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LOS ANGELES " Bruce Johnston, a six-decade member of the Beach Boys' live band, announced he will step away from the group. The 82-year-old Johnston told Rolling Stone that "It's time for pa…
'HOPPERS' Rated PG for action/peril, some scary images and mild language. What it's about: An animated action-comedy about an eco-activist who goes undercover as a beaver to save her favorit…
With her audacious sophomore feature "The Bride!" writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal offers a topical-ish take on "Bride of Frankenstein": what if "the Joker" was "brat"? (To borrow Charli XC…
On March 15, Jessie Buckley almost surely will be presented with the Academy Award for best actress for her terrific performance in last year's "Hamnet." She's already getting a jump on the …
Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" hits theaters this weekend, another take on the Frankenstein story that's more about other Frankenstein movies than the original text itself. "Bride of Frank…
LOS ANGELES " Bruce Campbell, "The Evil Dead" actor who is a staple at fan conventions, says he will be taking his foot off the gas for a while as he gets treatment for an unspecified cancer…
"You are a work in progress," Sherlock Holmes is told late in "Young Sherlock," Prime Video's new origin series about the world's greatest detective. And it's true: He's young, irreverent, s…
LOS ANGELES " Bob Power, a musician and engineer who worked closely with some of the top hip-hop and R&B acts of the 1990s and 2000s " including De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, D'Angel…
LOS ANGELES " Oliver "Power" Grant's cause of death has been revealed. The Wu-Tang Clan executive producer died "following a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer" accordi…
LOS ANGELES " In the summer of 1991, Nirvana filmed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a Culver City sound stage. Kurt Cobain strummed the grunge anthem's iconic four-chord ope…
Paramount Chairman David Ellison laid out his vision for taking over Warner Bros. Discovery, including combining the two streaming services " HBO Max and Paramount+, which together boast mor…
Before his homeland of Cuba accused him of being a terrorist hellbent on toppling the island's government, Pavel Alling Peña was a writer. For years, the 45-year-old man shared the poems …
PHILADELPHIA " On the night of Feb. 4, at about 9:30, Christine Nangle received a text. It was from her boss, Matt Selman, executive producer of "The Simpsons." He had an idea. A mutual frie…
'HOW TO MAKE A KILLING' Rated R for language and some violence/bloody images. What it's about: A disgraced heir to a large family fortune decides to eliminate the competition in line for the…
For a long time, the image of "Elvis in Vegas" has been a joke: the white jumpsuits, the sunglasses, the sideburns. It's meant more "Halloween costume" than "rock god" recently, but Baz Luhr…
PHILADELPHIA " Jilly from Philly is on the Tiny Desk. On Friday, Jill Scott released "To Whom This May Concern," the North Philly singer and songwriter's first album in 11 years. The 19-trac…
When the contents of the bathtub first come into focus at the start of the premiere episode of "56 Days," you're not exactly sure what you're seeing. It's viscous, with a rainbow sheen not u…
Bed rest can go pound sand: Ray J gave his all on stage on Friday night, it seems, with fan videos showing his eyes appearing to bleed as he worked the crowd. The singer also doffed the top …
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…
Going into the new cops-and-crooks thriller "Crime 101," you may be expecting a drama about a mentor offering a protege an introductory college-level course of sorts from one side of the law…
LOS ANGELES " The sports and entertainment executive Casey Wasserman is facing calls to step down from his namesake music agency after his sexually charged emails surfaced in the Epstein fil…
LOS ANGELES " Twisted Sister has canceled all of its 50th anniversary performances following the departure of lead singer Dee Snider because of "a series of health challenges." In a statemen…
Following major expansions to Spotify's podcast branch, the audio streamer is turning its attention to its audiobooks. The Sweden-based audio platform said it is focused on bolstering online…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 31, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…
LOS ANGELES " Finneas O'Connell took to social media to defend Billie Eilish and her Grammys acceptance speech from a specific demographic that was angered by her remarks. "Seeing a lot of v…
