Countless rappers have been inspired by the 1983 gangster epic “Scarface,” pilfering the themes of lavish living and outlandish buying from the film about the excesses of the Cuban drug lord, but Jay-Z has taken cinematic inspiration one step further: He based an entire album on a film that hadn’t even come out yet.

In a city that lives and breathes movies, the film series “Reel Talk with Stephen Farber” is a simultaneously educational and entertaining option for Los Angeles cinephiles.

How does one follow up an Oscar-nominated film about two cowboys who fall in love?

The success of “Get By” was probably the worst thing that could’ve happened to Talib Kweli.

Eight years after he first implored us to get up ““ among other things ““ on “Simon Says,” Pharoahe Monch returns with his sophomore album “Desire.”

Filmmaker Thouly Dosios has taken an improbable path from Athens to Los Angeles and back again to Greece. Her thesis film, however, has taken a ride straight to the top of the awards circuit.

Two grueling days of competition, 15 contestants and a giant check later, “Jeopardy!” has a new champion.

Making it onto “College Jeopardy!” was already a surprise for Cliff Galiher, but he soon found himself in even more unfamiliar territory.

One day he’s sitting in Haines Hall, taking notes in lecture. The next he’s on the red carpet interviewing Halle Berry.
Such is the life of 23-year-old political science student Errol Barnett, correspondent for the show “Dailies” on the Reelz Channel, a fairly new network focusing on movie news and eschewing the tabloid fodder of other stations.

Nestled amid the souvenir vendors and tourists traps of Hollywood Boulevard is a historic relic of the town’s golden age of cinema.
The Egyptian Theatre, located at 6172 Hollywood Boulevard, offers moviegoers a unique opportunity to experience Hollywood’s past in the present.