“NYPD Blue” and “Silver Spoons” actor Rick Schroder says he contributed “hundreds of thousands” of dollars to Kyle Rittenhouse’s bail and defense.
Oscar-nominated ‘Precious’ actress Gabourey Sidibe showed off her new engagement ring on Tuesday and praised her fiancé, Brandon Frankel.
Former actress Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July.
Yes, Macy’s is still hosting its Thanksgiving Day Parade. Here are details about the celebration, which will be a prerecorded telecast this year.
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.
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.
“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.
While so many people will do Thanksgiving on Zoom this year, I’m going cold turkey on digital connection and finding other ways to honor those I miss.
Reggaeton star Bad Bunny didn’t perform at Sunday’s American Music Awards after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. His rep says he’s ‘OK.’
Major movie theater chains have responded to the pandemic by putting COVID-19 protocols in place. Public health experts assess the risks.
These punchy, short audio dramas jump from Santa Monica and the Palisades to DTLA, South L.A. and Sun Valley. Some of them are a trip.
As if this holiday season wasn’t surreal enough: Alex Prager’s hyper-real sculptural installation at LACMA memorializes the office holiday party.
Some museums have closed, some are open. Drive-in shows are a go, but what about outdoor concerts? A rundown of culture under new COVID-19 rules.
An L.A.-based social media company had planned to host a party for influencers that health experts say doesn’t follow state safety protocols for COVID-19.
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What’s on TV Thursday, Nov. 26: “Star Trek: Discovery” on CBS; “The Wizard of Oz” on TBS
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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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Tiffany Haddish, Dane Cook, Tim Allen are headlining the Laugh Factory’s 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner, which will be held outside the L.A. venue.
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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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This week’s offerings: Jefferson Mays’ “Christmas Carol,” Patrick Stewart and Ruth Negga reciting Shakespeare sonnets, plus “Nurse Heroes Live!”
The stage director and spiritual seeker of “My Dinner With Andre” ruminates on his life and old age in his first book, “This Is Not My Memoir.”
Arnold Schoenberg’s sacrilegious “Pierrot Lunaire” foretold a distortion of reality that has never left us.
Social media platform Parler looks like it was designed by a pharmaceutical firm and sounds like a symphony composed of one note: conspiracy theory.
Our plague year is an opportunity to see, at last, one of the hidden truths of America’s founding: the great suffering of the Native people.
Looking for socially distanced things to do this holiday weekend? Here’s a list, including some sights to enjoy from the safety of your car.
L.A. Phil earns two nominations for its Ives symphony cycle, and a UCLA professor and student choir also score Grammy love in classical categories.
Trump reading “Russian for Dummies”? A naked Prince Harry? Not really. Alison Jackson has long used lookalike models to make art about deception.
This week’s roundup features an audience survey, the impact of the pandemic on museums, and an artifact from Alcatraz.
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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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After a rebound, the storied studio is facing a string of challenges during the pandemic.
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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, new technologies are being developed to meet the needs of producers having to navigate stringent safety protocols for filming.
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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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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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The Recording Academy responded: ‘We understand that the Weeknd is disappointed ... Unfortunately ... there are fewer nominations than ... deserving artists.’
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Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Tainy are the only Latin artists nominated for a Grammy beyond the Latin categories. They collaborated with British singer Dua Lipa.
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Mickey Guyton, nominated for her song “Black Like Me,” became the first Black female solo artist to earn a Grammy nod in a country music category Tuesday.
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Speculative biopic “Stardust” looks at David Bowie in America before he became a cultural icon.
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Los Angeles Times TV critic Robert Lloyd imagines the plots of the season’s holiday TV movies based on their titles alone.
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On Thanksgiving eve 1971, mystery hijacker D.B. Cooper parachuted into the night with $200,000. Our enduring obsession with the case says a lot about America, then and now.
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Peacock’s fresh spin on the iconic teen sitcom mixes revival and reboot, old cast and new. It starts out strong and just gets better.
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TV Ratings story for the week of Nov. 16-22, 2020. “Sunday Night Football” Helps NBC to a third consecutive weekly win.
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ViacomCBS has announced plans to sell Simon & Schuster to publishing giant Penguin Random House LLC for a whopping $2.18 billion next year.
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Karen Powell’s “The River Within” is far more than a “Downton Abbey"-derived Yorkshire mystery; it’s the anatomy of a caste system that’s never gone away.
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Former President Obama is already a bestselling author and also a prize-winning author.
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Bestsellers List Sun., Nov. 29, 2020
