Cinema News: Aidan Park's Asian Marvel superhero shines

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July 7, 2022

How a Marvel musical parody gave Aidan Park the role of a lifetime: an Asian superhero leading man

Aidan Park returns to musical theater as Dr. Strange in the Lyric Hyperion's "The Streaming-Verse of Madness: An Unauthorized Musical Parody," becoming the first Asian actor to play the character.

Blizzard's new boss wants to have fun with games. But first, his company is in a crisis

Blizzard Entertainment has been singled out as a symbol of the male-dominated gaming community's worst impulses. Mike Ybarra aims to change that.

Academy Museum appoints Jacqueline Stewart to lead as new director, president

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced that Jacqueline Stewart, its chief artistic and programming officer, will assume the post of director and president.

Review: At the Hammer Museum, Andrea Bowers' art becomes an act of nonviolent civil disobedience

A 25-year survey of the L.A. artist speaks to our conflicted moment.

'Minions' is inescapable. So is the blockbuster's musical mastermind, Jack Antonoff

The Taylor Swift producer recently headlined the Kia Forum with his band Bleachers and assembled the '70s-covers soundtrack for "Minions: The Rise of Gru."

How artist Mercedes Dorame shares pieces of her Tongva heritage across L.A.'s public landscapes

The artist's work spotlights the land her ancestors inhabited and reframes what it means to be American in the museum galleries of the Huntington.

Review: Where did it all go wrong for Generation X? Teddy Wayne's new novel breaks it down

"The Great Man Theory" is Teddy Wayne's latest novel of Gen X dysfunction, following a writer who wasn't made for these web-addled, polarized times.

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