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This month brings power-packed new releases from Marlon James, Min Jin Lee and Malcolm Gladwell, plus a vibrant L.A. memoir by local legend Guadalupe Rosales.

After Curry Barker's "Obsession" became one of the year's biggest box office stories, an executive producer on the indie horror movie is suing the production company behind it and its two co-founders, saying she was cut out of the profits. The company's lawyers say she was paid what she was owed.

The inaugural fest, headlined by Olivia Dean and the Killers, is a watershed moment for Santa Monica as a music town. Goldenvoice and the city vow to get it right.

Gregg T. Daniel directs "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at A Noise Within, part of the theater's continuing exploration of the August Wilson Century Cycle.

Rob and Michele Reiner's son Jake Reiner has reportedly tied the knot with fiancée Maria Gilfillan. The small ceremony took place in early August — eight months after his parent's deaths.

California's share of postproduction work has fallen as editing, sound and visual effects work moves elsewhere. Lawmakers just passed a stand-alone postproduction tax incentive — with no funding attached.

Jared Freid's new Netflix hour, "The Family Plan," turns a beach blowup with his dad into a sharply observed, big-hearted look at boomer-millennial family warfare and reconciliation.

An open letter invokes 'the very essence of Jewish ethical duty' to call out connections between the Israel-Gaza war and Hollywood's mega-merger.

The Times interviews women who attended Lilith Fair in the 1990s — and the kids in their lives — about the feminist roots of the Daisy Chain Fields fest, spearheaded by Grammy-winning pop-rock star Olivia Rodrigo.

The Huntington has acquired a vast Integratron archive chronicling creator George Van Tassel, UFO encounters and a unique chapter of California history.

Charles E. Dickson, Gabriela Ruiz and Jen Stark are just a few of the dozens of Angelenos creating works for the Los Angeles locale.

Netflix's upcoming three-part docuseries directed and executive produced by Mary Robertson explores the actor's life, addiction struggles and legacy through never-before-seen family material.

Released in April 2007, "Tigi Tigi" united Latinos and Arabs across oceans, marked new territory for Arabic pop and expanded reggaeton's reach.

'The Drop: A Snowfall Saga' centers 'Snowfall's' Gail Bean and her attempt to make it in the music industry during the 1990s with the help of her cousin, played by Asante Blackk.

Debbie Allen, who worked on the original series, had tried for years to revive the groundbreaking sitcom. A new incarnation, helmed by Felicia Pride, arrives on Netflix with new and returning cast members.