Today in Entertainment: Kanye West out of the hospital, Netflix offers some downloads

The Broadcast Film Critics Assn. announced its film nominees for the 22nd Critics’ Choice Awards on Thursday, with whimsical Los Angeles love story “La La Land” landing 12 nominations.

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone both garnered nominations for their performances in the film, as did Damien Chazelle for director and screenplay.

“Arrival” and “Moonlight” scored a hefty 10 nominations each, including nods for picture and director.

Due to the inclusion of genre-specific categories, several actors managed multiple nominations, some for the exact same role.

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Jackie, we hardly knew you.

Though no more than that single name is needed to bring to mind an entire universe of memories, mythology and celebrity, the woman it conjures had a core mystery that remained unassailable despite media scrutiny of the most relentless kind.

To convincingly pull the curtain back on that kind of a life, to be true to the tragic history and alive to the unexplored drama, to take smart and fearless ownership of what could have been an overly familiar story could not have been more difficult.

But what makes the success of “Jackie” even more remarkable is the paradoxical team that came together to persuasively imagine the behind-the-scenes drama that followed the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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“Jackie” follows First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, played by Natalie Portman, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Crafting the compelling script, which won the screenwriting prize at Venice, was a man best known as a successful television executive. Directing this story of an American legend was a Chilean filmmaker who’d never worked in English before. And the star was an actress who, despite an Oscar already under her belt, seems with this performance to be finally coming into her own.

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Weddings, babies and teenage emancipations — oh, my! Fans of “Nashville,” rejoice: New episodes of your favorite country music drama are on the way.

CMT, which picked up the TV series for a fifth season after ABC canceled it, released the first official trailer for the return of the show centered around the always-complicated lives of country music stars Rayna James (Connie Britton) and Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere).

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Brothers Sid and Marty Krofft, creators of family television shows “H.R. Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost,” dicuss their latest creation, “Mutt & Stuff.”

Amazon Studios has picked up the Sid & Marty Krofft-produced series “Sigmund and the Sea Monsters” – a remake of their classic children’s TV show from the 1970s – after the show had been presented to viewers as a pilot.

“Sigmund and the Sea Monster” centers on two brothers, Johnny and Scotty, who along with their cousin Robyn befriend Sigmund, a friendly young sea monster. David Arquette stars as Captain Barnabus, a seagoing villain-type who relentlessly pursues the mini sea monster. The show will be part of Amazon’s Prime Video lineup.

As chronicled in an article earlier this year, the Krofft brothers have been on a bit of a roll lately. They have a successful ongoing kids program in “Mutt and Stuff” on Nickelodeon. Their action show, “Electra Woman & Dyna Girl,” launched online on Fullscreen. They are also looking to revive other past hits “The Bugaloos,” “H.R. Pufnstuf” and a new reinvention of “Land of the Lost.”

Kanye West at the 2016 Met Gala.

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With Kanye West finally out of the hospital after more than a week of treatment, the speculative drumbeats around “why did he snap?” and “what’s going on?” were still going strong.

First the news: Word that the rapper had checked out of UCLA Medical Center was confirmed by The Times on Wednesday.

Here are some of the tidbits that are circulating about what’s up with Yeezy and his family, and what might have sent him into treatment for exhaustion, sleep deprivation and possibly a few other things.

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Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski are going to be parents.

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Amanda Seyfried is pregnant, expecting a child with fiance Thomas Sadoski, her rep confirmed Wednesday.

The “Ted 2” actress and her “Life in Pieces” beau started dating earlier this year and got engaged in September, according to People, which first reported the baby news.

Seyfried showed off her bump in black Givenchy on Tuesday at an event launching the designer’s Live Irrésistible fragrance.

In the not-too-distant future, the parents-to-be will be seen on screen together in “The Last Word,” a comedy scheduled to hit theaters in March.

Canadian police officers are turning to an alternative form of punishment in order to deter people from drinking and driving this holiday season.

Police officers in the town of Kensington have concocted a new plan in hopes of preventing people from the offense: music by Nickelback. Are we having fun yet?

“When we catch you, and we will catch you, on top of a hefty fine, a criminal charge and a year’s driving suspension, we will also provide you with a bonus gift of playing the offices copy of Nickelback in the cruiser on the way to jail,” the Kensington police said in a Facebook post, which included tips about planning ahead to avoid drinking and driving.

Adding insult to injury? The post included a photo of a sealed copy of Nickelback’s 2001 album, “Silver Side Up.”

“Please, let’s not ruin a perfectly good unopened copy of Nickelback,” continued the post. “You don’t drink and drive and we won’t make you listen to it.”

The post does not reveal exactly why the Kensington police department owns a brand-new cassette of the Nickelback album, but at least its power is being harnessed for good.

Hopefully, the threat of listening to Chad Kroeger and his fellow Canadian rockers will be enough to keep the streets of Kensington safe this winter.

It’s no secret that “Power Rangers” is a departure from the original TV series, and the latest concept art for the movie’s new Alpha 5 is further proof.

Even fans who thought the updated looks for Rita, the Rangers’ suits and the Zords were adequate mental preparation for any other redesigns were likely surprised by Alpha’s new design. To borrow some words from Alpha: “Ay yi yi yi yi.”

Revealed by IGN, this new take on the Power Ranger ally is more than a bit of a departure from the character’s original look.

In the TV series, Alpha was Zordon’s panicky but devoted robotic assistant who served as the Rangers’ adviser and friend. While the new Alpha retains the gold saucer-shaped helmet as well as the red body, not much else is recognizable. It looks like Alpha is now less of a robot and more of an actual alien.

After seeing the Alpha’s new look, one can only wonder how Zordon might be reimagined for “Power Rangers.”

Bill Hader will be providing the voice for Alpha in the upcoming movie, which is set to hit theaters March 24.

MORE: ‘Power Rangers’ fans respond to new Alpha 5 design with a resounding ‘no’

A banner hung in place in a barracks at Camp Tulelake depicts what it looked like when it housed Japanese American internees during World War II.

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Over the last month, I’ve logged some serious mileage across California for a story about race and the national parks that was published on Sunday. It explores the ways in which the National Park Service, a federal agency originally charged with protecting wilderness, has come to conserve places that have been the sites of both contentious and inspiring incidents related to race in American history.

As part of the assignment, I toured the Port Chicago Naval Magazine outside San Francisco and sat next to the graves of labor activists Cesar and Helen Chavez in the bucolic Tehachapi Mountains outside Bakersfield. I visited the sites of the former Japanese American internment camps at Tulelake and Manzanar.

On one of those journeys, I casually posted a photograph of an old theater on Tulelake’s main street on social media. My pal Nate Chinen, a New York-based jazz writer whose father was Japanese American, left me a comment: “This is the town where my father spent his first four years, in internment.”

