When Craig Wedren turned 45 — “literally to the day,” he recalled with a laugh — he began to slide into what he refers to openly as a midlife crisis. A well-regarded musician since he was his in late teens, when he formed the wildly inventive post-punk band Shudder to Think, Wedren suddenly found....

Ava DuVernay brought a little bit of magic to her hometown of Compton with the first public screening of her new film A Wrinkle in Time. The director asked Disney to help her host the screen and with no movie theatres in the Los Angeles’ neighborhood, Disney created the next best thing — delightin..

On Sunday, at the Oscars, Hollywood will celebrate itself yet again. This town spends so much time patting itself on the back, it’s a wonder any movies ever get made. This year, I keep hearing that the usually self-satisfied tone of the ceremony will be a bit different. Women are angry and empowere..