Concerts at the L.A. Sports Arena through the years

Pink Floyd at the L.A. Sports Arena on Feb. 7, 1980. The Who’s Roger Daltrey, left, drummer Kenney Jones and Pete Townshend ...
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LACMA acquires Kerry James Marshall’s haunting, potent portrait of a ‘Shadow of His Former Self’

The turning point of Kerry James Marshall’s prolific career came in 1980 with “A Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self.” Painted on paper in egg tempera, the work depicts a nearly ...
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Interview: The man behind ‘Naruto’

At 34, Masashi Kishimoto is one of the most successful manga-ka, or manga artists, in the world. His long-running series about ninja-in-training Naruto Uzumaki has sold tens of millions of books ...
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Grammys 2015: Transcript of Bob Dylan’s MusiCares Person of Year speech

Bob Dylan was honored by MusiCares, the charity organization that aids musicians in need, at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Friday night. After performances by artists including Tom Jones, ...
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This documentarian is fighting back against gay culture’s ‘No Fats, No Femmes’ mantra

Being overweight carries with it a social stigma. So does being a man who embraces the feminine. But for those in the gay community who live at the intersection of such identities, life can be like ...
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‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ is 50 and racial tension still a problem in America

Even 50 years ago, in a nation inflamed by prejudice and civil rights marches, the interracial marriage fable “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” played suave and polite at a defining moment when cinema ...
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A black man’s quixotic quest to quell the racism of the KKK, one robe at a time

A raised eyebrow, a shake of the head. “He’s a nut.” Such were the sentiments of Scott Shepherd, a former Klan grand dragon, when he first saw Daryl Davis, a piano-playing bluesman who travels the ...
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With ‘Love Jones,’ black love took center stage: An oral history

Before “Love Jones,” black romance on the big screen was hard to come by. Sure, “Mahogany,” starring Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams, had paved the way, but that was in 1975. Since then, most of the ...
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Tom Petty’s death is still a hard reminder for aging rockers about the downside of life on the road

When Tom Petty was rushed to a hospital one year ago in full cardiac arrest, two words immediately sprang to many minds: Not again. Weeks later, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s ...
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Complete list of 2016 Emmy nominations and winners

The 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards have come to an end, with “Veep” winning best comedy series, while “Game of Thrones” won in the drama category. “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” also ...
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Must Reads: The night Aretha Franklin turned to opera and saved the Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards ceremony has never suffered a shortage of drama during the annual telecast. But there probably was never a more heart-stopping turn of events than on the night of Feb. 25, 1998, when ...
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A sex symbol on ‘Game of Thrones,’ Pedro Pascal is having a moment with ‘Narcos’ and ‘Kingsman’

When Pedro Pascal was a 26-year-old struggling actor, he moved into a cheap, one-bedroom apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn. For much of the past 15 years, he strung together rent in the time-honored New ...