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K-pop’s success has made the four-day symposium KCON into an enormous industry, influencing music, fashion, beauty and digital life, drawing more than 100,000 fans.
Peter Fonda’s rock ‘n’ roll travels in the ‘60s found him tripping with the Beatles, riding motorcycles with the Monkees, even releasing his own single.
The key Peter Fonda role isn’t ‘Easy Rider.’ It’s ‘Ulee’s Gold.’ In the Oscar-nominated performance, the actor, who died Friday at 79, paid tribute to his father, Henry Fonda.
Fifty years ago, Creedence Clearwater Revival was forced to follow a “drugged-out” Grateful Dead at Woodstock, resulting in a set they didn’t want memorialized... until now.
“Good Boys” brought in $21 million at the box office. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette,” “47 Meters Down: Uncaged” and “Blinded by the Light” disappoint.
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In Hulu’s “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” filmmaker Ben Berman meets 60-year-old magician John Szeles shortly after the performer has been given one year to live. When Berman goes to interview Szeles in Las Vegas, he discovers numerous surprises.
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Season 2 of Netflix’s “Mindhunter” re-examines the killings of two dozen black youths in Atlanta from 1979 to 1981. But no victims’ families were consulted in the process.
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At least eight K-pop stars from China and even one from Taiwan and one from Hong Kong are publicly stating their support for Beijing’s one-China policy, eliciting both disappointment and understanding from fans.
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In “Empty Hearts,” Juli Zeh lures readers into a near future numb to political and social upheaval.
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Review: In ‘Black Light: Stories,’ Kimberly King Parsons brings ‘enchanting yowls’ from wild Texas
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“Inland” by Téa Obreht is a sweeping story of magical realism and outcasts in the West.
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Things to do in L.A.: An homage to Toni Morrison, writing at the L.A. River and other book events.
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Mandy Moore gets old and frail in the third season of “This Is Us,” she says in this video interview.
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The women of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ -- Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein and Marin Hinkle -- find their voices and their strength in the fictional 1950s and in today’s Hollywood.
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The stories behind Billy Porter’s flashy ‘Pose’ gowns and other costumes
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Bill Hader earned a directing nomination (and shared a writing nod) for the crazy “Barry” episode “ronny/lily,” in which a hit goes terribly wrong and the hitman makes a key realization. Here’s how it came together.
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‘Desert Painters’ show of Australian Aboriginal art at Gagosian in Beverly Hills brings the summer gallery season to a stunning close.
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What’s on TV Monday: ‘Lodge 49' on AMC; ‘The Terror'; ‘I Ship It’
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Classical music performances in L.A. for Aug. 18-25 include “Peter and the Wolf” with John C. Reilly and the LA Phil plus Verdi’s Requiem with Dream Orchestra
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“Christian Marclay: Sound Stories” at LACMA and more museum shows to see in L.A., Aug. 18-25
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New movies opening in L.A. for Aug. 18-25 include “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” “Angel Has Fallen” and “Overcomer”
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New theater to see Aug. 18-25 in L.A. includes “Beast on the Moon,” “Barrymore” and “The Joy Luck Club”
Dance performances in L.A. for Aug. 18-25 include Heidi Duckler Dance’s “Stay Awake” and Mantra Siam’s “Tales from Mount Sumeru: The Golden Peacock”
Allegations against Plácido Domingo rock the opera world, how Latino invisibility in culture helps Trump and more in the week’s essential arts news.
Bold work made before and after DeFeo’s crucial stay in Florence is now on view at Marc Selwyn Fine Art.
Artist Steve Roden has improvisational, organic, geometric and intriguing new work on view at Vielmetter Los Angeles.
Barbara Hammer, Senga Nengudi and Harriet Korman are among the artists pulled together for a group show at the L.A. gallery Morán Morán.
In Studio City, the Rudolph Schindler-designed Lechner house has sold for more than the $4.8-million asking price.
Pacific Resident Theatre stages ‘Andy Warhol’s Tomato,’ the story of an awkward art student and a gruff bar owner who manage to find common ground.
Theater makes me anxious. What if I hate a play and can’t leave? But “John Proctor Is the Villain” at the Ojai Playwrights Conference New Works Festival changed all that.
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Endeavor Content is part of the larger company’s aggressive and controversial strategy to expand beyond traditional deal-making into owning content.
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Mike Denering’s brushstrokes are everywhere as one of Hollywood’s last scenic painters. He’s tried to retire, but the movies keep drawing him back.
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Sometimes reporting a story is like shaking a tree: You rattle one branch and an entirely different limb swings into view.
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In ‘Rad’s’ 1980s-styled view of the post-post-apocalypse, climate change and class divisions wreak havoc, but you can have vampire-like powers.
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“Dora and the Lost City of Gold” smartly honors “Dora the Explorer” without losing sight of its own adventure story by putting Dora first. That’s why it works.
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“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” voice actors Lauren Ash and AJ Michalka share what they think would be an ideal hang-out day for villains Catra and Scorpia.
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Disneyland celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion, which opened Aug. 9, 1969.
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Movie events and revivals in L.A. for Aug. 18-25 include “Some Like It Hot,” “Psycho” and a double feature of “All That Jazz” and “Cabaret”
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Liu Yifei, star of Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “Mulan,” sparked the #BoycottMulan hashtag when she voiced support of Hong Kong police during pro-democracy protests.
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Peter Fonda, the counterculture icon who came from a show business family that included his father, Oscar winner Henry Fonda, and sister, Jane Fonda, has died.
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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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Country superstar Garth Brooks took a break from touring stadiums to perform at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace, one of the stops on his Dive Bar Tour.
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The demands of the K-pop industry, and the intensity of the artist-fan relationship, can be double-edged swords, as an increasing number of stars can attest.
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Former Fifth Harmony member Normani pays tribute to “106 & Park,” Beyoncé and the golden age of hip-hop/R&B in new single and video, ‘Motivation.’
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Two Long Beach residents were arrested in connection with the slaying of a Southern California musician who had worked with Sublime and Slightly Stoopid.
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In a CNN interview, Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert bonded over the loss of their loved ones, including Cooper’s mother, Gloria Vanderbilt.
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Broadcast, cable and streaming TV highlights for Aug. 18-24 include “I Am Patrick Swayze,” “The Righteous Gemstones,” the series finale of “Baskets” and the new docs “Jawline” and “Hitsville: The Making of Motown”
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Feature and TV films airing the week of Sun., Aug. 18, 2019
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In new Netflix specials “Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling,” and “Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus,” classic animation needs no update for a “modern” audience.
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“Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus talks about the absurdities of life and the blessings found in creative collaboration.
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HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ demonstrates how close the world was ‘to an event that was going to decimate most of Europe, and would also have this tremendous impact, obviously, on the rest of the world,’ notes actor Jared Harris.
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We know “Game of Thrones” is going to win drama series. But how many other Emmys can it take for its final season?
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The 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards will go host-less this year, says Charlie Collier, new chief of Fox, which will air this year’s ceremony.
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