Hello, 911? I’d like to report a missing person. Last name C-O-S-T-A-S. Short, extremely white male. Dark hair, pink eyes. Brilliant sportscaster with a boyish demeanor. How long has he been missing? Ever since these Olympics began. I don’t want to alarm you, ma’am, but a Winter Olympics without....

The King of Wakanda reigned supreme this holiday weekend as Disney’s "Black Panther" proved to be a pop cultural phenomenon, shattering box office records with an estimated $235 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales for the four-day holiday weekend. The Marvel Entertainment release, the first....

After a major solo presentation at the U.S. pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, artist Mark Bradford is back in Los Angeles with a show of new works.

“The New Colossus,” a performance work created by the Actors’ Gang in collaboration with company artistic director Tim Robbins, is inspired by the stories of ensemble members’ ancestors who fled hardships, swallowed losses and risked their lives to become part of the great American experiment. ...

Black Violin The string duo mixes classical and hip-hop. Musco Center for the Arts, Chapman University, 415 N. Glassell St., Orange. Sun., 7:30 p.m. $30-$55. (844) 626-8726. Candide Kelsey Grammer and Christine Ebersole star in LA Opera’s staging of the Leonard Bernstein operetta. Dorothy Chandler...

Bhumi: Mother Earth Balinese music-and-dance troupe Çudamani presents the U.S. premiere of this nature-inspired fable. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Sun., 2 p.m. (family show) and 7 p.m. (full performance). $15-$50. (424) 232-8423. Backhausdance The O.C.-based company performs...

Jazmin Perez left her on-campus job at Cal State Northridge on Friday night and rushed to meet her mom and little brother. The destination: the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, where Perez and her family were attending a concert preceded by a reception in their honor. ...

The energy of change was palpable Sunday evening at Royal Albert Hall as London celebrated the 71st BAFTA Awards. Nearly every attendee — nominees and voting members alike — wore black in collective solidarity with the Time’s Up movement, which seeks to end sexual misconduct in the entertainment...

La Luz, “Cicada” video (Hardly Art). The first song and video from the Los Angeles band’s forthcoming third album, “Floating Features,” is magnetic both musically and conceptually. The clip presents itself as the opening credits to a telenovela, and the song as its souped-up, surf-inspired theme....