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Here is what you need to know before the Lakers visit the Dallas Mavericks. 1) The offense needs a spark The Lakers have gone just 1-5 since LeBron James has missed time with a strained groin. The defense has played at a winning level, holding opponents to the league’s fourth-lowest field goal percentage (42.9) during […]

Viggo Mortensen, Linda Cardellini and Mahershala Ali backstage at the Golden Globes. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) On the heels of “Green Book” winning the Golden Globe for musical or comedy motion picture, director Peter Farrelly was asked his favorite scene to shoot. Instead, he offered his most memorable moment from the film. Early […]

California Supreme Court Justice Joshua Groban, a lawyer and longtime aide to Gov. Jerry Brown, was sworn into the state’s highest court Thursday in Sacramento. “We live in a highly chaotic, ever-changing and ever-confusing world,” Groban said in prepared remarks at the Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building. “But I’m happy to report that I’m […]

“Roma” director Alfonso Cuarón at the Golden Globes. (Mark Rolston) After winning Golden Globes for best foreign language film and best director for “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón fielded a question backstage in the press room about whether Netflix — which released Cuarón’s film theatrically and, shortly after, on its streaming platform — might be contributing to the death of independent […]

“In the next two years, I am making a vow — and it’s going to be tough – to make sure that everything that I produce is fifty per cent women,” said King, who was nominated alongside Claire Foy (“First Man”), Amy Adams (“Vice”) and two stars of “The Favourite,” Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. […]

Indeed, in the wake of Kevin Hart stepping down as this year’s Academy Awards host following controversy over past homophobic jokes, some winners may have been more chosen their words more carefully than they otherwise might. (Samberg referenced the motion picture academy’s most recent headache in the opening monologue, joking, “We’re going to have some […]