Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers will miss Hall of Fame induction
Sad news for Bad Company fans. Paul Rodgers, one of the original members of the English rock supergroup, announced Tuesday that he will miss the Rock & Roll Hall of…
Read Kristen Stewart’s ‘angry’ speech on Hollywood since #MeToo
The rooftop space at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was awash in pinks and creams on Tuesday, from the lush floral arrangements to the outfits on Hollywood royalty like…
Yungblud on Ozzy, Aerosmith and bringing sequins back to rock
Four hours or so before he’s due onstage at the Hollywood Palladium, Yungblud is bouncing around one of the venue’s dressing rooms with live-wire intensity to spare. Tonight is the…
Ethan Hawke on ‘The Lowdown,’ making a ‘Black Phone 3’ and more
Ethan Hawke has always been an actor full of surprises. In the course of his prolific career, he’s veered from prestige drama to quirky comedy to full-on horror, embracing each…
The week’s bestselling books, Nov. 9
Hardcover fiction 1. The Black Wolf by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books: $30) The latest mystery in the Armand Gamache series. 2. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press: $28)…
At L.A. Public Library literary salon, Rick Atkinson offers hope
For a historian who writes about war, Rick Atkinson is surprisingly optimistic. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former journalist — who recently released the second volume in a trilogy of…
After a stroke, Stellan Skarsgård finds renewal in ‘Sentimental Value’
Three years ago, Stellan Skarsgård suffered a stroke. It wasn’t catastrophic but it left him with damage to his short-term memory and focus. For a moment, he was certain his…
This L.A. artist is forging her own path in Hollywood — with puppets
Jackie Smook, a puppet maker and creator of the show “Dilly’s World,” cuts the tail fabric made of Arctic polar fleece of a sardine puppet at her home workshop. Tucked…
Latin Grammy voters can now vote for the general Grammys. Will it make a difference?
For the first time in Grammy Award history, Latin Grammy voting members were invited to join the Recording Academy as part of its 2025 new member class. But will it…
Rapper RBX sues Spotify, accuses Drake of benefiting from fraudulent music streams
Rapper RBX has sued Spotify, alleging that the Swedish audio company has failed to stop the artificial inflation of music streams for artists like Drake and is hurting the revenue…