Is Showtime’s ‘The Curse’ the ultimate Peak TV show?
In many ways, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s black comedy “The Curse” feels designed to become a zeitgeist show. It…
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Mass layoffs hit video game industry after its pandemic boom
Ryan Lastimosa was home recovering from surgery when he received a text message from his boss at Respawn Entertainment saying…
Iger returned to Disney a year ago. It’s been a rough ride
During his first 15 years running the Walt Disney Co., Bob Iger had a magical touch. Acquisitions of Pixar Animation,…
CALMATTERS: Closed-off Interstate 10 is no stranger to major damage or political attention | Columns
If any freeway is a cultural icon, it is Interstate 10, which stretches more than 2,460 miles through eight southern…
Netflix, Warner Bros., and More Cut Staff
The Hollywood strikes may be over, but the industry that workers are coming back to is going through turmoil. On…
Filmmakers rally behind Warner Bros. movie ‘Coyote vs. Acme’
Filmmakers are rallying behind “Coyote vs. Acme,” the little Looney Tunes movie that could survive a death sentence from Warner…
What the SAG-AFTRA deal does and doesn’t accomplish
Just hours before the actors’ strike ended last week, comedian and strike captain Elyssa Phillips spoke to The Times’ Christi…
CALMATTERS: California will finally see a highly competitive contest for U.S. Senate | Columns
California has seen some humdinger contests for its U.S. Senate seats, but none worthy of note in this century. Two…
CALMATTERS: Gavin Newsom’s trip to Israel and China was tinged with hypocrisy | Columns
So what should Californians glean from their governor’s global gallivanting last week? We learned that Gavin Newsom won’t let tinges…
CALMATTERS: How liberal California compares to Florida, Texas on social media regulation | Columns
The dichotomy between blue and red states – in essence California vs. Florida and Texas – has played out in…