Category: Entertainment

L.A. movie openings, Sept. 28

admin | September 23, 2018

A yeti discovers a creature previously thought to be mythical — a human — in this animated twist on the hairy legend. Voices by Channing Tatum, James Corden,

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Calendar Letters: TV show doesn’t reflect Hawaii

admin | September 23, 2018

What was wrong with it? First, the director did not seem to know whether to make the play as a farce, a comedy or, as it should have

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Veena Sud’s ‘The Lie’ explores the lengths to which desperate parents will go and reflects America today

admin | September 22, 2018

It was important to cast Anvar’s role with an actor of color, Sud said, “partially because of the times we’re living in, and as a mirror of our

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‘This Is Us’ creator Dan Fogelman reacts to the dismal ‘Life Itself’ reviews and says he’s not weepy

admin | September 22, 2018

“There was a degree of, like, I was going to come home and be the hero who wrote talking car movies and fixed his mother with his fancy

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Essential Arts: L.A. Phil turns 100, an opera inspired by David Lynch, tumult at a university museum

admin | September 22, 2018

The L.A. Phil is turning 100 and Times classical music critic Mark Swed sums up it up: “An outlier orchestra far from the center of Old Europe and

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Jane Fonda on her new HBO documentary: ‘You have to stay open, at any age, to finding out: How do I get better?’

admin | September 22, 2018

The look on the face of the tourist riding down the elevator in a Beverly Hills hotel said it all. A mundane journey transformed into an “only in

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The week ahead in SoCal classical music, Sept. 23-30: The LA Phil, LACO, Pacific Symphony and more

admin | September 22, 2018

Camerata Pacifica Program includes Bach’s Cello Suite No. 4 and Schubert’s Sonata in A Minor, “Arpeggione”; with special guest, guitarist Eliot Fisk. Zipper Hall, the Colburn School, 200

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The week ahead in SoCal dance, Sept. 23-30: Ballet Hispánico, Jessica Lang Dance and more

admin | September 22, 2018

Ballet Hispánico The New York-based company continues its residency at the Luckman with a program of works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Michelle Manzanales and Tania Pérez-Salas. Luckman Fine

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The week ahead at SoCal museums, Sept. 23-30: Ai Weiwei, Victor Hugo and more

admin | September 22, 2018

California Bound: Slavery on the New Frontier, 1848–1865 The Golden State’s involvement with slavery in the 19th century is surveyed in photographs, historical documents, etc. (opens Wed.; ends

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The week ahead in SoCal theater, Sept. 23-30: ‘Sweat,’ ‘School Girls’ and more

admin | September 22, 2018

School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play Set at a boarding school in central Ghana in 1986, Jocelyn Bioh’s play follows the youthful rivalries and machinations of

Deaths on college and high school football fields are a rare but reliable tragedy September 22, 2018
This fall, more than a million kids, teens and young men will line up on the hash marks for another season of football. Millions more will watch, either as rabid fans or, increasingly, as concerned parents and loved ones.
Maryland football player who died from heat stroke needed cold immersion therapy September 23, 2018
More than an hour passed before a University of Maryland football trainer called 911 after a player, who later died, first showed symptoms of heatstroke, an independent report issued Friday says.
Sanjay Gupta breaks down dangers on the field November 12, 2015
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on the increased number of deaths of high school football players.
Playing football young may mean earlier cognitive, emotional problems April 30, 2018
Sports may be a great way to keep kids active, but a new study of players finds that the earlier players with CTE started tackle football, the more vulnerable they were to emotional and cognitive problems.
Young athletes should stay hydrated, but too much water can be deadly August 7, 2018
With August football practice fast approaching, every coach's favorite cheer will be to "stay hydrated" and "keep urine clear" during the summer heat.