Peter Marshall, affable host of 'Hollywood Squares', dies
Peter Marshall, who long anchored NBC’s beloved game show “Hollywood Squares” with his talk-show-like candor, has died. He was 98.…
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Review: 'Borderlands' is a game-to-screen failure so terrible it's breathtaking
Starring a cast of notables who should have known better (including Jamie Lee Curtis and Cate Blanchett), this film feels…
Why Steve Martin Turned Down an Offer to Play Tim Walz on 'SNL'
Not long after Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate,…
Lin-Manuel Miranda makes concept album 'Warriors' with Eisa Davis
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis have co-written “Warriors,” a concept album inspired by the 1979 cult hit “The Warriors,” based…
Bill Viola was known as a video artist, but music was his muse.
On a stormy, humid summer day in 2003, as I approached the Oberhausen Gasometer, which the Third Reich used to…
Los Angeles could field a full lineup of first-round draft picks
Who's first? Not the Angels, who are projected to sit fourth in the AL West with a 41-55 record heading…
Review of 'Sing Sing': Prisoners perform theatre and are reborn
A film like “Sing Sing” is a rare and precious achievement: a work of cinema of unique empathy and hand-crafted…
Big changes afoot for San Francisco symphony, opera and Kronos
The weather was a pleasure. While much of the rest of the country was burning, San Francisco last weekend looked…
Cosmo Jarvis had fun improvising the swear words in 'Shōgun'
Playing John Blackthorne in “Shōgun” required a measured level of complexity from Cosmo Jarvis. The character, who was loosely based…
Ron Simons dies: the Tony-winning actor and producer was 63 years old
Ron Simons, the actor-turned-producer whose repertoire included Tony Award-winning Broadway shows as well as Sundance Film Festival selections, has died.…