Outfest, the struggling nonprofit that had hosted a prominent Los Angeles LGBTQ+ film festival, is facing a defamation lawsuit from its former executive director, Damien S. Navarro.

Navarro on Friday sued Outfest in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging he was retaliated against after he raised discrimination and ethics concerns to the group's ...Read more

MIAMI — Renee Castro keeps a sacred tradition. A devout Swiftie, she has been to every single Taylor Swift world tour in her hometown of Miami.

But for The Eras Tour, Swift’s record-breaking, career-defining, international tour that takes over the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens this weekend, Castro had no luck securing a seat. ...Read more

As humans in a changing world we crave continuity, reliability. Before we walk into a room, we like to be fairly certain of what we'll find — walls, floor, furniture, not hot coals or clouds of poison gas. Thus the popularity of the franchise. It may not lead to great, revolutionary art, but at the end of a long day, when you kick off your ...Read more

ATLANTA — An energetic audience, chanting “Aye!” along to classical music, showed up in their best evening wear to see Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane Saturday night at Atlanta Symphony Hall.

Gucci, the Zone 6 hip-hop artist who helped usher in the trap music subgenre with songs like “So Icy” and “Trap House,” collaborated with Atlanta ...Read more

In an era when few streaming shows last beyond a single season, over on network TV, sturdy if faintly overheated procedurals like “NCIS” are still going strong. The first 18-plus of its 22 seasons were led by Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the impassive Special Agent in Charge and boss extraordinaire who liked to build boats in his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The advertising worked.

Despite never having seen an episode of “9-1-1” prior to its Season 8 premiere, the first responder procedural shot to the top of my must-watch list after seeing its“Bee-nado” promo on TV. And online. And even on an unaffiliated streaming service. The three-part event concluded with the episode �...Read more

More than four decades have passed since Colin Hay’s Men at Work topped the Billboard Hot 100 with back-to-back No. 1 hits “Who Can It Be Now?” and the Australian anthem “Down Under.”

The band’s prominence during the early MTV era with its cheeky videos and Hay’s charismatic charm didn’t last in part because the band splintered ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas, are sitting in a Glendale dressing room, moisturizing after a photo shoot as they laughingly recount the time their dad asked a young Finneas to climb on a chair and snap a picture of his bald spot.

"This was a brief moment when he was trying some sort of topical hair ointment," Finneas ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Patrice Jetter is a medal-winning ice skater, a model train set maker, a costume designer, a beloved crossing guard in Hamilton Township, New Jersey — and now the star of the new Hulu documentary, "Patrice: The Movie."

Jetter’s magnetic personality and flashy style shines as she invites the camera into her world. “Hi, my ...Read more

NEW YORK — Most great plays are about death, but Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” is the most likely American play of the 20th century to have you walking out of the theater determined to do things a little differently in your day-to-day existence — most importantly, to appreciate your loved ones while you still have them and remain above ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Scott Speedman knows something about survival mode. He and his partner welcomed their second child just over a month ago and, well, he's familiar with getting through the days on little sleep.

"My kid's not sleeping at all, so I drive him around from like, 12:30 to 2:30 in the morning," he says. "I've lived in Silver Lake for 21...Read more

Greig Nori, the former manager for pop punk band Sum 41, has denied the claims in singer Deryck Whibley’s memoir accusing him of sexual coercion and abuse.

“The accusation that I initiated the relationship is false. I did not initiate it. Whibley initiated it, aggressively,” Nori wrote in a statement to the Toronto Star on Thursday.

“...Read more

NEW YORK — Bill Maher concedes that his Nov. 16 New York Comedy Festival performance won’t be the most important thing on New Yorkers’ schedule in a month that includes a presidential election and a World Series that could involve a local team or two. (He owns a small share of the Mets.)

But the HBO “Real Time” host welcomes the ...Read more

Martha Stewart may be close to perfect when it comes to home economics, but the diva of domesticity has revealed she was far from it during her near-30 year marriage.

In a new documentary for Netflix, Stewart admits to cheating on her ex-husband, Andrew Stewart, while doling out marital advice to young women.

“If you’re married and your ...Read more

NEW YORK — "Saturday Night" is a fly-on-the-wall dramatization of the tense, chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live." Directed by Jason Reitman, the film depicts the rebellious group of writers and performers who helped create a comedy institution that has defied all predictions by enduring on NBC for half...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It's time to get down with the sickness.

The Chicago-based heavy metal band Disturbed is celebrating the 25-year anniversary of their debut album, "The Sickness," with a 34-date North American tour kicking off in late February. Each night will feature two sets of music, opening with Disturbed playing "The Sickness" in full, ...Read more

NEW YORK — R. Kelly’s daughter Joanne Kelly, who also goes by the name Buku Abi, is telling her story in upcoming new documentary, “Karma: A Daughter’s Journey.”

In the TVEI Streaming Network special, Abi opens up about being abused by her father growing up. “He was my everything. For a long time, I didn’t even want to believe ...Read more

ATHENS, Ga. — Juliana Hartley had a peak Athens experience on Thursday.

The University of Georgia senior saw Michael Stipe, frontman of the band R.E.M. that famously formed here in the 1980s. Stipe sightings are common because he lives here part time. But Hartley witnessed something few have seen the past two decades — Stipe performing live...Read more