By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer After “Airplane!” “Airport,” “Up in the Air,” “Flight,” “Snakes on a Plane,” “Non-Stop” and “The Terminal,” we have finally arrived, like weary passengers reaching an unexotic destination, […]
This “Plane” is airworthy
“Spare” doesn’t spare secrets
By Jill Lawless/Associated Press LONDON (AP) – Bereaved boy, troubled teen, wartime soldier, unhappy royal – many facets of Prince Harry are revealed in his explosive memoir, often in eyebrow-raising detail. From […]
Hanks’ “Otto” is Forrest Grump
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Sentimental tales about grumpy old men and American decline have, until recently, typically been the domain of Clint Eastwood. But in “A Man Called Otto,” Marc Forster’s […]
How Bolts won “Battle of LA”
By Joe Reedy/AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD (AP) – On a day when Austin Ekeler accomplished a receiving milestone, it was his running that paved the way for the Los Angeles Chargers to […]
Retorts: The future is soon
Time travel has long been a popular fantasy … who hasn’t imagined traveling into the future to see what it holds for us, or going back into the past to right a […]
New state laws for 2023
By Adam Beam/Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) – Cheaper abortions, raises for some workers and grace for jaywalkers and loiterers are some of the hundreds of new laws that take effect in California […]
Will Will Smith snap back?
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer Taylor Swift was up. Elon Musk was in, out, and in. Tom Cruise was back. BTS stepped aside, and so did Serena Williams, and Tom Brady too […]
McVay, Staley: friendly rivals
By Joe Reedy/AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA (AP) – Brandon Staley didn’t know Sean McVay when McVay interviewed him to be the Los Angeles Rams’ defensive coordinator in 2020. And even though […]
Finally! Chargers in playoffs
By Michael Marot/AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Los Angeles Chargers tried to keep their postgame playoff celebration private. No such luck. After shaking hands and walking off the field in […]
A wild Hollywood in “Babylon”
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer “Perhaps the ballyhoo meant nothing,” Kevin Brownlow wrote in his defining history of the silent film era, “The Parade’s Gone By.” It’s probably true that even avid […]
