Arts & Entertainment

Sony's new CEO will have a lot on his plate, including streaming deals and theme parks

He'll also have to mind Sony's core TV business as the television landscape continues to undergo large-scale change.

Fast-changing AI landscape has Hollywood scrambling to keep up

New laws and deals have made how to handle AI an urgent dilemma for Hollywood’s dealmakers.

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Changes to TV pilot season have upended norms — for better or worse

The now year-round development cycle makes showrunners “as interchangeable as lightbulbs.”

Best things to do this weekend in LA and SoCal: October 4 - 6

LUMINEX 3.0 lights up downtown, an audio experience on the L.A. River, more Halloween haunts open, and Friday is National Taco Day!

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Best things to do this week in LA and SoCal: September 30 - October 3

'Bat Boy: The Musical' opens in Santa Monica, Nights of Jack returns, Hispanic Heritage Month continues with an art show in Santa Ana, and try (gasp!) not driving to celebrate SoCal Transit Week.

Trees are bathed in purple lights with colorful flowers underneath them for a Halloween-themed display.

Kris Kristofferson, musical rebel and movie star, has died at age 88

Musician and film star Kris Kristofferson has died at age 88. His hit songs include "Me and Bobby McGee" and he starred in dozens of films, including A Star Is Born, opposite Barbra Streisand.

Sharp tongued, indomitable, and beloved actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actress Maggie Smith played everything from wistful ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey.