Cinema News: 'The Fabelmans' is a complicated Oscar favorite

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September 19, 2022

'The Fabelmans' looks like this year's Oscar front-runner, but here's why that's complicated

With three major fall festivals now over, most of the year's awards contenders have been revealed, and Steven Spielberg is sitting at the top of the heap. For now.

It turns out 'House of the Dragon' is as homophobic as 'Game of Thrones'

Incest is common. Dragons rule the skies. But gay men are unacceptable? Here's a look at the franchise's problematic history with LGBTQ representation.

Review: L.A. Opera reimagines a Donizetti heroine as victim of insurrectionist America

L.A. Opera opens its season with Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" updated to white nationalist America by Australian director Simon Stone.

Red Bull BC One break-dancing championships are another Olympic signpost

Competitors faced off Saturday on the circular stage of Eden Sunset in Hollywood for a plethora of acrobatic dance battles.

Vicente Fernández, king of ranchera music, is honored with Boyle Heights street naming

At the intersection of 1st and Bailey streets, a purple curtain dropped and a street segment was christened Vicente Fernández Street.

Review: Daniel Fish's brooding, deconstructed 'Oklahoma!' electrifies the Ahmanson

Daniel Fish's Tony-winning revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" reveals the underside of the American story.

Review: Ken Burns issues a chilling warning with 'The U.S. and the Holocaust'

Filmmaker Ken Burns' latest documentary series, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," draws parallels to the recent rise in American nationalism and antisemitism.

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