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May 21, 2023

Ex-NFL player thought 'Shark Tank' would launch his barbecue empire. It became a nightmare, he says

Restaurateur Al "Bubba" Baker, who was a contestant on the long-running ABC series, claims that he was misled by mogul Daymond John, one of the show's "sharks."

LACMA has transitioned to a de facto contemporary art museum. But not a very good one

LACMA launched more than 60 years ago as an encyclopedic place to collect and explore global art history from the past 3,000 years. Now, history has largely been abandoned.

Column: On social media, Johnny Depp's return was an outrage. At Cannes, it was a comeback

In choosing "Jeanne du Barry," which stars Depp as King Louis XV, as its opening film, the Cannes Film Festival courted controversy by claiming to ignore it.

With help from Brandi Carlile and Shane McAnally, queer pioneer Brandy Clark looks beyond Nashville

Clark, an in-demand Music Row songwriter as well as a Tony nominee for "Shucked," teamed with Brandi Carlile for her new, more Americana-leaning album.

The Huntington's renovated 1911 tea room reopens after a three-year closure

After a three-year closure and 18-month renovation, the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens reopens its tea room with an outdoor addition.

Ben Platt, up for a Tony for his performance in 'Parade,' gets by with a little help from his friends

Ben Platt embraces the "discomfort and anxiety" of "Parade," about the 1913 trial and subsequent lynching of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia.

As the writers' strike lingers, TV showrunners are opting out of publicity for their work

In an effort to increase the pressure on studios to come to an agreement with the Writers Guild of America, some showrunners have chosen to stop publicity work for their series.

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