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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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The out-of-home advertising market in Los Angeles is estimated to be a more than $1 billion annual business.
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'A Strange Loop' opens at the Ahmanson, Judith Hill at the Grammy Museum, a 'Steel Magnolias' party, DJ Lance Rock at the library, and more.
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It seems like every other day a new Star Wars series is being released. It can be hard to keep up. We break down what you should know about the latest released this week.
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A new Richard Linklater movie streaming on Netflix has a unique ad campaign that pays homage to Los Angeles's very own Rolodex of personal injury lawyers.
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Since coming under fire for homophobic and racist comments in 2019, Gillis' star has only risen.
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A son and father reconcile their homesickness for Vietnam 50 years after the war ended.
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From free screenings at the Gardena Cinema to a film anniversary at Landmark's Nuart Theatre, there’s something for everyone playing this weekend.
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Assessments of Hollywood inevitably note the effects of the pandemic and last year’s strikes, but these catch-all citations lose the human toll of all the change taking place.
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An abysmal kickoff to the summer movie season is raising concerns that studios lack the resolve to revive and reinforce the habit of moviegoing.
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For actors, there’s potential to generate revenue from their voice work without even being present.
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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.
