Entertainment

She couldn’t afford a bigger house in L.A. So she built a stylish ADU for $230,000 When Kille Knobel and her then-husband bought a Midcentury ranch house in Glendale for their family of five, the thought of updating the home, which was in a good school district but had been flipped on the cheap by … Read more

After a century, concrete plant that helped build L.A. makes way for a deluxe tower If the new apartment tower had been planned for another plot of land, chances are good the concrete plant in the middle of the city would have helped build it. But, as it happens, the century-old facility on La Brea … Read more

Dorinda Medley shut down rumors of a feud with fellow “Real Housewives” star Margaret Josephs after they canceled a live show earlier this month. “We didn’t cancel that. Everyone thinks that Margaret and I canceled it,” the “Real Housewives of New York City” alum told Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” this week at a Christmas-themed Raising … Read more

Derrick B. Harden in the movie “The Black Sea.” (Metrograph Pictures) I’ve never been to Bulgaria and mostly know it as a picturesque Balkan country, affordable as a location for action films, and the birthplace of tennis star Grigor Dimitrov and Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova. But a movie that’s put me in mind of wanting … Read more

Edward Norton, left, and Timothée Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown.” (Macall Polay / Searchlight Pictures) As this newsletter is leading with the new Bob Dylan movie, “A Complete Unknown,” and as we’re about a week away from the winter solstice, how could I resist throwing in an email subject line from one of his greatest … Read more

Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland last month touted the Justice Department’s settlement with TD Bank over money-laundering charges. But did he do enough? (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press) By any measure, the lawbreaking by the U.S. subsidiary of Canada’s Toronto-Dominion Bank was spectacular. The bank, which goes by the name TD Bank in the U.S., … Read more

A CVS pharmacy in Ramona, Calif. Pharmacy benefit managers owned by CVS and other chains are drawing growing scrutiny from state lawmakers. (Julie Gallant) California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others in regulating the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, whom many policymakers … Read more

After 25 years, I wanted to quit drinking and couldn’t. Here’s how I finally got sober “Want a glass of wine?” my friend yelled at me down the hall, yanking a cork out of a wine bottle. My writers group had rented a lake house in Vermont this past June on an island in the … Read more

(Patrick Hruby / Los Angeles Times) Last fall I met a guy. He had a thick mustache and was, by my estimate, at least 10 years my junior. We happened to sit next to each other at a dinner event at my social club. I’d recently watched “Wild Wild Country,” a documentary series on a … Read more

The underwhelming response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s latest business venture has the potential to jeopardize their $100 million deal with Netflix, according to a top brand expert. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s “Polo” docuseries, released on the streaming platform earlier this week, has been hit with a slew of negative reviews from … Read more