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Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: August 26 - 29

Free comedy night at NeueHouse, Alison Saar at the Getty, Bayou jams in San Juan Capistrano, and more.

Fireworks shoot out from a stadium during an outdoor show at night with a large crowd watching.

Pageant of the Masters was even weirder than I thought, and also insanely cool

The 91-year-old Laguna Beach tradition is tableau vivant on fire.

A collage of two paintings of a 18th century party scene. In the center various women wearing elaborate gowns stand near men in tuxedos. At the far right of the painting is a piano scene with men and women standing around a person playing.

There is no shortage of TV dramas to add to your queue this week, including the second season of Pachinko, plus one of the most admired police dramas from the 90s, which makes its streaming debut. The streaming gods have answered fans' prayers.

A woman with dark hair wearing a grey bandana, tan blouse and dark blue stands in front of a group of people standing in a field, as they all look outward with concerned expressions.

What’s playing? From ‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ to ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ here’s our weekend movie picks around LA

From bookstore romances to Spider-Man and beautiful stop-motion animation, there’s something for everyone this weekend.

Three movie posters, one featuring an anime warrior and giant wolf, one featuring two people in business clothes, and one featuring a shadowy figure in front of a sunset with a briefcase.

Proliferation of AI deep fakes has Hollywood agents engaged in whack-a-mole

WME has been among the agencies taking action, working with companies that deploy AI to fight AI fakes.

In a crowd, a older white man with a beard hold a black and yellow signs that says "NO A.I." as others demonstrate on a sidewalk.

Hollywood's elite earners grow concerned for next generation as financial woes continue

All the power lies with the streamers, and yet most are shrinking their series and film commissions.

Best things to do this weekend in Los Angeles and Southern California: August 23 - 25

Hungry Ghost Festival in Chinatown, Michael Feinstein conducts California favorites, a Beatles talk, half-off burgers at Barney’s Beanery, and more.

Two girls standing on a cornhole board holding up seltzers.

Sports, legacy media deals disrupted by last-minute curveballs

Venu, co-owned by three studios, had plans to make it easier for sports fans to avoid linear TV, but those have now been made more difficult.

Art show explores sci-fi, the occult and queer history in mid-20th century LA

Sci-Fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation runs Aug. 22 - Nov. 23 at USC’s Fisher Museum of Art

A woman with short red hair and long fingernails stairs directly into the camera.

Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: August 19 - 22

Hello Kitty night at Dodger Stadium, Mike Birbiglia at the Largo, a new show at Gabba Gallery, Eagle Rock Brewery Battle of the Bands, and more.

Dodger player Yoshinobu Yamamoto takes a photo with Hello Kitty also dressed like a dodger.

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