‘Beyond Utopia’ tracks desperate attempts to flee North Korea
“Beyond Utopia,” an eye-opening thriller that captures a family’s desperate and dangerous escape from North Korea, is one of the year’s most acclaimed documentaries, winning…
Opinion: A film projectionist once more, now in L.A. — resurrecting a dying craft
All the crafts that I’ve practiced in my life I’ve done knowing they are either dead or dying. I have a master’s degree in poetry.…
Book Club: Our books critics’ 2023 year-end thoughts, predictions
Good morning, happy holidays and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Boris Kachka, the books editor at the Los Angeles Times,…
You rescued me from porn addiction and failing erections and saved my sex life
DEAR DEIDRE: I WAS about to embark on desperate measures to try and rescue my sex life, but emailed you first. Thankfully disaster was averted…
Paul Hollywood's rollercoaster love life from sad divorce to young new wife
Congratulations are in order for Bake Off star Paul Hollywood - who has been commended in the New Years Honours list 2024 - which comes…
Gypsy Rose Blanchard released from prison
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the woman whose twisted upbringing and mother‘s death inspired Hulu’s award-winning series “The Act” and HBO’s “Mommy Dead and Dearest,” has been…
Column: 2023 was the year we said goodbye to too many matriarchs
María Fernández Miranda is the epitome of a matriarch. Seven of her 11 surviving children live on the same street as she does in Anaheim.…
I met the love of my life in Turkey – I only saw him once in five years but he’s the one, I’m moving to be with him
A FASHION student met the love of her life during a family trip to Turkey - and is now moving 2,500 miles to be with…
Our homes were ripped apart by a ‘TORNADO’ – I saw a roof blowing past window…a pint saved my life
RESIDENTS have described how their homes were ripped apart by a TORNADO with one man even claiming a pint saved his life. Houses were left…
Chargers’ international player is having the ride of his life
In a Chargers season that’s going nowhere, he is — as a professional athlete — traveling there in a rather unlikely way. On a bicycle.…
My New Year’s haul has the most flattering corset jumpsuit – but story of my life, the red dress doesn’t fit my boobs
A FASHION influencer has shared what she's wearing when the ball drops at midnight. She said the jumpsuit was incredibly flattering on her but wished…
Todd Sand still connected to figure skating after heart attack
He hadn’t been sick. Except for persistent pain in his upper back, between his neck and his shoulder blades, Todd Sand was the picture of…
‘Dying every two hours’: Afghan women risk life to give birth | In Pictures News
Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate…
Kamar de los Reyes dead: ‘One Life to Live,’ actor was 56
Kamar de los Reyes, who starred in the long-running daytime series “One Life to Live” and multiple installments of the “Call of Duty” video game…
Talking ‘Past Lives,’ ‘The Color Purple’ on The Envelope
Follow us on YouTube, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. On this week’s episode of “The Envelope,” star Greta Lee explains why Celine…
Before he tried to kill himself, Erik Kramer saved another life
Heroes can change you forever and go on to crumble out of sight. It’s not often they piece themselves back together and sit down to…
Oti Mabuse life after Strictly – from 'crying in shower and struggling to eat' to 'miracle' baby
Oti Mabuse, who shocked fans with her decision to depart BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in 2022, which she had won twice, has announced the arrival…
Michael Bublé reveals music career has ‘been cyclical’
For jazz vocalist and Christmas crooner Michael Bublé, the past 20 years have been a constant pattern of writing, promoting and touring new albums. Now,…
Willie Nelson docuseries details music legend’s affairs
A new docuseries cataloging Willie Nelson’s life and career drops one bombshell after another about the 90-year-old country singer — among them his refusal to…
‘The Iron Claw’ review: Sad Von Erichs saga comes to life
Film after film, director Sean Durkin explores the dynamics of dysfunctional families, particularly ones with imposing, controlling or otherwise distrustful father figures. In his 2011…