Perhaps every filmmaker feels like they have to make their version of "Dracula" at some point " and it certainly helps that Bram Stoker's 1897 novel has been in the public domain for decades…
'PILLION' No MPA rating What it's about: A young man finds himself in the thrall of a mysterious biker as they enter into a dominant/submissive relationship. The kid attractor factor: This i…
For "Full House" star Dave Coulier, his cancer journey has "been a roller-coaster ride, for sure." Now that ride has seemingly come to an end. Coulier announced Wednesday, to commemorate Wor…
After nearly 50 years, "The Muppet Show" returns, "back [says Kermit, your amphibian compere] on the very stage where it all started and then ended and then is maybe starting again depending…
Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd is the moment. Not only does he co-star in the Charli XCX vehicle "The Moment," a music industry mockumentary that just premiered at Sundance and is in theaters now, b…
LOS ANGELES " Sherri Shepherd's daytime talk series "Sherri" is coming to an end, four years after the program was tapped to replace "The Wendy Williams Show." Syndication company Debmar-Mer…
History was made in more than one way at Sunday night's 68th Grammy Awards. Bad Bunny's "Debà Tirar Más Fotos" won album of the year " the first Spanish-language LP to take the Recordi…
In case one has forgotten, the whole point of walking a red carpet is to show off what you're wearing ... and sometimes what you're not. Which brings us to Chappell Roan at Sunday's Grammy A…
MINNEAPOLIS " After photos and video of federal agents violently detaining him in Minneapolis went viral, Twin Cities rapper Matt "Nur-D" Allen has retained the law firm that represented the…
The 2026 Sundance Film Festival announced its awards winners Friday, with Beth de Araújo's searing drama "Josephine" and Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman's environmental-themed docum…
In theaters this week and starring enduring and appealing English action star Jason Statham, "Shelter" proves to be a competent slice of action-driven drama, but it's pretty far from dynamic…
Last year, Spotify paid out more than $11 billion to the music industry, bringing the company's total payouts since launch to nearly $70 billion. The milestone year reflected the "largest an…
LOS ANGELES " A year after Beyoncé finally took home a long-overdue award for album of the year, music's royalty will gather Sunday night to find out what fresh justice or outrage might be …
This story contains spoilers for " A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," Episode 2, "Hard Salt Beef." ____ Could things be looking up for Ser Duncan the Tall? The second episode of "A Knight of t…
LOS ANGELES " To be or not to be, that is the question for a solo version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Eddie Izzard, the wry, gender-fluid British comedian who came to attention with a stream …
LOS ANGELES " Don't stop me if you've heard this one before, since I'm admittedly something of a broken record on the subject, but I very much prefer Marvel's television series, which tend t…
LOS ANGELES " By the power of... gray cubicle walls? Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Studios unveiled the first teaser trailer for "Masters of the Universe" on Thursday, which shows Eternia's …
LOS ANGELES " This was a year of big swings and I'm not just talking about Timothée Chalamet's ping-pong serve. The Academy Awards feel like they're in motion, too " a body less affixed to …
Watching "Return to Silent Hill," the film adaptation of the acclaimed psychological survival horror game Silent Hill 2, is like watching the latter through a broken mirror. All the original…
Can it really be the festival's final year in Park City, Utah? Braced as we are for nostalgia at every world premiere in the Eccles or every late night spent at the Library with a cup of chi…
MINNEAPOLIS " When his weekly song circle group performed at the Renee Good shooting site Jan. 13 in Minneapolis, Timothy Frantzich got a new lesson on the old folk tunes he had been playing…
LOS ANGELES " Hello! I'm Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. This week The Times published its rankings of the 101 best Los Ang…
It's the hottest TV show that isn't about the steamy romance between hockey rivals."The Pitt" returned earlier this month for its second season with a fresh gust of awards wind to propel its…
LOS ANGELES " Dave Grohl had a solution in mind for anyone who didn't know the words to the song he and the other Foo Fighters were about to play Wednesday night at Inglewood's Kia Forum. "L…
PITTSBURGH " Going from playing in a band like Was (Not Was) to working with Bonnie Raitt and then playing with the Grateful Dead is quite the stretch, but it makes perfect sense for a music…
