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When Francis Ford Coppola was preparing to write the script for his 1972 Oscar-winning "The Godfather," he re-read Mario Puzo's best-selling 1...

It’s a well-known trope: queers and death. The two go hand in hand so often that this representation of unhappiness becomes synonymous with queer characters.

Attend the TCM Classic Film Festival. Celebrate literature at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Immerse yourself in street art. Relive the '90s at the L.A. Phil’s Gen X Festival.

Starbucks just keeps firing union organizers. This time it was Michigan barista Hannah Whitbeck, who worked for the company for three years, had only been late one time (her car broke down), and even finished a shift once after her appendix burst. The reason for her termination is a little confusing, but it seems as though the problem (as explained by Starbucks) is that they were short-staffed one day, and Hannah left at the scheduled...

Television is a collaborative practice, but few shows bear their auteur figure’s personality more than Girls.

A widening probe of a staffer's alleged misconduct and what the mayor may have known is spurring senators to weigh the claims ahead of a vote.

Theatrical films have had a long, complicated relationship with sex, from Hays Code days to Last Tango In Paris to today. Sex is increasingly rare in mainstream cinema, but movies like Red Rocket, Pleasure, and Ti West’s X are bringing it back to mainstream drama and horror, by using the world of pornography as a story element.

When Disney has included LGBTQ characters, they're often in the background or cut from scenes altogether in other countries.

A chance to watch ‘The Godfather’ on the big screen? Now, that’s an offer film lovers can’t refuse. A landmark of the second golden age of Hollywood, the triple Oscar-winning film turned fifty on March 14. Paramount Pictures is commemorating the occasion with a series of theatrical re-releases: a biographical drama about the making of the film, remastered DVDs, a coffee table

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