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Filmmaker James Gray and key collaborators on creating the world of ‘Ad Astra,’ which takes Brad Pitt on an emotional journey from Earth to the moon to Mars to Neptune.
Calendar feedback Sunday, September 22, 2019
Long before “Schitt’s Creek,” Emmy hopefuls Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara were making funny together on screen. Here’s our guide to their partnership.
Producer Brian Grazer writes about how his skill at connecting with people, combined with old-fashioned Hollywood persistence, helped him get “Inside Man” and “American Gangster” made.
“Between Two Ferns: The Movie” star Zach Galifianakis and director Scott Aukerman on turning their cringe-inducing web talk show into a full-length movie.
Before a new crop of Emmy winners delivers their acceptance speeches on Sunday night, the Times selects the 10 best — in case the nominees want to study up.
Emmy nominee Sian Clifford met “Fleabag” costar Phoebe Waller-Bridge on a subway. Their fast friendship inspired one of the funniest relationships on TV.
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The Emmys have been hosted by some wonderful, funny performers. And then there are the others.
Join us for a tour of “Game of Thrones’” Emmy history before its swan song Sunday night.
“Escape at Dannemora” may lose to late-arriving “Chernobyl” and “When They See Us” at the Emmys. But stars Benicio del Toro and Paul Dano deserve plaudits.
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AT&T bought DirecTV in 2015, right before subscribers began fleeing in droves.
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‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ and ‘Ad Astra’ will try to unseat Warner Bros.’ ‘It Chapter Two’ from the top of the box office charts.
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This summer, some attorneys haven’t been able to go far from their offices in Southern California because they are fielding calls from writers concerned about growing tension between the Writers Guild of America West and the Association of Talent Agents.
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Your mind may make a mess of things in ‘Wilmot’s Warehouse,’ where the goal is to bring order to life.
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With his departure as music director looming, MTT celebrates his run with the premiere of John Adams’ “I Still Dance.” Daniil Trifonov lends a hand.
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What’s on TV Saturday Sept. 21: ‘The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part’ on HBO
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Jennifer Lopez makes a surprise appearance in an update of the revealing Versace dress that broke the internet in 2000. Is this the start of her Oscar campaign?
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H.H. Holmes lured young women to the “murder castle” made famous by the book “The Devil in the White City.” Now this history is a stage musical.
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Filmmaker Ethan Coen talks about ‘A Play Is a Poem,” his collection of one-acts premiering at the Mark Taper Forum before its off-Broadway run.
Tony winner Bill Irwin brings an obsession for the Irish playwright and a genius for physical comedy to “On Beckett,” now onstage in Culver City.
José Cruz González’s play “American Mariachi” proves to be a crowd-pleaser at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa.
In Jack Thorne’s “The Solid Life of Sugar Water,” having its American premiere by Deaf West Theatre, intimacy is a literal (and graphic) labor of love.
A play from “This Is Us” and “The Cake” writer Bekah Brunstetter leads this week’s offerings, which hop from North Hollywood to Atwater to Los Feliz.
Art openings around L.A., including Gabriela Ruiz, Betye Saar at LACMA, Sayre Gomez at François Ghebaly and an Adam Linder performance at REDCAT.
Ross Golan, L.A. songwriter for Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida and Ariana Grande, spent 15 years on what became one of the buzziest shows of the season.
Irene Taylor Brodsky’s “Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements” weaves the stories of hearing loss in her family and the composer Beethoven.
The founder of L.A. Dance Project is launching a festival, and directing the feature film “Carmen,” and developing his live “Romeo and Juliet,” and ...
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The fall film festivals are over, leaving us with many great films but few clear front-runners in an awards season still in flux.
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The two stars of the new racing drama stopped by the LAT studio for a talk alongside director James Mangold.
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L.A. Times writers Glenn Whipp and Justin Chang discuss their Toronto festival highlights including “Marriage Story,” “Knives Out,” “Uncut Gems” and “The Lighthouse.”
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Writer-director Rian Johnson and cast members Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson and Jaeden Martell on the sharp murder mystery ‘Knives Out’
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Star Adam Sandler, former NBA player Kevin Garnett and filmmaking siblings Josh and Benny Safdie discuss their unusual collaboration on the diamond district drama.
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David Foster talks about a new documentary about his life and the “nightmare” that was “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
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Another edition of your regular field guide to the world of movies in Los Angeles and beyond.
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“Downton Abbey” the movie is as close as the series is going to get to a dark ride at Universal.
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Zach Galifianakis takes his Funny or Die series on the road in this Netflix-produced comedy.
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The Black Keys made tickets to their Wiltern show nontransferable to third-party vendors, leaving fans who bought tickets from sites such as StubHub turned away at the doors.
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“Thanks for the Dance,” a new album of songs begun by the singer-songwriter before his death in 2016 and completed by his son Adam, set for Nov. 22 release.
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Rock, hip-hop and Latin pop are just some of the music genres people can find at the Los Angeles County Fair concerts.
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The upcoming “Bootleg Series Vol. 15” features 47 unreleased tracks recorded for Bob Dylan’s Nashville albums, 25 of which feature Johnny Cash.
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The actor and dancer has turned her bedroom into a calming space to escape stress and decompress — until her sons start jumping on the bed.
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TV personality and actress Suzanne Whang, best known for hosting HGTV’s hit series “House Hunters,” died on Tuesday after a 13-year battle with breast cancer.
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Broadcast, cable and streaming TV highlights for Sept. 22-28
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Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019
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What to do in L.A.: 5 book talks for the week ahead include Demi Moore discussing her memoir ‘Inside Out’ and Jonathan Safran Foer on ‘We Are the Weather.’
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10 novelists make the National Book Awards fiction longlist: Laila Lalami, Colson Whitehead, Ocean Vuong, Julia Phillips and more.
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The 10 nonfiction books on National Book Awards’ longlist include Sarah M. Broom’s “The Yellow House” and Hanif Abdurraqib’s “Go Ahead in the Rain.”
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Benjamin Moser’s ‘Sontag: Her Life and Work’ delves into the writer’s diaries.
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As little as five minutes of quiet can be restorative, but where can you be alone amid the roughly 25 million people in Southern California?
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“After Party,” the follow up to the acclaimed “Oxenfree,” sees Night School Studio playing in hell. The local studio has crafted a thoughtful narrative game about escaping from Satan.
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Kirsten Dunst has sold her Toluca Lake home to actress Annie Potts. Also: “Grey’s Anatomy” star Kevin McKidd is selling his longtime Hollywood Hills home, and mega-producer Shonda Rhimes finds a buyer for her Hancock Park estate.
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