‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ review: White in brooding ‘Bear’ mode
Writer-director Scott Cooper doesn’t want to make a music biopic. At least not the kind of music biopic you expect. Instead, in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” he offers a…
PBS SoCal to host star-studded 'We Love Public Television' telethon
PBS SoCal announced a huge telethon featuring a variety of actors, hosts and musicians to celebrate 55 years of public television. Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Burns, Ziggy Marley,…
Trump tears down White House wing to build a ballroom
“For more than 150 years, every President has dreamt about having a Ballroom at the White House,” wrote no one ever until Donald J. Trump posted the proclamation on his…
Killer clown Pennywise goes missing
Have you seen Pennywise the Clown? Last Monday, it was installed on the roof of a West Hollywood bus stop at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Hancock Avenue.…
NFL not considering dropping Bad Bunny as Super Bowl halftime show
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming a decision to put the…
Danny Elfman still hasn’t woken up from his ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’
For the composer/star of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert,” the annual Santa-centric holiday proved a bit scary as a kid growing up in Los Angeles. “Halloween was…
Cameron Crowe on his new memoir and the stories he regrets
Twenty-five years after “Almost Famous” put his origin story on movie screens, Cameron Crowe is thinking again about his roots as a teenage music journalist. The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s new memoir,…
54 Ultra is bringing his time-traveling Latin soul to Los Angeles
If you watched 54 Ultra’s music video for “Upside Down” and came away thinking it was a relic from 1980s music programs like “Solid Gold” or “Night Tracks” — you’d…
Alec Baldwin lawsuit claiming wrongful prosecution heads to federal court
Four years after the “Rust” movie shooting, New Mexico officials have moved Alec Baldwin’s lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution to federal court. This week’s filing is the latest twist in the…
‘Hedda’ review: Tessa Thompson gets marvelously wild and wicked
“What a horrible story! What a hideous play!” a theater critic for the Daily Telegraph lamented after the London premiere of “Hedda Gabler” in 1891. Victorian audiences were repelled by…