One of the foundational feel-good legends of 20th century American culture is the story of Jackie Robinson joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and breaking “the color line” in Major League Baseball. But bigotry didn’t disappear from sports overnight. League by league, athlete by athlete, players...

Produced by CrossFit itself, “The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth” may seem like a two-hour ad for the fitness brand — and it is — but this documentary is pure entertainment starting from the moments the thundering booms of its soundtrack signify that the games are about to begin. The....

Chad Smith, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s chief operating officer, has been named artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival for a three-year term to start in 2020, the festival will announce Wednesday. Smith will take over in Ojai for Thomas W. Morris, who is retiring in 2019 after 16 years...

The Hollywood action film "Tomb Raider" topped China's box office last week, grossing a stellar $41.5 million in its debut, according to data from film consultancy Artisan Gateway. The Warner Brothers/MGM movie, a reboot of the popular Lara Croft character played by Angelina Jolie, stars Alici..

Oscar Acosta partied with Hunter Thompson and defended organizers of the East L.A. blowouts. Phillip Rodriguez tells his story in "The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo."

A 10-city King Tut world tour kicks off this weekend at L.A.'s California Science Center, and it's not the same Tut exhibit you might remember from years past.

The current production at A Noise Within is a chance to experience a near-optimum staging of an American classic.