Danny Bensusan opened the Blue Note in Greenwich Village in 1981 and helped it quickly became home to some of the biggest names in jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson and Lionel Hampton are just some of the iconic acts who played there, and Chick Corea, Peterson, Keith Jarrett and James Carter recorded live…
Even hardcore fans of HBOβs βThe Gilded Ageβ may have been surprised how far Bertha Russell, portrayed by now three-time Emmy nominee Carrie Coon, went this season in her quest to climb the heights of 1880s New York society. After forcing her daughter Gladys (Taissa Farmiga) to marry a British duke to solidify the familyβs…
Bobby Whitlock, the keyboardist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of the blues-rock group Derek and the Dominos, has died. He was 77. In a statement, his manager, Carole Kaye, said, βWith profound sadness, the family of Bobby Whitlock announces his passing at 1:20 a.m. on Aug. 10 after a brief illness. He passed in his home in…
Aug. 10, 2025 3 AM PT Ham and Cheese By Steph Cha Author Steph Cha in the kitchen at Louisaβs Trattoria in Larchmont Village. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Marlowe Lee was off the clock, 12 more hours in the can, but Call-Me-Jessie had changed the closing procedure, and now, for the second week…
βEverybodyβs very happy, βcause the sun is shining all the time.Looks like another perfect day. I love L.A.β β Randy Newman Ever since its founding in 1781, Los Angeles has been labeled as the City of Angels. But the future president of the United States has a far less heavenly opinion, predicting in a fiery…
βMiracle Mileβ takes place in a city in the throes of chaos as Angelenos flee the threat of a nuclear strike. The film was released in 1988, but it has resurfaced in the last few years, attracting sold-out crowds at the American Cinematheque and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Written and directed…
The Los Angeles we know has long been an irresistible subject for novelists and moviemakers β so much so that theyβve often tortured reality to make it conform to their imagination. Robert Towne mined the history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in his screenplay for βChinatownβ but moved the story ahead up by some two…
Actress Gina Carano, Lucasfilm and its parent company Walt Disney Co. have settled the federal lawsuit filed in which Carano claimed that, in 2021, she was wrongfully terminated from her role in βThe Mandalorianβ after she expressed her conservative political views on social media. The settlement details have not been made public, but Lucasfilm released…
Jimmy Fallon once grabbed a cigarette out of Greg Gutfeldβs mouth, crinkled it up and tossed it to the ground, hollering at the Fox News personality, βThose things will kill you!β But it sounds like the place where they were hanging out had a shot at killing them too. The two late-night hosts were both…
Busta Rhymes is rejecting claims leveled against him in a lawsuit filed this week by a former assistant, calling it an βattempted shake-down.β Dashiel Gables, who filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, is accusing Rhymes β real name Trevor Smith Jr. β of wage and hour…