When I saw it, my heart sank.

An exhibit of articles inside a replica barracks at Manzanar National Historic Site.

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Netflix Inc. will now allow users to download shows and movies to their smartphones and tablets to watch when they’re offline, the company said Wednesday.

Netflix said many popular movies and series are already available for download, including its original shows “Orange Is the New Black” and “The Crown.”

Besides garnering some amount of goodwill from customers, Netflix may also benefit from the data it can gather from users of the new feature.

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NBC’s celebration of all things Dolly Parton continued Tuesday night as the country music legend joined “The Voice” to perform her classic song “Jolene” with goddaughter Miley Cyrus (with an assist from Pentatonix.)

Parton was perfect, but the collaboration was really Cyrus’ moment to shine, her voice nicely suited for the song’s soulful lyrics.

Fans yearning for more Dolly content can check out her NBC film, “Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love,” premiering tonight at 9.

Martin Scorsese after winning the director trophy for “The Departed” at the 2007 Oscars.

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We’re just turning the calendar to December, and already awards shows are popping up fast and furious, keeping statue assembly line elves working long into the nights. The Gotham Awards were Monday. Something called the National Board of Review announced its nominees Tuesday. The New York Film Critics Circle and Broadcast Film Critics Assn. will reveal their slates Thursday.

And on Friday they rested. Because even God probably can’t keep up with awards season.

Which is why we decided to rank the awards shows, letting you know which groups to watch and which to ignore. No need to thank us … unless you win one of these things someday. Then you damn well better mention us in your acceptance speech. (Except if it’s a Hollywood Film Award, that is.)

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VH1 is returning from its four-year “Divas” hiatus with a vengeance.

The network announced Wednesday that JoJo, Bebe Rexha and Serayah will be performing a live version of Darlene Love’s “All Alone on Christmas” on “VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night.”

The artists join an already-stacked lineup of powerhouse voices for the special, including Mariah Carey, Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Vanessa Williams and Teyana Taylor.

“VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night” airs Monday.

Hillary Clinton and Katy Perry with UNICEF’s Pamela Fiori, left, and Caryl Stern, right.

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Katy Perry was there for Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign, and on Tuesday night in New York City, the politician was there for the pop star in return.

“We need champions like Katy,” surprise guest Clinton said as part of the presentation of UNICEF’s Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award to Perry, who has been an international goodwill ambassador for the children’s charity since 2013.

The former presidential candidate got a sustained standing ovation at the fundraising gala when she appeared onstage, plus more cheers when she said that the “Roar” singer’s lyrics “remind us when you get knocked down to get back up,” the Associated Press reported.

In her acceptance speech, Perry credited Clinton with motivating her to do more than just sing.

“Hillary has lit that voice inside of me,” Perry said, “and that light will never go out!”

The “California Gurls” singer attended the gala with a British guy: boyfriend Orlando Bloom, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 2009 and last year’s Hepburn award recipient.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Grant Tinker in Beverly Hills in 2006.

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Grant Tinker, who brought “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and other hits to the screen as a producer and a network boss, has died.

Tinker died Monday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his son, Mark Tinker. He was 90.

Though he spent years at NBC, Tinker is best known for his work at MTM Enterprises. He founded the company in 1970 with then-wife Mary Tyler Moore. In addition to Moore’s own groundbreaking situation comedy, MTM scored with series including “Rhoda,” “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Hill Street Blues.”

Tinker became NBC chairman in 1981 and led the network out of the cellar with hits such as “The Cosby Show” and “Cheers.”

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Actor and filmmaker Keo Woolford, known recently for his role as Detective James Chang on CBS’ remake of “Hawaii Five-0,” died Monday after suffering a stroke three days earlier, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Publicist Tracy Larrua confirmed his death, noting also that he died at Pali Momi Medical Center in West O’ahu.

His other credits included 2012’s “Act of Valor” and 2014’s “Godzilla.”

He was also recently appointed kumu hula (teacher of hula, basically) of Kumu Hula Robert Cazimero’s award-winning performance Halau Na Kamalei o Lililehua.

“Hawaii Five-O” co-star Daniel Dae Kim and actress Kelly Hu were among those adding tributes on Twitter.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Looks as if Lin-Manuel Miranda has no plans to slow down anytime soon. The “Hamilton” mastermind has added the film and TV series adaptations of “The Kingkiller Chronicle” to his ever-expanding list of projects.

Miranda will be the creative producer behind Lionsgate’s adaptations, in addition to serving as a producer. Miranda will also compose original music and write the songs for the project.

A fantasy trilogy by Pat Rothfuss, “The Kingkiller Chronicle” tells the story of the master sword fighter, magician and musician Kvothe. So Miranda will only be creating music for the greatest musician in the world -- no big deal.

The film adaptation will be based on “The Name of the Wind,” the first book of the trilogy, and will be written by Lindsey Beer.

The TV series, on the other hand, will look beyond the books’ storyline. Miranda will join Rothfuss in developing new characters and storylines for the show. The film and TV show will be developed simultaneously.

Miranda, of course, has previously revealed that there is a connection between “Hamilton” and “The Kingkiller Chronicle.”

“‘The Story of Tonight’ is me trying to capture the feel of Kvothe & his friends leaving the Eaolian,” Miranda tweeted, before sharing the specific passage from “The Name of the Wind.”

In addition to the film and TV adaptations, Miranda has the option to be involved in future stage adaptation of the books.

Lifetime has released a trailer for “Beaches,” giving viewers their first extended look at the upcoming TV remake starring Idina Menzel and Nia Long. Of course, the trailer is set to Menzel’s rendition of the tear-jerker “Wind Beneath My Wings.”

Like the original, the new “Beaches” follows the lifelong friendship of aspiring performer C.C. Bloom (Menzel) and wealthy heiress Hillary Whitney (Long). Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey originated those respective roles in the 1988 film.

“Beaches” will air on Jan. 21, giving you plenty of time to stock up on tissues.

Grant Kemp and Lace Morris, the high-strung couple known as “Grace” on the most recent “Bachelor in Paradise,” are affianced no more, according to “Entertainment Tonight.”

“We have so much love for each other, and it’s weird because the chemistry is there,” Morris said, “and I’m thinking, ‘Why can’t we make this work?’”

“Issues” were part of what pumped up the drama between the two before they got engaged on the most recent incarnation of “BIP.” That and the matching wrist tattoos.

Their post-”Paradise” adventures have included an appearance on “Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?” in which Grant had to lead a blindfolded and terrified Lace through a relationship-retreat high-wire ropes course.

(Because reality TV makes for a totally normal relationship experience. Also, on “Happily Ever After?,” “Bachelor” Ben Higgins is still talking about his fear of being unlovable -- only now he’s doing it in couples counseling. Turns out it goes all the way back to when he was in second grade.)

