Sam Wasson

Adam Scott talks “Severance” season 2, Pablo Larrain tells us about loving opera and telling the story of Maria Callas, and Tiffany Haddish has The Treat.

Portishead’s Beth Gibbons delivers a mesmerizing performance of cuts from 2024 her solo LP “Lives Outgrown,” live from Bob Clearmountain’s Apogee Studio.

Sonic spelunker SPELLLING gets HEAVY in KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio with cuts from her 2025 LP “Portrait of My Heart.”

This spring, the first residents will move into Cotino, a Disney-themed planned community. The entertainment giant is eyeing more real estate investment.

Two SoCal music institutions come together for the first time to forge the connective tissue across time and genres.

After the Eaton Fire, experimental art space Trade School brings music and performance back to Altadena, to make sure artists are not “erased from the space.”

Hecklers at a recent town hall accused Congresswoman Laura Friedman of not fighting hard enough against the Trump administration. She says she understands the frustration.

Musician Lucia Micarelli discusses her new album, film scholar Sir Christopher Frayling speaks on his new Sergio Leone book, and Ke Huy Quan has The Treat.

China says it’s limiting U.S. films being released there, in response to Trump’s tariffs. Hollywood has already been hit by worker strikes, streaming wars, and COVID shutdowns.