Billy Steinberg, who wrote the lyrics to some of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s — including Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” and Heart’s “Alone” — …
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How many best picture nominees do you try to see before the Oscar ceremony? If you’re an academy member, I’d like to assume the answer is “all of them,” especially …
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Full list of winners: 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn a smoothly run show peppered with sharp humor but, for the most part, a dearth of pointed political commentary — save for one unscripted expression of anti-ICE sentiment from …
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Michael Silverblatt dead: ‘Genius’ host of KCRW’s ‘Bookworm’ was 73
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMichael Silverblatt, the longtime host of the KCRW radio show “Bookworm” — known for interviews of authors so in depth that they sometimes left his subjects astounded at his breadth …
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Karen Huger of ‘RHOP’ breaks silence on DUI: ‘I healed myself’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Real Housewives of Potomac” personality Karen Huger says she has turned over a new leaf nearly two years after crashing her Maserati in a drunk-driving accident. The reality TV star, …
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L.A. music history is all around. Here are 26 sites worth visiting
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAs a child, I spent nearly every weekend with my best friend shooting hoops and jumping fences throughout Hollywood. It was always amusing seeing tourists — especially foreigners — line …
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‘Calle Málaga’ review: Carmen Maura shines in defiant, complex portrayal
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTo age is to find one’s appreciation for life’s daily joys sharpen, especially as more inconvenient realities assert themselves. Lifelong Tangier resident Maria Angeles (Carmen Maura), part of the bustling …
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Jelly of the Month Club helped Snoopy’s Legendary Rooftop Concert go viral with their Ozzy tribute
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThundering drums and shredding guitar solos cut through the crowd as pyrotechnics and streamer cannons blast. The energy and production feel like a show at the Hollywood Palladium or the …
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Criticism by Olympic athletes of Trump mirror reaction to 1968 protest
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHistory is once again unfolding at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as Team USA members break records and score dominant triumphs. But as the Games move into their second week, a …
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‘Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia’ review: Sylvia Plath haunting flounders
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPoor Sylvia Plath has found little rest in the afterlife. The New Yorker’s Janet Malcolm had choice words for the army of Plath’s biographers. She likened this species of writer …