“I think the odds are definitely against us,” Grant told “ET.” “But I know the person that she is. That’s the person I wanted to marry.”

Lace moved out of their San Francisco place a few days ago and is back in Denver.

“We both have our issues we need to work on,” she said, “and we can’t really give each other what we need at this time.”

After raging fires in Tennessee forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in and around Gatlinburg, Dolly Parton offered her prayers and support Tuesday and gave fans an update on the fate of Dollywood in nearby Pigeon Forge.

“I have been watching the terrible fires in the Great Smoky Mountains and I am heartbroken,” the Tennessee native said Tuesday in a statement. “I am praying for all the families affected by the fire and the firefighters who are working so hard to keep everyone safe. It is a blessing that my Dollywood theme park, the DreamMore Resort and so many businesses in Pigeon Forge have been spared.”

The fires, which were fueled by wind after burning for weeks in Tennessee and nearby drought-stricken states, were believed to have wiped out an entire resort of more than 100 buildings in the Great Smoky Mountains as National Guard troops arrived early Tuesday to help overwhelmed firefighters, the Associated Press reported.

Read More“Last night, for the safety of our guests, resort staff evacuated families in 50 rooms staying at Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and families staying in 19 cabins at Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Cabins,” the park said Tuesday on its website. It’ll be closed at least through Wednesday, though DreamMore Resort will be open “on a limited basis for those in need and for registered guests.”

Emergency officials ordered evacuations in downtown Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge and in other areas of Sevier County near the Great Smoky Mountains, the Associated Press reported. About 14,000 residents and visitors were evacuated from Gatlinburg alone, officials told the AP.

Tuesday night on “Drunk History,” Lin-Manuel Miranda joins host Derek Waters in a very special all-”Hamilton” episode. Unlike the sold-out-until-the-Cory-Booker-administration Broadway hit, which Miranda wrote and performed in — lately in the news when the presence of vice president-elect Mike Pence caused a clamor — there is no rapping. But there is a performance of Semisonic’s “Closing Time.”

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Emmy contender Derek Waters explains how Jake Johnson’s booze-fueled story about Otis Redding inspired the creation of “Drunk History,” which will soon feature Lin-Manuel Miranda drunkenly discussing Alexander Hamilton.

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It’s hard to imagine it now, but there was once a time when few Americans outside the Celebrity Centre knew what an E-meter was.

For decades, Scientology was known as a mysterious religion popular with Hollywood A-listers such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta. But in recent years, the church, founded by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, has spawned a cottage industry of journalistic exposes and jaw-dropping memoirs in which former devotees allege abusive, cult-like behavior and outlandish beliefs.

At this point, Scientology is as much an active religion as it is fodder for the various juicy tell-alls that have familiarized readers of People magazine with once-obscure concepts like Operating Thetans and the Bridge to Total Freedom.

The latest entry in this flourishing sub-genre is “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.” Premiering Tuesday on A&E, the eight-part docuseries follows actress and former Scientologist Leah Remini as she meets with other church defectors and listens to their often-harrowing stories.

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“First day of radiation treatment. I look like I’m about to make a run for it, which is accurate.”

That’s what Shannen Doherty wrote on Instagram as she documented her experience Monday, giving the world glimpses of both her bald head and her trepidation.

The former “Beverly Hills, 90210” actress said radiation therapy was “frightening.”

“Something about not being able to see the laser, see the treatment and having this machine moving around you just scares me,” said Doherty, 45.

“I’m sure I’ll get used to it but right now,” Doherty concluded, “I hate it.”

Doherty has been fighting breast cancer since March 2015 and had a single mastectomy in May 2016. In August, she shaved her head and explained that because the cancer was in at least one lymph node, she was going through chemotherapy and then radiation.

Her diagnosis came to light because of a lawsuit Doherty filed against her former management company in which she alleged, among other things, that the firm failed to pay her 2014 insurance premium on time, resulting in a lack of medical coverage until she could re-enroll in 2015. The firm has denied the allegations.

Lauren Graham

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Lauren Graham explains how she managed to write a book while simultaneously reprising her career-defining role as fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore in “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,” which die-hard fans gobbled up over Thanksgiving weekend.

It’s what she did just outside Luke’s Diner, in the bounds of Miss Patty’s dance school, even while at the Dragonfly Inn. There is hardly a place in Stars Hollow, the fictional setting of “Gilmore Girls,” that didn’t serve as a makeshift writing sanctuary for Graham as she crafted a collection of essays.

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A week after Kanye West was reluctantly hospitalized, the rapper reportedly doesn’t appear ready to head home anytime soon.

Despite rumors that West would check out after the holiday weekend under the care of his personal physician, people “with direct knowledge of the situation” told TMZ on Monday that West still wasn’t stable enough leave Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

A West rep had no official update on the rapper’s status early Monday, but insiders’ clues have been filling in some of the blanks. One major topic of discussion has been Kim Kardashian West’s role as a stabilizing factor in her husband’s life.

Sources involved with the situation told The Times last week that it had taken two hours to persuade Yeezy to agree to hospitalization — ostensibly for dehydration and sleep deprivation.

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Prince, at one of his final shows, at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on April 14.

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The first anniversary of Prince’s death will be a big deal at his former home in Minnesota, where friends, musicians and others will come together for four days of programming and music in honor of the artist, Paisley Park Studios announced Monday.

In addition to live music, Celebration 2017, from April 20 to 23, will include panel discussions, guided tours and other presentations focusing on Prince’s creative contributions.

General admission runs $499 for 20 hours of access; a $999 VIP ticket includes that plus reserved seating, autograph opportunities, meals and more. Tickets went on sale Monday.

Prince was found dead at his Chanhassen, Minn., home on April 21, 2016. He was 57.

Culinary titans will clash once again in Kitchen Stadium. The Food Network is planning a new “Iron Chef America” series called “Iron Chef Gauntlet.”

According to Variety, “Iron Chef Gauntlet” is expected to start production early next year. While details about the new show are sparse, the series will bring back longtime Food Network host Alton Brown.

Brown, who was the host and commentator of both “Iron Chef America” and “The Next Iron Chef,” confirmed his involvement with a photo teasing his new role for “Gauntlet.”

For the uninitiated, “Iron Chef America” (based on the Japanese “Iron Chef” TV show) saw chefs from around the world challenge various Iron Chefs to a 60-minute showdown involving a secret ingredient. The two teams present judges with five courses that were scored based on taste, plating and originality.

Wes Anderson fans are in for a Christmas treat. The filmmaker has brought his distinct flair -- and recurring collaborator Adrien Brody -- to a holiday ad for the clothing company H&M. And it’s basically exactly what you think a Wes Anderson H&M commercial would be.

