entertainment and the arts

Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times On a recent afternoon, Josh Griffith and Amanda Beall were huddled in an office at CBS Television City, brainstorming a way for two characters on "The Young and the…

Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service Sunday’s buzzy premiere of “The Last of Us” on HBO inspired some thinking about other video game adaptations, which have often been maligned as unsuccessful, though in…

Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Premiering this week on Disney+, whose corporate parent conveniently acquired the property in its ingestion of Lucasfilm, "Willow" is a series-long sequel to the 1988…

Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times "The Wiz" will ease on down the road back to Broadway in an all-new adaptation set for 2024.But before its return to New York, the Tony Award-winning musical will kick…

Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times With less than two weeks until “The Kardashians” debuts, the family’s hype machine — aka Kris Jenner — is running full steam with promises of all the excitement…

The movie is filled with references to Cage's prodigious filmography, from "The Rock," "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Face/Off" to "Captain Corelli's Mandolin," "Guarding Tess," "Mandy" and "The Wicker Man." There are also references to lots of…

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"In my wildest dreams of what might happen, I would have swapped 'Colombia, Mi Encanto' — the top and bottom of that chart! 'Colombia, Mi Encanto' is such a party tune: 'This could maybe have a little life beyond the movie,'" he thought.…

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