The Frame

Actress Ellen Page and Ian Daniel are co-hosts of a new Viceland channel show that documents LGBTQ communities around the world; a Marine's experience in Iraq is dramatized by the adventurous Long Beach Opera.

Actress Sarah Paulson is getting rave reviews for her performance as prosecutor Marcia Clark in "The People v. O.J. Simpson"; the music collective known as Dublab partnered with Metro to create an ambient music experience at L.A.'s Union Station.

Writer-producer Terence Winter creates an HBO drama out of the 1970's music business in "Vinyl"; SNL alumnus Seth Meyers injects politics into his "Late Night" humor; Swedish-Argentine musician José González redefines "global music."

Nahnatchka Khan's experience as a daughter of immigrants helped shape the outsider perspective of "Fresh Off the Boat"; the box office success of "Zootopia" is due to Disney's embrace of Pixar's ethic; KT Tunstall deconstructs the song that launched her career, "Suddenly I See."

David Litt was President Obama's funniest speechwriter and now he's mining Washington for Funny or Die; Robert Carlock talks about adapting "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" for his longtime writing partner, Tina Fey; Kendrick Lamar drops a surprise album.

Series creator Beau Willimon tees up the fourth season of "House of Cards" on Netflix; the trailer for the remake of "Ghostbusters" depicts a very different New York City; Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe readies the West Coast premiere of her oratorio.

Over the past 25 years, Jon Brion has quietly become a go-to producer and composer for musicians and filmmakers; L.A. County tightens the rules for raves on public property; the Colburn School teaches its students how to audition for orchestra jobs.

Roger Guenveur Smith on directing "The Mountaintop," a play set in a Memphis motel on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination; criticism mounts over Chris Rock's treatment of diversity and Asian-Americans; high school students perform August Wilson monologues.

Now that the Academy Awards are behind us, how did Hollywood assess itself and what lessons will the industry learn going into 2016?; the executive producer of Samantha Bee's TBS show, "Full Frontal," on the 'unfiltered' and fearless tone of that late night show

OK Go takes its inventive music videos up a notch by shooting in an aircraft at zero gravity; 31-year-old comedian Quincy Jones, who has stomach cancer, used Kickstarter to finance his own stand-up special; Paco Delgado drew inspiration from singer Annie Lennox to design costumes for "The Danish Girl."

Liz Feldman talks about her series that stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini and walks a fine line between comedy and tragedy.

The novelist and comic book creator co-wrote the novel with Terry Pratchett, but they couldn't get a production going before Pratchett's death in 2015. The current Amazon series fulfills their dream.

The actress stars as a harsh talk show host in the new movie written by Mindy Kaling.

Craig Mazin talks about his HBO miniseries that challenges our knowledge of the 1986 nuclear meltdown in Russia; record labels are in for a windfall, but how much will artists see?; "Godzilla" lives to romp and stomp again.

Her book is the basis for the Hulu series that stars Aidy Bryant as a young woman who defies being defined by her weight; a stringent abortion law in Louisiana could threaten TV and film production there; veteran pop music critic recounts Elton John's 1970 U.S. debut.

Randall Park and Ali Wong had been talking about making a romantic comedy for years and it's finally come to pass; with William Morris/Endeavor going public, the talent agency's finances are under scrutiny.

The former Texas Congressman's run for the U.S. Senate is documented in an HBO documentary that provides insight into his current presidential campaign; a recap of the Cannes Film Festival; "Echo in the Canyon" owes a lot to "California Dreamin'."

John Horn and Los Angeles Times film writer Jen Yamato are your guides to the Summer movie season. Guests include Kumail Nanjiani ("Stuber"), Olivia Wilde (director of "Booksmart") and Emma Thompson ("Late Night"). With the Elton John biopic coming up ("Rocketman"), we'll hear from the pop music critic who covered Elton's 1970 U.S. debut in L.A. And John reports from the trade floor at CinemaCon where vendors pitch the food and drinks they're trying to get into concession stands.

Why Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson made a 12-hour version of the final aria of Mozart's beloved "The Marriage of Figaro"; Harvey Weinstein and his former studio's board members reach a tentative $44 million settlement with the women who've accused him of sexual misconduct; and art writer Jori Finkel on what inspires artists.

The most lucrative season for studios and cineplexes is usually filled with action films and sequels, but scary movies are making big inroads; a new study indicates that LGTBQ representation in movies improved in 2018; the guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela in their element.

The actress went behind the camera for the teen girl comedy, which marks her directing debut; an Amazon TV series and a movie starring Kristen Wiig have canceled plans to shoot in Georgia because of the state's new abortion law; singer, songwriter and guitarist Steve Gunn.

The TV series co-creators, Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly, talk about their offbeat family comedy; can the video app TikTok take over music streaming?; recreating 1969 in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."