Новости за 29.12.2016

If you’ve watched “So You Think You Can Dance” or “Dancing With the Stars,” you’re probably familiar with the work of Mandy Moore.   

The 1973 revival of the musical comedy “Irene” barely registers as a blip in the history of Broadway theater, but the death Wednesday of star Debbie Reynolds means the production does gain a most unfortunate distinction: Three of its cast members have died within the span of three days.

Just north of  Glacier National Park, Canada has its own amazing Rocky Mountain wonderland: Waterton Lakes National Park.

There was a time in Los Angeles, and not too long ago either, when progress meant bulldozing aging, out-of-style structures and replacing them with gleaming new buildings that better reflected the tastes of the moment. The Romanesque Revival City Hall that was too 19th century for the roaring 20s?...

Among the many constituencies viewing the presidency of Donald Trump with apprehension are gay, lesbian and transgender Americans, who are disturbed by what they’ve heard from members of the president-elect’s inner circle and by language in the Republican platform.

I’m Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don’t want you to miss today.

An impressive group of actors who gave some of the year's most stimulating performances recently gathered for The Envelope's Supporting Actor Roundtable conversation. With such an eclectic gathering of minds, it’s unsurprising that at times, they took the opportunity to ask one another questions.

Without black women in the space program coming up with answers that had eluded the traditional white patriarchy of the 1960s, the U.S. might never have made it to the moon. That's the fact-based story of “Hidden Figures,” but its moral easily parallels the diversity issues for which Hollywood...

 Flight recorders revealed no evidence of an explosion on board a Russian plane that crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 92 on board, but investigators haven't ruled out foul play, a military official said Thursday. 

Confined to a California prison since 1971, former Manson family member and convicted murderer Patricia Krenwinkel is now the longest-serving female inmate in the state’s correctional system. 

Ivanka Trump wants you to know she cares. She cares about the environment. She cares about children. She cares about women. Ivanka is smooth, composed and in control. Sure, Daddy might be a little rough around the edges. But how bad could Donald Trump really be if he produced such a visibly self-possessed...

When the United Nations Security Council voted on Friday to censure Israel’s settlement-building policy, the United States shocked its allies by abstaining. This shock was a little odd given that the Obama administration has always opposed the settlements. Odder still, Secretary of State John Kerry...

A professional actor since age 9, London-born Naomie Harris has played a post-apocalyptic survivor (“28 Days Later”), an updated Moneypenny (“Skyfall,” “Spectre”) and a voodoo witch for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. Then came her career-changing performance as Paula, a young boy’s drug-addicted...

The onetime face of the world’s biggest boy band is now 35, a dad, a budding film composer and a songwriting contender this awards season. Justin Timberlake has come far from his teen-idol days, but the journey to his acclaimed hit song from the animated “Trolls” has also been full circle.

“Captain Fantastic” protagonist Ben Cash lives off the grid, raising his six children in the woods at the highest standards of intellectual and physical training. Some might question his methods, or at least consider them extreme. But at the heart of Ben’s tutelage is critical thinking, and star...

Two decades ago, Debbie Reynolds was entertaining the audience at ABC’s “American Comedy Awards” with her droll acceptance speech for her Lifetime Achievement Award in comedy when she brought the house down recalling her ill-fated marriage to crooner Eddie Fisher.

You're 15 years old, a sophomore in high school and Stephen Curry knows who you are?

Armed guards led the Islamic State suspect down the terrazzo hall and into an office where two judges sat behind carved wooden desks.

Greg Griffin said it’s happened “a million times.” He’s probably exaggerating a tad, given he’s been driving a cab for only a few decades.

This week marks 20 years since JonBenet Ramsey, a 6-year-old beauty queen, was brutally murdered in her family’s sprawling home in Boulder, Colo.

For toy makers, a few bad eggs can mar an otherwise blockbuster holiday season.

Prominent Muslim spokesman Hussam Ayloush had pulled over his car to refuel on a trip from Southern California to visit family in Texas on Christmas Day when he heard the news: a Russian military passenger jet en route to Syria had crashed in the Black Sea.

Child abuse in the military: Failing those most in need By David S. Cloud Dec. 29, 2016 | REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON Talia Williams was killed in 2005 at the age of 5 by her father, Naeem Williams, then an active-duty infantryman stationed in Hawaii. (Inform) Naeem Williams in an undated photo....

For decades, from Kodak to Polaroid to GoPro, companies have marketed cameras by touting features such as focal length, image size and memory space.

The Kings returned Wednesday from a four-day Christmas break, their longest vacation of the season’s first half. Yet, given the way they stumbled through the start of the first two periods, it appeared as if they forgot to leave a wakeup call.