South by Southwest is an avenue for discovery, whether it’s music’s most promising up-and-comer, the latest technology or a soon-to-be award-winning film. But at the 2025 De Los showcase, the greatest takeaway was the value of community. On Tuesday night, the Mala Fama rooftop in Austin, Texas, became a hub for live Latin music as … Read more
Book Review O Sinners! By Nicole CuffyOne World: 464 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. What’s the line between a religion and a cult? It involves money, no doubt. And control over who you can see and what you … Read more
The L.A. Times Festival of Books is back and it’s celebrating its 30th anniversary. The weekend will feature readings, signings, screenings and panels with authors and speakers from all walks of life. This year’s lineup includes “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu, comedian Chelsea Handler, exoneree Amanda Knox, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, politician Stacey … Read more
Out of the Hollywood spotlight, actor Gene Hackman painted, did Pilates and rode his bike in the Santa Fe, N.M., community where he and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were woven into the fabric of the local community. Friends said Hackman came to cherish the simpler life away from paparazzi and hype of the show business … Read more
Jane Fonda became the 60th recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute, the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievements and humanitarian accomplishments. The actor, whose work spans over six decades, fittingly used her acceptance speech at Sunday night’s SAG Awards as an opportunity to speak her mind on the importance of political activism, empathy, unions and … Read more
Futility is one of the hardest things for cinema to convey. Storytelling is inherently geared to forward momentum and obstacles that can potentially be overcome. The ending doesn’t have to be a happy one, but viewers expect some sense of an arc, the feeling that where we started is different from where we ultimately landed. … Read more
News anchor Ellen Leyva is leaving KABC-TV Channel 7 after nearly 30 years, marking the latest departure of a prominent local newscaster. Leyva made the announcement Monday during the Walt Disney Co. station’s afternoon program. She plans to remain on the air, alongside longtime co-anchor David Ono, for a few more months during a transition, … Read more
It’s an impossible task to expect a documentary to solve one of the most enduring, complicated and seemingly intractable conflicts in the world. Confronting the frustration and pain of the Israeli-Palestinian situation head-on, the film “No Other Land” has become the most acclaimed documentary of the year, winning two prizes when it premiered at the … Read more
