Could ‘Wicked’ turbocharge the Broadway movie adaptation genre?
It’s not easy to defy gravity as a musical movie, particularly one that’s been adapted from a Broadway play.But with the record-breaking premiere of Universal…
Liam Neeson eyes action-film retirement: ‘It has to stop’
With a decade-plus with action films as his calling card, Liam Neeson says he may be aging out of the genre — but he has…
Fuerza Regida talks about Mexican music’s place in the Grammy race
Jesús Ortiz Paz, singer of the San Bernardino-born música Mexicana band Fuerza Regida, is relentless about winning every possible fan. From throwing album-release beach parties…
Luke Bryan talks Beyoncé’s CMA Awards snub, ‘Cowboy Carter’
Luke Bryan is venturing a guess at why Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” was snubbed by the Country Music Assn. Awards.Despite the album debuting at No. 1…
Maggie Smith death: Her talent never dimmed across 7 decades
A day I have been dreading is now upon us: Dame Maggie Smith has died. She was 89, of course, and spent much of her…
Southern California is a hotbed for rising música Mexicana acts
Southern California isn’t just the biggest U.S. market for música Mexicana; it also has contributed greatly to the genre by serving as the birthplace or…
Stagecoach 2025: Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll and Luke Combs will headline
Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll and Luke Combs will headline 2025’s Stagecoach country music festival, organizers announced Thursday, bringing together three superstar acts who each followed…
K-pop superstar Taemin is poised to take genre to greater heights
In recent years, you can’t look at a Billboard chart, the Hot 100 or the 200 without seeing a K-pop artist.It wasn’t always this way.…
Hard Summer 2024: Bianca Oblivion, CC Love to perform at EDM festival
Bianca Oblivion, a rising Mexican American DJ and Los Angeles native, understands the importance of her upcoming appearance at Hard Summer, one of the largest…
Reality TV book from Emily Nussbaum explores history of genre
On the Shelf Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV By Emily NussbaumRandom House: 464 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our…
Country singer George Strait breaks the U.S. concert-crowd record
Country music’s boom year racked up another milestone after singer George Strait set a new record for attendance at a ticketed concert in the U.S.…
Questlove declares hip-hop ‘history’ in more ways than one
Book Review Hip-Hop is History By Questlove with Ben GreenmanAuwa: 352 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a…
Solarpunk started out as a speculative fiction genre. Now it informs sustainable architecture and design
Who knew the iconic Hills Hoist could be considered solarpunk?Solarpunk is a futurist movement that began in speculative fiction and sci-fi films and has since…
Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter: Jolene cover, Miley Cyrus duet, more takeaways
Beyoncé told us 10 days before she dropped “Cowboy Carter”: It’s not a country album. It’s a Beyoncé album. The singles from the album, “Texas…
How the Menendez brothers case blazed a trail for the true crime genre
If there were a Mount Rushmore of true crime, the faces of Erik and Lyle Menendez would certainly be on it. The 1989 murder case…
SXSW: Peso Pluma ends show with heated message
Peso Pluma paced across the stage to the sounds of uproarious applause. His set was coming to a close, but there was something he needed…
‘American Movie’: How a failed ‘Blair Witch Project’ predicted the future
For a tiny moment in Chris Smith’s wry 1999 documentary “American Movie,” Hollywood glamour seeps into the film’s wintry Wisconsin gloom. On a TV set,…
Robert Downey Jr. says quality ‘Iron Man’ work was overlooked
Robert Downey Jr. knows how some industry professionals feel about comic-book franchise films — but the “Iron Man” actor says that doesn’t discount his acting…