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The immersive documentary “Mayor,” written and directed by David Osit, focuses on Musa Hadid, the dedicated leader of the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
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“I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self,” wrote “Juno” actor Elliot Page.
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A highlight reel of the late Chadwick Boseman’s most memorable Marvel moments and quotes has been added to the beginning of “Black Panther” on Disney+.
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With his documentary “76 Days,” Hao Wu offers a deeply personal look at what happened in Wuhan hospitals at the height of China’s COVID-19 crisis. He explains how he made the movie.
Executive producer Justin Tranter and artists Shea Diamond and Tegan Quin discuss the importance of the “Happiest Season” film and soundtrack
Errol Morris’ documentary “My Psychedelic Love Story” focuses on Swiss-born author Joanna Harcourt-Smith and her ’70s affair with counterculture guru Timothy Leary.
Will we see the Trump campaign’s screwball attempts to overturn votes in satire? Will loosened drug laws further drive stoner comedies to extinction? We have ideas
Find a flick with our guide to new and classic movies playing outdoors at L.A.-area drive-ins, pop-ups and rooftops.
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Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, known for “Hannibal” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” is Johnny Depp’s Grindelwald replacement in “Fantastic Beasts 3.”
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Your regular field guide to the world of movies in your living room and beyond.
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How Clea DuVall’s lesbian Christmas rom-com ‘Happiest Season,’ starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, came to be, and why coming-out stories are still important.
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A foreign journalist sued Golden Globes organizer Hollywood Foreign Press Association, alleging the group acted like a cartel. A federal judge disagreed and tossed the suit.
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Paramount’s first look at the live-action “Clifford” film adaptation sent tongues and tails a-wagging when the big red dog made his debut Wednesday.
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The chemistry between Melissa McCarthy and Bobby Cannavale is undone by the high-concept storytelling about an artificial intelligence with the voice of James Corden.
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Oscar-nominated ‘Precious’ actress Gabourey Sidibe showed off her new engagement ring on Tuesday and praised her fiancé, Brandon Frankel.
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Alex Winter’s documentary “Zappa” is a sprawling, shaggy biography of experimental rock pioneer, composer and activist Frank Zappa.
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Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis star in writer-director Alan Ball’s “Uncle Frank,” a melodrama set in late 1960s/early 1970s about a closeted gay NYU professor and his South Carolina family.
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Speculative biopic “Stardust” looks at David Bowie in America before he became a cultural icon.
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Goldie Hawn has a bigger role as Mrs. Claus in this Chris Columbus-directed sequel.
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Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis play a couple keeping their relationship under holiday wraps in this second feature directed by Clea DuVall.
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Moviegoing will be different this Thanksgiving, but with high quality titles set for release and coming soon there’s still plenty of things to be grateful about.
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“Soul” co-directors Pete Docter and Kemp Powers explain the process of centering an animated fantasy around an authentically Black character.
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Viola Davis stars as blues legend Ma Rainey opposite Chadwick Boseman in the Netflix adaptation of August Wilson’s celebrated play.
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A Silicon Valley engineer left paralyzed by a Placer County deputy will be paid $9.9 million in a settlement.
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California again records its most coronavirus cases in a single day, this time amid a wave of infections that is threatening to overwhelm hospitals.
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New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to melt away as mysteriously as it appeared in the red-rock desert.
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Among Southern Californians with roots in Taiwan, there is strong support for President Trump. Some are single-issue voters who value their homeland’s interests above domestic issues.
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Britain’s approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine paves the way for it to become the first Western country to start administering such shots.
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As cases surge, working-class Latino neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley have been hit especially hard, Times data show.
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The new Lakers season begins this week with training camp and tips off Dec. 22 with season openers. Here a final time Tania Ganguli catches you up on Lakerland.
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We start today with the loss of a legend who is already becoming bigger in death than he was in life.
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