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Rest assured you’ve never seen a musical like “Soft Power” before. The show, a collaboration between Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang (“M. Butterfly”) and Tony-winning composer Jeanine Tesori (“Fun Home”), doesn’t begin with traditional singing and dancing. The opening number is actually...

Leon Vitali landed his big break as an actor when Stanley Kubrick cast him in a key role in his 1975 movie, “Barry Lyndon.” The collaboration would change Vitali’s life, though not in the manner he imagined. The fascinating documentary “Filmmaker” shows how the painstaking lengths Kubrick took...

The nationwide outbreak of illnesses from eating romaine lettuce tainted with E. coli bacteria rose again, with 23 more cases reported in 13 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The 172 reported illnesses, which resulted in one death and 75 hosptializations, have...

The doors of the immaculate Renault Talisman limousine are open, the beseeching fans are waiting, as are the photographers at the photo call and the journalists at the press conference, but Spike Lee is not getting out of the car. Not just yet. A passionate and articulate talker who brings an engaging...

Scare yourself silly Saturday, when the Catalina Island Silent Film Festival screens the 1920 movie "Terror Island," featuring escape artist Harry Houdini. The silent adventure movie, filmed on Santa Catalina, was a starring vehicle for the illusionist, who is also the subject of the Catalina Island...

If you’re a Television Academy member (and with the group’s ranks swelling to 22,000-plus, who isn’t these days?), for the last few weeks you could have had your hair done like the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, watched David Letterman interview Jerry Seinfeld at Netflix’s massive Emmy campaign space or...

In 1969, the Richfield Building – also known as the Richfield Tower – was demolished. The building’s terra cotta angels were saved and put up for sale. This photo by staff photographer John Malmin appeared in the April 10, 1969, Los Angeles Times. In an accompanying story, staff writer Dave Felton...