‘Black Widow’s’ David Harbour is game for a Red Guardian-vs.-Captain America movie

“Would I like to team up with — I mean, oh, God. They’re mere, you know, pedestrian powers …,” the “Stranger Things” actor said. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in English from Cal State Long Beach and has bylines in LA Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Byrdie, Black Girl Nerds and more. …Read the full story

Actor John Paragon, Jambi the Genie on ‘Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,’ dies at 66

The Alaska native was part of the comedy improv troupe at the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles. “Lost someone that meant the world to me and was such a huge part of ‘Elvira’ and my life that it’s impossible to express how sad I feel,” Peterson tweeted Friday. Paragon helped write some of Pee-wee Herman’s […]

Nipsey Hussle and Carrie Fisher will get posthumous stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s 38-member Class of 2022 includes such luminaries from film, television, sports, radio, theater and music as Francis Ford Coppola, Salma Hayek, Regina King, Helen Hunt, Jean Smart, Ming-Na Wen, George E. He had gone from a gangbanging youth, to a hustling businessman with a plan to reinvigorate his neighborhood, to […]

Disneyland reveals which COVID-era changes will stay, which will go

18, 2021An earlier version of this story said that during busy times, visitors to Disney California Adventure used a virtual queueing system to enter the Avengers Campus. Disneyland and Disney California Adventure closed in March 2020 because of the pandemic and reopened April 30 of this year under a slew of COVID-19 restrictions. The closure […]

Review: Documentary sheds light on Rita Moreno’s career — and recent ‘In the Heights’ remarks

The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. With few parts of substance coming her way, Moreno pushed ahead in role after dull, demeaning role, smiling and cajoling and pouting and seducing, getting spanked in “The Vagabond King” and tumbling to her death in “Seven Cities of Gold.” She had […]

Disneyland reveals which COVID-era changes will stay, which will go

Disneyland and Disney California Adventure closed in March 2020 because of the pandemic and reopened April 30 of this year under a slew of COVID-19 restrictions. The closure came less than a year after Disneyland opened its $1-billion Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the largest expansion in the park’s history. D’Amaro said the resort has about […]

Golden Globes voters resign in protest over HFPA’s ‘status quo’ reform efforts

Then in May, Hollywood’s biggest power players — including Netflix, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros. While the signatories said that they believe in the association’s potential and support its philanthropic endeavors, after attempting to work for change, they did not see a positive way to remain as members of the 78-year-old organization. To date, the HFPA […]

‘Love, Victor’ star says gay role sparked homophobia from his family, death threats

Michael Cimino, the straight star of Hulu’s gay-themed coming-of-age series “Love, Victor,” says he has been attacked by some in the LGBTQ community and even some of his own family members. “It’s weird … is liberal when it comes to things about Latinos, but when it comes to gay rights, it’s like, eh, question mark,” […]

460 days later, Stephen Colbert is back in front of an (immunized) live audience

The host took the stage and welcomed hundreds of attendees for the first time in 460 days. This is a slightly different energy than the converted storage room eight floors above us … Before Monday’s show, Colbert had been broadcasting — like many of his late-night peers — from a makeshift miniature set decorated to […]

To land ‘Loki,’ Kate Herron had to pull out all the stops. How she won over Marvel

In particular, she recalls heading to theaters repeatedly with friends who shared her passion to see “The Two Towers” , the second installment in director Peter Jackson’s trilogy based on J.R.R. “It was very silly,” the British filmmaker insists, revealing that one of her stories saw the heroic Fellowship traveling through a magical fountain and […]

AMC poised to take over Pacific movie theaters at the Grove and other LA locations

In an apparent snafu, two Pacific movie houses at Caruso shopping complexes — the Grove in Los Angeles and the Americana at Brand in Glendale — were prematurely listed Tuesday as AMC locations on the larger exhibitor’s app and ticketing website. The potential deal comes two weeks after AMC Chief Executive Adam Aron said the […]

California offers $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry

That extension, which faces opposition for delaying promised environmental safeguards, was not included in the state budget bill approved Monday and is still being negotiated with lawmakers. He said delays in cities adopting rules, their limited staffing and lack of resources by cannabis firms mean some face two to four years to get through the […]

The Spanish-language streaming wars escalate as Hollywood moves past lip service

Netflix spent $200 million in 2020 to produce content in Mexico, an amount expected to increase this year, and has also invested significantly in Spain. The following month Univision acquired Grupo Televisa’s content and media assets, which were valued at $4.8 billion, in a move to create a Spanish-language supergiant as competition ramps up. Miami-based […]

Julianne Moore leaves nothing on the table in ‘Lisey’s Story.’ It’s not quite enough

He has been dead a couple of years when the story begins — the novel was partially inspired by King’s brushes with death — but will appear plenty, in flashbacks, dreams, visions and a sort of purgatory where much crucial action will take place, and in and out of which certain characters will travel with […]