Set on a train, the short film stars Brody as Conductor Ralph, who has the unfortunate task of informing passengers that, due to circumstances beyond his control, the train will be arriving 11 hours late. As the delay will likely ruin most holiday plans, Conductor Ralph invites all the passengers to a brunch complete with seasonal decorations and “chocolate-flavored hot beverage with whipped topping.”

The short, titled “Come Together,” definitely bears Anderson’s quirky hallmarks, with the train and Brody conjuring a “Darjeeling Limited” feel. You almost forget that it’s an H&M ad until you realize the passengers’ wardrobe doesn’t quite match the rest of the Anderson aesthetic. Watch the full short above.

The African American Film Critics Assn. released a statement Monday naming 2016 the best year ever for black people in cinema. The national organization also predicted an end, albeit potentially temporary, to #OscarsSoWhite.

“The studios and major film distributors really gave it to us this year,” said Gil Robertson, AAFCA’s co-founder and president. “By any measurement, it’s been an exceptional year for blacks in film. From comedies to high-quality dramas and documentaries, 2016 will forever represent a bonanza year for black cinema, and all cinema really.”

Black films in 2016 have ran the gamut from comedies and romantic thrillers to dramas and documentaries.

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Filmmaker and fashion designer Tom Ford talks about his new film, ‘Nocturnal Animals.’

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Tom Ford’s day job as one of the world’s best-known and most successful fashion designers puts him in an unusual position regarding his filmmaking. While audiences and critics may bring expectations that his movies occupy the same precise world as his fashion work, Ford sees them as very different endeavors with very different purposes for him.

“Well, I’m not doing it to make money. I make my money doing other things,” he said. “Fashion is where I make my living, and so consequently, when I design a fragrance, I think, ‘Is this going to sell? I love it, OK, but is it going to sell?’ And that’s not the way I think when I approach film. It’s ‘What do I want to say?’ ”

In the coolly unnerving “Nocturnal Animals,” Ford takes on the empty consumerism and lack of personal connection in modern life, which might also be seen as something of a rebuke of his other career. Amy Adams plays Susan Morrow, a Los Angeles fine-art dealer weary of her high-end world, who receives a package from her ex Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal) containing a novel dedicated to her.

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Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson star in Tom Ford’s “Nocturnal Animals.”

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Forget not knowing her name: Now “America’s Got Talent” winner Grace VanderWaal doesn’t know her age, either. And it’s pretty stinkin’ cute.

The 12-year-old is “stuck in sixth grade,” she said Monday on the “Today” show, where she performed her original tune “I Don’t Know My Name” as a palate cleanser after the long holiday weekend.

“I never went into seventh grade. I am now home-schooled. I’m stuck in sixth grade. I can’t get it out of my mind,” Grace told the hosts with a frustrated demeanor typically reserved for people going through retirement, menopause or the end of grad school.

“You know when you have a birthday, and you’re like, ‘I’m 9 — 10!’” she said. “I don’t correct myself. I’m just like, ‘Hi, I’m a sixth-grader!’”

So set an alarm and someone give her a heads-up on Jan. 15, OK? That’s when Grace turns 13. Meanwhile, Her EP “Perfectly Imperfect” comes out Friday.

Disney’s “Moana” sailed to No. 1 at the box office over the long holiday weekend, with estimated ticket sales of $81.1 million — more than enough to bump last week’s chart-topper, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” to No. 2 on the U.S. tally.

Even more encouraging for Disney, though, might be that “Moana” — an animated musical about a Polynesian princess on a mission to save her island — now holds the record for the second-biggest five-day Thanksgiving opening.

Its haul from Wednesday to Sunday beat that of Pixar’s “Toy Story 2,” which raked in $80.1 million in 1999. Early box-office returns for “Moana” came close to matching figures for 2013’s “Frozen,” which leads the five-day Thanksgiving list. But in the end, Disney’s summery adventure fell short of the wintry crown holder’s unsurpassed $93.5-million opening.

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Anne Rice at her home in Palm Desert.

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Anne Rice is once again in control of the vampire Lestat and her other creations from the “Vampire Chronicles,” and she’s looking to expand on the legend through an epic television series.

Posting on her Facebook page, Rice talked openly about how Universal Studios and Imagine Entertainment had optioned the series, but the deal did not work out. Now, she and her son Christopher plan to develop “a detailed outline for an open ended series,” and they already have a good idea where their story will be heading.

“We will likely begin with ‘The Vampire Lestat’ and move on from there. ----- When we sit down finally to talk to producers, we will have a fully realized vision of this project with Christopher as the executive producer at the helm. I will also be an executive producer all the way,” said Rice on Facebook.

The “Vampire Chronicles” book series centers on Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century, and it has made onscreen appearances. The 1994 film “Interview with the Vampire,” starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, focused on Lestat (Cruise) himself, while a 2002 film presented a loose adaptation of the third novel of series, “The Queen of the Damned.”

Actor Ron Glass, seen here at the premiere of “Serenity,” at Universal Studios, died at 71. He was known for his work on “Barney Miller” and “Firefly”

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The death of Ron Glass, who most recently endeared himself to television fans as Shepherd Book in Joss Whedon’s “Firefly” series, spurred remembrances from around the Internet — and around the Whedonverse.

Co-stars in the “Firefly” series and “Serentity” film, plus other actors and producers such as Samuel L. Jackson and Clark Gregg went online to offer tribute to the “Barney Miller” actor.

The outpouring of sadness and fond memories over the death of Florence Henderson at age 82 has come from all parts of Hollywood.

Three of her “Brady Bunch” co-stars expressed heartfelt messages for the actress known to generations of TV viewers as mom Carol Brady.

Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia Brady on the iconic ‘70s TV show, wrote on Twitter, “Florence Henderson was a dear friend for so very many years & in my <3 forever. Love & hugs to her family. I’ll miss u dearly.”

Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady, wrote, “Deeply saddened. Florence was one of the most gracious people I have ever known, Proud to call her Mom and life long friend.”

And Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady, wrote, “I grieve for the passing of my dear friend, Florence. Privileged to have known her and the kindness of her heart. She will be missed.”

Earlier this week, just days before her death, Henderson was on the set of “Dancing With the Stars” to cheer on McCormick, who is competing on the show. Henderson was a contestant on the show in 2010 and was held in high regard by many at “DWTS.” Host Tom Bergeron and judge Len Goodman tweeted RIP messages.

Among the many other Hollywood personalities to tweet their love and remembrances of Henderson are Carl Reiner, Michael McKean, George Takei, Larry King, Debra Messing, Patricia Arquette, Al Yankovic and Jason Alexander.

Comedian and game show host Steve Harvey is like Elvis these days: He’s everywhere.

