“The Boys” is back for Season 2 on Amazon Prime Video. And whether you’re a super-skeptic or a Marvel fanatic, its blistering cultural satire is for you.
A small L.A. artist collective beats out more than 100 entries from around the world with a “friendly” design that balances the past with the future.
Devo cofounder Mark Mothersbaugh spent weeks in Cedars-Sinai hospital, hooked up to a ventilator, his mind wracked by violent hallucinations.
Carole Baskin (“Tiger King”) and Monica Aldama (“Cheer”) will compete on “Dancing With the Stars,” alongside Disney Channel star Skai Jackson and others.
Cline’s new collection of short stories, her followup to “The Girls,” features women performing their sexuality and older men in cancellation limbo.
Emmys 2020
The (virtual) Emmy Awards are around the corner on Sept. 20. Brush up on the nominees, and get to know some of the stars and creatives vying for Emmy gold through our Comedy, Drama and Showrunner Roundtables. We’ve broken down 5 key takeaways from the nominations and shared our drama and comedy predictions. Our experts have chimed in, but who do you think will win? Let us know in the comments of those stories.
The Emmy Awards are in three weeks — plenty of time to binge what you may have missed. The Times TV team has these seven recommendations to get you started.
Remember your grandfather’s velour tracksuit or the ones that Britney Spears or Paris Hilton wore? Well, they are back in a big way thanks to Suzie Kondi.
The new 11,000-square-foot L.A. store opened earlier this year at the Beverly Center. A 500-square-foot Montecito store recently opened as well.
Amanda Kloots completed a song her husband, Broadway star Nick Cordero, began writing before he died at age 41 in July after a battle with COVID-19.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shared some unfortunate news on his home front: He and his family tested positive for the coronavirus.
The good news: Plague, fire, political corruption and social media are not the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The bad news: There’s no heavenly or magical fix for our problems — just the boring ongoing revolution of equality, justice and universal empathy.
Dance studios including Edge Performing Arts Center and Ryan Heffington’s Sweat Spot have closed or gone virtual. Goodbye for now or goodbye forever?
A far-flung family, each member accustomed to doing exactly what he or she wants, finds itself suddenly brought together in reduced circumstances. How “Schitt’s Creek” unwittingly became a map of life at home amid the pandemic.
“Not a single Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) to be seen,” tweeted “Moana” actress Auli’i Cravalho after people protested Hawaii’s stay-at-home order.
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From “This Is Us” to “The Bachelorette,” COVID-19 is reshaping the fall TV schedule — and hastening the end of a TV calendar that dates back decades.
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“Mulan” stars Yifei Liu, Yoson An, Jason Scott Lee, Donnie Yen and director Niki Caro address Asian representation on screen, being delayed by coronavirus and being part of a $200-million Disney tentpole.
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Also: the Metropolitan Opera’s “Porgy & Bess” for free, Afro-Brazilian dance, and a poetry slam and Chinese music tied to LACMA exhibitions.
The new SoFi Stadium will be home to the Rams and Chargers, but it holds the potential to be so much more to the communities around it.
With cringe-worthy stereotypes and the trivialized aria “Nessun Dorma,” invoked recently by the White House, Puccini’s “Turandot” requires open ears.
Allyson Felix, Gabby Douglas and Billie Eilish are among the athletes, artists and celebrities who have created logos for the 2028 L.A. Olympics.
Amy Sherald, who painted Michelle Obama for the National Portrait Gallery, conjures the slain young woman in a remarkable piece of art.
A look at the arts and culture that emerged from the 1970 Chicano Moratorium, with the death of journalist Ruben Salazar as a touchstone. Plus, Frank Gehry’s plans for Grand Avenue as a vital arts polis.
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust changes its name and logo to put history first and take a stand against hatred and intolerance.
Fifty years after the Chicano Moratorium and the killing of journalist Ruben Salazar, marches, forums, screenings and more show the issues are still relevant.
Also: Leimert Park’s “Day of the Ancestors: Festival of Masks” and Laguna Playhouse’s star-studded annual gala move online — and both are free
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Ann Sarnoff’s elevation at WarnerMedia came amid a shakeup following the disappointing launch of HBO Max.
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Spoiler alert: They are all on Netflix. But it demonstrates audiences are still discovering established network shows through streaming.
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One of Hollywood’s biggest shoots during the pandemic has been shut down after lead actor Robert Pattinson tested positive for COVID-19 on set.
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Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander star as feminist icon Gloria Steinem in Amazon’s “The Glorias,” featuring Janelle Monáe and Bette Midler.
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Director Maïmouna Doucouré is telling her side of the story after promo materials for her film ‘Cuties’ ignited a campaign to remove it from Netflix.
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Disney’s live-action version of “Mulan,” directed by Niki Caro and streaming on Disney+, is something of a heroic muddle.
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As ‘Tenet’ begins its U.S. debut and California inches toward reopening, some moviegoers are less concerned than others about returning to theaters.
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Silento, the rapper known for the 2015 hit “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” has been charged with trying to hit two people with a hatchet in their home.
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Against a backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, ongoing racial unrest and an upcoming election, Grammy season kicks off in earnest this week.
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In new court documents, Britney Spears supports the #FreeBritney movement and is ‘vehemently opposed’ to her father sealing her conservatorship case.
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Authorities say a South Florida DJ and music producer Erick Morillo has been found dead at his home
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What’s on TV Friday, Sept. 4: “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” on FX; “Being Reuben” on The CW; Dodgers and Angels Baseball; Lakers Basketball
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Karl Urban, of Amazon’s “The Boys,” has played a convention’s worth of sci-fi, fantasy and comic-book roles. He says it “speaks volumes” about the industry.
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HBO Max’s sci-fi drama ‘Raised by Wolves,’ from Ridley Scott, is a bleak vision of the future at a moment when the present is plenty bleak already.
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“Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship With the First Lady,” published this week, reveals insights into inauguration and the first lady’s psyche.
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The journalist talks about his new book, “The Last Great Road Bum,” which draws on the diary of Midwesterner Joe Sanderson, killed in El Salvador.
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In travel writer Richard Grant’s “The Deepest South of All,” Natchez, Miss., is full of characters, stubborn racist traditions and lots of contradictions.
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“Payback,” about a reality star and the teacher who failed her, is the acclaimed writer Mary Gordon’s most topical propulsive novel, to date.
