Month: January 2025

More than 6,500 people have signed a petition urging new production incentives in the wake of the Eaton, Hughes and Palisades fires that have devastated Los Angles since Jan. 7. The #StayInLA petition applauds Governor Newsom’s proposal to increase California’s film/TV tax incentive to $750 million annually, but says more is needed. Specifically, the petition
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Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Francesca Babbi//LAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT Jil Sander Stretch Leaf Nappa Boots With the illusion of wearing a pair of (leather) socks under a pair of sandals with barely-there straps, this may be one
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“Happy’s Place” has brought on Justina Machado and Christopher Rich as guest stars, Variety has learned exclusively. The role will mark a reunion between Rich and “Happy’s Place” star Reba McEntire, as the two previously starred in McEntire’s hit self-titled sitcom “Reba” across its six-season run. Rich will play Maverick, described as “a local tattoo
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One of the downsides of this era of music is the way a smash song can overshadow the artist: A singer who’s been earning their chops for more than a dozen years — like Teddy Swims has — can find themselves filed alongside a teenaged one-hit wonder who’s never recorded outside their bedroom. While Swims’ massive
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Universal Music has filed a motion to dismiss Drake‘s petition for pre-suit deposition in Bexar County, Texas, citing lack of evidence in the rapper’s claims against the record company that it artificially inflated and promoted Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us.” Drake filed two actions in Nov. 2024 — both not lawsuits, to be clear — first,
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Two weeks after disastrous fires first erupted across Los Angeles county, communities across the region are coming together to aid its recovery. Sid The Cat, Mike Viola and Tyler Chester on Friday announced the “I Love LA” Eaton Fire Relief benefit concert with Andrew Bird, Bright Eyes, David Longstreth (of Dirty Projectors), Delicate Steve, Ethan Tasch and
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Each year, the Americana Music Association takes over the Troubadour on Grammy eve to salute a legend in the field, and this year’s event will be a tribute to John Hiatt, with the program pivoting to become a benefit for the L.A. wildfire relief efforts of the Recording Academy’s MusiCares program. Tickets go on sale
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Directed by Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman, “Speak.” is the type of documentary one can easily imagine being adapted into a dramatic feature down the road. It has a linear and easily digestible narrative, vivid and empathetic protagonists and a format that unspools like a sports film, depicting the triumph and disappointment of competition. Following
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Bradley Whitford is heading back to the White House, with the “West Wing” alum set for a recurring role in “The Diplomat” Season 3. Variety has confirmed with sources that Whitford will appear in the upcoming third season of the Netflix political drama as the husband to fellow “West Wing” star Allison Janney’s character, Vice
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The documentary selection at this year’s Sundance celebrates the work of multiple BIPOC filmmakers shedding light on untold narratives of both celebrated and unduly neglected figures from their communities. “For a long time, people from the global South, those who are historically underrepresented, have been telling stories about themselves in their own circles. But they
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Soledad O’Brien stopped by the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance and scolded the American press for its coverage of Donald Trump. The former CNN host was highly critical of how the press covered Trump’s first administration, and she said her position has not changed as Trump’s second administration gets underway. “The media has
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One month ahead of this year’s ceremony, France’s Cesar Academy has promised not to “spotlight” anyone accused of sexual or physical violence while issuing regulatory changes to curtail the voting rights of any Academy member facing legal accusations of that nature.  If a member is ultimately convicted, they will be expelled from the Academy for
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Sterling K. Brown is done crying every week. Two days before Thanksgiving, Brown is sitting at a long table in a photo studio in Culver City, digging into a take-out lunch as he begins to break down the plot of his new Hulu drama series, “Paradise.”  Brown chooses his words deliberately while simultaneously ramping up
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NBCUniversal is suiting up for action. The company has released the first trailer for the “Suits” spinoff “Suits: LA,” led by Stephen Amell as Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York who has reinvented himself and is representing powerful clients in Los Angeles. The new series premieres on NBC on Feb. 23. The
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Like a lot of multi-platform artists, FKA Twigs’ music can be hard to remove from the larger context: the videos, the fashion, the looks, the art projects, her incredible dancing, and, most of all, the larger concepts that always accompany her music. That’s one reason why her 2022 mixtape “Caprisongs” was such a breath of
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Among another impressive stack of new horror titles looking to spook audiences at this year’s Sundance, “Rabbit Trap” joins a growing library of psychological folk horrors that have recently offered more (deeply) unsettling creeps than out-and-out scares. Bowing in the Midnight slot in Park City on Friday and the feature debut of Brit director Bryn
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Storyboards by more than 50 famed filmmakers and animators including Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, Federico Fellini, Steven Spielberg, Wes Anderson, and Alfred Hitchcock are set to go on display in an exhibition organised by Italy’s Prada Foundation. The show, titled “A Kind of Language: Storyboards and Other Renderings for Cinema,” will kick off Jan. 30
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I’m disarmed by the way Willy Chavarria’s name shows up in my email: bookended by red heart emojis. It’s how his publicist has saved him in her phone, and soon I’m struck by how accurately it captures the iconoclastic designer. Chavarria, 57, is one of the biggest talents in fashion right now, but he’s also
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“Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” the upcoming Broadway play based on the hit Netflix sci-fi drama, has added 24 performers to its company. Among the new cast members are Ta’Rea Campbell (“The Hills of California”) as Patty’s mom, Juan Carlos (making his Broadway debut) replacing previously announced star Nicholas Eldridge as Bob Newby, Robert T. Cunningham (Broadway debut) as
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The first round of Grammy performers has been revealed, including pop breakouts Sabrina Carpenter, Charli xcx and Chappell Roan, who are all nominated at the awards ceremony. Fellow nominees Benson Boone, Billie Eilish, Doechii, Raye, Shakira and Teddy Swims will also take the stage at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 2. Hosted by Trevor
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“Wolf Hall” director Peter Kosminsky is sounding the alarm about the state of U.K. high-end television, writing in evidence submitted to a parliamentary committee that the series’ second part, “The Mirror and the Light,” nearly didn’t get made. In a submission to the culture, media and sport committee’s inquiry into British film and high-end TV,
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As the New Yorker magazine has its centennial year celebration in 2025, a new Netflix documentary will look at the inner workings of the prestigious and venerable publication. Marshall Curry, director of documentaries including “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” and “Street Fight,” is directing, also serving as producer with Xan Parker. Executive producers are Judd Apatow,
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