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Ron Howard to direct documentary on tenor Luciano Pavarotti

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This combination photo shows director Ron Howard at the Kaleidoscope 5: LIGHT event in Culver City, Calif., on May 6, 2017, left, and opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. Howard's production company announced Thursday, June 1, 2017, that the Oscar-winning director's next project would be a documentary on famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.


LA's 14 Essential Coffee Bars, 2017 Edition

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LA's had a complete transformation of its coffee scene, from a city laden with syrups and badly foamed milk to one where you can essentially expect a great latte, cappuccino, or brewed coffee in every corner of town. While there's certainly a wide variety of respectable coffee bars , Eater has picked the 14 essential spots, where the quality and consistency is just a bit higher than your garden variety craft coffee shop .

5 amazing food adventures

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You may not think of Los Angeles as a destination for cycling or gluten, but a day spent pedaling from Santa Monica to Culver City, sampling pastries and artisanal breads along the way, might change that. Start your day at Sidecar Doughnuts and Coffee, fueling up with one of their seasonal specials or a classic vanilla raised.

L.A. dance listings, June 4-11: 'Next Generation' and more

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Explore Dance: Culver City 2017 Benita Bike's DanceArt presents an interactive program. Culver City Senior Center, 4095 Overland Ave., Culver City.

on the Town for June 5, 2017

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From left, actors Harry Groener and Annette Bening backstage during Center Theatre Group's 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Ahmanson Theatre on Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. The Center Theatre Group held their 50th Anniversary Celebration on May 20 with a one-night-only production at the Ahmanson Theatre that raised $4 million.

'Rough Night' Producer Matt Tolmach on Spider-Man Spinoffs and Remaking His Grandfather's 'Born Free'

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"On a bad day," says Matt Tolmach of the bull's-eyes created by Echo Park-based artist Jason Koharik, "they remind me to duck; on a good day they remind me that you can't worry about ducking. You got to go with your gut."

Wife swap: Leah Remini joins Kevin James on 'Kevin Can Wait'

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In this Jan. 25, 2007, file photo, Kevin James and Leah Remini pose on the set of the CBS comedy "The King Of Queens" at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif. Remini has confirmed that she will join the cast of James' CBS sitcom "Kevin Can Wait" for the 2017-2018 season.

Corn gazpacho is a great starter for Fourth of July party

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In this Jan. 25, 2007, file photo, Kevin James and Leah Remini pose on the set of the CBS comedy "The King Of Queens" at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif. Remini has confirmed that she will join the cast of James' CBS sitcom "Kevin Can Wait" for the 2017-2018 season.


AI summit aims to help world's poorest

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In the world's wealthiest neighbourhoods, artificial intelligence systems are starting to steer self-driving cars down the streets, and homeowners are giving orders to their smart voice-controlled speakers. But the AI revolution has yet to offer much help to the 3 billion people globally who live in poverty.

4 Orange County restaurant closures include Surfas cooking supply...

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Surfas in Costa Mesa's SoCo Collection, sells more than 18,000 items in a large warehouse. Surfas in Costa Mesa's SoCo Collection, sells more than 18,000 items in a large warehouse.

This Throwback Restaurant Off the 405 Will Make You Broil

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For me, that stretch of the 405 from Long Beach to points north until you reach Playa Vista and Culver City has always been a dead zone, culinarily speaking. It's uncharted, unfamiliar territory, so I customarily ride out this section of roadway staying securely in my car, hunger pangs be damned.

Dan Lauria Joins Annette Bening in If All the Sky Were Paper at the Douglas

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Lexikat Artists, in association with Chapman University, presents Annette Bening, Dan Lauria and Ken Jenkins along with a cast including Kate Mansi , in a one-night only performance of the play IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER, on Wednesday, June 7 at 7:30pm at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, CA. The play is a moving, dramatic reading of real wartime letters by soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen, as well as their family members at home.

Donald Trump may not be live tweeting, but his son is

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Top left, a patron at San Francisco's Ace's Bar watches a broadcast of James Comey's testimony; top right, Leah Thrum joins patrons at Shaw's Tavern in Washington; bottom left, Digger Mesch watches while doing yoga in Los Feliz; bottom right, patrons watch at Shaw's Tavern. The Tattle Tale Room in Culver City was almost silent shortly after 7 a.m., as early bar-goers watched former FBI Director James B. Comey's testimony before a U.S. Senate committee.

Donald Trump may not be live tweeting, but his son is

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President Trump sounded a defiant note during public comments Thursday, a speech that overlapped with former FBI director James B. Comey's testimony. Trump, speaking to the Faith and Freedom Coalition at a gathering at a Washington hotel, did not directly mention Comey in his speech, or the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling into the 2016 campaign.

'I just want to hear the truth': Angelenos head to the bar to watch James Comey's testimony

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A bartender helps customers as a television broadcasts former FBI Director James Comey's testimony June 8 in San Francisco. A bartender helps customers as a television broadcasts former FBI Director James Comey's testimony June 8 in San Francisco.


National Coalition Launches Petition to Pass the California DISCLOSE Act

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Millions of emails will be sent to good government and progressive members of coalition partners across California and the nation telling them about AB 14 and asking them to sign the petition and follow up with calls and social media urging California legislators to pass it.

Adam Langdon to Lead 'Curious Incident' National Tour at the Ahmanson

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Casting is set for the Los Angeles engagement of the National Theatre production of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" presented at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre . The Tony Award-winning new play by Simon Stephens is adapted from Mark Haddon 's best-selling novel and directed by Tony winner Marianne Elliott .

Her 'Blackfish' changed minds about SeaWorld's orcas, now Gabriela...

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Gabriela Cowperthwaite was on the outskirts of Cartagena, Spain, directing her first feature film when she learned that SeaWorld had decided to phase out its killer whale performances. It was November 2015, just over two years after the release of "Blackfish," her documentary about the plight of orcas in captivity.

LAFF 2017: Replace These Stills

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Following its World Premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, where it received a Melies D'Argent nomination for Best European Fantasy Film, German director Norbert Keil's neo-noir body horror Replace will be having its North American premiere in the Nightfall section of the 2017 LA Film Festival, running June 14-22 and right now we have a fresh batch of stills for you. Co-written by genre icon Richard Stanley and starring Rebecca Forsythe and Barbara Crampton , Replace is a Bathoryesque tale of a beautiful young woman afflicted with a disease that rapidly ages her skin.

Vegetarian Chinese Fusion Option OOAK Kitchen Scrambles Into Downtown Culver City

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It appears that one healthy-ish lunch option will replace another in Culver City, with today's reveal that OOAK Kitchen will step into a space formerly occupied by similarly-named Lyfe Kitchen. The latter was a quinoa and kale salad kind of place that couldn't hold on amidst last year's downtown Culver City restaurant turmoil, while the former is a new entrant into the Los Angeles market.

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