L.A. venue Cosm turns ‘The Matrix’ into an immersive experience
When you watch “The Matrix” at Cosm, you’re essentially seeing a film within a film. A shot inside an apartment becomes a glimpse into an…
For ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Squid Game,’ Netflix fans converge at Tudum event
Vanessa Agabo-Davalos has spent hours watching the dystopian drama “Squid Game” on Netflix. But nothing could prepare the 21-year-old college student for seeing one of…
Nicolle Wallace launches ‘The Best People’ podcast for MSNBC as spinoff looms
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace has delivered some sharp criticism of President Trump since she became a host on the progressive-leaning cable news network in 2017.So it’s…
Ricky Gervais can offend you to death. He knows you’ll still laugh
Ricky Gervais is living his best life right now. Even when he’s busy talking about death. On Saturday his new tour, Mortality, arrives at the…
Esai Morales is the bad guy in ‘Mission Impossible.’ He’s embracing it
Esai Morales is on a death-defying mission to make Tom Cruise’s life impossible, yet again, in the latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” action film…
Cannes 2025: Ari Aster, Harris Dickinson embrace bleakness
CANNES, France — In Cannes, the weather changes so fast that you can enter a theater in sandals and exit in desperate need of rain boots and…
Takeaways from the 2025 upfronts: Football, movie stars and a streaming future
The TV industry and buyers of commercial time were able to breathe a little easier going to their annual week of presentations known as the…
The 34 coolest, kitschiest, most fascinating motels in California
The Madonna Inn, Skyview in Los Alamos, San Francisco's Hotel Del Sol, Trixie Motel in Palm Springs. This state has no shortage of great motels,…
AMC is introducing huge Wednesday ticket discounts. Will it increase attendance?
As the box office improves, will a steep discount on tickets bring more people to the multiplex this summer?That’s what AMC Theatres is betting. The…
Walton Goggins hosts ‘SNL’ for the first time, brings his oddball energy
The worst thing “Saturday Night Live” could have done on an episode featuring rising character actor Walton Goggins, who was hosting for the first time,…
Genevieve O’Reilly on Mon Mothma’s pivotal ‘Andor’ speech
This story contains spoilers for “Andor” Season 2, Episode 9.Senator Mon Mothma is finally, openly, part of the rebellion.In the ninth episode of “Andor” Season…
48 hours to create a 10-minute show: Inside the Immersive Invitational
Throughout the evening on Sunday, I was placed in a foreign jail, joined a folk-rock band for a sing-along uprising that involved a killer bear…
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas takes a bow from the public stage
San Francisco — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had declared it Michael Tilson Thomas Day. City Hall glowed MTT’s trademark blue. Davies Symphony Hall, where Tilson Thomas…
It ‘keeps Walt alive’: Imagineers defend new Walt Disney robot
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” That’s one of Walt Disney’s most popular quotes, often used in the context of the theme park…
At packed town hall, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff warns of a ‘constitutional crisis’
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Trump administration’s controversial deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has sent the United States hurtling into a constitutional crisis, U.S. Sen. Adam…
‘Sinners’: Ryan Coogler reacts to box-office success in letter
As Ryan Coogler basks in the critical and commercial triumphs of his latest film, “Sinners,” he turns a mirror back on the people who helped…
‘Sinners’ receives a heavenly reception during Easter weekend
Moviegoes embraced “sin” over the Easter weekend.“Sinners,” the highly anticipated period drama delivering a mashup of horror, music and vampires, scored a solid opening, topping…
AC/DC bring high voltage rock ‘n’ roll hits to the masses at the Rose Bowl
Precious few bands can fill a stadium 52 years into their career — let alone play to an audience heavily populated by parents and their…
Why TV series ‘The Chosen’ is screening in movie theaters
This Easter weekend, theaters from Torrance to Temecula will be showing films like “A Minecraft Movie” and Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller “Sinners.” Alongside those movies,…
Geffen Playhouse’s 2025-26 season has Athol Fugard and Pearl Cleage plays
So far, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s inaugural season at the helm of the Geffen Playhouse has spanned a muscular revival of “The Brothers Size,” a co-production…