Ava DuVernay, the director of Disney’s new movie “A Wrinkle in Time,” has spoken tirelessly in recent years about inclusion in the entertainment industry and her desire to see more diversity in all aspects of production. The filmmaker put her speech into practice on the set of her new movie, which...

After the 2016 presidential election, Sean Solomon, the singer-guitarist of the melancholic L.A. post-punk band Moaning, said he felt paralyzed. Like a lot of people, he and his bandmates were suddenly mired in a mix of confusion, despair and bleak humor about the unexpected outcome. “My roommate....

Univision Communications Chief Executive Randy Falco is stepping down after nearly eight years — a move that underscores disarray within the nation’s largest Spanish-language media company. Univision board Chairman Haim Saban made the announcement Wednesday night. “Recently Randy came to us and...

Near the end of Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” a character compares life to a sonnet — a work governed by strict patterns of rhyme and rhythm, but one that allows for complete creative freedom within those limitations. “You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself,”...

A few days after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., 16-year-old singer-songwriter Billie Eilish recalled watching clips of young survivors organizing for gun control, just hours after nearly being killed in their classrooms. Eilish was deeply moved, but the reaction from certain sordid corners....

In an exploration of how celebrity has shaped the city, I spent the better part of last week being a tourist in star-search Los Angeles. I took a TMZ tour, hung out on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and even attended the Oscars. As part of my research, I asked Angelenos on Twitter about their first...

Federal regulators have approved Los Angeles billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s planned purchase of the Los Angeles Times, which would return one of the nation’s largest newspapers to local control. Soon-Shiong last month agreed to pay $500 million to buy The Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune,...

Those who banged heads, clapped hands or danced in the aisles during one of the thousands of transformative rock concerts in Southern California over the past half century, including the era-defining hard rock concert Super Jam in 1974, were able to do so in part through the behind-the-scenes effort..