All the predictions, drama and pageantry of Hollywood’s biggest night will play out at the Dolby Theatre this afternoon as the 98th Academy Awards get underway. How many awards will …
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Harry Styles returned to charm at ‘SNL,’ and he’s not ‘queerbaiting’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHarry Styles is no stranger to “Saturday Night Live,” having performed multiple times with his former boy band One Direction and more recently as a solo artist. But this isn’t …
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One group is helping musicians who lost their gear in the L.A. fires
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhen I think of the solidarity of musicians, I recall an iconic scene from the film “Titanic.” It’s the one where a quartet plays “Nearer, My God, to Thee” as …
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Maturing but still messy, Joe Swanberg is back at SXSW a veteran
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAUSTIN, Texas — “The Sun Never Sets” is filmmaker Joe Swanberg’s 10th indie to premiere at SXSW but his first to play the event since 2017. The astonishing pace with which he …
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Juergen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBERLIN — Juergen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He …
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Writers Guild brace for tough negotiations with major studios
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIt has been nearly three years since Hollywood writers went on a historic strike that lasted 148 days and ushered in an extraordinary period of labor unrest that virtually shut …
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Catherine Zeta-Jones arrives on the red carpet at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) The red carpet at the Oscars is the epitome of …
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SXSW 2026: On aliens and UFOs, Spielberg says, ‘We are not alone’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAUSTIN, Texas — One of the most anticipated events at this year’s SXSW Film & TV Festival wasn’t a movie at all, but a speaking appearance by director Steven Spielberg. The talk, …
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How to treat your Oscars hangover, plus the best movies in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As we head into the weekend of the Oscars, I …
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Irish comic David Nihill used storytelling to overcome stage fright
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIf David Nihill was a philosopher, his credo might be “I digress, therefore I am.” Instead, Nihill is a comedian. Kind of. “I don’t know if I think of myself …