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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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Enjoy foodie heaven at the World Taste of Anaheim, a romance novel read and swap, Santa Monica turns 150, Bastille Day parties, Las Culturistas on stage and more of the best things to do this week.
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On her fifth studio album, the Los Angeles-based musician explores global soundscapes and challenging life events close to home.
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Irvine is the home base for PAC-MAN, and a new exhibit offers an opportunity to brush up on your ghost-gobbling skills in anticipation for the newest game release.
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The vote ends nearly a yearlong strike for video game performers.
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The Tryst Alternative Art Fair takes over Torrance, big comedy names hit the Belly Laughs Festival at the Peacock, celebrate South Korea at the Lotus Fest in Echo Park, clean up the beach with L.A. Waterkeepers and more.
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With the entertainment industry still hurting from the pandemic and strikes, young filmmakers are finding work making bingeable micro dramas designed to be watched on phones.
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The Reservoir at the Geffen Playhouse, Macy Gray at House of Blues Anaheim, make your own comic book character at Skirball, an award-winning cocktail pop-up in Echo Park and more of the best things to do this week.
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His representatives confirmed that his death followed a cardiac arrest Thursday morning.
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Fourth of July celebrations, an ABBA disco party, the 70mm festival at American Cinematheque, last chance for Olafur Eliasson at MOCA and more to do over the holiday.
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It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the United States of America is planning to party.
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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.
