Cinema News: Nicole Kidman has a ball in 'Being the Ricardos'

Entertainment

December 8, 2021

Review: Nicole Kidman has a ball with Lucy in the fitfully effective 'Being the Ricardos'

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem play Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin's latest hyper-articulate behind-the-scenes drama.

The Thomas Guide is back. Why seemingly obsolete map books will publish for 2022

Hate your traffic app? There's a reason that new editions of the beloved Thomas Guide are coming for L.A., Orange County and San Diego.

Review: 'Don't Look Up,' but there's a scattershot satire headed your way on Netflix

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and a wasted (in the bad sense) Meryl Streep star in this pre-apocalyptic satire from Adam McKay.

Commentary: A new TV network wants to make Christmas great again. Why its message is a harmful one

GAC Family's movies may be inoffensive, but its implicit definition of a "real" America is more dangerous than the change it seeks to combat.

Review: The Los Angeles Philharmonic closes out a pandemic year with messages of hope

For its final show of 2021, the orchestra premiered Julia Adophe's violin concerto "Woven Loom, Silver Spindle" with Xian Zhang conducting.

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a TV director

Directing TV is more competitive than ever with the wealth of high-quality storytelling in television and streaming. How do you break in? Here's what you need to know.

How Bennington's literary brat pack spawned an addictive, L.A.-obsessed podcast

Lili Anolik's "Once Upon a Time ... at Bennington College," on the school days of Bret Easton Ellis, Donna Tartt and Jonathan Lethem, concludes this week.

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