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The taping for “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome,” an upcoming “Shark Tank”-style ABC competition series in which two entrepreneurs vie for the approval of a live audience, was just ending. But as the crowd started to leave the Television City studio in Hollywood, Harvey, the host who has unofficially inherited the late James Brown’s title of “the hardest working man in show business,” made it clear he was not done with them yet.

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Florence Henderson, whose portrayal of Carol Brady on the iconic television show “The Brady Bunch” created an idealized mother figure for an entire generation, died Thursday. She was 82.

Henderson died from heart failure about 7:30 p.m. while surrounded by her four children, her longtime manager and publicist, Kayla Pressman, said.

As Pressman’s telephone continued ringing, the woman who has worked with Henderson for 43 years — starting as her personal assistant — said the actress was “the most vibrant, beautiful inside and out person I’ve ever known in my entire life. We just never left each other. She was so wonderful to be with, and she was most loyal.”

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We’ve slowly been getting small glimpses of Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Covenant” over the last year or so, and now the film’s title beast gets its closeup.

Twentieth Century Fox today tweeted the film’s minimalist -- but maximally creepy -- poster with one word of advice: “Run.”

Although shrouded in shadows, the xenomorph in question appears to be very similar to the one seen in the very first “Alien.”

The latest installment in the long-running franchise, “Covenant” acts as a follow-up to the 2012 “Alien” prequel “Prometheus” and will presumably provide a bridge between that film and 1979’s “Alien.” It reunites the film’s stars Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Guy Pearce, and adds newcomers Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir and Billy Crudup.

Lady Gaga reached out to Kanye West on Wednesday, offering her support in his decision to cancel the rest of his Saint Pablo Tour and urging others not to joke about him right now.

“I see in you bravery & courage to stop this tour & take care of YOU,” she said in a series of tweets. “You are a GREAT artist.”

In September, the “Born This Way” singer -- whose new album, “Joanne,” was released last month -- revealed via the Mirror that she has battled depression and anxiety and takes medication daily.

“I needed a moment to stabilize” after releasing her 2013 album, “Artpop,” she told the publication. “When my career took off, I don’t remember anything at all. It’s like I’m traumatized. I needed time to recalibrate my soul.”

OK Go has released its latest music video, further proof that nobody else in music approaches videos quite like this L.A.-based band.

The video for “The One Moment” is a colorful exploration of time and the splendor of fleeting moments caught in about 24 seconds total.

“We constructed a moment of total chaos and confusion, and then unraveled that moment, discovering the beauty, wonder, and structure within,” the band explained on its website.

This moment of chaos features 327 total events including bursting balloons and exploding paint buckets. And, much like its 2006 treadmill video for “Here It Goes Again,” the events unfold in one continuous take.

Watch “The One Moment” above.

Founding 3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts in 2005. He died in August 2016 of an apparent overdose.

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An Alabama doctor has been indicted in the August overdose death of original 3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts, who helped found the “Kryptonite” band in 1996.

Dr. Richard Snellgrove was charged in October with prescribing opioid drugs illegally to Roberts, according to a federal indictment unsealed last week and obtained by the Associated Press.

Snellgrove’s attorney told the AP that the doctor had done nothing wrong, saying any possible connection between drugs and the musician’s death was due to “improper use.”

Police found Roberts dead in the hallway of a West Bend, Wis., hotel the morning of Aug. 15. The 38-year-old had been in town to perform at a benefit concert for veterans.

According to a sworn statement by a Drug Enforcement

Administration agent, the musician was wearing a Fentanyl patch like one prescribed by Snellgrove two days earlier, and he also had pills matching ones the doctor prescribed, the AP reported. (The synthetic opioid was the same drug found in Prince’s home in pill form after the singer’s overdose death.)

The guitarist, who launched 3 Doors Down with vocalist Brad Arnold and bassist Todd Harrell, left the group amicably in 2012 to take care of health and circulation issues.

“I know he had prescription drug addiction. He suffered greatly from anxiety,” the guitarist’s father, Darrell Roberts Sr., told CNN in August. “I thought he had beaten it all.”

A number of new movies will compete for your attention over the long weekend. Here are the LAT reviews to help you decide what to see:

- Those seeking a vacation from everyday reality without springing for that last-minute island getaway will appreciate the bright, bouncy animated Disney film “Moana.”

- “Allied,” starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, is a handsomely crafted, fitfully effective throwback to epics of love, betrayal and wartime espionage.

- Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes film “Rules Don’t Apply” is not without its charms, but there aren’t enough of them and they don’t readily cohere. It’s interesting rather than involving.

- The dark comedy sequel “Bad Santa 2” doubles down on the naughty of the original, without enough nice to balance it out.

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“Spider-Man: Homecoming” isn’t hitting theaters until July, but Tom Holland, its titular star, is already making some young fans smile.

Holland stopped by the New York-Presbytarian Hospital along with “Homecoming” costars Zendaya and Jacob Batalon on Tuesday to visit some patients. Holland was in full Spider-Man mode.

A visit with one young fan was caught on video by Zendaya, showing the patient, Nicolas, telling Spider-Man that he likes Batman better. Holland took the child’s honesty with class befitting a superhero. Watch the clip above.

Twenty-eight years ago the little science fiction show that could, “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” premiered on Thanksgiving Day. It all started with one Earthling, series creator Joel Hodgson, and his gang of lovable robot puppets.

It was an odd show whose shoe-string budget and screwball tone often mimicked the very movies it skewered. The misfit humor struck a note with fans and despite multiple cancellations and resurrections (including a recasting of Hodgson with Mike Nelson), the series endured for 197 episodes. And now, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, “MST3K” will rise again -- this time on Netflix with Hodgson once again steering the ship and new host Jonah Ray (the Nerdist Podcast). They will be joined on their new adventures by Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt.

But before the new episodes premiere in 2017, Ray and Hodgson will engage in the time-honored tradition of hosting the “MST3K” Thanksgiving marathon, featuring six fan-selected classic episodes (beginning at 9 a.m. PT at ShoutFactoryTV.com). The two recently reunited by phone to talk turkey.

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From Bedford Falls of “It’s a Wonderful Life” to Mayberry of “The Andy Griffith Show,” the idyllic small town has always held a special place in American pop culture, providing fictional refuge in times of real-life turmoil.

On Friday, anyone exhausted by the effort of avoiding political conversations with that one uncle should consider a visit to Stars Hollow, Conn., the impossibly quaint and harmonious community at the center of “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.”

Nearly a decade after “Gilmore Girls” concluded its seven-season network run, the whimsical dramedy about quick-witted single mother Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), her overachieving daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) and WASPy mother Emily (Kelly Bishop) returns in a much-anticipated Netflix revival.

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An Olympian has taken home the Mirrorball Trophy once again as Laurie Hernandez joins Apolo Anton Ohno, Kristi Yamaguchi, Shawn Johnson and Meryl Davis as champion of ABC’s 23rd season of “Dancing With the Stars.”

