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Print Thank you to Mary McNamara for her column about bullying in Hollywood [“Hey Hollywood, Stop the Bully Act,” April 13]. Bullies also exist in families, schools, neighborhoods, the military, the police and other workplaces. As a victim of bullies as a youngster and teenager, I have felt their power. Walking from school one day, an absolute stranger walking across the street called me a name. For reasons I cannot explain, I intuitively found it humorous that this stranger felt that I wa...

Print We’re back! The second pandemic edition of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Stories & Ideas kicks off this weekend, beginning with a virtual ceremony announcing the winners of the 2020 L.A. Times Book Prizes. This year’s 26th celebration of the written word begins with the Book Prize announcements April 16 at 5 p.m. Tune in on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. The festival proper opens April 17 at 10 a.m. with the help of USC’s President Carol L. Folt, featuring surprise app...

Den Lemon, among other renowned panelists, will provide attendees with invaluable literary expertise and wisdom. (Photo courtesy of CNN) The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be streaming virtual panels from April 17 to April 23. Over the course of the festival, more than 100 authors will participate in the panels to discuss different topics and writings. Below are some of the featured panelists on this year’s Festival of Books mainstage: Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas (Saturday, April 17) ...

WHEN: April 17-23 HOW: Register in advance for events and receive a reminder email with a link. DETAILS: Events are free to view except those featuring Don Lemon, Richard Thompson and Brandi Carlile, which cost $5. Books available through partner booksellers. Questions can be submitted on registration. See Festival FAQ for more. April 17 Festival of Books kickoff, presented with USC Join us for the kickoff of the 26th annual Festival of Books featuring Dr. Carol L. Folt, USC president, along wi...

Them.** Braxton described a scene that takes place in the fifth episode, and it made me feel sick. While much of the menace in “Them” comes from things that go bump in the night, the most shocking horror lies in its more realistic scenes of racist violence, which are arguably more disturbing than the vivid images in its recent predecessors. The mayhem gains momentum in the fifth episode, which depicts the murder of a Black infant while his mother is raped and continues in a later episode wi...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Matt James, the first Black lead in "Bachelor" history, entered Mondays season finale amid a firestorm over race. (Craig Sjodin/ABC/TNS) ‘The Bachelor’s’ uncomfortable silences speak volumes in emotional finale special Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, (TNS) The curtain has finally fallen on the “landmark” 25th season of “The Bachelor” – the first to feature a Black leading man. The ending was more messy than rosy. As many fans predicted, Matt James o...

Based on: “Emma” by Jane Austen, 1815 Verdict: While it doesn’t match “Clueless” for sheer wit and invention, Catton’s delightfully arch adaptation gets a lot of fresh comic mileage out of well-worn material — and benefits, like all “Emma” adaptations, from Austen’s most ingeniously constructed story. — Justin Chang Haley Bennett, left, Glenn Close and Owen Asztalos in the movie “Hillbilly Elegy” on Netflix and the book by J.D. Vance. (Lacey Terrell / Netflix; HarperC...

18 ways to honor Black History Month around L.A. Jeanette Marantos © Provided by The LA Times A look at the many activities happening — mostly virtually — for Black History Month in and around Los Angeles. (Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) February is Black History Month, and if we learned anything in 2020, weve got lots of catching up to do. Good news: pandemic or no pandemic, there are still plenty of ways in Southern California to celebrate and learn,...

Manmade wetlands in South L.A. make a convincing habitat, and winter hiking trails to put on your to-do list. Black Artists + Designers Guild presents the Obsidian Experience, a “virtual concept house” of the future designed “as an enlightened way of being and dwelling” for Black families. The designs by 23 members of the Black Artist + Designers Guild will evolve during the month at obsidianbybadg.house. “Who I Am,” a celebration of African American Heritage, is a free Theatre West...

As 1989 came to a close, the late, great Frank del Olmo — the first Latinx journalist to be named to the Los Angeles Times masthead — took stock of how much progress our community had made during the 1980s, which had been dubbed “the Decade of the Hispanic” in the news media and in advertising because of our burgeoning population growth. For Del Olmo, the term “was contrived and artificial,” a glib attempt at getting Latinxs to consume more, and conjured up images of brown people d...