A longtime friend of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s believes the actor would have died “long ago” without his wife by his side. “She was very protective of him,” Tom Allin told the New York Times in an interview published Saturday. While sharing the love Arakawa had for the “Bird Cage” star, Allin recalled visiting … Read more
Meghan Markle on Saturday shared a never-before-shown photo of her rarely seen 3-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet. The toddler is shown from the back while being cradled by her father, Prince Harry, on a boat. The Duchess of Sussex included the photo on her new Instagram page Saturday along with three others to celebrate International Women’s Day. She … Read more
Member of the original Broadway cast of “Hamilton,” from left: Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos and Lin-Manuel Miranda. (File photo) To the editor: I never thought I’d be annoyed at both Lin-Manuel Miranda and Donald Trump at the same time, but I am (“‘Hamilton’ cancels Kennedy Center run after Trump takeover,” March 5). By … Read more
Summer, I promised myself, was going to be filled with doing things that intimidated me. (Veronica Grech / For The Times ) I broke out in a cold sweat updating my Bumble profile in my new Mid-City apartment. My finger hovered over the “interested in” section, and with a quick exhale I tapped “women” and … Read more
Mary Ellen Matthew’s job is as fun as it looks. For the past 25 years, the 59-year-old photographer has been shooting always iconic, often whimsical portraits of stars to serve as “bumpers” — images that appear on screen before a commercial break — for “Saturday Night Live.” “The bumpers are probably the least appreciated part … Read more
Amy Carlson, who was known to her followers as “Mother God,” is the focus of HBO’s “Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God.” (HBO) In April 2021, police discovered the mummified body of a woman named Amy Carlson wrapped in a sleeping bag and Christmas lights at a house near the tiny town of … Read more
Banks report large cash deposits — typically those of $10,000 or more — to the IRS as a way to combat money laundering. (Associated Press) Dear Liz: My mother passed away a little over a year ago, and my father about 18 months prior to her. I discovered that my parents saved up quite a … Read more
Louis Malle, a pioneer of French New Wave cinema and one of the more versatile of modern directors, died at his Beverly Hills home of complications resulting from lymphoma. He was 63. Malle, who underwent extensive heart surgery in early 1993, was found to have cancer of the lymph nodes and a resulting immune deficiency … Read more
Chase Sui Wonders, front, with Catherine O’Hara, from left, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Ike Barinholtz and Kathryn Hahn of “The Studio.” (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) With an opening allusion to Robert Altman’s 1992 classic “The Player,” Apple TV+’s new comedy “The Studio” tees up an age-old subject — how the Hollywood sausage is … Read more
Kaitlyn Dever, Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey of “The Last of Us” at the 2025 SXSW Film and TV Festival. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Although the video game “The Last of Us Part II” came out in 2020 — seven years after the blockbuster original — there are still enough viewers blissfully unaware … Read more
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