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Best Things To Do This Weekend: Mar. 8 - 10

Getting Oscars-ready at the Academy Museum, a celebration of the arts for foster youth, trivia, a fun run, and more.

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Bright Spots For Hollywood Despite Industry Doom And Gloom

A variety of films broke through in the last year, not only the "Barbenheimer" duo, but also “smaller” movies, such as Poor Things.

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Best Things To Do This Week: Mar. 4 - 7

Madonna to Michele Norris, flamenco to food festivals, Warhol shorts to Oscars shorts. And don’t forget to vote!

Madonna performs on stage wearing a black and white outfit and an eye patched. Behind her, a field and trees are projected on a screen.

Silence Of The Glams: How The Oscars (Usually) Snubs Horror Movies

It's been more than 30 years since a horror movie won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Should the Oscars rethink its approach?

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in <em>Silence of the Lambs</em>.

There's A New 'Climate Reality Check' Test — These 3 Oscar-Nominated Features Passed

Does climate change exist? And does a character know it? Barbie, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One and Nyad met the criteria for a new challenge inspired by the famous Bechdel Test.

<strong>Does climate change exist? And does a character know it?</strong> The Oscar-nominated films <em>Nyad, </em>left, <em>Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One</em><em> </em>and <em>Barbie </em>met the criteria for a new challenge inspired by the famous Bechdel Test.

What To Watch This Weekend On TV: 'Shogun,' 'Extraordinary' Season 2 And 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'

Get an idea of what's good in television this weekend with a dive into new and upcoming releases.

4 people stand behind a promotional backdrop for the Hulu series Shogun. The farthest to the left, a man wearing a three-piece, matte, all black suit; he's also got short, curly hair and full beard. Center left is a woman with a gray dress that has stylized holes throughout the dress; she has long hair that runs down her back but is also partially held up in a bun. Center right is a man dressed in a black, 3-piece suit that has glittery gray, vertical streaks; he's wearing a watch on his left wrist and is wearing glasses. Fourth person is a man with short hair and beard; he's wearing a great suit, white dress shirt and brown tie.

'Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary' Is Being Developed For Television

The 2022 podcast from LAist Studios has been optioned by Participant.

Paramount Earnings Are Out. The Good, The Bad, And The Rumors

Paramount plans call for more international production, bad news for our local film and television industry.

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With 60,000 DVDs In Its Collection, Vidiots Has Made Renting Cool Again

The iconic Santa Monica video store reopened last year in a vintage theater in Eagle Rock, offering classic movie screenings and videos for $3 a pop.

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What Will Recent Big Leadership Changes At Disney and Netflix Mean For Audiences?

Disney installed Searchlight President David Greenbaum to replace Sean Bailey. Netflix hired former Warner Brothers executive Dan Lin.

The Walt Disney Company exhibited details of its Disney+ streaming service at a Disney expo in August. The service goes live Nov. 12.

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