Cinema News: 'White Men Can't Jump' director on 'the real L.A.'

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May 18, 2023

How a hometown director made 'White Men Can't Jump' a 'love letter' to 'the real L.A.'

Calmatic has directed memorable music videos for Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X. This year, he made his film debut with "House Party" and "White Men Can't Jump."

SAG-AFTRA seeks strike authorization even before talks with studios begin

The move increases pressure on the major studios, which are in the midst of a standoff with Hollywood writers, who went on strike May 2.

Review: Louis Leterrier and Jason Momoa add thrills to 'Fast X,' but series may be out of gas

Though the 10th film delivers the usual "Fast & Furious" chases and crashes that fans want, series stalwarts such as Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Sung Kang are left to drift.

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

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art launched more than 60 years ago as an encyclopedic place to collect and explore global art history from the last 3,000 years. Now, history has largely been abandoned.

Column: One of TV's most acclaimed shows took seven years off. It was planned all along

"Happy Valley" creator Sally Wainwright and grown-up child star Rhys Connah explain the purposefully long wait for the series' third and final season.

'I don't have much use for Hollywood': Johnny Depp slams industry that 'boycotted' him

At the presser for Cannes opener "Jeanne du Barry," Depp had choice words for Hollywood, the press and his "tower of mashed potato" critics.

Cleared of 'Rust' charges, Alec Baldwin joins film about 1970 Kent State shootings

A month after being cleared of criminal charges in the "Rust" tragedy, Alec Baldwin has joined the cast of a movie about the Kent State shootings.

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