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Readers line up for authors and celebrity guests as the annual USC event gets underway, with organizers expecting up to 155,000 attendees over the weekend.

Several of the biggest names at the L.A. Times Festival of Books stopped by our photo studio. View our curated gallery of portraits taken between panel discussions, book signings and speaking engagements.

'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' and 'The Traitors' alum Lisa Rinna spoke candidly about her time with the franchises during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Madonna joined Sabrina Carpenter as a surprise guest during "Juno" and performed "Vogue" and "Like a Prayer" in addition to the new song.

At the L.A. Times Book Prizes ceremony, authors and presenters celebrated writing as a potent form of political resistance.

The judge ruled that Nexstar "must immediately cease all ongoing action" to consolidate Tegna stations.

Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin were shaken up early Friday morning when a man allegedly trespassed at their Hollywood Hills property. Sprouse took matters into his own hands until police arrived.

A judge set an October trial date for Serge Svetnoy, gaffer on the ill-fated western "Rust" and friend of victim Halyna Hutchins, who filed a negligence suit against the producers and Baldwin years ago.

Natalie Portman is pregnant with her third child, the first with French music producer beau Tanguy Destable, known as Tepr.

LACMA's opening gala for its $724 million David Geffen Galleries created a gravitational pull for art and film heavyweights, including the building's namesake along with George Lucas, Ed Ruscha, Lauren Halsey, Tom Hanks, Bob Iger, Will Ferrell, Ava DuVernay, Jeff Koons and more.

'Law & Order: Organized Crime' star Christopher Meloni thanked fans for 'sticking with [Elliot Stabler] and welcoming him back' after the show's cancellation.

Meghan Trainor has canceled her Get in Girl tour, which was set to begin in June. Her new album, 'Toy With Me,' will still be released later this month.

Details are emerging about the arrest the arrest of D4vd in the 2025 slaying of a girl, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, in Hollywood.

Three Latina poets -- Yesika Salgado, Celia Martínez and Vianney Harelly -- use Instagram and TikTok to connect with a growing audience of young poetry readers.

His name in the title, the director isn't especially distinctive as a stylist, but his tale of child possession sometimes hits the right gory notes.