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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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