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On eve of anti-Trump protests, downtown L.A. curfew turns nightlife hub into ghost town.
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The pricey Nintendo Switch 2 is a worthy successor to the original Switch. Expect it to be the vessel for Nintendo’s play-focused storytelling for the next decade.
SAG-AFTRA and the video game companies have reached a tentative contract deal, potentially ending a strike by video game actors over artificial intelligence.
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With its central love story turned toxic, ‘Hacks’ doesn’t have the ironclad argument it did last year. Could a new comedy series winner emerge?
Director Lauren Greenfield and three of her ‘Social Studies’ subjects, now college students, reflect on FX’s extraordinarily intimate look inside the lives of L.A. teens.
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An emboldened president and his allies have launched a vigorous campaign to use levers of government to intimidate an increasingly fragmented and polarized media, experts say.
In the wake of the Palisades fire, should Malibu’s Getty Villa and the Getty Center in nearby Brentwood evacuate — for good?
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Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.
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Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount all enacted layoffs in recent weeks, reflecting the continuing struggles of traditional media.
Ken Flores, the beloved Chicago homegrown and Los Angeles-based comedian, died on Jan. 28. His first and last special is now available on Hulu.
The 2026 Grammy Awards, which will air Feb. 1, will include new categories: traditional country album and album cover.
The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault retrial in New York declared a mistrial over the movie mogul’s rape charge after the jury foreperson voiced concerns over deliberations.
In the process of recording “We Insist 2025!,” her tribute to drummer Max Roach, Carrington reflected on how issues of inequality and racism Roach fought against in 1961 are just as prevalent today.
“Brian Wilson wasn’t just the heart of The Beach Boys — he was the soul of our sound.
Podcasters Jason Nuñez, Diego Mondragon and Angel Lopez highlighted budding música Mexicana acts for years. Now they’re using their platform to call them out for staying silent about recent immigration raids.
In 1983, the Beach Boys were dropped from a D.C. July 4 concert — but the move may have only boosted the warm summer crowds that welcomed them in San Diego.
In this 1983 interview, Brian Wilson opens up while under the care of controversial therapist Dr. Eugene Landy, who was later barred from contacting him.
Brian Wilson was an off-stage presence for this 1971 Beach Boys concert, in which L.A. Times Robert Hilburn described the band as having “an identity crisis” in Wilson’s absence.
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