Poll shows rising concern about healthcare in California
Californians are overwhelmingly concerned about the costs of healthcare, and most want better access to mental health services, according to a poll released last month. The survey, commissioned by the…
Oscar Isaac would return to ‘Star Wars’ under one condition
Don’t expect to see Oscar Isaac reprise his role as hot-shot pilot Poe Dameron in the “Star Wars” franchise any time soon. The “Frankenstein” star admitted in a GQ interview…
A historic Midcentury Modern home by Raphael Soriano is reborn
Every so often, Linda Brettler walks down the long walkway to her Raphael Soriano-designed home, turns the corner to the front door, and thinks, “I can’t believe I get to…
Elizabeth Berkley: ‘Locked out’ of acting after ‘Showgirls’
Elizabeth Berkley has been on tour with “Showgirls” to commemorate its 30th anniversary — but 30 years ago there was nothing to celebrate. As the former “Saved by the Bell”…
Republicans take a victory lap as House gathers to end shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Trump and Republican lawmakers took a victory lap on Tuesday after securing bipartisan support to reopen the government, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history without ceding…
David Szalay’s ‘risky’ novel ‘Flesh’ wins 2025 Booker Prize
Nearly a decade after his 2016 novel, “All That Man Is,” was passed over for the Booker Prize, David Szalay has taken home gold with his latest work, “Flesh.” “Flesh,”…
Why did Grizzly Bear reunite after eight years? ‘We needed to see who else we were’
Twenty years ago, Grizzly Bear emerged as unlikely torchbearers of the early-aughts indie rock boom, a moment when the genre still felt like a testing ground for young adulthood. Ed…
Man alleges Melodee Buzzard’s mom held him captive
The mother of a missing Southern California girl — who authorities say has refused to answer questions about her daughter’s whereabouts — has now been accused of holding a man…
Zubin Mehta, at 89, still commands mammoth Bruckner
Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s conductor emeritus and (without exaggeration) a living L.A. icon, returned last weekend to conduct Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony with his old band. The score requires…
Oscar-nominated actress dead at 84
Sally Kirkland, a one-time model who became a regular on stage, film and TV, best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting” and…