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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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Our celebrity panelists Ann-Margret and Antonio Villaraigosa go head to head this week on their knowledge of the Raiders football team from the 1980s to the present and L.A. area restaurants. Think you might know more than they do? Go Fact Yourself!
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At an upcoming exhibition hosted by Cal State Long Beach, Greater L.A.’s next generation of artists are honing their skills and building community.
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Dry January picks, a Sunday skate with a classical soundtrack, Black Flag at the Whisky, a polar bear swim, and more.
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Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.
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Enjoy the Rose Parade and related events in Pasadena, kick your year off with a guided hike in a California state park, try Zaytinya's new L.A. location and more of the best things to do.
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Select theatres are showing singalong screenings of the beloved Broadway musical through Jan. 2, and we had to go see one.
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The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
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Netflix says more than 200 countries tuned into the "Beyoncé Bowl" and its two NFL games. We may just be starting to learn what that ultimately means for the future of television and sports media.
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A list of standout books from 2024.
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It's your last chance to see L.A. Zoo Lights. Plus, there's a post-punk dance party, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Mint, a Hanukkah comedy show, and more.
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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.
