Новости за 04.01.2018

The Lakers’ last audition game went much better than this one.

They lost by nine points to the Cleveland Cavaliers in front of LeBron James, who is expected to be a free agent this summer. That day they played in a way representative of what the Lakers feel their identity is.

On Wednesday, with...

Following a week of unrest that left at least 21 dead and prompted a swift security clampdown, Iran's leaders are closing ranks to protect the system that has enriched them while millions struggle.

January is the month for tending roses in Southern California, if you want a healthy crop of colorful blooms come spring. Here are a few of the many options for classes in rose pruning and care:

The Dow Jones industrial average traded above 25,000 points for the first time, blasting through another 1,000-point milestone.

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shook up the San Francisco Bay Area early Thursday.

In a city where lounge acts are nearly extinct, a new pre-dinner show is reviving vintage Vegas in an ideal setting.

Steven Spielberg's directing honors

2 – Number of directing Oscars Steven Spielberg has won (“Schindler’s List,” “Saving Private Ryan”), with seven nominations.

2 – Number of directing Oscars Oliver Stone has won, for some perspective. Stone and Spielberg are among 17 directors with two Oscars...

For a man who once earned an Academy Award nomination for playing the title role in “Henry V,” it’s somewhat startling to realize that Kenneth Branagh has spent most of the past decade behind the camera rather than in front of it. Then again, when you have hits such as “Thor” and “Cinderella” on...

In late 2008, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, the principals of Plan B (Brad Pitt’s esteemed production company), bought the rights to a book. They called me, asking if I would read it. I was beyond flattered, beyond excited and I wasted no time before cracking it open. It was called “The Lost...

The script was drafted by “Blade Runner” screenwriter Hampton Fancher. The original’s director, Ridley Scott, was key to the development process and served as executive producer. The original’s star, Harrison Ford, was in the movie. Yet director Denis Villeneuve knew his “Blade Runner 2049” would...

Olympic gold medalist Shaun White returns to his home court, Bear Mountain, on Saturday, to host and hand out awards at an open snowboard competition on the very mountain where he learned his breathtaking stunts.

Portland, Ore., may be known as the City of Roses, but it was savory salt, not fragrant flowers, that attracted me to one of the Pacific Northwest’s most delightful destinations. Although the bordellos, gaming halls and opium dens that catered to lumberjacks are long gone, it is still possible...

Eight years ago, Kathryn Bigelow and Lee Daniels earned Oscar nominations for director. Bigelow ended up winning for “The Hurt Locker,” the exhilarating action movie about the war in Iraq. Daniels’ moving, inspirational drama “Precious” took two Oscars that year for Geoffrey S. Fletcher’s screenplay...

In Paul Thomas Anderson's "Phantom Thread," Lesley Manville's enigmatic Cyril is critical in the development of the unusual relationship between her on-screen brother Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his new model Alma (Vicky Krieps). And in a sense, that's true of Manville herself — over...

If you want to know what tunes will be on the next "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie, you don't have to wait until post-production — just visit director James Gunn during filming. For him, the music in his movies is so "baked in" he's playing it on set during shooting.

Joe Wright had just finished directing an installment of the acclaimed anthology series “Black Mirror” and was pondering what to do next. He was thinking his seventh feature should be a drama but, after already adapting acclaimed literary works such as “Pride and Prejudice,” “Atonement” and “Anna...

After playing games in London in each of the last two seasons, the Rams’ international travel itinerary will change in 2018.

Over the years, there’s been no shortage of actors who have competed in the Oscar race for depicting a memorable father. Last year alone saw four performers nominated for portraying a dad, albeit a complicated one. They ranged from the traumatized (Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea”) and...

When I was writing my screenplay for “Call Me by Your Name,” about the romance of two young men in northern Italy, I wanted to make an identification with the ancient, classical past of Greece and Rome. It is implied by André Aciman’s novel throughout, I think, glowing distantly.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Jan. 4, and here’s what’s happening across California:

Christopher Nolan has become a brand-name director by challenging audiences' expectations for big-budget Hollywood fare. With "Dunkirk," he did so by weaving together three narrative strands - on land, sea and air-- to tell the story of the WWII rescue of stranded British troops.

To the editor: I take issue with the assertion that switching to zero-emission vehicles “only” gets rid of tailpipe emissions. Getting rid of tailpipe emissions on our roads and highways would be a huge accomplishment that massively improves air quality. (“Freeway pollution travels farther than...