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FILE - A Banned Books Week display is at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library in the Bronx borough of New York City on Saturday, October 7, 2023.

George M. Johnson’s ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ tops 2024 list of most ‘challenged’ US library books

FILE - A Banned Books Week display is at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library in the Bronx borough of New York City on Saturday, October 7, 2023.

April 7, 2025, 8:46am Entertainment

Removing books from library shelves is no longer just a story of objections from a local community or an individual parent, the American Library Association says. Read story

Bing attends the premiere of “The Friend” at IPIC Theaters on Monday, March 24, 2025, in New York.

‘The Friend’ star a very good boy

Bing attends the premiere of “The Friend” at IPIC Theaters on Monday, March 24, 2025, in New York.

April 7, 2025, 6:03am Entertainment

The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre. He has those classic Hollywood features — instantly accessible, forever unknowable — and when he walks down the street with his co-stars, Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, people’s heads turn. Read story

From left, Amanda Seyfried as Karen, Lacey Chabert as Gretchen, Lindsay Lohan as Cady and Rachel McAdams as Regina in the 2004 movie ǃúMean Girls.ǃù (Michael Gibson/Paramount Pictures/Zuma Press/TNS)

Justin: How ‘Mean Girls’ became the ‘fetchiest’ film of the 21st century

From left, Amanda Seyfried as Karen, Lacey Chabert as Gretchen, Lindsay Lohan as Cady and Rachel McAdams as Regina in the 2004 movie ǃúMean Girls.ǃù (Michael Gibson/Paramount Pictures/Zuma Press/TNS)

April 7, 2025, 6:02am Entertainment

During a recent episode of “CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five,” broadcast journalist and sports reporter Cari Champion compared Elon Musk to a “Mean Girls” character who crashes a school assembly. The women at the table instantly got the reference; the men did not. Read story

15 Coachella 2025 acts you don’t want to miss at the festival or on livestream

April 7, 2025, 5:13am Entertainment

Let’s be clear: There is too much music at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for anyone to be able to experience it all – or more than a fraction of it over the three days of the festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 11-13… Read story

President and CEO of National Public Radio Katherine Maher, left, and President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service Paula Kerger are sworn in before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Lloyd: PBS and NPR cater to all Americans, despite what Marjorie Taylor Greene might believe

President and CEO of National Public Radio Katherine Maher, left, and President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service Paula Kerger are sworn in before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

April 6, 2025, 6:05am Entertainment

Every so often across my 21 years as a TV critic at the Los Angeles Times, I have been moved to defend public broadcasting against regular right-wing attempts to defund it. The difference now — well, one difference — is we are living in a time without guardrails, when the… Read story

Jennifer Coolidge, left, and Lewis Pullman in ǃúRiff Raff.ǃù  (Roadside Attractions/Zuma Press/TNS)

How Bill Murray’s scary character made Jennifer Coolidge giddy during ‘Riff Raff’

Jennifer Coolidge, left, and Lewis Pullman in ǃúRiff Raff.ǃù  (Roadside Attractions/Zuma Press/TNS)

April 6, 2025, 6:00am Entertainment

Yes, Jennifer Coolidge has a pair of Emmys for her work on the first two seasons of “The White Lotus.” But an Emmy or two won’t help you when you’re face to face with Bill Murray and a gun. Read story

FILE - Amber Ruffin arrives at the 16th Annual AAFCA Film Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Amber Ruffin explains the lesson she learned when she was disinvited from WHCA dinner

FILE - Amber Ruffin arrives at the 16th Annual AAFCA Film Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

April 6, 2025, 6:00am Entertainment

Amber Ruffin isn’t going to perform for the White House Correspondents’ Association’s dinner later this month after the group’s board decided unanimously to un-invite her as its featured entertainer. Read story

This image released by Focus Features shows Carey Mulligan, left, and Tom Basden in a scene from “The Ballad of Wallis Island.” (Focus Features via AP)

Review: ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island,’ where the right concert can change your life

This image released by Focus Features shows Carey Mulligan, left, and Tom Basden in a scene from “The Ballad of Wallis Island.” (Focus Features via AP)

April 6, 2025, 5:58am Entertainment

The firm of Forsyth, Carney, Powell and Pressburger likely provided some valuable pro bono counsel to the makers of “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” a nicely spooned dose of whimsy that goes down quite well. Read story

Paul Walter Hauser stars in “The Luckiest Man in America.” (Courtesy IFC Films/TNS)

Movie review: ‘The Luckiest Man in America’ goes behind scenes of game show scandal

Paul Walter Hauser stars in “The Luckiest Man in America.” (Courtesy IFC Films/TNS)

April 6, 2025, 5:55am Entertainment

“The Luckiest Man in America” is an ironic title for the story of Michael Larson, the Ohio man who managed to win over $110,000 on a 1984 episode of the game show “Press Your Luck.” The truth is, luck had nothing to do with it. Larson, played here by Paul… Read story

‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip’ review: Very OK

April 6, 2025, 5:45am Entertainment

More than a decade has passed since the release of Disney’s hit adaptation of Judith Viorst’s beloved 1972 children’s book, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” Read story