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As America's 250th anniversary approaches, a number of TV docuseries and web series, both historical and satirical in nature, offer timely civics lessons.

Twenty-five years after its Broadway debut, the veteran BTS creatives of "Mamma Mia!" helps turn the Ahmanson Theatre into an ABBA-fueled, multigenerational dance party.

Hathaway's gospel-infused arrangement and call-and-response with a crowd at the Troubadour transformed Carole King's song from a private promise into a proclamation of Black resilience.

As major dance institutions like Bodytraffic and L.A. Contemporary Dance Company close their doors, dancers still persevere. Here's how.

Author Gabrielle Korn discusses "Long Island Girls," a novel tracking a queer millennial's journey from AOL Instant Messenger-era youth to adulthood in a changing media landscape.

Ousted 'Love Island USA' contestant Alannah Keyser has apologized for a past video of her using a racist slur that circulated on social media.

Former child star Daveigh Chase, who terrified viewers climbing out of a television screen in "The Ring" and voiced the lovable outcast Lilo in "Lilo & Stitch," died of AIDS, the Los Angeles County medical examiner said.

Inside the feud between Fuerza Regida frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz and music mogul Jimmy Humilde, who signed the San Bernardino band to Rancho Humilde in 2018.

IHeartMedia has started to restructure its radio programming to reduce costs. Dozens of on-air hosts nationwide are being laid off, including three at KGGI.

Veda Pierce always had her eye on the bigger house, the fancier car, the richer man. It was a drive that would destroy her life and make her one of the greatest L.A. villains of all time.

To mark Brooks' 100th birthday, the American Film Institute reshuffled its classic comedy rankings, elevating 'Blazing Saddles' to the No. 1 spot.

T-Pain joined Shaquille O'Neal during a DJ set at Electric Forest over the weekend and premiered his unreleased song with late singer Oliver Tree, who died earlier this month.

Rooted in childhood memories from Syria, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, the lush songs chase one elusive sensation — safety — as war, migration and adulthood reshape her notion of home.

Comcast is spinning off its NBCUniversal entertainment and media assets into a separate publicly traded company.

From classic dramas like 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Nashville' to a John Carpenter sci-fi nightmare, these movies articulate a shifting national mood.