Stop me if you’ve seen this one: An aging, tempestuous, narcissistic ruler craves adulation, exiles those who question him, and neglects those who suffer on the fringes of society. We’re talking about “King Lear,” obviously, and a Rubicon Theatre Company revival that features skilled performances....

The ailing-teen romance is a rite of passage for many young stars. Mandy Moore had “A Walk to Remember,” Shailene Woodley had “The Fault in Our Stars,” and never forget the patient zero of these movies: the 1970s cancer tear-jerker “Love Story” that has kept Ali MacGraw forever young on-screen. ...

Two photo exhibitions at the Autry Museum examine Chicano portrayals within the broader culture: "La Raza," which features images from the archive of the activist newspaper, and "Chicano Male Unbonded," by Harry Gamboa Jr., which looks at Chicano men in U.S. society.

Jack White has been obsessed with the number three for as long as he can remember. It famously animated his platinum-selling blues-punk band, the White Stripes, which he built around three instruments: voice, guitar, drums. And it’s a symbolic cornerstone of his Nashville-based record label, Third...

Damien Hirst talks about returning to painting, why dots have a hold on him and setting up his first show in L.A. since 2012.

When Patrick Schwarzenegger was a boy, he was so obsessed with being on his father’s movie sets that he would never leave. For days on end, he’d sleep in the trailers of the Terminator or Mr. Freeze, binging on candy from craft service and riding a golf cart around the studio backlot. “That’s why....

Ten paintings about displacement and seismic shifts in society have the weighty presence of terrain subjected to the scorch-earth tactics of warring armies.