It begins as a hymn to brokenness and a dream betrayed. Paul Simon’s “American Tune” glimpses a nation where promise has turned to sacrilege and a man is “many times confused.” Released in 1973, with ...
She was a character who, by Karen Gillan’s own account, seemed destined for a single-film stint in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A “blue meanie” who could have been gone in a flash like so many ...
Concert promoter Paul Tollett’s once stated hope for his bold new music gamble in the California desert couldn’t sound more prophetic. “For Southern California,” he told The Times shortly before the ...
The terrible dawn of Norwegian black metal came during the summer of 1984, during an adolescent season of inspiration in a small village outside Oslo. Guitarist Oystein Aarseth and bassist Jorn ...
The fifth-floor lobby of Goldenvoice Productions greets visitors in downtown L.A. with a vibrant, wall-size mosaic that depicts a desert landscape close to the heart of concert promoter Paul Tollett.
Reporting from Mexico City — When the Cine Metropolitan opened on Avenida Independencia in Mexico City in 1943, it was one of those spare-no-expense architectural extravaganzas that reveal why movie ...
Forty years after its original release, no film has uniquely defined black culture and shaped the framework of a musical genre quite like “The Wiz.” An adaptation of the groundbreaking Broadway ...
Reporting from Park City, Utah — When Cindy Shank was in prison, her bed consisted of a metal slab and paper-thin mattress. And now, here she was in her own condo — one she’d been put up in, no less — ...
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 ...
When Oscar Grant, an unarmed, black 22-year-old, was fatally shot on New Year’s Day 2009 by a white Oakland transit police officer, calls for justice swept throughout the country. Angie Thomas felt ...
In 2010, a new cartoon debuted with these bold lines. "Princess Bubblegum," asks Finn, a human boy, “when we bring the dead back to life, will they be filled with worms?" "No," Princess Bubblegum ...
Christopher McQuarrie wasn’t getting much sleep. Every night, like clockwork, the “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” director would wake up in the middle of the night, his mind racing with worries about ...
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