California
Burglars broke into the Pacific Palisades property of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, L.A. police sources said. The couple was not home at the time.
Aug. 5, 2024
For the last 70 years, Wilmington residents have faced off to become the blue-collar community’s honorary mayor. The winner gets a two-year term that offers no salary, no staff and no political power.
Sept. 18, 2024
Lifestyle
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.
Sept. 19, 2024
Music
Brazil’s president declares three days of mourning after country’s long-reigning ‘Queen of Rock’ dies at 75.
May 9, 2023
Entertainment & Arts
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi are spilling the beans about their hush-hush wedding. She was the one who proposed, and they traded vows in L.A. four weeks later.
Aug. 4, 2023
Movies
Rita Wilson laughed off a Daily Mail report claiming that she and her husband, Tom Hanks, got into a ‘very terse’ interaction with a Cannes staffer.
May 24, 2023
Singer Rita Ora confirms she and director Takai Waititi are married. She also channeled their romance in her new single, “You Only Love Me.”
Jan. 27, 2023
UCLA Sports
Rod Foster is battling inclusion body myositis, a disease that has left the player once known as “Rocket Rod” bound to a wheelchair in his West L.A. home.
Sept. 11, 2024
Awards
The film is a comedy, but its deeper themes are what drove the actor-singer-songwriter-producer to make it — as well as her original song ‘ ’Til You’re Home.’
Jan. 12, 2023
The cast of Netflix’s queer musical narco-drama stopped by the L.A. Times studio to explain why Jacques Audiard was the man for the job, plus more highlights from TIFF.
Sept. 9, 2024