President Trump threatened to block funding for Smithsonian exhibitions that discuss racism and ordered the restoration of monuments taken down because of their celebration of racist figures.
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This intimate spectacle was a hit in Asia for years, before the isolation of the pandemic and the existential threat of AI. The Times spoke with the cast and creative team about the musical’s unabashed originality and ambiguous ending.
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Matt Owens, the co-showrunner of Netflix’s live-action ‘One Piece’ series, is stepping away from the show to focus on his mental health. Season 2 of the show wrapped filming in February.
Like many in America, Todd Martens grew up with parents who devoted the bulk of their vacation time to Disney’s theme parks. He now understands them as places to make sense of the world rather than to escape it.
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Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody knows he ‘made the longest Oscars speech in history.’ He celebrated the unexpected milestone on Tuesday with even more words.
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Sean Baker got his fairy-tale ending, investing his speeches with meaningful shout-outs on an Oscar night that celebrated unseen laborers as well as glamour.
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The music mogul’s sexual mistreatment of women dating back decades was aided and abetted by a complex and vast network of enablers, according to a Times review of court filings and interviews with current and former business associates.
Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe or scripted series with countless spinoffs, reality TV has become more reliant on proven franchises as the industry becomes more risk-averse.
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Seamus Blackley is best known for creating the Xbox game console. Now he wants to build a chocolate factory. One problem: Cacao trees don’t naturally grow in Los Angeles.
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Up-and-coming comedians of all stripes will perform and participate in panels at nonprofit Crow comedy club March 31 through April 5.
The comedians’ new joint venture, Thousand Percent, produces video and audio content and just shot a ridiculously funny commercial for Einstein Bros. Bagels.
Cindyana Santangelo, a philanthropist, actor and music video star whose credits include ‘CSI: Miami’ and ‘Married... With Children’ was found dead in Malibu.
Naming Los Angeles’ BIG3 team the Riot might be controversial, but league founder Ice Cube says the moniker ‘represents the resilience, passion, and unbreakable spirit of’ the city.
The Puerto Rican indie duo returns five years after releasing its outstanding debut, ‘Regresa.’
Chappell Roan delivers with ‘The Giver,’ a campy ‘lesbian country’ earworm. Here are some other queer country tracks to explore.
Palestinian ‘No Other Land’ filmmaker Hamdan Ballal is free, less than a day after Israeli military and police forces detained him following a brutal attack by settlers.
Amy Pascal and David Heyman will take the helm just as longtime Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have given over creative control to Amazon MGM Studios.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers named attorney Greg Hessinger as its new president. The role was previously filled by Carol Lombardini, who announced her retirement last year.
The firm backed by Steve Aoki and Imagine Dragons hopes to rebuild Napster into ‘a social music platform.’
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