Jevon Phillips

Inside Pasadena’s quest for global domination at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship.

Like most WGA members, many Black writers widely support the strike but fear there will be a contraction of projects and opportunities once Hollywood gets back to work.

The Writers Guild of America’s negotiating committee sent out a message to its members announcing the tentative deal that was reached with Hollywood studios Sunday night. The letter was posted to the WGAContract 2023 website used by the guild to communicate with its members. The writers have been on strike since May 2 and will still need to approve and ratify the proposed three-year contract before it takes effect. Here is the letter in its entirety: Dear Members, We have reached a tentative agr…

To call Paul Dano a versatile artist would be an understatement. He’s been acting since childhood on stages and screens big and small, released music with the band Mook and made his directorial debut in 2018. He added comic book writer to his list of trades last year. Dano played the Riddler in 2022’s “The Batman,” directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattinson in the title role. A member of Batman’s colorful rogues gallery, the criminal mastermind is always engaged in a deadly game with…

Hinton Battle, who won Tony Awards (featured actor in a musical) for his performances in “Miss Saigon,” “Sophisticated Ladies” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” has died at 67. No cause of death was mentioned. A choreographer, director, actor and writer, Battle made his Broadway debut as the original Scarecrow at the age of 15 in “The Wiz.” He studied at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet in Washington, DC, and the School of American Ballet in New York City and went on to star in numerous lauded musicals…

The 66th Grammy Awards have been awarded in downtown Los Angeles, and Taylor Swift made history by winning album of the year for the fourth time. Crypto.com Arena was the host arena for the Primetime Ceremony, and was emceed by Trevor Noah while being broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. The Peacock Theater held court for the Premiere Ceremony, which handed out the bulk of the awards for the night earlier in the day. The big four awards went to Swift, Miley Cyrus for record of the year (…

The 96th Academy Awards were awarded tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and after a brief delay caused by protests calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, “Oppenheimer” took home a leading seven Oscars, including ones for best picture, director (Christopher Nolan) and lead actor (Cillian Murphy). “Poor Things” had multiple winners, including lead actress Emma Stone. Screenplay awards went to “American Fiction” and “Anatomy of a Fall,” and in one of the night’s most emotional mo…

When Dr. Ming Wang came to the United States in 1982 at 21 years old, he had nothing but $50 and a Chinese-to-English translation book. He had just survived the violent cultural revolution in China — including the loss of a dear friend — during which the government had shut down most of the universities in the country. We see this and much more in flashbacks throughout the movie “Sight,” which is based on Dr. Wang’s autobiography “From Darkness to Sight” and opens this weekend. In it, Dr. Wang (…

The roots of breaking are strong on Venice Beach as the Red Bull BC One USA Championships arrive on the heels of a controversial showing at the Paris Olympics.

L.A. Comic Con's diverse lineup includes Ewan McGregor, Rosario Dawson, Michael J. Fox and ... Anjelica Huston?