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Dying to Know L.A. literary adventure If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. This summer, I read my way around Los Angeles and highly recommend the experience. There were plenty of freshly published L.A. novels to dive into: My literary journey…

More than two and a half years after she took office, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has fulfilled a nagging campaign promise to film industry advocates. She is appointing Board of Public Works president Steve Kang to serve as a liaison between city bureaucracy and the film industry, she said Wednesday. The mayor made the…

Nearly two dozen television shows will receive incentives for shooting in California — including two series that relocated from Texas and Canada — in the first award period since the state bolstered its film and TV tax credit program earlier this summer. The 22 shows were chosen amid a massive amount of interest in the…

Cardi B testified Tuesday that she never touched, scratched or spat at a security guard who is suing her over an alleged assault by the pop star outside a Beverly Hills obstetrician’s office. The rapper, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, took the witness stand in the second day of the civil trial in…

Alix Lapri, who portrayed Effie Morales on the Starz show “Power,” was arrested last week in Atlanta on suspicion of cruelty to children in the third degree and disorderly conduct, according to county records. The actor, whose full name is Alexus Lapri Geier, was released the following day. Details on the circumstances surrounding the Aug….

Ashlee Simpson has a cold, and thank goodness for that. With three children ages 4 to 16, the singer and actor accepts the certainty that she’ll come down with something every now and again. “As you can hear, I’m getting through it,” she says slightly stuffily on a recent afternoon amid what she calls the…

Mingus Reedus, son of “The Walking Dead” star Norman Reedus and Danish model Helena Christensen, made a concerning statement to a reporter in the wake of his arrest Saturday on suspicion of assault. On Sunday, a New York Post reporter confronted the 25-year-old outside of his Manhattan apartment. “You want to watch me kill myself?”…

By day, he helps audience members find their seats. By night, he’s onstage, commanding them. For actor Tyrone Huntley, the hustle is part of the role in Los Angeles. Less than 48 hours after raising his voice to the heavens as Simon in the Hollywood Bowl’s electric, weekend-only production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Huntley was…

Director Ryan Coogler and artist Mary Corse will be honored at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s 14th annual Art+Film Gala, the museum announced Sunday. The splashy, high-fashion dinner is co-chaired by LACMA trustee Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio, and is scheduled to take place on Nov. 1. It will be the last such…

Jerry Adler, who spent decades backstage on Broadway before reinventing himself in his 60s as a television actor, most memorably as Herman “Hesh” Rabkin on HBO’s “The Sopranos” and Howard Lyman on CBS’ “The Good Wife,” has died. He was 96. Adler died Saturday in New York, where he lived, according to his family. A…