‘Moana’ star Auli’i Cravalho is explaining why she won’t reprise her role in the film’s live-action remake . (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press) Disney’s “Moana” is getting the live-action treatment, and Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the animated film’s title character, says it’s important to her not to reprise the role. Dwayne Johnson, who … Read more
By now, the shot should be familiar: Nicole Kidman sitting in a theater, her face registering, among other things, hope and wonder. Except the masterful sequence I’m contemplating isn’t the one from the ubiquitous AMC Theatres ad that has been worshiped and parodied the last three years, but in Jonathan Glazer’s 2004 film “Birth.” In … Read more
A self-portrait of author Caleb Carr and his cat Masha at his home in Cherry Plain, N.Y. Carr died of cancer on May 23, 2024. (Caleb Carr via AP) Caleb Carr, the novelist and military historian who died of cancer Thursday at age 68, was best known for exploring the darker angels of human nature. … Read more
Inside L.A.’s invite-only mom group that’s better than Google At first, Cathlene Pineda was reluctant to join the Atwater Village Moms’ Facebook group. The jazz pianist and composer doesn’t particularly like Facebook, and she’s wary of online communities. But she acquiesced because, as she put it, “Some other moms were like, ‘You have to be … Read more
Stephen Boss arrives at the Teen Choice Awards at The Forum onAug. 12, 2018, in Inglewood, Calif. (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press) Dancer and beloved “Ellen DeGeneres Show” sidekick Stephen “Twitch” Boss left a note before he died of a gunshot wound to the head Tuesday, The Times has confirmed. Contents of the … Read more
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The “Sister Wives” family gathered in Arizona over the weekend for Garrison Brown’s funeral. (TLC) Garrison Brown’s family gathered in Flagstaff, Ariz., over the weekend for the “Sister Wives” star’s funeral. The son of reality TV stars Janelle Brown and Kody Brown died last week in an apparent suicide at his Arizona home. He was … Read more
“Yellowstone” went to the train station. After five seasons, the hit cowboy drama “Yellowstone” ended on Sunday night – well, probably. Season 5 was supposedly the final season. However, on Wednesday, it was reported that stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser have closed deals to lead a spinoff show about their characters, husband and wife … Read more
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s children are growing up differently than their parents. The “Deadpool” actor — who shares four kids with his wife — said that he aims to give them “as normal a life as possible,” but he also acknowledges their privileged upbringing. “I try not to impose upon them the difference in … Read more
Early experiences were formative for two L.A.-based academics and activists. (Diana Nguyễn / For The Times) Renee Tajima-Peña and Melina Abdullah hadn’t met before they gathered in Crenshaw to have a candid conversation about Asian and Black solidarity for the L.A. Times. Tajima-Peña is an Asian American history professor and the filmmaker behind the Peabody-winning … Read more
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