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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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As climate themes become more common onscreen, the entertainment industry is also grappling with how to decarbonize.
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Part 3 of Imperfect Paradise: Return to Mexico follows Daniel Zamora as he rebuilds his life in Mexico after deportation — getting a new job as a teacher, buying a home, finding a new partner and reclaiming Mexico as his homeland.
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Fireworks, fireworks, fireworks! Plus, BLK NEWS at the Music Center, the Teen Angel show opens at Beyond the Streets and more.
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The seasoned New York Times journalist remains optimistic in a new memoir as he reflects on his career.
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Martin Mull, whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Arrested Development,” has died, his daughter said Friday.
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Long Beach native Jenni Rivera sang about women’s hardships in banda and ranchera records that sold millions. Her star is next to the iconic Capitol Records building.
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We asked the programming team behind an LA-centric screening series at the Academy Museum what they think makes a “Los Angeles” movie.
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The fan-favorite kitchen drama starring Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri and many others is back. We break down what expect in season three.
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The success of video game-based movies and TV shows like The Last of Us and The Super Mario Bros. Movie have given the industry hope that more adaptations could be hits.
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Legal thrillers, dragons, restaurant drama — there's a lot to get excited about as the weather heats up.
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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.
