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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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Our celebrity panelists Josh McDermitt and Sierra Katow go head to head this week on their knowledge of Kirk Gibson’s game-winning home run from Game one of the 1988 World Series and Season 3 of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Think you might know more than they do? Go Fact Yourself!
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How a mural for the legendary Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela became an ofrenda for Angelenos to pay their respects and tribute.
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Blumhouse CEO says the audience is showing up to sequels about 80% or 90% versus 10% or 20% for originals.
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Garr's breakout role was as sexy Inga in Young Frankenstein. She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1982 film Tootsie, and played Phoebe's mom on the sitcom Friends.
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A Halloween roundup with fun events for adults and kids, SIAMÉS plays the Echoplex and more.
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The governor to expand the state's tax credit for the film and television industry to help stave off competition.
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The documentary “New Wave” opens a window into a music subculture that thrived in Little Saigon.
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Our celebrity panelists Taran Killam and Jen Kober go head to head this week on their knowledge of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the film) and the TV series Roseanne. Think you might know more than they do? Go Fact Yourself!
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Lesh, an original member of America's preeminent jam band, died Friday morning.
