On his first day as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic,  Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel gave a lesson in geography, namely what constitutes America. A reporter asked the 28-year-old classical music sensation what he had on  his ...

It’s that time of year again. Although we don’t yet know the exact date of the announcement, in the next few weeks the Swedish Academy will decide on the 2009 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, probably the writing world’s big...

Simon Cowell may have the casting vote in early audition rounds of “American Idol” but it sounds like new judge Kara DioGuardi and Paula Abdul bring some girl power of their own to the tart-tongued British judge they....

A judge on Monday told jurors to keep deliberating in the driver’s license trial of Britney Spears, after they made it clear they are having trouble reaching a verdict in the case.

A movie about the Los Angeles Times just got a big thumbs-down from the Los Angeles Times. “The Soloist,” the fact-based saga of an unlikely friendship between one of the paper’s columnists and a troubled street musician....