Entertainment

A demonstrator holds a sign during a rally to protest the policies of President Trump and Elon Musk in Los Angeles last month. (Etienne Laurent / Associated Press) To the editor: President Trump has taken a slash-and-burn approach to the federal workforce because he wants to create a spectacle of activity (“They voted for Trump, … Read more

Alejandro Diaz smashes a window in a small home he built as L.A. city employees work to remove the encampment in Highland Park on Feb. 24. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: The description of the destruction of Alejandro Diaz’s beautiful hand-built home along the Arroyo Seco channel in Highland … Read more

Howard Jarvis, right, and Paul Gann celebrate as their co-authored initiative Proposition 13 heads toward passage by voters in 1978. (Associated Press) To the editor: With all due respect to urban planner William Fulton, does he honestly think it would be easier to convince the voters to take on $100 billion in additional bond debt … Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump meet in the Oval Office on Friday. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images) Donald Trump didn’t invent the American tradition of ditching our friends like a bad prom date (ask the Kurds, Afghan interpreters or anyone who sat through “Rambo: First Blood Part II”). But since returning … Read more

How to make real L.A. friends, according to Angelenos who swear it’s possible Los Angeles is one of the best-known cities in the world, famous for celebrity sightings, gorgeous beaches and warm winters. As any Angeleno knows (native or transplant), these perks come with a cost: a notoriously cutthroat, difficult-to-navigate social scene. Therefore, we asked … Read more

Demi Moore’s one-word reaction to losing out on the Best Actress Oscar has been revealed by an expert lip reader. “The Substance” star lost out on the coveted award to Mikey Madison, 25, who won for her role in “Anora” at Sunday night’s star-studded ceremony. Moore, 62, looked visibly disappointed and gritted her teeth as Madison’s … Read more

All I want is a show in which a handsome Old World native, inexplicably cursed with immortality and a New York address, solves murders while contemplating the nature of life without things spiraling out of control almost immediately. Am I asking for the stars? Apparently, yes. Six years after Fox gave us Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as … Read more

Selena Gomez and her “Emlilia Perez” co-star, Karla Sofía Gascón, were forced to come face-to-face at the 2025 Oscars — months after Gascón’s scathing remarks about Gomez. The duo rubbed shoulders with the Hollywood elite on Sunday night, where Gascón was nominated for Best Actress but ultimately lost out to “Anora” star Mikey Madison. The … Read more

Conan O’Brien hosted the 97th Academy Awards, a nearly four-hour-long ceremony where even he got to do a number. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Another year, another Oscars, 97th in a series, presented live from the Dolby Theatre, on the former site of the Hollywood Hotel, structurally indistinguishable from Oscars that were — … Read more

“We all know that it’s an important time to recognize that there’s no place for intolerance,” Adrien Brody said in a backstage interview after winning the lead actor Oscar for “The Brutalist.” (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Adrien Brody flashed his status as a two-time Oscar winner to ward off the orchestral music … Read more