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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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The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.
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Enjoy Lunar New Year eats, see 'Gwyneth Goes Skiing,' head outdoors for the Griffith Park Run and more of the best things to do.
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He vents about his complicated relationship with L.A. on the band's latest album. But the response to the recent wildfire emergency challenged those assumptions.
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Benefit concerts galore, last chance for William Eggleston’s photographs at Zwirner, a Lunar New Year comedy show, Travis at the Wiltern, and more of the best things to do.
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From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees.
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The Academy Awards will be broadcast March 2 on ABC and Hulu.
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Enjoy music events from pop to jazz to roots, a cruise-in, French toast to benefit the LAFD, a 30-minute storytelling festival and more.
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Comedians Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott announced the nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards on Thursday morning. Nominations were delayed twice due to the fires in Los Angeles.
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Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering, eat at one of the many restaurants supporting first responders, Jill Sobule plays the Ebell, and more.
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The Jan. 30 event at two venues in Inglewood will stream live and raise money for those affected by the wildfires.
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Our celebrity panelists Paula Poundstone and Open Mike Eagle go head to head this week on their knowledge of the TV show Breaking Bad and the Jonathan Hickman era of X-Men comics. Think you might know more than they do? Go Fact Yourself!
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Musicians, artists, and creatives are donating their time and talents across Southern California.
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