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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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Easter weekend means plenty of brunch options. Plus, a bluegrass festival in Long Beach, and Mitski performs at the Shrine.
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With Warner Bros. Discovery soon to be allowed to make deals again, is it a buyer or seller?
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Red Ortiz was inspired by graffiti at a young age. Now he collaborates on art projects throughout L.A.
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The music will live on through the nonprofit Conga Kids.
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Get your Dodger blue ready for opening day, Alex Edelman is back at the Taper, and Street Food Wednesdays continue downtown!
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Get an idea of what's good in television this weekend with a dive into new and upcoming releases.
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All the festivals – Holi, Purim… Ukulele. Plus, a vegan street fair, free museums, and some cringe-worthy dating stories.
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Warner Bros. moves could be a promising sign for industries that reply upon film production and, ultimately, moviegoers.
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Effects of Wall Street’s misunderstanding that Hollywood is a business of hits affects everyone.
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Writers, put down those pens, notepads and MacBook Pros and grab a controller or calculator.
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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.