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Oscars 2026: The complete winners list
21+ min ago (669+ words) If April is the cruelest month, per T.S. Eliot, the Oscars surely must be the cruelest (and longest) season. Other awards shows push their way into the queue for moments of borrowed red carpet glory, but the Academy Awards are what…...
Harry Styles returned to charm at 'SNL,' and he's definitely not 'queerbaiting"
10+ hour, 40+ min ago (325+ words) Harry Styles is no stranger to "Saturday Night Live," having performed multiple times with his former boy band One Direction and more recently as a solo artist. But this isn't his first time as host either. This week, the pop…...
Alexa Ray says dad Billy Joel is 'a fighter' and 'doing great' since brain disorder diagnosis
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (271+ words) Billy Joel's daughter Alexa Ray Joel is proud he is taking his health seriously. Ahead of Friday night's premiere of Part 2 of HBO's "And So It Goes,' here's a ranked list of the Piano Man's biggest hits. Joel previously shared…...
Review: In too-timid Asian American assimilation horror ‘Slanted,’ something’s not quite white
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (427+ words) Review: In too-timid Asian American assimilation horror "Slanted," something"s not quite white'Los Angeles Times Fitting in comes at a steep cost in "Slanted," a sci-fi-horror satire in which a Chinese American teen makes a Faustian bargain seeking acceptance the…...
Lil Nas X sends love to fans as lawyer seeks diversion in LAPD battery case
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (233+ words) Lil Nas X sends love to fans as lawyer seeks diversion in LAPD battery case'Los Angeles Times Grammy winner Lil Nas X returned to a Los Angeles courthouse Thursday seeking a different route to the end of his police battery…...
How to treat your Oscars hangover, plus the week's best films in L.A.
2+ day, 28+ min ago (562+ words) Hello! I'm Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As we head into the weekend of the Oscars, I am coming to you from Austin, Texas, where I have…...
Commentary: Anyone who says the Oscars have gotten 'too political' hasn't watched the Oscars
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (815+ words) Twenty-three years ago, the Oscars were in turmoil. President George W. Bush had just begun an invasion of Iraq after the Sept. 11 attacks, and as the nation's TV screens filled with the "shock and awe" campaign, many did not know quite…...
Newport Beach woman born into mariachi, bound for the Hall of Fame
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (532+ words) Crystal Hernandez, a lifelong resident of Newport Beach, will be inducted along with her Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles band mates into the California Hall of Fame on March 19. The 25-year-old is a seventh generation mariachi musician whose father, Jose…...
Jack Osbourne welcomes his fifth baby girl, and names her after dad Ozzy Osbourne
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (299+ words) Jack Osbourne on Wednesday announced the addition of another Ozzy Osbourne to the late rocker's clan. "Introducing Ozzy Matilda Osbourne," the father of five wrote on social media, including a brief black-and-white video showing a stuffed bat and a decent…...
Review: Prison behind her, an ex-con gets a romantic reboot in 'Reminders of Him"
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (338+ words) You can't help rooting for Colleen Hoover heroines, bless their bruised hearts. The bestselling novelist specializes in women who have been kicked around by life. She's the new name brand of tragic romance, picking up where Nicholas Sparks' terminal diseases…...