Book Review Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of Hollywood By David M. LubinGrand Central Publishing: 336 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. For a long time, President Trumpβs lists of favorite…
The Avengers will soon be assembling for a much younger demographic. Disney Jr. plans to expand its collaboration with Marvel, announcing a new series launching in 2027 titled βMarvelβs Avengers: Mightiest Friends.β Itβs a partnership that began in 2021 when Disney Jr. premiered βSpidey and His Amazing Friends,β the first full-length Marvel preschool series, and…
The last time a penguin was this serious of an awards contender, it was tap dancing with happy feet. Now, HBOβs βThe Penguin,β fleshing out the origin story of the waddling, tuxedo-clad βgentleman mobsterβ after more than 80 years as one of the Caped Crusaderβs best-known adversaries, has earned a staggering 24 Emmy nominations. For…
Bailey Zimmerman bounds into a conference room at his managerβs office in Beverly Hills with the puppyish enthusiasm of someone even younger than he is. At 25, Zimmerman has already scored four No. 1 country-radio hits β including βRock and a Hard Placeβ and the namesake track from his double-platinum 2023 debut, βReligiously. The Albumβ…
In a one-room studio tucked down an alley in Burbank, four dancers spin in unison around an orange-walled room. Two on foot and two in wheelchairs. Itβs late and itβs hot β the AC is busted. But their unrelenting positivity and persistence are in full force as they prepare for a music video shoot. Theyβre…
Once upon a time, movie houses were full of all sorts of pictures β big pictures, little pictures, A pictures, B pictures, smart pictures, silly pictures. Nowadays, with the film business contracting around blockbusters, the little pictures, the B pictures and the silly pictures have deserted the theaters for television which, in its streaming multiplicity,…
Last year, the British dance musician known as Fred Again.. put out a feeler to the Nashville-based alt-rock band Rainbow Kitten Surprise about a possible collaboration. Ela Melo, whoβs fronted Rainbow Kitten Surprise since she and guitarist Darrick Keller formed the group over a decade ago as students at North Carolinaβs Appalachian State University, was…
Paramount Global Co-Chief Executive Brian Robbins stepped down Wednesday, a day before David Ellisonβs Skydance Media absorbs the entertainment company. The move was expected. Skydance unveiled it senior management team earlier this week, signaling its plans to shake up the leadership of Robbinsβ turf β the famed Paramount Pictures on Melrose Avenue. Robbins has led…
Dean Cain played a superhero on TV 30 years ago. Now he wants to help the government in its unconstitutional sweeps of Home Depot parking lots, schools and bus benches for people who appear to be immigrants. Cain played Superman in the 1990s TV series βLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.β On Tuesday,…
Tuesday night, Gustavo Dudamel was back at the Hollywood Bowl. This summer is the 20th anniversary of his U.S. debut β at 24 years old β conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and becoming irrepressibly besotted with the amphitheater. He walked on stage, now the proud paterfamilias with greying hair and a broad welcoming smile on…