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FilmWeek: ‘Disclosure Day,’ ‘Jinsei,’ ‘The Furious,’ and more!

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Charles Solomon, Christy Lemire, and Maureen Lee Lenker review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

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David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, dies at 88

Hockney moved from London to Southern California in the 1960s and was an innovative painter, photographer, stage designer and printmaker.

‘Korea, Away’ soccer docuseries explores what Team Korea means to the diaspora

More than two decades after South Korea’s 2002 World Cup run, three friends are aiming to find out what the national team means to Korean Americans.

Three people sit on a couch wearing different colored jerseys.

How Cheech Marin helped the ‘Godfather of West Coast graffiti’ break into the art world

A new art exhibition reunites the actor and comedian (and advocate of Chicano art) with Los Angeles graffiti artist Chaz Bojórquez and declares: 'Chicano art is American art.'

FilmWeek: ‘Masters of the Universe,’ ‘Renoir,’ ‘Scary Movie,’ and more!

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Man in leather gladiator outfit, wielding a long axe, fights a dark skeleton type creature.

'Spider-Noir's' Lamorne Morris on why Marvel fans are more intimidating than Nicolas Cage

In Spider-Noir, actor/comedian Lamorne Morris says he got to borrow from past experiences on New Girl and Fargo, and “play in both the levity and the stakes.”

A dark-skinned man in a plaid trench coat and brown hat stands in the middle of the photo looking beyond. There are people dressed in early 1900s clothing on his left and right side.

Peabo Bryson, known for 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty and the Beast' duets, has died at 75

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Peabo Bryson has died at 75. He was known for his Disney duets "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World."

FilmWeek: ‘Backrooms,’ ‘Power Ballad,’ ‘The Breadwinner,’ and more!

Larry Mantle and critics Christy Lemire, Wade Major, and guest critic William Bibbiani review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

A man walks down a dimly lit, pale yellow hallway, his back to us. There appears to be a person walking towards him at he other end of the hall shrouded in shadow.

Feature: Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Larry Mantle speaks with associate curator, Sophia Serrano, about the Academy Museum's Marilyn Monroe exhibition in celebration of her 100th birthday.

A white mannequin in a bright fitted pink dress has its arms stretched out at its sides. The arms are covered in matching pink gloves. There is a spotlight shining on the mannequin as it stands on a red velveted stairs in a dark, black room.

Ditch the mega concerts. Here’s where to catch live music in LA if you’re new here

Los Angeles is home to several stadium concert venues, but here’s a more charming list of the region’s cafe bars and jazz stages worth a visit.

Esperanza Spalding, a Black woman wearing a black dress, sings and plays guitar on stage with curtains draped behind her and a male guitarist playing in the background to her right.

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