In December of 1989, a star was born in the form of a dysfunctional, irreverent and yellow family of five.
Fox’s “The Simpsons,” created by writer and cartoonist Matt Groening, went on to become both a prime-time success and cultural icon of sorts.

It’s hard to imagine a year when one of the most legendary pop icons of all time dies, some crazy lady pops out eight minions, and everyone and their mom lines up to see sparkly, blood-sucking tween icons practice abstinence.

Movie and television stars are so last decade.

Love them or hate them, there’s no mistaking that scary movies have a way of significantly affecting people that other movies do not.

Movies have the power to transport their audience to a different place and time, and on Friday, audiences will be transported 10,000 miles away to Iran.

One might expect the host of an archeological show about ancient Egypt to be a monotone and graying old man, perhaps a professor who appears as ancient as the civilizations he explores.

In third grade, a young Deborah Landis sewed a harlequin costume for a friend at school out of fabric swatches from her grandfather’s fabric book.

How could a movie about two male straight best friends deciding to star in a porno together (yes, meaning they will have to do the deed “¦ naked “¦ in a hotel room) be beautiful?

There are a number of meanings behind the title of the Chinese Cultural Dance Performance “Journey.”

In an age when publications are moving to digital devices such as Amazon’s Kindle and the e-Reader from Sony, and bookstores are suffering pangs of a waning economy, a festival that celebrates books may seem old- fashioned. Despite these changing times, the Los Angeles Times programmers behind this weekend’s Festival of Books remain optimistic.