Cinema News: The 'surreal' search for TV's next Latina star

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July 17, 2022

'There's never been a role like this': The 'surreal' search for TV's next Latina star

For her HBO Max series "Gordita Chronicles," Claudia Forestieri needed a "mini me." With the vibrant Olivia Goncalves, she did one better.

An 'emotional' Jennifer Grey opens up about how abortion changed her life

The "Dirty Dancing" star discusses the upcoming sequel, her memoir and the Supreme Court's 'fundamentally wrong' abortion ruling.

Inside Center Theatre Group's slow and systematic search for its next leader

Following Michael Ritchie's departure last year, Center Theatre Group is still in the early stages of its search for its next artistic leader. What does this deliberate, albeit sluggish, approach signal for the future of L.A.'s largest nonprofit theater organization?

'Black Ink' star Katrina 'Kat Tat' Jackson returns to reality TV making new marks on the the tattoo world

The reality TV star and tattoo artist balances motherhood with a new TV show and new renovations to her Beverly Hills tattoo shop.

In the '90s, a new breed of rock stars organized for abortion rights. Could that happen today?

Thirty years ago, Rock for Choice brought together Nirvana, Hole, L7 and Bikini Kill in support of abortion rights. And it all started in L.A.

Lesley Manville is on a mission to prove women's lives, and sexuality, aren't over after 60

For Oscar nominated actress Lesley Manville, a career peak is perfectly timed to when her life overall is much more interesting.

A gunman tried to silence Gabby Giffords. A new doc shows how she recovered her voice

"Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down" is an intimate portrait of the former congresswoman, who says she's 'so quiet now' — except as a gun safety activist.

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