Guy Pearce uncorks a bad guy for the ages

Enjoy these 10 great reads from our Entertainment & Arts team.‍  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­   ADVERTISEMENT December 22, 2024 | View in browser Entertainment Guy Pearce never chased Hollywood. His power patron in 'The Brutalist' is the best revenge The veteran actor, known for "Memento," "L.A. Confidential" and HBO's "Mildred Pierce," has been earning praise for his complex portrayal of an enigmatic industrialist. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Hollywood Forever's new mausoleum is a high-rise for the dead: 'This is the future of cemeteries' Two Silver Lake firms, Lehrer Architects and Arquitectura y Diseño, designed the Gower Court Mausoleum as a monumental, garden-filled alternative for a city moving away from in-ground burials. Read More Magical Santas, meet-cutes and dueling Donna Kelce roles: Hallmark's best holiday movies From tried-and-true romance tropes to the holiday magic of Santa, we tell you which Hallmark holiday movies are worth watching this year. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Jazz club Blue Note opens new Los Angeles venue and takes over Hollywood Bowl festival The Greenwich Village club — long regarded as one of New York's elite spaces for jazz — will open a new venue in Hollywood in March, with 200- and 100-capacity performance rooms and a full restaurant. Read More Lady Gaga on Coachella, LG7 and the 'slightly subversive' 'Die With a Smile' The pop superstar talks about her smash duet with Bruno Mars that's nominated for two prizes at February's Grammy Awards. Read More Keep up with California Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times. Subscribe Now Review: Velázquez's Queen Mariana portrait is a whiz-bang spectacle on view in Pasadena The Velázquez masterpiece, on loan to the Norton Simon Museum from the Prado Museum in Madrid, is loaded with royal intrigue and mystery. Read More How Angelina Jolie conquered her fear and learned to sing for 'Maria' "We're both very emotional women who probably are seen as quite strong but are quite vulnerable, emotional artists who are alone a lot," the actor says of herself and opera diva Maria Callas. Read More Ice sculptures and a prayer to Taylor Swift: Behind the scenes at 'Virgin River's' big wedding Mel and Jack, the couple at the center of Netflix's romance series, have finally tied the knot. The cast and crew discuss how the two-episode wedding came together. Read More Review: Sutton Foster delights in Carol Burnett's role in 'Once Upon a Mattress' at the Ahmanson New York City Center Encores! production of "Once Upon a Mattress," starring Sutton Foster, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre direct from Broadway. Read More Elle Fanning haunts 'A Complete Unknown' with the eyes of a fading muse Playing opposite Timothée Chalamet's sometimes cruel Bob Dylan in the new biopic, Fanning brings heart and complexity to a performance she's been building up to. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Thank you for reading Entertainment Digest from the Los Angeles Times Sign up for more L.A. Times newsletters. Sign Up You received this email because you opted to receive email communications from L.A. Times. Unsubscribe | Manage marketing email preferences | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell My Personal Information | CA Notice of Collection   Advertisers have no control over editorial decisions or content. Place an ad or classified.   Copyright © 2024, Los Angeles Times 2300 E. Imperial Highway, El Segundo, CA 90245 1-800-LA-TIMES latimes.com