Barack Obama, Viola Davis, Cher and Rita Moreno are among famous folks celebrating Kamala Harris’ historic selection to be Joe Biden’s running mate.
In a shelved episode just released on Hulu, ‘black-ish’ offers a reminder that the politics of its greatest episodes are never less than relevant.
Sales of Phil Collins’ 1981 hit “In the Air Tonight” spiked by more than 1,000% after last week’s reaction video by YouTube stars Tim and Fred Williams.
Barack Obama, Viola Davis, Cher and Rita Moreno are among famous folks celebrating Kamala Harris’ historic selection to be Joe Biden’s running mate.
Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer” in the 1960s, has died.
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Beethoven’s A-minor String Quartet chronicles the composer’s illness and recovery. Nearly 200 years later, it’s a sonic window into our coronavirus world.
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Our classical music series How to Listen continues with Guillaume de Machaut’s “Messe de Notre Dame,” a mysterious beauty we can’t get out of our heads.
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Our “How to Listen” series takes on Rzewski’s “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” How variations on a Chilean protest song form a modern classic.
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Our listening series continues with the Bach cantata “Ich habe genug,” which counters death with a blessed sense of assurance. Surely that’s a useful example now.
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Premiered six months after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., Berio’s “Sinfonia” offers a luminous tribute full of meaning for us today.
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Pauline Oliveros was one of the most radical composers of her time. Listen to her “The Well & The Gentle” and be changed by the experience.
Actor Antonio Banderas revealed on Monday, his 60th birthday, that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is feeling “confident” that he’ll recover soon.
This year has been a lot. As the can-do optimism many of us felt earlier in the coronavirus shutdown wears thin, random crying jags are only natural.
Cast members who stay six feet apart. Plexiglass shields. A stage set up under a tent, with distanced chairs. Is this the future of theater?
Director Christopher McQuarrie talks about ‘Mission: Impossible’ 7 and the trials of making an action film during the pandemic.
Citing COVID-related losses, the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens lays off the chief curator of one its most important collections.
Photographer Brian Bowen Smith’s planned photo book, “Drivebys,” will document portraits of American pandemic life — shot through his truck window during an epic cross-country road trip.
Using a large-format camera in the front seat of his car, photographer Ian Byers-Gamber is taking portraits of L.A. artists during the pandemic.
Week 13: ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ director Christopher McQuarrie joins a live chat from London about the blockbuster franchise.
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What’s on TV Wednesday, Aug. 12: The series finale of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” on ABC
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The premier fall film festival in Los Angeles, AFI Fest will go virtual with its event this year.
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“Saturday Night Live” fans were thrilled when Kamala Harris emerged as Joe Biden’s VP pick Tuesday. Bring on more of Maya Rudolph’s portrayals of her.
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Shondaland, the Shonda Rhimes company behind TV shows ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Scandal,’ has announced podcasts to be made with iHeartMedia and GroupM.
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Janelle Monáe, Michael B. Jordan and Kendrick Sampson are sending love to actor LaKeith Stanfield after the ‘Get Out’ star posted troubling Instagram videos.
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This California-native helped bring “Black Is King” to life. He also runs a floral design studio, a coffee shop and has a new Quibi show.
The prolific artist designed work for George Harrison and Ravi Shankar and turned her L.A. home into a crossroads for world music stars.
The 2.2-mile “Say Their Names” memorial remembers 100 Black individuals killed by police. The Department of Water and Power says it must come down.
How the singer has made music videos in the time of COVID-19. Plus, listening to Pauline Oliveros and art after the atomic bomb — in our weekly arts newsletter.
Cofounded with Black Lives Matter’s Patrisse Cullors, COVID-shuttered gallery Crenshaw Dairy Mart pivots to digital with Instagram show on Black resistance.
Brandi Carlile joins the L.A. Phil, Lin-Manuel Miranda sits in with Alan Menken, and an L.A.-area theater reads “A Poison Squad of Whispering Women.”
With wife Carol, Warner Henry gave millions of dollars to support classical music organizations large and small.
Toshiko and Iri Maruki’s shocking paintings of atomic bomb survivors transform those who see them. Now the Hiroshima Panels themselves need rescuing.
British singer-songwriter Jessie Ware’s intimate, dance-centered videos for the album “What’s Your Pleasure?” get creative in the era of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and the closing of movie theaters have hobbled Warner Bros.’ film business.
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TikTok announces the first 19 recipients of payments from its creators fund. The $200-million reservoir will help retain popular talents on the app, owned by China-based tech firm ByteDance, as it faces challenges from the Trump administration.
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Triller, an L.A.-based video app, has received a big boost from security concerns and political churn around the blockbuster app TikTok.
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Shia LaBeouf action thriller “The Tax Collector” grossed $309,694 in its opening weekend and cleared $1 million in VOD and digital sales. The success of the midrange film in a distressed marketplace demonstrates the theatrical bar in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Daniel Dae Kim has launched a campaign to recognize actor James Hong on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But raising $55,000 in four days was the easy part.
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“King Richard” filmmakers were sued by competing production companies who claimed they already owned Richard Williams’ story.
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“Crazy Rich Asians,” “Unforgiven” and “Inglourious Basterds” also compete in this packed double-week edition of our summer movie contest.
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“Whatcha Say” singer Jason Derulo knocked “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” Will Smith’s teeth out — but we’re not sure if it was real.
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In since-deleted tweets, rapper Cardi B explained her decision to include reality star Kylie Jenner in the music video for “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion.
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Hannah Beachler outlines the production design of “My Power,” and how it reflects the overall message of Beyoncé's “Black Is King.”
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The new single from hip-hop stars Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP,” carries a political weight that men rapping about sex doesn’t.
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Filmmaker Mark Duplass earns his first Emmy nomination as an actor on “The Morning Show,” about a news program beset by #MeToo issues.
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Alex Borstein relishes the craft of the character actor. She doesn’t have to carry ‘Mrs. Maisel’ or even be likable.
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Three-time Emmy winner Regina King is up for a fourth for her lead turn in HBO’s “Watchmen.” And she directed her first film.
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What’s on TV Tuesday, Aug. 11: The season finale of “DC’s Stargirl” on The CW; the series finale of “Greenleaf” on OWN
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Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel pieces together the short life of a young Nigerian man, exploring gender fluidity, Igbo belief and what makes a family.
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In “The Queen of Tuesday,” author Darin Strauss plays out a plausible tryst between the star and his grandfather, and brings out her protofeminist side.
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After postponing from April, the 25th Festival of Books, Stories & Ideas will be held as a four-week virtual event starting Oct. 18 and span four weeks.
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Christina Hammonds Reed was only 8 when L.A. erupted and slowly awakened to Black disadvantage. So does the narrator of her debut YA novel.