The Final Five member is the youngest competitor (16) ever to win the reality dance competition. This the second time that professional dancer Valentin “Val” Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy grabs the trophy.

The teams of James Hinchcliffe and dancer Sharna Burgess, and Calvin Johnson Jr. with dancer Lindsay Arnold, came in second and third.

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FOR THE RECORD, 4:13 p.m.: It was incorrectly stated that Laurie Hernandez was part of the Fierce Five. She’s a member of the Final Five.

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Ellen DeGeneres wipes away tears as her citation is read before being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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A visibly moved Ellen DeGeneres was one of the 21 celebrity recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday, and she took to Twitter to celebrate what had to be a surreal experience at the White House.

First, she took part in a large-scale Mannequin Challenge, along with fellow honorees Michael Jordan, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Diana Ross, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and more:

After the ceremony, DeGeneres shared a selfie with wife Portia de Rossi.

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Prince in 1985.

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The vault is opening. Very slowly.

When Prince passed away on April 21, he reportedly left hundreds of unreleased songs in a vault at his Paisley Park estate in Chanhassen, Minn.

The very tip of that musical iceberg is now visible, as NPG and Warner Bros. today released “Moonbeam Levels,” a song originally recorded in 1982 during the same recording sessions for his smash album “1999.” While it was later considered for inclusion on the 1999 album “Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic” and has been bootlegged in the past, the song never officially saw the light of day until now.

The mid-tempo tune is largely piano-driven but features some vintage Prince guitar flourishes and subtle synth. Overall, it would fit comfortably on either “1999” or 1984’s “Purple Rain,” although it’d be a sin to break up the already well-established flow of those beloved records.

ABC News premiered the song for fans at a listening session at New York’s Cutting Room Recording Studios.

“Moonbeam” can be found on the new collection titled “Prince 4Ever,” which was released today, and features 40 songs including “Kiss,” “When Doves Cry” and “Purple Rain.”

A deluxe reissue of “Purple Rain” will be released next year and will include a second album of previously unreleased material.

During a U.K. radio appearance, Chicago artist Chance the Rapper extended a special prayer to Kanye West, who was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Monday.

On Tuesday, Chance stopped by Trevor Nelson’s BBC Radio 1Xtra and performed two songs with the Social Experiment.

During the performance of “All We Got” from his mixtape “Coloring Book,” which opens with the lines: “This ain’t no intro, this the entree/ Hit that intro with Kanye/ And sound like André,” Chance took a moment to offer some words to his mentor.

“I want to extend a very special prayer to my big brother, Kanye West,” he said. “I know there’s a lot of weird folks out there. But you already know that I’m a hundred grand. I want to just extend this prayer and extend this love from all the way in Britain. We might come home early to see this man. Happy Thanksgiving.”

Chance also spoke about his friendship with and appreciation of West. When asked what he thinks West is going through, Chance said, “I think everybody goes through it. And I think right now, probably what he needs more than anything is his real, close friends and family around.”

Listen to Chance’s prayer for West here or listen to the full segment and performance here. Chance the Rapper’s appearance kicks off at around the 2:16 mark.

James Corden

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CBS has announced its host for the 59th Grammy Awards, and for the first time in five years it’s not LL Cool J.

Instead, James Corden, “The Late, Late Show” host and star of the wildly successful “Carpool Karaoke” videos, will lead music’s biggest award ceremony when it airs on Feb. 12, 2017.

The British comedic actor, who took over his late-night slot from Craig Ferguson in 2015, has become a breakout success, and part of the reason is his unabashed enthusiasm for pop music.

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Kanye West hovers above the crowd at the Forum on Oct. 25.

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The Los Angeles Police Department visited Kanye West as part of a disturbance call Monday, according to law enforcement sources, a day after the rapper abruptly canceled the rest of his tour.

The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not provide details about the incident but confirmed that police were called about 1:20 p.m. The case turned into a “medical emergency” and was handed off from the LAPD to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the sources said.

West agreed to seek medical treatment, according to a law enforcement source, and he was treated for stress and exhaustion at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Realty TV star Kris Jenner, who is West’s mother-in-law, told Vanity Fair on Monday night that West as “exhausted” but doing “good.”

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Teaser trailer for Disney/Pixar’s “Cars 3.”

If you’re still recovering emotionally from the incinerator scene in “Toy Story 3,” please look away from the teaser trailer for “Cars 3,” which was released Monday.

Pixar meets NASCAR meets nightmare in the summer 2017 release as Lightning McQueen hits the track as the leader of the pack and then, after a shifty move by another car, hits the track wall. Ominous smoke and sparks and slow-mo are involved as our hero launches sideways into the air doing barrel roll after out-of-control barrel roll.

Draaaaaaaama.

“From this moment, everything will change,” reads the tagline.

Our inner child is sobbing already. Pass the popcorn, please, and don’t text and drive.

Angela Bassett will play Ramonda in the upcoming film “Black Panther.”

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“Black Panther” has added Academy Award-nominated actress Angela Bassett to its cast.

Marvel Studios has announced that Bassett will be playing Ramonda, mother of T’Challa (a.k.a. Black Panther).

In the comics, Ramonda was T’Chaka’s second wife and one-time queen of Wakanda. Originally from South Africa, T’Chaka married Ramonda after his previous wife, N’Yami, died giving birth to T’Challa. She was abducted and held captive by a man named Anton Prestorius until T’Challa rescued her and welcomed her back to Wakanda.

Bassett was most recently seen in the latest season of “American Horror Story” as Monet Tumusiime.

“Black Panther” will see Chadwick Boseman reprise his role as the titular superhero. The film also stars Michael B. Jordan, Forest Whitaker, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke and Florence Kasumba.

Directed by Ryan Coogler, “Black Panther” is scheduled to hit theaters Feb, 16, 2018.

Legendary Entertainment has reached an agreement with the estate of Frank Herbert for the television and film adaptation rights to Herbert’s “Dune,” the iconic sci-fi book released in 1965.

Herbert’s tale centers around Paul Atreides and the politics of controlling the desert planet Arrakis and its resources.

Adapted into a 1984 film by David Lynch -- as well as a 2014 documentary about cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed attempt to bring it to the screen in the ‘70s (“Jodorowsky’s Dune”) -- “Dune” has been an obvious influence on “Star Wars” and “The Matrix.”

The projects, whatever they might eventually be, would be produced by Thomas Tull, Mary Parent and Cale Boyter, with Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert serving as executive producers.

Dave Chappelle

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First he tackled “Saturday Night Live,” and now groundbreaking comedian Dave Chappelle has his sights set on Netflix.

