Author: Entertainment & Arts

Delaware Chancery Judge delivers a serious blow to Vince McMahon and other WWE officials in shareholder lawsuit, saying they destroyed evidence

The Broadway hit delivers all the bangers in telling the R&B star’s New York coming of age story in L.A. premiere.

I urge Pratt to reacquaint himself with the words of the messiah in whose path he professes to follow. Humility, frugality, turning the other cheek — it’s what Jesus taught and what Pratt has long rejected.

Six Flags has had enough of YouTuber Allen Ferrell. The amusement park chain just perma-banned Ferrell after he attempted to eat 10 chicken nuggets on a roller coaster.

A new movie about the Allies’ secret preparations for D-Day casts Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser as military men caught up in a showdown over timing.

Olivia Rodrigo’s babydoll dress has caused a ruckus online with naysayers saying it sexualizes child-like imagery, but the pop star refuses to change her style because of rhetoric she says is weird and problematic.

Several acts slated to play the Great American State Fair declared they were dropping out of the event after discovering it was part of a Trump White House initiative.

The final ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 trailer teases the brutal Battle of the Gullett and Rhaenyra Targaryen taking back King’s Landing.

Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott are fire and ice in this depiction of the run-up to D-day, a secret operation that required total commitment — and no rain.

‘I don’t think I’ll ever be a conventional filmmaker,’ says William D. Caballero, whose debut, ‘TheyDream,’ will close the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival on May 31.

A federal judge has ruled that President Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations.

Also this week: Year 5 of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” begins, UCLA’s Festival of Preservation kicks off its 22nd edition and “Baby, It’s You” in 4K.

After being fired on Thursday, former “60 Minutes” correspondent Cecilia Vega reveals she had been facing political pressure and censorship at work.

A lawsuit filed this month alleges Trump’s order to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue has caused an ‘aesthetic injury.’

To celebrate the 100th birthday of Marilyn Monroe, five unpublished photos of the starlet from 1949 are being auctioned off.

At 20, Violet Grohl steps beyond her father Dave’s rock legacy with debut album “Be Sweet to Me,” a haunted, alt-rock debut steeped in ’80s and ’90s experimental grit.

The former late-night host’s new CNN series takes him on a road trip across the country, where he encounters only-in-America monster trucks, lowriders and haggis tacos.

Gracie Abrams is hitting arenas worldwide with her 64-date Look at My Life tour, including four homecoming nights in December at Inglewood’s Kia Forum.

ABC has submitted the eight license renewal applications for its TV stations that was ordered two years early by the Federal Communications Commission.

Bateman does double duty in Netflix’s ‘Black Rabbit’ and HBO’s ‘DTF St. Louis.’ Does it make him twice as likely to nab his second Emmy?

In this week’s episode, we kick off Emmy season with Carrie Preston, who plays an offbeat investigator in Robert and Michelle King’s ‘Columbo’-inspired comedy ‘Elsbeth.’

In two seasons as a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy, Padilla has distinguished herself by choosing not to be the loudest voice in the room.

To follow up the acclaimed ‘Mare of Easttown,’ Ingelsby writes for The Envelope, he looked to two men of the cloth with divergent views of faith and doubt.

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 31, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

A Book Soup staffer examines a major shift on the bestseller shelves: why some publishers are ditching 6-by-9 hardcovers for smaller, compact trim sizes.

Yes, I have a book to write. But I’m walking an 80-plus-mile walk to all the Erewhons in L.A. to question privilege, including my own, and search for levity.

If you want big popcorn fare from the best directors in the blockbuster game (Spielberg, Nolan, Ridley Scott), it’s here, along with a number of promising indie swings.

If a vacation or road trip isn’t in the cards this summer, you can still be transported to far-away places and alternate universes, like in ‘Spider-Noir,’ ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and ‘Lanterns.’

Whether you’re seeking a sun-soaked Italian adventure or a spicy sports romance, these 6 must-read summer romance page-turners offer sweet escape.

Satire, scandal and sun-drenched secrets: Our critics select the best new fiction and nonfiction to fill your summer stack.

Featuring new work from masters like Silvia Moreno-Garcia and SoCal’s Gary Phillips, our Summer 2026 books preview highlights this season’s most anticipated crime fiction and suspense novels.

Whether your summer jam is bingeing new content, heading out to catch the latest blockbuster in the cool AC of the local cinema or plopping down beside a pool with a page-turner, we’ve got you covered.

In spite of everything, here are 18 small to midsize music venues that have opened in recent years in Southern California.

Our list of the 101 best Los Angeles movies is as sprawling as the city, and includes “Chinatown,” “Clueless,” “Blade Runner,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Heat,” “Pulp Fiction,” “The Big Lebowski” and “La La Land.”

The most artistically vibrant theaters in Los Angeles and beyond are a proving ground for actors, where even stars such as Tom Hanks and Annette Bening turn up on stage.