Kyle Killen

A local Inglewood church backs an entertainment company and studio to spread a message of hope. Residents in the San Bernardino Mountains are still digging out from the snow.

Following Amazon’s release of their expensive “Lord of the Rings” series, Warner Bros. Discovery announced they too want to make new films from the “Lord of the Rings” world.

One (very unauthorized) play about the king of pop had its performance schedule cut short by COVID-19. Now, the show is back on. But like all of us, it’s changed.

KCRW’s resident Jazz Cat LeRoy Downs pays tribute to the pioneering jazz saxophonist and shares a moving 2022 conversation with Shorter and Esperanza Spaulding.

‘Everything Everywhere’ star Stephanie Hsu on her ‘vile’ character, writer Sam Wasson on Hollywood’s oral history, and director Kasi Lemmons on Toni Morrison.

Out of work and broke, Tarantino spent his time writing. And writing. Rejected for being “too vile!” or “too vulgar!” he finally got his big break – Reservoir Dogs.

Director-producer Elizabeth Banks understood the challenges of making the mixed-genre horror-comedy “Cocaine Bear.”

Adam Scott breaks down “Party Down” Season 3, playwright Lee Edward Colston II talks “The First Deep Breath,” and Sandy King Carpenter shares a love of “Frankenstein.”

Comedian Marc Maron on lightening up, writer Rodney Barnes reimagines “Blacula,” and director Domee Shi gets “Spirited Away.”