End of an era for country music: Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace closes

Inside: Taylor Swift's next album; a fancy celeb wedding made the Good Charlotte reunion a reality; RIP Danielle Spencer.‍  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­   ADVERTISEMENT August 13, 2025 | View in browser Entertainment End of an era for country music in Bakersfield: Buck Owens' Crystal Palace closes Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift and many other stars played here. But the epicenter of the "Bakersfield Sound" is shutting down. Read More ADVERTISEMENT I attended a Black Out performance and, as a white critic, it opened my eyes in an unexpected way Echo Theater Company's West Coast premiere of "Berta, Berta," a romantic drama by Angelica Chéri that was inspired by a chain gang song from the notorious Mississippi prison Parchman Farm, is pitched for maximum intensity. Read More Here's everything we know about Taylor Swift's new album 'The Life of a Showgirl' Taylor Swift announced her new album on "New Heights," the popular podcast co-hosted by her boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs' tight end Travis Kelce. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Danielle Spencer, former child actor who played Dee on 1970s sitcom 'What's Happening!!,' dies at 60 Former child star Danielle Spencer, who brought sass as little sis Dee in the 1970s sitcom "What's Happening!!," died Monday after battling cancer. She was 60. Read More How a lavish celebrity wedding brought Good Charlotte back together Joel and Benji Madden's pop-punk band hadn't played in years when a famous couple asked them to play their nuptials in the south of France. Read More Keep up with California Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times. Subscribe Now There's one 'SNL' impression Bowen Yang tried to talk his way out of. (It didn't work.) Yang has emerged as a fan favorite on the venerable NBC sketch show, for which he just received his fourth Emmy nomination, by creating unexpected viral moments. Read More South Korea-set 'Butterfly' packages family melodrama as an action-packed thriller Prime Video's spyventure starring Daniel Dae Kim centers on a former CIA agent who reconnects with his daughter, who thought he was dead. Read More Developing 'Alien: Earth' was all about building suspense — and getting classic 'Alien' lore just right for TV Noah Hawley leaned into the "Alien" franchise's retro-futurism when making "Alien: Earth," adding Peter Pan mythology and Easter eggs. Read More Jimmy Kimmel secures Italian citizenship in case he needs to escape Trump's second term Jimmy Kimmel tells Sarah Silverman on her podcast that President Trump's second term is "even worse than [Trump] would like it to be." 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 © 2025, Los Angeles Times 2300 E. Imperial Highway, El Segundo, CA 90245 1-800-LA-TIMES latimes.com