Entertainment

Vanna White’s wheels were spinning when it came to this phrase. After posting a video with her son, Nikko, 30, in December, the internet deemed White’s eldest child a “thirst trap.” A term the “Wheel of Fortune” co-host, 67, wasn’t accustomed to. “I recently posted a video of me and my son, Nikko, cooking and … Read more

A Walmart store sign is visible from Route 28 on Nov. 18, 2020, in Derry, N.H. (Charles Krupa / Associated Press) A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George … Read more

Lee Byung-hun in “Squid Game” Season 2. (No Ju-han / Netflix) Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who thought “Squid Game’s” second season deserved as much attention as its first. Well, maybe not as much — epoch-defining blockbusters don’t come around all that often. But as audience editor David Viramontes writes in Screen … Read more

Morgan Wallen next week will release his newest single, “I’m the Problem,” then launch the I’m the Problem Tour in June. (Mark Humphrey / Invision / Associated Press) Morgan Wallen seems to be taking life one tour at a time: He just announced his new I’m the Problem Tour ahead of the release of his … Read more

Lunar New Year brings culinary traditions such as eating dumplings for wealth, fish for prosperity and oranges for good luck. (Fangyu Ma / For the Times)

Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens says he participated in the film “for people to see who I really am.” Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images PARK CITY, Utah — Better known for his broad smile and silly voices, Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens becomes rawly emotional in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” which premiered Thursday night at … Read more

(Los Angeles Times photo illustration; photo via Getty Images) My first news of the Palisades fire came from a message in my neighborhood WhatsApp group. I learned from my neighbors in Del Rey that a blaze had broken out in the hills — above the neighborhood I grew up in, where my parents still live … Read more

Meta activated an urgent status to fix the problem of its AI chatbots saying Joe Biden is still the president this week, according to a report. On Thursday, Meta’s artificial intelligence bots across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were still telling inquisitive users that the US president is Joe Biden – despite Donald Trump’s inauguration on … Read more

Target on Friday announced it was slashing its DEI policies – a major reversal for a previously outspoken LGBTQ and minority advocate amid growing attacks on the so-called “woke” policies. The Minneapolis, Minn.-based retailer said it will end its three-year diversity, equity and inclusion goals and stop its reports to the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate … Read more

Kristen Wiig, left, and Annie Mumolo in the movie “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.” (Cate Cameron / Lionsgate) Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As you are reading this, I am with a team of LAT colleagues in … Read more