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September 10, 2023

The quintessential California bookseller behind City Lights gets his moment

Van Nuys native Paul Yamazaki, a longtime veteran of San Francisco landmark City Lights, will receive a lifetime honor at the National Book Awards next month.

Behind Disney's Spectrum blackout: A 'proxy battle' for the future of television

ESPN, ABC stations, FX and other Disney-owned channels are part of a high-stakes blackout affecting 14.8 million Charter Spectrum customer homes.

Cruising Santa Monica Boulevard with the fetish photographer who shot L.A.'s male hustlers

Rick Castro's fetish photography has gone mainstream. A new book, "S/M Blvd," collects photos from another fringe — Santa Monica Boulevard's long-gone male hustlers

Counting Crows' Adam Duritz on Taylor Swift, Bob Saget and trying to hit that high note in 'Mr. Jones'

The singer-songwriter expounds on his mental health struggles and his friendship with the late Bob Saget: "I'm never gonna get over this one."

The highs and lows of this year's Telluride Film Festival

Critic Justin Chang and columnist Glenn Whipp weigh in with their favorite (and least favorite) films at the festival's robustly packed 50th-anniversary edition.

'The Afterparty' finale: The show's leaders discuss the clues that reveal the killer in Season 2

Chris Miller, Anthony King and Phil Lord discuss Season 2 and selecting charismatic actors to play villains.

These film school grads ditched studio jobs for YouTube and TikTok. How's that going?

TikTok, YouTube and other social media platforms have democratized who gets to be an entertainer. So why do some web creators still go the old-school route and attend film or acting school?

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