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Book Review: Pip Drysdale's new Hollywood thriller 'The Close-Up' weighs legacy against love
Drawn by sheer possibility and that magic, golden-hour light of Los Angeles, Zoe Ann Weiss moves from London to California when she gets her two-book-deal break. It’s that Hollywood allure that also prompts her to accept an invitation from a famous actor on her 30th birthday, sparking a string of...
Jacob Elordi thinks Paul Schrader's cinema language in 'Oh, Canada' doesn't take long to learn
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jacob Elordi is suddenly everywhere in Hollywood — so much so that he thinks he must be dreaming. Amid a remarkable streak of high-profile projects with respected filmmakers — Sofia Coppola's “Priscilla,” Guillermo del Toro's upcoming adaptation of...
AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Aaron Pierre ends his big year on a high note with 'Mufasa'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Pierre is closing out his big year on a literal high note. After donning Malcolm X’s distinctive browline glasses in the “Genius: MLK/X” series and getting his modern-day Rambo on in the Netflix action hit “Rebel Ridge,” the 30-year-old English...
'Wicked' and 'Gladiator' make gravity-defying theater debuts
NEW YORK (AP) — With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. Jon M. Chu’s lavish big-budget musical...
Riding a 6-game win streak, the Eagles head to Hollywood again for a rematch with the young Rams
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — For the second straight season, the Philadelphia Eagles are headed to SoFi Stadium with a lengthy winning streak and a team that looks like one of the best in the NFC. The Los Angeles Rams (5-5) couldn't do much to slow them down last season, but they'll...
On the eve of Oscars honor, James Bond producers reflect on legacy and future of 007
For the late James Bond producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was a true high point in his career. He said as much accepting the prize, a non-competitive honorary Oscar, at the Academy Awards in 1982. Roger Moore presented it to him...
Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion
An entire generation of literary-minded women has not stopped telling itself stories influenced by master storyteller Joan Didion. The same, alas, cannot be said of Eve Babitz, a Hollywood bad girl whose life briefly intersected with Didion’s in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Few...
Yankees and Dodgers meet in World Series for 12th time in matchup of Broadway and Hollywood
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway vs. Hollywood. Subway vs. Freeway. Judge vs. Ohtani. New York neighbors who became cross-country rivals, the Yankees and Dodgers renew their starry struggle in the World Series for the first time in 43 years. “I've always had that sense...
Javier Bardem on Gaza: ‘We cannot remain indifferent’ in call for hostage release and cease-fire
Javier Bardem was no longer comfortable being silent on Gaza. The Spanish actor spoke out about the Israeli-Hamas conflict upon accepting an award at the San Sebastian Film Festival last week. In his nuanced remarks, Bardem condemned the Hamas attacks as well as the “massive...
