'Mister. and Mrs. Smith's writer on how to understand the idea
“I didn't like the ending,” my dad said of my “Atlanta” episode, “The Big Payback.” I had just given birth…
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Mindy Kaling is a Hollywood powerhouse who knows her audience
Mindy Kaling, photographed on March 1, 2022. (Chantal Anderson / Trunk Archive) At the end of her 2020 memoir, “Nothing…
'Pocket Psychologist' Amy Schumer Tackles Life's Obstacles
In the second season of Hulu's “Life & Beth,” from creator and star Amy Schumer, there's the same shifting tone…
Erich Anderson, active actor and author, dies at 67
Erich Anderson, a veteran actor who found his breakthrough role in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” and was a…
Jordan Peele Delivers Era-Defining, Genre-Blending Hits
Jordan Peele, photographed at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles on November 13, 2022. (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images/IMDb) “There…
Will Janine and Gregory from 'Abbott Elementary' ever reunite?
Quinta Brunson has guided the Emmy-laden mockumentary “Abbott Elementary” with a sure hand, even through the strike-affected waters of Season…
Writers name their top embarrassing 'Curb' moments
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” offered a symphony of social disaster across 12 seasons and nearly 24 years on HBO, eliciting laughs…
Will Hollywood workers leave town as local studio production slows?
There's no business like showbiz, but in Los Angeles it seems like there's no business at all. If this sounds…
Why the Los Angeles City Council's redistricting commission is not true reform
To the editor: His editorial on the watered-down ethics reform package approved for the November vote by the Los Angeles…
This local bookseller publishes the untold stories of Los Angeles
Donato Martínez reads his poetry at the Libros Lincoln Heights bookstore. On a Saturday afternoon in late April, the door…