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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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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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A Diwali festival, Day of the Dead crafts at the Fowler, 'The Piano Lesson' at A Noise Within and more.
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In particular, the streamer wants YA from “in-the-zeitgeist IP” as it searches for the next The Summer I Turned Pretty.
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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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If you worry about getting pickpocketed, here are some tips for making yourself a tougher target.
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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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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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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.
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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.