The Internet TV network announced Monday that the comedian, along with director Stan Lathan, would produce a new stand-up comedy special for Netflix in 2017.

But wait, there’s more.

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On Monday, “Hamilton” actor Brandon Victor Dixon took to “CBS This Morning” to discuss the events that occurred Friday night at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, which President-elect Trump called “rude” and “terrible behavior” toward Mike Pence.

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Kanye West performs on a floating stage for his ‘Saint Pablo’ tour at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2016

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UPDATE: Kanye West canceled the remainder of his tour Monday morning.

Just days after pledging allegiance to President-elect Donald Trump — and hours after cutting short a concert in Sacramento — Kanye West called off his L.A. date Sunday night at The Forum.

The concert was canceled about three hours before showtime. No statement from West’s label or the tour’s promoter, Live Nation, was immediately available.

The Forum sent out a tweet Sunday about 5 p.m. noting that the show had been axed. Refunds, the venue’s announcement said, would be available at the point of purchase.

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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs.

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Green Day is at its best when a widely divisive president ascends to power.

That was true in 2004 for “American Idiot,” and it’s maybe even more true in 2016 for “Revolution Radio.” At Sunday’s American Music Awards, where Green Day played the double-time barnstormer “Bang Bang,” the band had the one truly political moment of the night when its members led a chant of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist U.S.A.”

It wasn’t quite a real risk for the band, which enjoyed a mid-career renaissance for saying similar things about George W. Bush. Nor were too many in the audience inclined to disagree with the group.

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This year’s American Music Awards are being held at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, and the stars -- musical or otherwise -- showed up in style. Check below for a few of the celebrities hitting the red carpet, and view our entire gallery of arrivals.

Emilia Clarke

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In a truly astonishing crossover, Emilia Clarke of “Game of Thrones” will be joining the “Star Wars” universe. This is not a drill, we repeat, the Mother of Dragons is going to join “Star Wars” canon forever.

Clarke, known for her current role on HBO’s fantasy series, will be joining the still yet-to-be-named Han Solo origin story.

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Mark Wahlberg and his wife, Rhea Durham, attend the AFI Fest premiere of “Patriots Day.”

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One of this holiday season’s most anticipated – and most timely – films, director Peter Berg’s Boston Marathon bombing drama “Patriots Day,” had its unveiling Thursday evening, drawing a warm reception from the audience at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood that could portend a potent run at the box office and perhaps in this year’s awards race as well.

The special closing-night presentation of this year’s AFI Fest, the debut of “Patriots Day” came just 3½ years after the events the movie dramatizes – and barely more than a week after a bitterly divisive presidential election in which thorny questions of the proper response to terrorism loomed large.

Actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, far left, and director Peter Berg, far right, introduce some of the real people from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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“Patriots Day” is an account of the Boston Marathon bombing.

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Actress Lisa Masters, shown in 2003, was found dead this week in Lima, Peru.

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Lisa Masters, an actress who appeared in shows including “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Law & Order: SVU,” was found dead earlier this week in her hotel room in Peru, her manager confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Friday. She was 52.

Police in Lima told the Associated Press that they are investigating the case as a possible suicide. Her cellphone included directions on how to reach her family in the United States, the AP said Thursday.

“In these darkening days, we hope those who have had the pleasure of knowing her will see how brightly she shined and will find that light within themselves and continue to share it with others — just as she would have,” manager Christopher Silveri said via email from New York.

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Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez perform at the Latin Grammy Awards.

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For two years running, the Latin Grammy Awards show has offered high moments of political drama.

In 2014, the telecast was delayed by 20 minutes to show President Obama delivering a speech on immigration. Once the show got rolling, the politically minded Puerto Rican band Calle 13 sang a rousing political anthem that ended with a show of support for the 43 disappeared Mexican students from Ayotzinapa.

Last year, the gala featured a lively performance of “Somos Más Americanos” (We Are More American) — a defiant song about immigrant life — by the Mexican bands Los Tigres del Norte and Maná. At the end of the tune, the two bands held up a sign that read “Latinos Unidos No Voten Por Racistas” (Latinos United, Don’t Vote for Racists), a reference to Donald Trump’s declarations about Mexican immigrants being criminals and rapists.

So expectations were high that this year’s awards, held Thursday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, would offer an impassioned outcry over Trump’s election to the presidency — which has already spurred talk of mass deportations and the construction of a border wall.

Not so much. ....

The 17th Latin Grammys are more likely to be remembered for the dramatic laser-light-filled duet between former couple Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez.

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You thought Kanye West would stay quiet about the election? You thought wrong. (Seriously, if you did take that bet? Lousy odds, kids. Bad move.)

Yeezy cut loose at the San Jose stop of his Saint Pablo Tour on Thursday night, revealing he would have gone against his wife’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton and picked the president-elect -- if he’d voted at all.

“I told you I didn’t vote ... but if I would’ve voted, I would’ve voted on Trump,” he said, earning a chorus of boos and a wee smattering of support. According to the San Jose Mercury News, folks threw things at him -- hats, shoes, T-shirts -- and complained that he talked too much during the show.

Video clips and quotes can be seen on social media and in roundups like the ones from Quartz and the Boom Box, though it’s not possible to string the snippets together in order with certainty. But even as stand-alones, they’re little bundles of dynamite as he warms up toward supposedly running for prez himself in 2020.

“I hate the fact that because I’m a celebrity, everybody told me not to say that I loved the debates. I loved his approach,” the rapper said.

West reportedly orated for 25 minutes and included a comment “specifically to black people”:

“Stop focusing on racism,” he urged. “This world is racist, OK? Let’s stop being distracted to focus on that so much. It’s just a ... fact. We are a racist country, period. Do not allow people to make us talk about that so ... long. ... It’s a racist ... country. And not one or the other candidate was going to instantly be able to change that because of their views.”

Kanye also seemed a little frustrated by the continuing protests in the wake of the vote.

“Sometimes things you might think are bad have to happen in order for change to ... happen,” he said. “Sometimes you might have to not get your way to really understand what to do in the future to be able to get your way.”

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“La La Land” stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone at the 41st Toronto International Film Festival in September.

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Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone better get their “La La’s” out -- they’re going to be honored for their work in “La La Land” at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February.

Stone and Gosling, who won the festival’s first Cinema Vanguard Award in 2008, will be given the 2017 Outstanding Performers of the Year award for their work in writer-director Damien Chazelle’s film, the festival announced Friday.

“Ryan and Emma’s luminous performances in ‘La La Land’ remind us of the transformative and magical role of cinema,” said film festival executive director Roger Durling, who will moderate the Feb. 3 tribute. “We are so proud to celebrate them and this incredible film and its nod to the classic love stories of old Hollywood with a contemporary twist.”

