Entertainment & Arts

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Dawn Hudson at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opening

The film academy’s chief executive, Dawn Hudson, will step down at end of term

A walkout would halt productions nationwide and pose a major blow to one of Southern California’s most important industries.

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 26: Donna Young of IATSE Local 700 Motion Picture Editors Guild, writes a message of "fair wages for all" on a union member's car during a rally at the Motion Picture Editors Guild IATSE Local 700 on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Up to 60,000 members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) might go on strike in the coming weeks over issues of long working hours, unsafe conditions, less pay from streaming companies and demand for better benefits. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Company Town

Hollywood strike averted: How studios and crews union reached a deal

Movies

Jamie Lee Curtis believes #MeToo movement might have ‘really upset’ mom Janet Leigh

Movies

Yes, ‘The Last Duel’ is a true story. Here’s what’s historical fact and fiction

A split image of a blond woman looking over her shoulder and a brunette woman wearing glasses and laughing

Television

Adele will chat with Oprah Winfrey and perform new songs in a two-hour TV special

IATSE

Hollywood strike averted: How studios and crews union reached a deal
Hollywood crews union reaches a deal with studios, averting a strike
Catching up on IATSE? What’s behind Hollywood’s labor unrest

Academy Museum

‘This is my pantheon’: Tour Spike Lee’s Academy Museum exhibit with the man himself
The architect behind the Academy Museum says his design is no ‘Death Star’
The ultimate film lovers’ guide to the new Academy Museum

COVID and Reopening

Festival goers crowd around the Supernova, a polychromatic star during the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

Coachella and Stagecoach festivals loosen COVID-19 guidelines for entry

You won’t have to be vaccinated, but you’ll need at least proof of a negative COVID-19 test to attend next spring’s Coachella and Stagecoach festivals.

The new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with traffic passing by on Fairfax Avenue.

L.A. museum visitors will need to be vaccinated. Here’s how that will work

Caricature of Tucker Carlson with his mouth open and emanating virus.

Op-Ed: Fox News’ COVID-19 superspreader host

BOYLE HEIGHTS, CA - JULY 31, 2021- Founding artistic director Josefina Lopez sits for portraits outside the theatre with a mural of herself at Casa 0101 Saturday, July 31, 2021 in Boyle Heights, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

After months of COVID-closed doors, Boyle Heights’ Casa 0101 gingerly steps forward

White House clarifies why Nicki Minaj was invited to discuss vaccine safety

Twitter didn’t lock Nicki Minaj’s account amid brewing backlash over vaccine tweets

Nicki Minaj is skipping the Met Gala, but her COVID vaccine doubts are the real news

Podcaster Joe Rogan has COVID-19 — and says he ‘threw the kitchen sink at it’

Latest stories

Television
This ‘We’re Here’ drag kid was looking for his mother’s acceptance. He’s thriving now
Entertainment & Arts
Commentary: UCLA is selling a Picasso. Why that’s a good thing
Music
Review: Coldplay successfully turns to Max Martin for hits, but there’s no helping these lyrics
Television
What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Big Leap’ on Fox; ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ ABC; ‘The Voice,’ NBC
Books
‘Pure elation’: For East African novelists, this year’s Nobel was no head-scratcher

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The Arts

LaToya Ruby Frazier, "The Last Cruze (detail)," 2019, mixed media

Entertainment & Arts

Review: A remarkable ode to union workers in photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier’s ‘Last Cruze’

Documentary photography merges with installation art in a smart, moving exhibition at L.A.'s California African American Museum.

TOPSHOT - Aerial view of a model of a pyramid of ancient Tenochtitlan with a projection for the commemoration of the 500 anniversary of the resistance of Mexico-Tenochtitlan to the Spanish at the Zocalo square Mexico City on August 13, 2021. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)

Mexico’s new culture war: Did a pyramid light show ‘decolonize’ or rewrite history?

Ghostly nude figures frolic over a bed in a 19th century-style bedroom with floral wallpaper

Painter Ariana Papademetropoulos takes us into esoteric worlds at Deitch

Review: The global warning opera ‘Sun & Sea’ is justifiably the hottest ticket in town

LOS ANGELES CA SEPTEMBER 13, 2012: Los Angeles Public Library history librarian Glen Creason, an expert on maps, shows a 1935 volume 10 Sanborn map. The hefty atlases produced by D.A. Sanborn from the 1880s to 1970 show changes from block to block like no other cartographic resource and open up our knowledge of what our cities looked like before this modern age. At the Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles on Sept 13, 2012. (Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Central Library’s map librarian Glen Creason takes a new route: retirement

13 spooky best bets for Halloween fun: Elfman and Eilish, haunts, kids’ stuff and more

Margo Leavin, champion of L.A. artists and major donor to UCLA, dies at 85

For those needing a U.S. visa, how bad is the backlog? Ask the Danish String Quartet

The L.A. Phil, BalletX, ‘Mamma Mia!’ and seven other best bets for your weekend

Company Town

Netflix takes over Bay Theater at Caruso’s Palisades Village
Netflix takes a hit over fallout from Dave Chappelle special
What will shut down if Hollywood crews strike? Your IATSE questions, answered

Movies

Bowen Yang’s ‘proud gay Oompa Loompa’ pokes fun at Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Twink Wonka’
‘Halloween’ kills at the box office with a new horror record, as ‘Last Duel’ gets slayed
The new trailer for ‘The Batman’ is here. What’s different about Robert Pattinson’s superhero?
How a group of ‘ornery,’ ‘nerdy’ divers pulled off the miraculous Thai cave rescue

Music

Grab a tissue. You’re not the only one crying to Adele’s new song
Health experts and fans express concern over Coachella’s new vaccination policy
Michael Stipe, superfan, on the ‘beautiful queerness’ of the Velvet Underground
Adele returns with all the breakup feels on ‘Easy on Me’: Listen

Television

Rami Malek and Pete Davidson star in ‘Squid Game: The Musical’ on ‘SNL’
What’s on TV This Week: ‘Succession,’ ‘The Bachelorette,’ NBA Basketball and more
What’s on TV Saturday: TV movie ‘Advice to Love By’ on Hallmark; Rami Malek hosts ‘SNL’
The seedy world of private lending in ‘Squid Game’ is a real temptation in South Korea

Books

Katie Couric scrapped RBG’s remarks on national anthem protests to ‘protect’ her
How Pink Cat became the Gen Z Garfield
Review: Oscar Wilde’s life was a tragic work of art. A new biography sketches it perfectly
A writer mapped the Marvel Comics Universe in a book. Do we need it?

Things to do

EAST LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07, 2021: Mocha coffee with sin & whips (cinnamon and whipped cream) is on the menu at goth-themed coffee stand, Mystyx Kafe, on the corner of Rowan Ave. and Cesar Chavez Ave. in East Los Angeles. Mystyx Kafe is run by founder Julian Anguiano and his girlfriend, Sol Castillo. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Where to find the best spooky foods and drinks for Halloween

Hero Complex

Milestone Media announced new projects in comics and animation — plus a development initiative.

Milestone movies are in the works, and new ‘Blood Syndicate’ comic series is coming

Real Estate

Built in 2018, the boxy abode spans three stories with a movie theater, bar, yoga studio and wine cellar.

Lakers co-owner Jesse Buss lists Brentwood mansion near LeBron James’ place