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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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Musicians and singers from every age group and skill level are welcome at the Mission Viejo shelter.
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See Lady Gaga at the Forum, a video game musical in Hollywood, a new tour at Gamble House, dive-in movies, James Beard winners and more of the best things to do this week.
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South Park skewered President Trump. Stephen Colbert isn't holding back. This week, comedians on Paramount-owned shows aired their grievances against both their parent company and Trump.
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Not surprising: Astronomer is poking fun at its newfound infamy. Very surprising: It's hired a big Hollywood name to do it.
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With his beard, long hair and brown felt fedora, the jazz flugelhorn player and composer cut an unforgettable figure in American culture.
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The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Paramount Global after the buyer made pledges to showcase a diversity of viewpoints and root out alleged bias in CBS' news coverage.
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According to Florida authorities, Terry Bollea, whose stage name was Hulk Hogan, died Thursday morning after a heart attack.
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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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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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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 project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
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The first three paintings sold for a record-shattering $662,000. Bonhams says the works attracted hundreds of registrations, more than twice the usual number for that type of sale.
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On FilmWeek, Larry speaks with author Samuel Garza Bernstein about his new biography Cesar Romero: The Joker is Wild.
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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell and Beandrea July review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.
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Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney+.
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Emmy-nominated host and writer Baratunde Thurston explores what it means to be human in the age of AI in his upcoming show in Long Beach.
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Kim Kardashian and Naomi Watts play divorce lawyers at an all-female L.A. firm in All's Fair. The show has gotten bad reviews, but actual L.A. divorce attorneys had more generous assessments.
