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Super Bowl commercials rely on comedy and nostalgia to avoid potential missteps

February 9, 2025, 11:42am Latest News

Most of the commercials airing during this year’s Super Bowl are going for laughs, with advertisers betting that America could use a brief diversion. Read story

He’s painted Altadena for 40 years. Now he is painting the ruins of the Eaton fire

February 9, 2025, 6:05am Life

Keni “Arts” Davis has depicted many of Altadena’s changes with a paintbrush. Read story

 
Rock guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix caught mid-guitar break during his performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970.

Celebrate Black History Month by listening to these Black musicians with WA connections

Rock guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix caught mid-guitar break during his performance at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970.

February 9, 2025, 6:03am Entertainment

Black History Month is observed during the month of February, dedicated to acknowledging the lesser-told stories, celebrating the successes, mourning the losses and furthering education of all. Read story

From left, Joseph Quinn, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby and Ebon Moss-Bachrach attend the trailer launch for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” at U.S. Space & Rocket Center on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Huntsville, Alabama. (David A.

‘Fantastic Four’ trailer teases Marvel’s First Family dynamics and Galactus

From left, Joseph Quinn, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby and Ebon Moss-Bachrach attend the trailer launch for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” at U.S. Space & Rocket Center on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Huntsville, Alabama. (David A.

February 9, 2025, 6:00am Entertainment

Even superheroes make time for family dinners. Read story

A still from ǃúCommon Side Effects.ǃù (Warner Bros.

Review: An animated thriller takes on Big Pharma, with ‘King of the Hill’ heart

A still from ǃúCommon Side Effects.ǃù (Warner Bros.

February 9, 2025, 6:00am Entertainment

We know that animation can express just about anything live-action film can, and in ways live-action film can’t. Every animator creates a physically individual world, with its own topography and architecture and differently shaped characters. So when animators take on an established live-action genre, the result can feel both known… Read story

Gigi Zumbado attends the Los Angeles photo call for “Heart Eyes” at One Culver on Jan. 21, 2025, in Culver City, California.

Gigi Zumbado takes the edge off new Valentine’s Day slasher ‘Heart Eyes’

Gigi Zumbado attends the Los Angeles photo call for “Heart Eyes” at One Culver on Jan. 21, 2025, in Culver City, California.

February 9, 2025, 5:55am Entertainment

Love is a killer in the new Valentine’s Day horror flick “Heart Eyes” — but Gigi Zumbado brings levity and charm to this cheeky, yet gruesome movie. Read story

This image released by Netflix shows Brianne Howey, left, and Amy Schumer n a scene from “Kinda Pregnant.” (Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: ‘Kinda Pregnant’ is kinda good

This image released by Netflix shows Brianne Howey, left, and Amy Schumer n a scene from “Kinda Pregnant.” (Netflix via AP)

February 9, 2025, 5:53am Entertainment

We have by now become accustomed to the lengths some movie characters will go to keep a good comedy lie going. But it’s still a special kind of feat when Amy Schumer, playing a baby-mad single woman who fakes a baby bump in “Kinda Pregnant,” is so desperate to maintain… Read story

How Robert Crais drags Elvis Cole and Joe Pike into the darkness in ‘The Big Empty’

February 9, 2025, 5:51am Entertainment

For “The Big Empty,” the 20th book in Robert Crais ‘ Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series, Crais returned to an idea he’d been circling off and on for years. Read story

Laverne Cox stars in “Clean Slate.” (Prime Video/TNS)

‘Clean Slate’ review: An estranged daughter reunites with her father and comedy ensues

Laverne Cox stars in “Clean Slate.” (Prime Video/TNS)

February 9, 2025, 5:26am Entertainment

Families are complicated, which gives TV writers plenty of fodder to draw from. But what if the results are neither high stakes nor funny, so much as warm and pleasant? Well, you take what you can get these days, when the definition of “comedy” has become so expansive as to… Read story

Olivia Holt, left, and Mason Gooding “Heart Eyes.”  (Christopher Moss/Sony Pictures/TNS)