Osvaldo Golijov’s song cycle “Ayre” has a remarkable, joyous intersection of Jewish, Christian and Muslim culture. Music achieves what politics cannot.
West Hollywood-based Wondery, one of the country’s large podcast publishers, weighs a sale as it grapples with industry consolidation, increased competition and a federal investigation against its CEO and founder.
In his decades on “Jeopardy!” Alex Trebek, who died Sunday from pancreatic cancer, became more than a TV host: He was, in his way, a leader.
Eva Longoria drew sharp criticism for calling Latinas “the real heroines” of the presidential election after noting Black women’s pivotal role in Biden’s win.
In remembrance of Alex Trebek, who died Sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, here’s a roundup of some of the longtime “Jeopardy!” host’s best moments.
Election 2020
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The HBO comedy’s showrunner is celebrating the Biden/Harris victory — and he has a unique perspective on what a female veep will bring to the table.
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On beat, off beat, line dances and voguing — people across the country are pouring out into the streets to dance.
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Van Jones wept on air. Kamala Harris danced. Those of us targeted by Trump cried and danced with them.
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The 25th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Stories & Ideas kicks off this weekend. Due to the pandemic, this year’s series of free events will be virtual. Here’s everything you need to know about how to tune in.
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Authors Emily Bernard, Morgan Jerkins and Frank Wilderson joined Times columnist Sandy Banks Wednesday night for a virtual Festival of Books event.
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Kurt Andersen, The Lincoln Project’s Stuart Stevens and Stephen Miller biographer Jean Guerrero talked presidential politics and the future of the GOP in an anxious, sobering panel at the 2020 virtual Times Festival of Books.
L.A.'s Glenn Kaino has a new doc about activist-Olympian Tommie Smith, a Mass MoCA show and magical new sculpture that you have to see to believe.
“Full Bloom” is a new competition with a format similar to “The Great British Baking Show,” except these contestants are making eye candy with flowers.
Jon Lawrence Rivera conceived and directs this drive-in play about a future in which trans and gender-nonconforming people are hunted down.
ESPN is slashing 500 jobs as cost pressures from the pandemic is speeding up the sports media company’s move into streaming.
Two gatherings in L.A. on Halloween — one wild affair in the Hollywood Hills, one more chill in Echo Park — took different approaches to partying during COVID.
Filmmaker Phillip Youmans’ “November” transforms Claudia Rankine’s play “Help” into a haunting “choreopoem” on white privilege. Stream it for free.
After a panel for the Festival of Books, Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his forthcoming novel ‘The Committed,’ the sequel to ‘The Sympathizer.’
This week’s all-virtual lineup in the 2020 Festival of Books features chats with Kurt Andersen, Emily Bernard and a performance by the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance.
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Before “Jeopardy!” the late, great Alex Trebek hosted the NBC game show “High Rollers” with Ruta Lee. He was a new kid in Hollywood, and she was happy to introduce him around, launching a lifelong friendship.
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What’s on TV Tuesday, Nov. 10: “This Is Us” on NBC; the premiere of “Rise of the Nazis” on PBS
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Actress and singer Keke Palmer is under fire after suggesting healthy foods should be free with EBT cards, sparking criticism that she’s out of touch.
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Hulu’s highly anticipated romantic comedy, “Happiest Season,” stars Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as a couple coming home for the holidays.
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The National Assn. of Theatre Owners on Monday asked lawmakers to pass $15 billion in coronavirus relief for independent venues.
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Osvaldo Golijov’s song cycle “Ayre” has a remarkable, joyous intersection of Jewish, Christian and Muslim culture. Music achieves what politics cannot.
In anticipation of election unrest, Los Angeles, like other cities around the country, is boarding up. Amid the worry, aesthetic choices are being made.
Fury against toxic masculinity comes through in Judith Bernstein’s crude, raw canvases in wildly funny ways. An election antidote.
From “The Voice” to “Phantom of the Opera” to “My Corona,” singer-songwriter Chris Mann has tried on many guises. His new one? Himself.
Center Theatre Group enters the digital performance sphere with Kristina Wong’s solo show, ‘Kristina Wong for Public Office.’
Whether Trump or Biden wins, difficult repair works lies ahead after election 2020. Can we bridge our cultural divide?
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CNN was the first to announce Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election with others coming in over the next 15 minutes.
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The network’s anchors said several times on Friday that Biden will be president elect once he passes 270 electoral votes.
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The controversial call received pushback from the Trump campaign. Fox News is holding firm and could call Biden the winner of the White House on Thursday night.
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‘Your performance this past week was tragic and sad,’ ‘Borat’ star Sacha Baron Cohen told President Trump while rescinding his earlier job offer.
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Anne Hathaway, who plays Grand High Witch in the new film ‘The Witches,’ apologized to the disability community and those with limb differences.
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At Warner Bros.’ request, Johnny Depp has resigned his role as Grindelwald in the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise after losing a libel case in the U.K.
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Gary Oldman plays the Oscar-winning screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz in David Fincher’s drama about the origins of ‘Citizen Kane.’
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Alicia Keys inducted the late Whitney Houston into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony broadcast Saturday. Read some of the poignant speeches.
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YG and Nipsey Hussle’s 2016 protest song against Donald Trump became newly relevant on Saturday, shooting to No. 1 on the iTunes chart.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Madame Gandhi has been working on a new album. She also shot a new TED Talk and a Tiny Desk concert for NPR.
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Steve Barnett, who is retiring at the end of the year, has played a role in the music careers of everyone from AC/DC to Adele to Halsey to Lil Baby.
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The network committed to 50% representation of Black, Indigenous and people of color in its reality shows, which include ‘Survivor’ and ‘Big Brother.’
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The last “Jeopardy!” episode hosted by Alex Trebek will air in December. Meanwhile, fans want to know who will replace him as speculation builds.
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What’s on TV Monday, Nov. 9
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Dave Chappelle discussed mass shootings, Black Lives Matter, even Portland unrest in his 2016 and 2020 post-election monologues. But there were differences too.
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It’s been one of publishing’s most thriving genres of the last four years: books about President Donald Trump. After his loss, it isn’t going anywhere.
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Blue Ivy Carter, the 8-year-old daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, narrates the audiobook adaptation of Matthew A. Cherry’s Oscar-winning “Hair Love.”
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This week’s all-virtual 2020 Festival of Books lineup features chats with USC professors and historians, Marilynne Robinson, Hector Tobar and more
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The novelist perhaps most associated with Brooklyn lives in Claremont and has a delightful new dystopian novel out, “The Arrest”
