How 'Stranger Things' Became Netflix's 'Star Wars', Propelling It into the Hollywood Stratosphere
Before the sci-fi series “Stranger Things” premiered on Netflix, it had already been overlooked by several traditional studios. Its creators…
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Warner Bros. auction set to reshape Hollywood with Paramount, Comcast and Netflix vying for prize
Now the real fight for the future of Warner Bros. Discovery begins. Paramount, Comcast and Netflix are expected to submit…
Hollywood and Broadway mark a turning point for feminism
Between the long-running rivalries between Los Angeles and New York City (Dodgers or Yankees, expressway or subway), the great divide…
Tesla Diner chef exits, staff hints at new full-service format
The chef and collaborator behind Tesla Diner, one of the city's most notable and polarizing new restaurants, is leaving the…
Is now the time to end the state of emergency on homelessness in Los Angeles?
November 7, 2025 6 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: I was surprised to learn that Mayor Karen Bass lifted…
Hollywood's love affair with microdramas is heating up. Will it last?
SUNNYVALE, California— A young woman is desperate to raise $50,000 for medical treatment that will save her mother's life. She…
June Lockhart dies; TV's favorite mom on 'Lassie' and 'Lost in Space'
June Lockhart, the eternal TV mom who comforted her son Timmy and his faithful pet collie on “Lassie” and explained…
Diane Keaton subverted Hollywood's firing of older women
October 15, 2025 8 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: While most tributes to Diane Keaton after her death focus…
'KPop Demon Hunters' creator: live-action remake wouldn't work
“KPop Demon Hunters” creator Maggie Kang believes there is potential for more Huntr/x stories in the future, but only in…
SAG-AFTRA establishes the 'Robin Hood' background to transmit effective two years after the strike. What is it?
During the summer of 2023, Hollywood resisted the longest strike by the Federation of Television and Radio Artists of the…