‘Life of Pi’ at the Ahmanson review: Enchanting and profound
The natural world is aswirl in “Life of Pi,” a marvelously inventive stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s 2002 Booker Prize-winning novel. This pageant of puppetry…
Catch up on ‘Andor’ ahead of its epic three-episode finale
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who is waiting for the weekend to join the rebellion.The highly anticipated final arc of “Andor” arrives…
‘Life of Pi’ opens at the Ahmanson: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
It’s all about the magic of puppets in the play “Life of Pi,” which opened Wednesday at the Ahmanson Theatre — part of the inaugural…
Pavement’s story becomes a biopic, a musical and an art show
Throughout its career in the 1990s, the band Pavement remained poised for a wider commercial success that it never quite found. As leaders of the…
‘Forever’ modernizes a story about first love with a pair of newcomers
The story of how Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr., the stars of Netflix’s “Forever,” first met is like a perfectly scripted meet-cute that was…
Warren Buffett’s successor got his start selling clean energy. Now he defends coal
Warren Buffett has invested tens of billions of dollars in fossil fuels, propping up some of the nation’s dirtiest coal plants as well as major…
The week’s bestselling books, May 11
Hardcover fiction1. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Berkley: $29) Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress.…
L.A.’s Terminal Island buildings listed among America’s 11 most endangered historic places
The only two surviving buildings from Terminal Island’s days as a thriving Japanese American fishing village in the early 1900s have been placed on the…
UCLA, LACO, South Coast Repertory: Trump cuts NEA grants
South Coast Repertory was celebrating the opening night of a play it had commissioned and spent years developing when it received the notification: The $20,000…
Holocaust Memorial Museum strife, Tony Awards and L.A. arts news
President Trump continues to press for control over institutions that shape the arts, culture — and history. Last week the administration removed board members appointed…
Mayor Bass said her office’s budget will be cut. The numbers tell a different story
When Mayor Karen Bass spoke about budget cuts during her State of the City address — before she even mentioned laying off city employees —…
Climate change is cooking Los Angeles. Does Karen Bass care?
Los Angeles is still reeling from its most devastating wildfires ever. In the next few months, temperatures could hit triple digits. Yet Mayor Karen Bass…
The week’s bestselling books, May 4
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 4, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Source link
‘Government Cheese’: David Oyelowo calls out ‘performative’ Hollywood
David and Jessica Oyelowo wear many hats — spouses, parents, actors, producers, directors, writers — and more often than not, they are filling these roles…
Trump, Paramount head into mediation over $20-billion ’60 Minutes’ lawsuit
As CBS-owner Paramount Global enters mediation this week to resolve President Trump’s $20-billion “60 Minutes” lawsuit, one question looms: How much should the company pay…
’60 Minutes’ calls out Paramount Global over executive producer departure
“No one here is happy.”That was the message from “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley at the end of Sunday’s program, in which he paid tribute…
50 years after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam tweaks the story of its victory
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Military officers stoop to inspect slim green cannons along the Saigon River. Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in…
Amanda Knox says Monica Lewinsky is like her ‘big sister’
Amanda Knox has found comfort in “the sisterhood of ill repute.”Speaking at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center at the University of Southern California to a…
The wait for ‘Stranger Things’ continues. But a new doc helps tide fans over
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who still remembers the Upside Down.It’s now been 35 months since Netflix’s megahit horror series “Stranger Things”…
Heartbreaking story behind Chris Eubank Sr’s journey to world champion as he admits ‘my brothers despised me’
CHRIS EUBANK SR has opened up on the heartbreaking reason behind his rise to the very top of boxing.Senior, 58, is vehemently against son Chris…