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Vince Zampella, the video game developer who launched the 'Call of Duty' franchise and 'Apex Legends' outlet Respawn Entertainment with Jason West, has died.

From absurdist metafictions involving doppelgängers to a documentary about a slain music star that utilizes never-before-seen home footage, these were the best Latino films of 2025.

The 28-year-old Swedish pop singer is nominated for her first Grammy Award with her song 'Midnight Sun.'

Eddie Sotto, a former Imagineer whose worked influenced several Disney theme parks, died in December in Orange Country. Sotto is best known for designing Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland Paris, but also touched many Disneyland attractions.

Members of the queer leather community talk about spending the holidays with chosen family at the latest CLAW convention in Los Angeles.

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk over the weekend faced an experience 'WAY outside' his comfort zone: performing in the 'Nutcracker' ballet.

Barry Manilow shared on social media that he will be postponing his January concerts to have surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his left lung.

With the help of the VFX experts at Wēta FX, the filmmaker turned his focus to the physics of fire for 'Avatar 3' — and forged a villain alliance like no other.

In 2024, in a story I wrote for this newspaper about a glam L.A. event, I name-checked " 'The Color Purple' star Cynthia Erivo."

From their first Zoom call to a 58-minute voice note, Maggie O'Farrell details how she and Chloé Zhao came to co-write the screenplay for 'Hamnet' across continents and time zones.

The filmmakers behind the French animated sci-fi epic discuss the creation of two distinct futures for the story, one beset by fire and the other after the flood.

'I locked myself away,' the actor says of his preparation for Ryan Coogler's horror blockbuster. He emerged with twins whose distinct qualities animate an awards-worthy dual performance.

Is AI a utopian promise or an existential threat? These 11 must-read books — featuring Annie Bot, Empire of AI and UnWorld — navigate the turbulent landscape of deepfakes, algorithmic bias, and the quest for Artificial General Intelligence.