are among the winners of the 2020 L.A. Times Book Prizes, announced Friday.
Sharon Osbourne, who’s kept a low profile since getting booted from “The Talk,” will chat Friday on “Real Time” with cancel-culture critic Bill Maher.
Demand for tickets to singer Bad Bunny’s El Último Tour del Mundo was through the roof this week. And Ticketmaster is feeling fans’ wrath.
Even if the Cinerama Dome is bought, ArcLight may not be the last chain to fall to the pandemic.
Wendy McMahon will bring a new style of management to CBS’ television stations group following the ouster of former stations chief Peter Dunn.
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The 26th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is going virtual again this year. The event kicks off April 17 at 10 a.m. Here’s how to watch.
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A year of isolation left us with a wealth of words. Hear from the poets, historians and fiction writers who gave us the most powerful books of 2020
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Panelists will include Zooey Deschanel, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Don Lemon, Lulu Miller, Walter Mosley, Deesha Philyaw and Meena Harris.
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From awkward happy endings to Rudy Giuliani’s missed happy ending, this season’s film contenders had noteworthy moments to spare.
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Oscar producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins on the challenges of mounting the Academy Awards in a year upended by the coronavirus pandemic
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Oscar voting begins Thursday. Here’s how three academy members are filling out their ballots.
A doc illuminates the dark hold of Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ in a Classic Stage Company benefit reminding us why theater has been such a pandemic loss.
Cinerama Dome is L.A. Historic-Cultural Monument No. 659. City and preservation officials explain what that means for protection against demo or gutting.
Are you among the movie lovers in shock about ArcLight and Pacific theaters shutting down? We want to hear what they meant to you.
Center Theatre Group will reopen after 20 months of pandemic closure. The lineup includes ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ ‘Hadestown,’ ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.’
COVID-19 canceled in-person author readings. Now the world is reopening. We ask five L.A. poets for their takes on what lies ahead.
Frieze Los Angeles scraps plans for a July fair and instead focuses on next year, picking dates — and a new Beverly Hills location — for February.
What’s the role of artists in times of social upheaval? Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón returns to REDCAT with a micro-documentary.
After a canceled season in 2020 — the first in 98 years — the Bowl will reopen with free shows for healthcare, grocery and other essential workers.
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Sharon Osbourne sat down with Bill Maher on Friday for her first interview since getting fired from ‘The Talk.’
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The ArcLight Hollywood with its Cinerama Dome means a great deal to Hollywood the neighborhood. Here’s hoping for a rescue that saves it but doesn’t try to reinvent something that works.
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How mounting hours, crashing web pages and disappointing updates derailed our TV critic’s long-delayed journey to the happiest #*&$%!! place on Earth.
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What’s on TV tonight, Saturday, April 17: The new Lifetime movie “Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story”; the new Hallmark movie “Right in Front of Me”; “Nick News: Kids and the Impact of Climate Change” and more
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Sunday, April 18 Guests on Sunday Talk Shows: “Face the Nation” on CBS; “Meet the Press” on NBC; “This Week” on ABC; “Fox News Sunday” on Fox and Fox News; “State of the Union” on CNN; “60 Minutes” on CBS
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The ‘Made in L.A.’ biennial has its pandemic-delayed premiere this weekend, at long last, at the Hammer Museum and the Huntington.
The L.A. Phil’s artistic leader has been appointed music director in Paris, where he will join one of the most celebrated opera companies in the world.
Our rundown of shows to see includes the L.A. Phil, Maria Bamford in a benefit for the Downtown Women’s Center and dance co-created by men in prison.
“Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts” profiles an artist born into slavery who later in life created images with a persistent, ethereal relevance.
Is a tiny house really a glorified toolshed? Are the unhoused serving as guinea pigs for architect’s design experiments? Our columnist visits L.A.'s new wave of shelter solutions.
José Delbo, an 87-year-old comic artist, sold more than $1 million worth of Wonder Woman NFTs. Sales like his got the attention of DC Comics and Marvel. The debate over NFT winners and losers.
Palm Springs Art Museum reopens with desert heroine Agnes Pelton, who deserves a place alongside Georgia O’Keeffe among early American Modern artists.
Two new versions — a National Theatre film coming to PBS and a Public Theater podcast out now — bring new life to Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy.
Angélique Kidjo, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding and Frank Gehry power artistic partnerships shaping a new direction, the Santa Monica company says.
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ABC News staffers were informed Thursday that Corn no longer works at the network.
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Triller’s parent company on Wednesday appointed a new CEO, Mahi de Silva, after acquiring his company, Amplify.ai for an undisclosed price.
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Godwin becomes first Black woman to run a network news division. Her colleague CBS News President Susan Zirinsky will also leave her post.
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Behind the meme: How “Ladies and gentlemen ...the Weeknd” became “Ladies and gentlemen ... the weekend.”
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I love this ride. ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ is a celebration of old-fashioned theme park storytelling, where atmosphere trumps the desire to re-enact a movie.
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The new documentary “Gunda,” directed by Victor Kossakovsky and executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix, follows the lives of farm animals in startling detail, including a charming pig named Gunda.
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Find a flick with our weekly guide to classic movies, cult favorites, film festivals, etc., playing now or coming soon to a theater, drive-in, pop-up or rooftop near you.
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To mark Selena Quintanilla’s 50th birthday, Friday’s Selena Day celebrates the late Tejano star with fan tributes and a new Smithsonian photo collection.
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Sotheby’s says a pair of Air Yeezy 1 sneaker prototypes, worn by Kanye West at the 2008 Grammys, are worth more than a $1 million. Let the bids begin.
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Chet Hanks’ highly unanticipated “White Boy Summer” video has arrived, just as legal woes pile up against the eldest son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.
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‘We are better as friends and look forward to remaining so,’ celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez said in a statement Thursday.
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TV highlights for April 18-24 also include a star-studded vaccination special, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the lavish new fantasy series “Shadow and Bone.”
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Movies on TV this week: April 18: “Taxi Driver’ on Showtime; “Psycho” on TCM’; “When Harry Met Sally...” on Showtime and more
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“Mare of Easttown,” starring Kate Winslet as a Pennsylvania detective, feels like a corrective to the glamorous, shallow hokum of “The Undoing.”
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As they vie for the top prize on VH1’s Emmy-winning reality show, Gottmik and Symone discuss what makes L.A. — and its drag scene — so distinctive.
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The Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot is writing a book, but a publishing giant is declining to distribute it.
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Barack Obama and filmmaker Ava DuVernay will discuss the former president’s memoir “A Promised Land” April 21 in a livestreamed event for the L.A. Times Community Book Club.
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Former President Obama joins the L.A. Times Community Book Club April 21 to discuss “A Promised Land” with filmmaker Ava DuVernay.
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Three new books — “Dream State,” “Hollywood Eden” and “Rock Me on the Water,” examine savvy pop-culture myth-making by and about the Golden State.
