James Conlon begins his final stretch as L.A. Opera music director
James Conlon has begun his long goodbye as music director of Los Angeles Opera, and he does so…
Marcello Hernández leads first Spanish-language comedy show at Hollywood Bowl
When Marcello Hernández speaks, his voice takes ebullient leaps and bounds. He tells jokes with the same musical…
He Moved From SF to Singapore and Is Ready to Give up His US Passport
Nick Burns was making six figures in the US and still finding it hard to save. Loading audio…
‘Michael’ moonwalks into a big box office debut
“Michael,” the Michael Jackson biopic from Lionsgate, had a massive opening weekend with a box office haul of…
D.C. gala gunman wrote ‘manifesto,’ traveled from California before attack, officials say
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman who rattled the nation’s top leaders by exchanging gunfire with federal authorities…
10 minutes backstage with Bailey Zimmerman at Stagecoach
Bailey Zimmerman performed Friday night at Stagecoach, where his set mixed post-grunge country hits like “Religiously” and “Where…
Jake Reiner writes on parents’ slayings: ‘My world, as I knew it, had collapsed’
The oldest son of Rob and Michele Reiner has published a heart-rending account of learning from his sister…
Sacramento County man convicted of murdering his mother at senior living facility
WHITE HALL IS BEING HELD CURRENTLY IN THE EL DORADO COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BAIL. A JURY FOUND A…
Man Gets 63 Years to Life for Liquor Store Killing
A 32-year-old felon was sentenced Friday to 63 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a man…
Michael Tilson Thomas embodied L.A.’s musical essence
Michael Tilson Thomas came onto the scene as a great hope for classical music, American music, Los Angeles…
Lionsgate is betting big on new Michael Jackson biopic
Lionsgate’s “Michael” is on track to unseat “Straight Outta Compton” as the king of musical biopics. Early returns…
Hollywood’s always been a wine town. Just ask Coppola, or my dad
In 1994, weeks before I was born, my father drove up Sunset Boulevard in a powder-blue Jetta selling…