Happy 10th birthday, to the “wickedly talented” Adele Dazeem. Love, your alter ego, Idina Menzel. The Tony Award winner, whose name was infamously mangled by John Travolta during the 2014 …
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Thousands of Hollywood crew members and their supporters gathered Sunday in the crisp morning air and muddy fields at Encino’s Woodley Park in a show of support ahead of contract …
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Mark Dodson, a veteran Hollywood voice actor known for his contributions to the “Star Wars” and “Gremlins” movies, has died. He was 64. Dodson’s talent agency, Stellar Appearances, confirmed the …
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‘American Fiction’ and ‘Slow Horses’ win USC Scripter Awards
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe writers of the Oscar-nominated film “American Fiction” and the Apple TV+ series “Slow Horses” earned top honors at the 36th USC Libraries Scripter Awards on Saturday night. Established in …
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Opinion: Will development turn L.A.’s last solidly Black city white?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLiving in Inglewood these days is living in tension about change. Like many other places in and around L.A., its core is being transformed by development that’s become a spectacle, …
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Sydney Sweeney hosts ‘SNL,’ and Glen Powell makes a cameo
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSydney Sweeney’s debut as “Saturday Night Live” guest host was a smooth one. The star of “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” showed in sketch after sketch that she could hold …
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San Francisco Art Institute campus sold to nonprofit, including Diego Rivera mural
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRoughly a year after declaring bankruptcy, the historic San Francisco Art Institute — home to a famed multimillion-dollar mural — has been sold to a new nonprofit led by philanthropist …
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Michelin chef desserts that satisfy more than sweet cravings
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA Spanish chef from London brings her “pinpoint” cooking to Los Angeles for a night. Plus, the buzzy new mercado that’s opened in Orange County, “Foxy” coffee and the scent …
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L.A. design is focus of New York Review of Architecture edition
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn these trying, rainy times, I’ve been eating all the comfort foods, but I have developed special reverence for the oyster and mushroom porridge at Bonjuk on Western. (Also, the …
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Opinion: How did a Moroccan pirate queen become the ‘Spirit of California’?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA Diego Rivera mural titled “The Allegory of California” hides in a private staircase inside the City Club of San Francisco. It depicts a woman often referred to as the …