John Mulaney is returning to late-night television after the success of his oddball, one-week-only show “Everybody’s in L.A.” which debuted on Netflix last year. Although he was clear that the …
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A faraway look entered Lady Gaga’s eyes near the end of a conversation I had with her in Santa Monica late last year. I’d asked the pop superstar, whose Las …
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New LACMA building adds outdoor artworks to join ‘Urban Light’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThree artists have been commissioned to create the first wave of installations for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries, scheduled to open in April next …
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‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 4 recap: Answers are calling
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“The White Lotus,” Mike White’s black comedy anthology series, is back on HBO for a third season. Times staffers love an escape, but since we can’t take a trip to …
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‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ stumbles at the box office
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesDirector Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi thriller “Mickey 17” had a slow start in theaters this weekend, amid a sluggish last few weeks for the domestic box office. The Warner Bros. …
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How ‘The Last of Us’ cast rates on avoiding Season 2 spoilers
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAUSTIN, Texas — Although the video game “The Last of Us Part II” came out in 2020 — seven years after the blockbuster original — there are still enough viewers blissfully unaware …
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A Ukrainian theater’s show goes on with an all-female cast
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCHERNIHIV, Ukraine — The 43-year-old Ukrainian actor took to the stage wearing a black leather jacket and with a mustache painted on her face. Ruslana Ostapko was performing in multiple traditionally male …
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Would you like your martini shaken, stirred … or thrown?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesI had never heard of a thrown martini until last July, when Brian Prugalidad suggested it as an alternative to the dry martini I was asking him to make in …
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‘Oh My God … Yes!’ review: Adult Swim lands in future South L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSet in South L.A. somewhere in the not too near future, “Oh My God … Yes!” — subtitled not without reason “A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances” — is the …
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Omar El Akkad didn’t think his memoir would ever be published
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCalling all bookworms! Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Meg. I write “shut up and read,” a book newsletter. I’m also on BookTok. This week, we speak …