California
A gunman identified as a former Nation of Islam minister shot and wounded controversial former Nation of Islam spokesman Khallid Abdul Muhammad here Sunday on the steps outside a university auditorium where Muhammad had just spoken, officials said.
May 30, 1994
Movies
all day Movies Veteran casting director Risa Bramon Garcia makes her feature film directorial debut with “200 Cigarettes,” an ensemble comedy about a motley assortment of punks, rockers and wannabes searching for a New Year’s Eve party in New York’s East Village (the year is 1981).
Feb. 25, 1999
Music
Bennie Wallace learned his way around a saxophone by studying “practically all of the great jazz saxophone players: Eddie (Lockjaw) Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young.
Nov. 27, 1990
World & Nation
Lawmakers say the information would make it easier for consumers to report serious side effects from medications.
April 3, 2008
Archives
Listed on the invitation as “Dave Chappelle said he might come,” the comedy legend made good on his word, turning up to perform a 30-minute set at the Cool Comedy Hot Cuisine benefit for the Scleroderma Research Foundation.
April 26, 2019
Entertainment & Arts
It didn’t take long for Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) to fleece investors out of countless millions.
Sept. 4, 2011
There’s the kernel of an intriguing political thriller buried beneath all the strained exposition and pompous speechifying enveloping “An Acceptable Loss,” but writer-director Joe Chappelle never manages to find it.
Jan. 24, 2019
Readers respond to Times coverage of Dave Chappelle’s ‘SNL’ appearance, Alex Trebek’s death, race issues on “The Bachelorette” and “Big Brother,” more.
Nov. 12, 2020
Sports
UCLA setter Brandon Taliaferro has been named a first-team All-American selection.
May 2, 1998
When people celebrate New Year’s Eve, they feel they’ve just got to have fun--and that of course means having someone important in your life to enjoy it with.
Feb. 26, 1999