Call the British-born pianist, composer and writer Stephen Hough a polymath and he quickly demurs. "Actually I have no special abilities in maths or science," Hough said. "All my achievements are in the arts." Still, those achievements continue to be prodigious. Hough, who earned a MacArthur Founda..

Walt Disney Co. delivered stronger-than-expected profit in the first quarter — thanks partly to a federal tax cut — but its revenue dipped below Wall Street’s estimates as the Burbank company saw continued declines at its ESPN cable channels and ABC broadcast network. Disney reported net income...

Los Angeles biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong is nearing a deal to buy the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune from their owner, Tronc, according to two people familiar with the talks. The nearly $500-million cash deal, if consummated, would return The Times to local ownership....

The survey exhibition "Jasper Johns: Something Resembling Truth" opens its only U.S. stop at the Broad this week. The Times gets a sneak peek during the installation of one of the exhibition's standout pieces, "Three Flags."

NBC’s morning TV franchise has become adept at leveraging the network’s coverage of the Olympic Games. Every two years viewers can count on emotional athletes and their families and friends stopping by the remote set of the program on the Olympics site to share the glory. “Today” always gets first...

With multiple projects in the works, Jordan Peele, the Oscar-nominated writer-director-producer of "Get Out," plans to remain squarely in the genre field. And he's not opposed to "expanding" the world of that film.

Unlike the Emmys, Grammys and Tonys, the Oscars arrive at the end of a loooong season of speeches and industry self-congratulation. Various guild awards have already offered plenty of clues about how academy members might vote and, in many cases, all that’s left to do is engrave the trophy with...

By conventional Hollywood standards, “Get Out” shouldn’t be an Oscar darling. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is usually averse to horror movies, and almost never rewards films that come out early in the year. What’s more, the academy typically favors industry stalwarts, not first-ti..