Новости за 18.04.2018

Netflix, the global streaming giant that has dramatically changed the TV industry and clashed with movie theater owners, may be ready to move onto the big screen in a new and surprising way — by owning cinemas.

Thanks to the lush carpet of faux green grass, stacked wooden crates piled to overflowing with fresh produce and a number of sandal-shod guests, the Tuesday night party on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles could easily have been mistaken for the grand opening of a trendy Silver Lake juice bar.

“For somebody to fundamentally change their mind is the hardest thing,” says Chiwetel Ejiofor, reflecting on his new film, “Come Sunday.” The movie, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix, stars Ejiofor as a real-life religious figure, Bishop Carlton...

Billionaire California Democratic activist Tom Steyer endorsed state Sen. Kevin de León in his insurgent primary challenge to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday, and did not rule out funding an outside effort to boost De León’s chances.

The Ducks, who will try Wednesday night to avoid following the Kings’ path of being swept out of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, kept an eye on the Kings’ series against the first-year Vegas Golden Knights. Ducks players said they were impressed by Vegas’ performance, which continued...

Television, film and stage actor Hill Harper has bought a gated estate in Malibu for $4.1 million. The purchase was made through a corporate entity, public records show.

News flash: Next year the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is moving to Venice Pier.

One of L.A.’s most distinctive-looking homes, the Sowden Residence in Los Feliz, has sold for $4.698 million.

The deployment of chemical weapons inspectors into the Syrian city of Duma was delayed after unidentified assailants fired on a United Nations security team visiting the site of a suspected attack, an official said Wednesday.

State Sen. Scott Wiener’s high-profile Senate Bill 827, which would have paved the way for more multi-unit housing construction near public transportation statewide, stalled out in its first committee reading Tuesday. The proposal had a lot of enemies — including city officials in Los Angeles and...

Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney told NBC News she was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar “every time I saw him,” which amounted to “hundreds” of times.

Roger Ebert succumbed to cancer in 2013, but the film festival that bears his name celebrates its 20th anniversary this week at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Ill.

Is Beth OK? might be the new mystery at the center of NBC’s “This Is Us.”

The lunchtime lines at Dos Toros move faster these days — customers don't fumble for bills or coins, and employees don't make change. Since around New Year's, the Mexican food chain has been cashless.

“Blue Bloods,” “MacGyver” and “Bull” were among the veteran CBS prime-time series renewed for the 2018-2019 season, the network announced Wednesday.

The pilot's voice was calm yet focused as her plane descended with 149 people on board.

It has never been easier to catch up on the staggeringly rich back catalog of master documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Forty of his films can now be streamed for free through Kanopy, the on-demand service available through partnerships with libraries around the world, including the Los Angeles...

The Riverside City Council has abruptly voted to fire City Manager John Russo, whose pay had drawn scrutiny in recent weeks and led to the mayor’s filing a lawsuit against the city.

Travelers can remember Barbara Bush with a visit to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, where an informal portrait of the former first lady went on display Wednesday.

At least two U.S. airlines announced new inspections of engines on some of their Boeing 737 jets after federal safety officials said the engine on a Southwest Airlines flight that failed Tuesday had signs of metal weakness.

To the editor: In mourning the death of Barbara Bush, our tears are shed not just for the passing of a remarkable first lady and first mother, but for the death of character itself from the stage of the current American political scene. (“Barbara Bush remembered as a tough, classy ‘force of nature...

China carried out live-fire military drills off its southeastern coast Wednesday in what was seen as a warning to Taiwan of the consequences of pursuing independence from Beijing.