Новости за 12.10.2017

As a genre, the Old World art form of opera lost its rigidity in the New World long ago. Even rock opera has a kind of geriatric connotation these days, when anyone and everyone is invited to make opera into anything they like.

Each week, the Los Angeles Times’ college football experts — it’s how they refer to themselves — will make choices on a variety of games.

Need some help deciding which college football games to watch? Look no further. Each Friday, Times contributor Chuck Schilken handicaps what’s worth watching, and skipping, on the weekend’s menu of games:

“Happy Death Day,” the story of a woman caught in an endless loop of her own death, uses familiar elements from the horror genre — and the classic movie “Groundhog Day” — to deliver its scares with wit and a wink.

Designer Lauren Conrad has sold her six-bedroom home in Brentwood for $4.525 million. That’s $30,000 above the asking price and about $900,000 more than she paid for the property three years ago — $3.651 million.

NASCAR’s business model keeps downsizing to the scale of Groupon and Overstock.com, with a dash of the Dollar Store.

President Trump drew a sharp and dismayed backlash Thursday from Democratic lawmakers, activists and many Puerto Ricans with his threat to limit federal and military help in the hurricane-battered U.S. territory, where aid workers are warning of a looming humanitarian catastrophe.

Past midnight on Tuesday, as the party after the Dodgers’ sweep of Arizona in the National League division series wound down, Clayton Kershaw beamed in the center of the visitors clubhouse at Phoenix’s Chase Field.

This sequel to the underground sci-fi favorite “The Man From Earth” may be a welcome return of the immortal character John Oldman (David Lee Smith) for fans, but most will be mystified by the waning appeal. “The Man From Earth: Holocene” upgrades its predecessor’s look, expands its locations and...

Earnest and respectful to a fault, “Te Ata” tells the inspiring true tale of groundbreaking Native American actress and storyteller Mary Frances “Te Ata” Thompson with equal parts grace and unsubtlety.

Producer Judd Apatow details the clever ways entertainment industry titans like Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby hide their crimes and why it's essential to create a world where people feel safe stepping forward to call them out.

Making like James Franco in “127 Hours,” Josh Hartnett fights for his life in the foreboding Sierra Nevadas in “6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain,” a fittingly chilly but dramatically glacial survival thriller.

Santa Ana Mater Dei (6-0, 1-0) vs. Bellflower St. John Bosco (5-1, 1-0) at El Camino College, 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports West: Finding a weakness in No. 1 Mater Dei’s offense has been futile. With the offensive line, receivers, quarterback J.T. Daniels and running back Shakobe Harper, the Monarchs haven’t...

The latest planned sale of the shuttered St. James the Great Episcopal Church in Newport Beach has been canceled, and the building will be reopened to worshipers, according to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

Made with passion, integrity and skill, "Blood Stripe" is American independent filmmaking at its most effective. It takes on a difficult subject and treats it with an honesty that can't help but capture us from start to finish.

The U.S. Border Patrol is considering another type of surveillance balloon that can be quickly moved to spot illegal activity, part of an effort to see if more eyes in the sky translate to fewer illegal crossings.

New films about old movies are a particular passion of mine, and two new documentaries on DVD are welcome additions to the genre.

Tesla Inc. is recalling 11,000 Model X SUVs worldwide because their rear seats might not lock into place.

Fires, drought and warmer temperatures were to blame for excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during the 2015-2016 El Niño, scientists with NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 say.

When it comes to disability activists — especially those most hampered in terms of mobility — few stories are as inspiring as that of Robin Cavendish. That’s why it’s unfortunate the movie about him, “Breathe,” the feature directorial debut of actor Andy Serkis, feels so constricted by cliché.