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After 15 years starring in CBS sitcoms like Mike & Molly, Billy Gardell is back doing what he’s always done best: stand-up comedy.
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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Peter Rainer review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.
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The anonymous feminist collective known for calling out museums for discrimination has an exhibition at the Getty. That doesn’t mean they’re sparing the museum from their critiques.
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Academy Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell breaks down his design choices in ‘Wicked: For Good,’ as well as why he thinks the world of Oz has such staying power in American culture.
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Actor Macaulay Culkin is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the cultural touchstone and holiday classic 'Home Alone' with a tour stop at Terrace Theatre in Long Beach this Saturday.
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Macaulay Culkin himself will share memories of Home Alone. Plus, bike or blade for L.A. on Wheels Day and more this weekend.
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Earlier mergers, like Disney's 2019 acquisition of Fox, cut the number of films studios released theatrically — a troubling trend for theater owners already coping with consolidation and streaming.
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The Village Directors Circle, which bought the nearly century-old movie palace in February, will partner with American Cinematheque to operate and program the Village Theater.
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President Donald Trump continues to rage over late night comedians who make fun of him. This weekend he posted on social media that Seth Meyers has "no talent" and called for NBC to fire him.
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Nth Power jam at the Mint, the lights at Manhattan Beach Pier, Miranda July moderates a timely film screening at the LGBT Center and more of the best things to do this week.
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Rom-coms, heist flicks, a sports/horror mashup, a pair of Broadway musicals, a biopic of The Boss, festival award winners and lots of showbiz sagas — here's what NPR critics are watching this fall.
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Check out the Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Awakening in Anaheim, Christmas in July at the Baked Potato, DineLA kicks off and more.
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Indiscriminate raids. Removal of U.S. citizens. Pressure to leave the country. For UC Irvine professor and evolutionary biologist Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe, the answer is yes.
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Known as the "Prince of Darkness," the lead singer of the massively influential rock band Black Sabbath reached another generation via the MTV reality show The Osbournes in the early 2000s.
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The actor and Grammy Award winner drowned Sunday while on vacation in Costa Rica.
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Enjoy the O.C. Fair, the Photomatica photo booth museum opening, an outdoor Elf screening and more of the best things to do this week.
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Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night."
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On its 30th anniversary, Clueless costume designer reflects on the film’s impact.
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An '80s bash downtown, Shakespeare in Griffith Park, the Arboretum’s Plumeria Festival and more of the best things to do this weekend.
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The documentary is set to broadcast as America this year prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolution’s start.
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Hammer Museum Director Emeritus Ann Philbin has chosen the public radio stations for the $500,000 pay-it-forward grant.
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The museum partially reopened to the public with limited hours late last month, after a Palisades Fire-related closure.
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The 77th annual Emmy Awards that will take place on Sept. 14.
