In interviews with The Times, 12 people accused Magic Castle management, performers and others of abuses, as the legendary Hollywood club dedicated to the craft of magical performance wrestles with allegations and membership unrest.
‘How do you discuss this when Jenny is white?’ Ayo Edebiri says of her character’s Blackness. ‘What do you do about it?’ Season 4 is the answer.
“Like a lot of people during the pandemic, I fell off” the wagon, pop star Miley Cyrus told Rolling Stone of her recent relapse. She’s now five weeks sober.
The “Bad Guy” crooner set off her long-suffering fan base Thursday by tweeting a note about “Where Do We Go?” tour refunds.
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The 2021 Grammy nominations, in 83 categories
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Thought to be a favorite for “Blinding Lights” and “After Hours,” the Weeknd didn’t receive a single nomination. BTS and Harry Styles also were snubbed.
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The Recording Academy responded: ‘We understand that the Weeknd is disappointed ... Unfortunately ... there are fewer nominations than ... deserving artists.’
Holiday Movies
2020: Just sayin’ — the year doesn’t automatically bring to mind happy thoughts as we head into the home stretch. But with films featuring Viola Davis and a Black Pixar star, this holiday season’s film releases may provide some comfort and, possibly, reasons to be thankful.
The once-overlooked genre has become a lucrative cottage industry — and sparked competition for seasonal viewers. Call it the Christmas movie wars.
Warner Bros. has decided its 2021 movies will come out concurrently in U.S. theaters and on HBO Max. Here’s what’s due on the small screen for subscribers.
Comedian Joe Luna, who performed as Joe El Cholo, warned people on social media against dismissing COVID-19 as ‘a joke.’
After talks with entertainment industry unions, producers of commercials once exempt from conducting COVID-19 tests will now test their cast and crew.
ReedPop announced Tuesday that it was retiring BookExpo, the largest publishing convention in the U.S. Some say its decline was inevitable, even before COVID.
When COVID-19 shut down the opera stage, John Holiday turned to NBC’s singing competition. How the guy with a super-high voice became a surprise frontrunner.
It wasn’t too hard for editors at dictionary-maker Merriam-Webster to choose a word that rose above most in 2020: ‘pandemic,’ of course.
Morrison is a vocal critic of UK government measures meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
“Saturday Night Live” axed musical guest Morgan Wallen in October after he was caught partying mask-free. Now the country artist is booked for Dec. 5.
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The museum ran a deficit in 2019, then came the COVID-19 closure. It’s another case of art that could slip out of public view.
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What’s on TV Saturday, Dec. 5, plus Sunday Talk shows: “Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing” on Hallmark; “Saturday Night Live” on NBC
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Activision Blizzard sued Netflix for poaching its CFO Spencer Neumann in 2018, two years before his fixed contract was scheduled to end. The move follows other lawsuits against Netflix related to executive poaching.
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Making games more accessible is the next technological leap. Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X bring us closer but don’t ignore how Nintendo’s Switch and Microsoft’s Game Pass are changing how we play.
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On Sunday, the late “Black Panther” star will be awarded the Hero for the Ages honor during the “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time” special.
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Southern Californians, if you’re tired of being trapped in the house, buckle up. The car is your vehicle to some IRL entertainment this weekend.
Our online picks also include a virtual tour of some of Pasadena’s finest home plus a celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Nearly 75 people shared how they’ve been consuming virtual or distanced performance and visual art during the pandemic.
Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of the Broadway musical ‘The Prom’ brings James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington and Keegan-Michael Key to the dance.
Lou Harrison’s delectable Suite for Violin With American Gamelan fuses Indonesian percussion, Renaissance Italian dances and 1970s hippie spirit.
Props from a beer commercial are being displayed as sculpture.
For those who could use some happy stories to carry you onward, here are 11 products of the pandemic for which we’re thankful.
Broadway musicals, including ‘Jagged Little Pill’ and ‘Hamilton,’ are back for a day in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
This week’s offerings: Jefferson Mays’ “Christmas Carol,” Patrick Stewart and Ruth Negga reciting Shakespeare sonnets, plus “Nurse Heroes Live!”
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Walt Disney Co. is closing its children’s radio programming station and laying off staff amid a broader restructuring of its operations.
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Warner Bros. says the plan is a response to the pandemic that has upended the traditional film distribution business.
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The home of cable networks HGTV, Animal Planet and ID is launching a direct-to-consumer service starting at $4.99 a month.
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Rachel Brosnahan stars as a woman on the run in this crisp, bracing fourth feature directed by Julia Hart (“Fast Color,” “Stargirl”).
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In the wake of Black Lives Matter and ‘defund the police,’ comes Tommy Oliver’s documentary on one man’s quest to free his jailed parents.
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“La Leyenda Negra,” a bilingual coming-of-age drama from Portuguese writer-director Patricia Vidal Delgado, debuted at Sundance in January.
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Known for movies about crime and chaos, director David Fincher delivers a personal tale with “Mank.”
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New music documentaries include “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan,” “Billie,” “The Changin’ Times of Ike White” and “Tripping With Nils Frahm.”
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Puerto Rican reggaeton star Bad Bunny told late-night host James Corden he has tested negative for COVID-19 after contracting the illness last month.
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Producer-songwriter Benny Blanco on his new single with Juice Wrld, the late rapper’s legacy and how the Grammys missed the mark this year.
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Ryan Reynolds uses Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ in a very 2020 ad for dating site Match — because this year has really gone to hell. Even Satan agrees.
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TV highlights for Dec. 6-12 include the TV movie “Love, Lights, Hanukkah!” and a Dolly Parton holiday special
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Uneasy lies the nation that watches ‘The Crown,’ as Shakespeare might’ve written about present-day Britain’s attitude toward the hit Netflix show.
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Cranston is a fine actor, but Showtime’s legal thriller feels too familiar: As in “Breaking Bad,” the viewer is simply left waiting for bad stuff to happen.
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The planned merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster may be global but it’s bad for books both foreign and domestic.
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Emma Glass, a working nurse, brings her daily struggles into the flawed but often powerfully illuminating second novel, “Rest and Be Thankful.”
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The prolific novelist wrote “Perestroika in Paris,” about a horse and a dog in France, because it was soothing to focus on “kindness and trying to get by.”
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Mary Trump’s ‘The Reckoning,’ a follow-up to the bestselling exposé she wrote about her uncle Donald, will examine how ‘America is suffering from PTSD.’
