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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s whirlwind bromance comes to an end. Plus, why are Israel and the UN at odds over a new humanitarian aid group in Gaza?

The latest film releases include From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, Dangerous Animals, Predator: Killer of Killers, and The Life of Chuck. Weighing in are William Bibbiani, film critic for The Wrap and co-host of The Critically Acclaimed Network podcast, and Amy Nicholson, film critic for The Los Angeles Times and host of the podcast Unspooled.

“Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” premiered 40 years ago in theaters. Former cast will reunite for a show at the Alex Theater in Glendale on June 14.

A young girl in Bakersfield, who’s being treated in Los Angeles for a life-threatening condition, will get to stay in the country for at least a year after being told she and her family must self-deport.

In response to more federal immigration enforcement actions in Orange County, officials there want more transparency from ICE, while others fear retaliation from the Trump istration.

Green Street Pictures created two of the most ambitious shows of the last few years, and they’re both cartoons.

Roosevelt High School student Darlene Vazquez shares her love letter to Compton, and the grief and joy that keep her tied there.

A house that modernist architect Richard Neutra built in the Hollywood Hills for a German art dealer 90 years ago will soon fulfill the original owner’s vision.

For more than a century, there has been a nefarious fascination with engineering society in ways that disadvantage the most vulnerable.

Bono (aka Paul Hewson) is a Grammy winner 22 times over… along with his bandmates in a little group called U2. He is a prolific activist who has spearheaded campaigns to fight poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa. He’s also a best selling author for his memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story: Bono. And he performed a version of the book in a one-man show and residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York in 2023. Those performances have now been shaped to become the Apple TV+ film Bono: Stories of Surrender (streaming now). In his first appearance on The Treatment, Bono gives an extended and revealing interview. He talks about how his recent heart surgery changed him, reflects on how Brian Eno taught the band to not be cool, and he shares the simple thing that sets U2 apart. Bono and Elvis Mitchell. Photo credit: Jim Mannino

From her riveting portrayal of a grieving wife and mother in HBO’s The Leftovers, to her role as a fiercely loyal sister in David Fincher’s Gone Girl, to her turn as a cunning socialite in HBO’s The Gilded Age — Carrie Coon has consistently showcased range and depth in her on-screen performances. She also earned her a Tony nomination for the 2012 revival of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. While her characters often display seriousness and gravitas, Coon’s off-screen presence is refreshingly playful — a contrast she brought to her role as Laurie, a divorced lawyer on a luxurious and messy vacation with two old friends in the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus. More: What are people on vacation *really* searching for? Carrie Coon has some ideas (The Treatment, 2025) For her Treat, Coon expresses her enthusiasm for her favorite Oscar submission of 2024, The Devil’s Bath. This potential Austrian contender for Best Foreign Film explores the lives of 18th-century women as they grapple with the confines of rigid religious structures and gender roles. Coon finds the little known story of women taking desperate measures to escape their oppressive lives both provocative and deeply moving. She was also captivated by the unique creative dynamic of the aunt-and-nephew duo behind the film, marveling at how their shared ion for filmmaking culminated in such a compelling and female-centered story. This segment has been edited and condensed for clarity. One of my favorite Oscar movies this year was called The Devil's Bath. It's about women, mothers in the 1700s. Their lives are so onerous and so punishing, but they are religious women and they're afraid of hell, so they won't kill themselves. And so they would find an innocent person, a baby or a child, and murder them so that the state would first forgive them and then execute them, thereby giving them what they desired, which was an exit from their terrible lives. It's a German film. [Editor’s note: The Devil’s Bath is an Austrian film] It was one of the German language entries in the academy this year. It's directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala and they're an aunt and a nephew! I just thought that was so interesting, that these family with this, not immediate family, both interested in film, decided to make films together … and they decided to take on this particular weighty and female-centric theme. I really wanted to be in the room and hear those conversations, like how this aunt and her nephew are talking about the 1750s and the plight of women and the plight of mothers, and this paganism and sort of Christianity getting mapped onto paganism at that time, and how those rituals were being co opted by the church. And then this idea of heaven and hell develops, and it creates this existential crisis for these women who are in these horrible abusive marriages. It was the most subversive female-led film about the patriarchy. This was the most feminist film of the year for me. There's some imagery from this film that I find really indelible that I keep returning to. Maybe because I'm a mother – my life is not so punishing, but I understand the impulse. But yes, I’m just telling everybody about it because I want people to see it.

The shift in housing value is marking up prices for some communities, while others show only modest gains, according to a study from Crosstown LA.

Veteran film strategist Kevin Goetz has conducted many test film screenings over his forty years in the industry. But please don’t ask him to reveal his secrets: “They'll look at me and go, ‘So Kevin, what about that movie?’ And I just look at them with a very, very blank stare and say, ‘You know better,’ jokes Goetz. “Or I'll say, ‘Great. Ask me how your movie is… Great.’” Goetz shares why he pivoted from a steady career in acting to his decades-long journey into entertainment research. The veteran analyst also sheds light on the science and art behind audience testing. Plus, he and Masters swap stories from some infamous screenings over the years.

As the Trump istration targets NPR’s federal funding, the network and three Colorado stations are fighting back in court with a First Amendment lawsuit. Meanwhile, Hollywood is seeing signs of life at the box office. Memorial Day weekend pulled in $326 million (a huge jump from last year’s $132 million) driven by a crowded slate of new releases. Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down the biggest stories coming out of the holiday weekend. Public radio v. the president? As President Trump moves to cut NPR’s federal funding, the network and three Colorado stations hit back with a First Amendment lawsuit. “Objectively speaking, I think this is a good strategy,” says Masters. “It seems to me that the lawsuit, I would hope, has every chance of success as many such lawsuits against this istration … are succeeding, at least in the early going.” We are so back? Memorial Day weekend provided some relief for studios and theater owners alike, bringing in $326 million at the box office compared to last year’s $132 million. “According to The New York Times, there have been 20 movies in wide release in April and May, which is a 25% increase from the same period a year ago,” says Belloni. “That's what the difference is. There are more movies coming to the box office, and when you have more movies, you have more chances for hits.” Nobody gets left behind? The biggest driver of this year’s box office surge is Disney’s decision to move the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch from streaming to theaters. “Lilo and Stitch was initially envisioned as a direct to Disney+ movie,” Belloni notes. “They reconfigured it, put it in theaters, and it opened to over $180 million domestic.”

The popularity of Shohei Ohtani is encouraging fans to try Japanese food at Dodger Stadium.

A campaign to build housing on the site of the soon-to-be-shuttered airport is drawing pushback from opponents of new development.

The White House calls a wave of lawsuits a threat to the will of the people. Is Trump welcoming those challenges? Plus, campuses tackle a new diversity problem.

The latest film releases include Karate Kid: Legends, The Phoenician Scheme, Bring Her Back, and Mountainhead. Weighing in are Alison Willmore, film critic for NY Magazine and Vulture, and Tim Grierson, senior U.S. critic for Screen International and author of This Is How You Make a Movie.

For more than 80 years, the Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz has been a home for those seeking answers to the big questions of life.

California prosecutors recently investigated the tourism bureau, Visit Anaheim, for misusing COVID pandemic funds. Despite the state audit, Anaheim officials are still working with the organization.