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A breakneck homage to cinematic fakery, filmmaker Matt Johnson’s “Operation Avalanche” repeatedly folds illusion, truth, and alternative history in on itself to a pleasurably absurd degree — a pseudo-documentary that uses “Zelig”-like composite work and a mix of film stock and digitally treated...

There are few places so ingrained in the identity of Los Angeles as Venice — the quirky artistic vibe, the bustling boardwalk and the designer real estate.

Seven years after leaving his village in northern India to find work in the bursting metropolis of Mumbai, Sundar Singh Jatav was struggling in a menial job at a video game shop. The $2.50 daily wage was hardly enough with his family back home deep in debt.

There’s a moment in Oliver Stone’s new biographical drama when a little-known twentysomething tech whiz named Edward Snowden suddenly finds himself trapped in a room with a giant, angry head. Blown up to massive proportions and projected on the wall of a top-secret inner chamber of the U.S. government,...

As a writer and director, Oliver Stone has never shied away from the big subjects. War. Political corruption. Greed and criminality. The hidden conspiracies they don’t teach you about in history class. 

It would seem that there has never been a better time to dust off the cinematic relics of 15 to 20 years ago, given this year’s sudden deluge of long-deferred sequels: “Independence Day: Resurgence,” “Zoolander 2,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.”...

What a treat it is to dive back into the cozy world of Bridget Jones, who is the kind of old friend you can pick up with right where you left off, no matter how long it's been. “Bridget Jones's Baby” opens with a familiar scene for our pal: Bridget (Renée Zellweger) celebrating her birthday alone...

Hawaiian crows, a species extinct in the wild, have demonstrated a remarkable skill that’s exceptionally rare in the animal kingdom: the ability to use tools.

A deep growl came from the other side of Shaniqua Roland’s front door.

Cup Noodles became a staple in college dorms because of its cost and convenience. If you had pocket change, boiling water and three minutes to spare, you could eat Japanese ramen — or at least an approximation of it — out of a handy foam cup.

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Prisoner 1027820 is treated in many ways like any other inmate at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada: He gets the same standard issue blue uniform. He shares a bunk, toilet and sink with a cellmate. He rises around 6:30 a.m., eats an early breakfast — he likes cold cereal,...

With a little more than 50 days until election day and votes already being cast in many states, the most precious resource a candidate has is time. So Hillary Clinton, sidelined with pneumonia since Sunday, returns to the campaign trail Thursday with some catching up to do.

I’m Christina Bellantoni, this is Essential Politics, and we start today with some numbers that have surfaced on the campaign trail.

After leaving the Church of Scientology and its secretive international base in the desert, Ronald Miscavige Sr. settled into small-town life in Wisconsin, his 40-year ties to the religion cut once and for all.

One of the key changes to Nissin Foods USA’s overhaul of its Cup Noodles recipe is a reduction in sodium. So how does the new recipe compare with other popular ramen brands and snack foods?

California’s November ballot will be crammed with contentious and complex state ballot measures, enough to give voters a migraine. But one of them shouldn’t require two minutes’ thought.

A majority of Californians support an initiative on the November ballot to require performers in adult films to use condoms during sex scenes, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll of registered voters conducted by SurveyMonkey.

As summer fades into fall, the Angels’ losses fade, forgettably, into the ether. They suffered another defeat Wednesday night at Angel Stadium, one destined to be forgotten the same moment it is recorded. 

A former Philippine militiaman testified before a Senate panel on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was mayor of a southern city, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and political opponents in gangland-style assaults that left about 1,000 dead. 

A man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting Wednesday afternoon at a residence in Long Beach, and the suspected gunman was later arrested, authorities said.

The Rams put their trust in Case Keenum, making him the starting quarterback despite the selection of Jared Goff with the No. 1 pick in the draft.

When USC Coach Clay Helton saw the play develop during last season’s Pac-12 title game, he started to pray.

At least six passengers have been killed in a train accident near the Pakistani city of Multan, officials said early Thursday.

Police are investigating after they say a kindergarten student in New Jersey's capital city brought 30 packs of heroin to school.

The takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon by anti-government protesters wasn’t violent, a county sheriff testified, but it was far from peaceful.