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Photos: Our Favorite Reader-Submitted Halloween Costumes
We asked and you answered. Here are some of our favorite reader-submitted costumes from Halloween 2016. From the looks of it, Stranger Things won the night: the streets of Los Angeles were more or less paved with Elevens. Though the baby Eleven (above) has to be our favorite...
Other highlights include a couple as Huma Abedin and (ugh) Anthony Weiner, Hunter S. Thompson and his '70s femme fatales, baby Daenerys, a Pacific giant octopus, an exploding Galaxy Note 7, and Betsy and Arlene from the movie Dick (just in time for the election!).
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Donald Trump was a fading TV presence when the WGA strike put a dent in network schedules.
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Pickets are being held outside at movie and TV studios across the city
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For some critics, this feels less like a momentous departure and more like a footnote.
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Disneyland's famous "Fantasmic!" show came to a sudden end when its 45-foot animatronic dragon — Maleficent — burst into flames.
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Leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun issue a joint statement along with show creator Lee Sung Jin.
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Every two years, Desert X presents site-specific outdoor installations throughout the Coachella Valley. Two Los Angeles artists have new work on display.