Sports
U.S. basketball player Devin Booker watched Noah Lyles win Olympic gold in the 100 meters. That doesn’t mean he’s changed his mind about the sprinter’s NBA comments.
Aug. 5, 2024
Books
Jenny Erpenbeck is the first German writer and Michael Hofmann is the first male translator to win the International Booker Prize since it began in 2016.
May 22, 2024
Paul Lynch’s ‘Prophet Song,’ winner of this year’s Booker Prize, imagines a totalitarian Ireland in a riveting dystopia more plausible than we might think.
Dec. 5, 2023
Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize with what judges called a ‘soul-shattering’ novel about life in a dystopian, totalitarian Ireland.
Nov. 27, 2023
Obituaries
British author A.S. Byatt, who was known for award-winning works including ‘Possession’ and ‘The Children’s Book,’ has died. She was 87.
Nov. 17, 2023
Grupo Firme’s seven record-breaking L.A. concerts in 2021 highlight Southern California’s influential place in the globally ascending música Mexicana genre.
Sept. 19, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
California has a film and TV production problem. Industry professionals and experts are trying to determine what can be done to fix it.
Sept. 18, 2024
Clippers
Norman Powell scored 42 points but it wasn’t enough as the short-handed Clippers fell to the Phoenix Suns, 129-124, in Game 3 of their NBA first-round playoff series.
April 20, 2023
Opinion
‘Playground’ is an intricately braided novel of overlapping love stories and unresolved polarities that doesn’t always come to three-dimensional life.
Sept. 16, 2024
‘Birnam Wood,’ the third novel by Eleanor Catton, trades in the sprawl of ‘The Luminaries,’ which won the Booker Prize, for a thriller that’s far too neat.
March 3, 2023