The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

Martin Scorsese is one of our greatest directors, but he’s rarely celebrated for his talent in front of the camera. At long last, though, he’s received recognition for his acting, earning a guest acting Emmy nomination for his work on the satirical Apple TV+ show “The Studio.” It’s a fitting acknowledgment of his underrated chops,…

Continued growth in streaming subscriptions and strong domestic tourism to its theme parks propelled Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal third quarter earnings, even as its theatrical results dipped, the company said Wednesday. The Burbank media and entertainment giant reported $23.7 billion in revenue for the three-month period that ended June 28, up 2% compared with the…

The final season of “Andor” required visual storytellers to craft a stylized tapestry that reflected each episode’s underlying themes while unifying the whole. “We treated every three episodes almost like a movie and gave them their own identity,” says cinematographer Christophe Nuyens, who photographed the first six episodes. In “Harvest,” the challenge was balancing lighting…

“7 a.m.,” the pilot episode of “The Pitt,” introduces viewers to the organized chaos of a Pittsburgh hospital emergency room and the doctors and nurses who spend their days going from medical crisis to medical crisis. “At the center of that wheel with all the spokes” is Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, says Noah Wyle, who…

Young adult comedies are best when the misery of high school is paired with other extreme types of terror — a plane crash, a supernatural mystery, vampires. “Wednesday,” Netflix’s Addams Family series, did just that and more when it premiered in 2022, combining sardonic wit, smart casting and murder in a beautifully macabre setting influenced…

The Television Academy’s goal for its new festival is right in its name: Televerse. Set for Aug. 14-16 at L.A. Live’s JW Marriott — across from the Peacock Theater, where the organization will host the 77th Emmy Awards ceremony a month later — the convention-style event aims to be all things to all TV lovers….

The cause of death for Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, has come to light weeks after he died in London at age 76. Osbourne died of a heart attack, according to a death certificate reviewed by the New York Times. The document, filed in London, reportedly lists cardiac arrest and coronary…

Elex Michaelson, veteran anchor of KTTV’s evening and late night newscasts, is departing the station. A representative for KTTV parent Fox Television Stations confirmed Michaelson’s plan to exit, which was described as amicable. His last day is Aug. 15. “I’ve made the difficult decision to leave @FOXLA to pursue an exciting new opportunity…that I’m not…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is using the audio from an argument scene between Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver from Noah Baumbach’s 2019 film “Marriage Story” to scare wolves away from cattle. After the wild animals killed 11 cows during a 20-day period in Oregon, the USDA started deploying quadcopters that used thermal cameras to…