Want to get Generation Alpha into movie theaters? Look to video games. Kids still like to go to the movies, according to a high-profile new research report. But the franchises they care about are not the traditional Hollywood popcorn fare. Seven of the top 10 entertainment franchises that the youngest generation of moviegoers cares about…
On the Shelf John Williams: A Composer’s Life By Tim GreivingOxford University Press: 640 pages, $40If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Only John Williams could have put me in the orbit of one of historyβs most famous basketball players. Kobe…
Itβs time to revisit the age-old question thatβs been debated for years: Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob? Lionsgate will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the βTwilightβ novels by bringing the entire film saga back to the big screen from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2, The Times confirmed. The love triangle tale starring Kristen…
India is frequently called the “land of temples” due to its vast spiritual heritage, as well as thousands of sacred sites throughout the country. Every temple has an important role as a place of spiritual worship, of course, but they also act as representations of India’s architecture, culture, and history. Among the millions of devotees…
French Montana is reportedly engaged to Mahra Maktoum β full name with title, Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum β and the couple has apparently managed to keep the romance news off the radar for even longer than Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift did. The couple got engaged in June during Paris Fashion…
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 β including two series that relocated from Texas and Canada β 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 obstetricianβs office. The rapper, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis AlmΓ‘nzar, took the witness stand in the second day of the civil trial in…
Alix Lapri, who portrayed Effie Morales on the Starz show βPower,β 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….