Halsey spoke for many when she tweeted, “I hope with my whole heart she is awarded freedom from this abusive system.”
Addressing the court for the first time in two years, pop star Britney Spears was candid and emotional at her conservatorship hearing Wednesday.
Britney Spears is appearing in court today for the first time in years. Will she request that her decade-plus conservatorship be terminated?
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Bravo’s glittery reality franchise has always encouraged competitive consumption. But cast members’ financial ‘smoke and mirrors’ can lead to trouble.
Here’s the story behind Lady Loki’s preferred alias, along with a look into Loki’s sexuality in the Disney+ series and the comics.
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In a rare interview, Joni Mitchell talks with Cameron Crowe about the state of her singing voice and the making of “Blue,” 50 years after its release.
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Joni Mitchell’s peers, progeny, admirers and Mitchell herself reflect upon on her classic 1971 album ‘Blue,’ released 50 years ago today.
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Joni Mitchell might not have wanted to be the glamorous bard of women’s rising consciousness, but with “Blue,” she became just that.
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The two comedians join Jane Krakowski, Robin Thede, Anna Konkle and Michiel Huisman for the Envelope Emmy Roundtables comedy edition. Good luck keeping up with them.
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Television’s most prestigious space, the limited series, does not have enough Emmy nomination slots. Until that changes, get ready for some “snubs.”
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Our panel of veteran TV journalists read the early signs on the road to the 2021 Emmys
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters announce a July concert at the Forum. With California reopened, guests will self-attest as to their vaccination status.
‘Everyone’s so happy to be back,’ said one patron at Silver Lake’s Akbar, echoing the sentiment heard across town as clubs and bars re-open.
Reopening lessons: Leave time to park. Don’t talk at the movies. Plus 10 other important things Angelenos may have forgotten during the pandemic shutdown.
Village Well Books & Coffee opened in L.A.'s worst pandemic month, on a famously doomed corner. For owner Jennifer Caspar, it was all a lucky break.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside Agoura Hills’ Canyon Club concert venue, where Foo Fighters held a full-capacity show only for vaccinated fans.
Warning: Justin Chang’s “return to the movies” essay is a tear-jerker. But you’ll laugh too as he revisits cinematic memories and ponders post-pandemic moviegoing.
After a brutal year of economic uncertainty, booksellers in L.A. are expecting a full recovery. But the June 15 reopening is reigniting safety concerns.
The new Orange County Museum of Art designed by Morphosis is three-quarters built. New director Heidi Zuckerman gives us a glimpse at what’s ahead.
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Consumers are excited to get back to live events. But ‘virtual’ shows aren’t going away, according to a new study from UTA.
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Alena Yiv and ‘Unorthodox’s’ Shira Haas star in the Israeli mother-daughter drama ‘Asia,’ directed by Ruthy Pribar.
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Buckingham Palace has for the first time released figures on the ethnic makeup of its staff, amid questions of racism in the royal family.
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Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson’s new documentary ‘Summer of Soul’ unearths the thrilling history of a 1969 music festival in Harlem.
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Alexandra Huynh of Sacramento was recently chosen to be the second national youth poet laureate. The 18-year-old is dedicated to social change.
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The sad but important story of neglected minimalist Julius Eastman is reaching new audiences courtesy of Wild Up, L.A. Phil and N.Y. Phil.
Even with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, ‘The Music Man’ celebrates a scheming white man in a sanitized America.
The L.A. Phil roars back with Gustavo Dudamel’s Pan-American Music Initiative, a revived Power to the People! festival and a new Gen X festival.
The experimental opera company behind ‘Sweet Land,’ ‘Hopscotch’ and ‘Invisible Cities’ turns the artistic director position into a cooperative.
Misogyny is a root cause of homophobia, but a famously LGBTQ-friendly city has just raised a monument to it. The cognitive dissonance of #MeTooMarilyn
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ celebrated ‘An Octoroon’ has its Los Angeles premiere at the Fountain Theatre’s new outdoor stage.
Why composer Derrick Senam Eugene Skye changed his name from Derrick Spiva Jr. Also, a modern museum rises in Orange County, why white shows shouldn’t be rebooted with Latino casts, and more in this week’s arts newsletter.
‘Battle of the Vaccinated Bitches,’ Wild Up, Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat’ and an acclaimed solo show about the DACA experience: Plan your weekend here.
Off-black walls, African-inspired murals and comfortable vintage furnishings make Adrien Beard’s DTLA loft an inspiring place to hang. That’s the point. They call this fresh, unique style Neo Afro Eclectic.
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Viewers watched an average of nine episodes of former Quibi shows in two weeks on Roku’s free, ad-supported streaming service the Roku Channel, the company said. More people watched than during shows’ entire lives on Quibi.
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The FTC’s antitrust investigation of the Amazon-MGM deal will be shepherded by a prominent advocate of aggressive enforcement against Big Tech.
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Even with cord-cutting, the WarnerMedia-owned channel remains a favorite for fans and filmmakers.
Documentary ‘Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide’ profiles the noted Pop artist with testimonials from Ed Ruscha, Yoko Ono, Jeffrey Deitch and Ann Magnuson.
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“Broad City’s” Ilana Glazer turns from comedy to horror with “False Positive,” a pregnancy thriller costarring Justin Theroux and Pierce Brosnan.
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Among the first titles announced for the 2021 Toronto International Film Fesitval are Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune,’ Edgar Wright’s ‘Last Night in Soho,’ Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ and Céline Sciamma’s ‘Petite Maman.’
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‘no i am not bleaching my skin for the role,’ tweeted ‘West Side Story’ breakout Rachel Zegler after being cast as Snow White in Disney’s remake.
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In a rare new video message to fans, Joni Mitchell says her fourth studio album ‘fell heir to a lot of criticism’ when it was released in 1971.
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The venue that helped launch Phoebe Bridgers couldn’t survive the fatal combination of the economic stress of the pandemic and ownership strife.
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Britney Spears has been under a conservatorship since 2008. Before her virtual appearance at a court hearing today, here’s a deep dive into her case.
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Founders of Ol’ Dirty Planters Karissa Allen and Justin Cox repurpose basketballs into chic planters. Their products land firmly at the intersection of basketball culture and horticulture — sporticulture, if you will.
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What to watch Thursday, June 24: ‘Good Girls’ on NBC; ‘Conan’ final episode on TBS; ‘When Nature Calls With Helen Mirren’ on ABC; season finale of ‘Clarice’ on CBS.
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By embracing health and safety restrictions, Bravo’s cooking competition brilliantly highlighted its strengths — and turned lemons into lemonade.
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In Part 2 of the streamer’s French hit, immigrants take on a corrupting force: Call it classism, racism, colonialism or all of the above.
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With twisted timelines and character “variants,” Marvel’s adventure can be hard to keep straight. Here’s an episode-by-episode guide to help you out.
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Late in his novel, “Real Life,” Brandon Taylor breached the scrim between himself and what he wanted to describe. In “Filthy Animals,” there is no scrim.
Bestsellers List Sunday, June 27
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Quinta Brunson’s memoir, ‘She Memes Well,’ chronicles her rise to viral fame in the entertainment industry despite not really being into the internet.
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Emma Brodie’s “Songs in Ursa Major” fictionalizes the rise of Joni Mitchell, resisting the lure of cliché to craft fiction that stands on its own.
