Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani reached rarefied air Thursday in becoming baseball’s first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in one season in a sport that dates back to 1876.
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A new and electrifying Norton Simon exhibit, a Jane Fonda narration and the return of two notable artifacts.
Hero Complex
In ‘The Morrison Game Factory,’ Lauren Bello created an affecting, story-driven tabletop game about an abandoned board game factory — a tale of love and loss.
Agatha Harkness, the witch who was pulling almost every evil string in Marvel’s ‘WandaVision,’ returns in ‘Agatha All Along.’ Here is everything you need to know about everyone’s favorite musical magical girl (woman) before watching the Disney+ spinoff.
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How do you feel about Demi Moore’s biggest movie in years, the bloody, body-horror film “The Substance”? Plus, saying a sad goodbye to J.D. Souther.
Los Angeles Times columnist Glenn Whipp explains that surprising win for “Hacks” at last night’s Emmys and rounds up highlights from the show in his newsletter.
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As planning for a Cultural Olympiad begins, a look back at how the massive 1984 Olympic Arts Festival 40 years ago revolutionized the L.A. arts scene
“They can’t go on like this,” Bank of America analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich said, referring to the lagging stock and string of missteps by Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav.
Critics
JD Vance and other conservatives need to stop trying to drive a wedge between those who choose to be parents and those who do not. It’s absurd — and dangerous.
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The American rapper’s unexpected China concert boosted local spending, which the government desperately needs but has struggled to do.
Dance clubs, studios and other venues across the U.S. are partnering with social media Latino influencers to reel in a new generation of música Mexicana dancers.
Grupo Firme’s seven record-breaking L.A. concerts in 2021 highlight Southern California’s influential place in the globally ascending música Mexicana genre.
Educators are using the genre to teach both Spanish and Latin culture to a growing number of U.S.-born Latinos not fluent in their heritage language.
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts hosted a cohort of African filmmakers this summer as part of a State Department program for film diplomacy.
“Silents Synced,” a new series pairing classic films with alternative rock, launches with “Nosferatu X Radiohead” at American Cinematheque.
It’s hard for Cassandra Peterson, known to most as the quick-witted and sexy, antihero Elvira, to narrow down her favorite moments from four decades of live stage shows at Knott’s Scary Farm.
Instead of throwing a single event to honor this milestone, the renowned venue has been hosting a concert series to celebrate 50 years of live music.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will stay locked up in an infamous Brooklyn, N.Y., federal jail after his attorney tried and failed to have him put on house arrest.
Pharrell Williams knocks celebrity endorsements days after Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish urged fans to vote for VP Kamala Harris over former President Trump.
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