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Cuban American poet Kyle Carrero Lopez first learned what sanctions were as a child — not as a political measure, but as a gendered one. In his poem “Sanctions,” he describes how his father, a surly Cuban refugee who worked as a DJ, laid out the terms of acceptable masculinity. “No dance class/no “girl toys”/don’t…
A human defeated two of the three robots he faced in a cage fight recently held in San Francisco. The humans behind that fight could face a battle of their own — the legal type — if they want to hold another event like “Human Vs. Robot,” the Sept. 18 competition that placed influencer Frankie…
“Girls” is returning to HBO for a limited-run revival. Creator, star and, if not the voice of a generation, at least a voice of a generation, Lena Dunham will be back for the five-episode reboot of the dramedy series, alongside castmates Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells. The “Girls” alums announced the…
Five months after pulling back from most of its Los Angeles soundstage business, production services company Quixote is selling much of its equipment operation. Equipment rental house Cinelease recently announced that it had acquired Quixote’s grip and lighting and production supplies assets in Los Angeles and New York. The transaction resulted in roughly 60 layoffs,…
Something’s in the air this fall — and it’s not just the autumnal chill. For some reason, survival thrillers are all the rage; there are even two featuring a man and his dog. First, we had Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars” with Jacob Elordi and a Belgian Malinois traversing a postapocalyptic landscape. The latest is…
When the 52nd season premieres on Saturday at the usual time, usual place, “Saturday Night Live,” with host Jalen Brunson (of the champion Knicks) and musical guests Katseye, will again make history as the longest-running sketch comedy and variety show on television. But week to week — multiplatform 50th-anniversary celebrations aside — the entertainment institution…
Tequila Mockingbird remembers the exact night she became a punk historian. “Darby Crash asked me to do this,” she said, walking around the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles’ Westlake gallery, showing off rare show posters, Gothic Vivienne Westwood outfits, videos and photographs from grotty dives in the early days of the L.A. scene. She pointed to a…
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that removes President Trump’s ban on three news outlets from White House grounds, a rebuke of the administraton’s most severe attack yet on the Washington press corps. But the showdown is far from over. Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were still denied access to…
The shadow of Bill Cosby hangs over the “The Peterson Show,” a new play by Janine Nabers about the fallout of a disgraced TV dad on the grown-up cast members who played his children on the show. Echo Theater Company, which is presenting the world premiere of this play in a production directed by Michelle…