Recent winners include Brie Larson for “Room” and Saoirse Ronan for “Brooklyn,” Steve Carell for “Foxcatcher,” Jennifer Lawrence for “The Hunger Games” and “Silver Linings Playbook,” Viola Davis for “The Help,” Angelina Jolie for “A Mighty Heart” and Helen Mirren for “The Queen.”

The 32nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place at multiple theaters in the beach city from Feb. 1-11, 2017.

The 17th Latin Grammy Awards, held this year at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, is a good bet to bring a fashion-forward crowd to the red carpet. Here are a few images, including another Jennifer Lopez statement outfit, and a gallery with more beyond that.

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Netflix released the first full trailer for its upcoming series “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” on Thursday morning, giving fans their first real look at what’s to come.

Based on the series of children’s novels by Daniel Handler, whose pen name character of Lemony Snicket is the narrator of the books, Netflix’s new series centers around the newly orphaned Baudelaire children and their mysterious, nefarious relative, Count Olaf, played by Neil Patrick Harris.

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Architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne evaluates plans by Johnson Fain to remake the Crystal Cathedral, Philip Johnson’s temple of 1980s glory in Garden Grove:

I was surprised, amused and briefly heartened when I arrived for a news briefing a few weeks ago inside the stripped-down, renamed Christ Cathedral to find diocese media officials handing out virtual-reality headsets. Were Johnson Fain and the Catholic Church ready to embrace the same kind of trippy futurism that Philip Johnson and Robert Schuller had? Was this another strange combination of client, building and architect that would in the end pay exhilarating dividends?

No such luck. What we all saw when we strapped those headsets on was a digitized version of the remade cathedral interior that is heavy, earthbound and handsome to a fault.

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The Crystal Cathedral is undergoing a major transformation in both design and ownership.

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Looking for something to see this weekend? Catch up on the reviews of all the new releases, including the “Harry Potter” prequel “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Kenneth Lonergan’s drama “Manchester by the Sea,” the Isabelle Huppert-Paul Verhoeven revenge thriller “Elle,” the boxing drama “Bleed For This,” and more.

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Megyn Kelly poses for a portrait in New York. In “Settle for More,” released Tuesday, the Fox News anchor talks about her childhood and her high-profile career.

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Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly’s new book, “Settle for More,” gives a behind-the-scenes look at her dealings with two of the most influential men in media and politics — Roger Ailes and Donald Trump.

Kelly’s book, released Tuesday, is meant to be an uplifting memoir about her impressive rise from middle-class Syracuse, N.Y., girl to one of America’s most successful news anchors. But it’s her painful and disturbing account of what it means to be a high-profile female journalist in the age of Fox News, Twitter and Trump that resonates.

Kelly writes that she became the target of Trump’s “relentless” personal attacks in 2015 after she reported that his second wife, Ivana, had testified in divorce proceedings that he raped her (an accusation later retracted).

She explains that his fury was further stoked during a heated exchange in the August 2015 Republican primary debate in which Kelly, as moderator, asked Trump about the derogatory way in which he’d referred to women as “‘fat pigs,’ ‘dogs,’ ‘slobs’ and ‘disgusting animals.’”

Like many before and after her, Kelly became the target of Trump’s now infamous social media assaults. She figured it would blow over. It did not.

When Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, retweeted a supporter who wanted to “gut her,” she writes, things turned dangerous.

By the time the mother of three flew to Disney World for vacation, it was with her “family — and our security guard,” she writes.

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The portrait is tall and stately, its subject a distinguished gentleman who stands with chest puffed out, proudly. But here’s the thing: He wears no pants. The man, it turns out, stands atop a barrel of lighted dynamite, in striped boxers.

If this image stirs childlike glee in the depths of your soul, you are not alone. Disneyland’s famous “stretching portraits” inside its Haunted Mansion elevator are among the most beloved of the park’s images. And now one of them is up for grabs.

Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks will hold on Saturday the Souvenirs of Disneyland sale, the largest auction to date dedicated to Disneyland memorabilia, it says. Among more than 1,000 rare artifacts, from about 30 collectors nationwide, is an original, hand-painted stretching portrait — our man, sans his pants.

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The new trailer for “Kong: Skull Island” premiered on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Wednesday night and gave viewers a much more expansive look at Skull Island.

The film is beginning to look like a pastiche between “Jurassic Park” and “Platoon,” which, though it seems unlikely, may actually be a combination that pays off.

With John Goodman channeling “Richard Attenborough in ‘Jurassic Park’” realness and John C. Reilly bringing his quirky comedic sensibilities, the film’s cast of characters is shaping up to be pretty interesting.

That said, it’s worth noting that it’s still pretty unclear what Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson are doing in the film, beyond looking pretty while sweaty.

But the trailer’s reveal that Skull Island is home to enormous creatures beyond just Kong was a great one, particularly if it means we’re heading to a Godzilla vs. Mothra-type blood feud.

“Kong: Skull Island” lands in theaters March 10, 2017.

The new year will bring a new TV take on the Archie Comics gang, now that CW’s “Riverdale” has a premiere date.

“Riverdale,” inspired by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s recent comic book revamp of the storyline, is set to premiere Jan. 26 at 9 p.m. EST/PST, and will continue to air Thursday nights thereafter.

“Riverdale” has been described by the show’s creators and cast members as a “dark,” “noir” and “subversive” version of the colorful and kid-friendly Archie Comics saga, initially launched in 1941.

The series stars K.J. Apa as Archie, Cole Sprouse as Jughead, Camila Mendes as Veronica and Lil Reinhart as Betty.

“This is a historic moment for Archie Comics -- and it’s been a long time coming,” Archie Comics CEO and publisher Jon Goldwater said in news release. “Partnering with Roberto, Greg Berlanti, Warner Bros. and the CW has been a wonderful experience, and it’s been stunning to see the show bring our iconic characters to life, adding to the mythos and legend of Archie and his gang. You will be hooked from the first scene, I promise you.”

The show will be written by Aguirre-Sacasa and produced by Warner Bros. Studios and Berlanti Productions.

A special one-shot comic book tie-in will follow one week later on Feb. 1 and will fill in some backstory. Here’s a sneak peek at the issue’s cover:

Watch the cast discuss the show and the new versions of the classic characters here:

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The cast of “Riverdale” talk about the new look for the “Archie.”

Slim Jimmy and Swae Lee, of the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, visit ESPN “SportsCenter” to film a bit about the Mannequin Challenge.

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In the 2½ years since Rae Sremmurd broke out with the rowdy hit single “No Flex Zone,” this Southern hip-hop duo has established itself as a reliable source of renewable energy.

Its two studio albums — 2015’s “SremmLife” and August’s “SremmLife 2” — are full of boisterous thrills, with brothers Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy shouting sticky catchphrases over lurching beats. And the twentysomething rappers are even livelier in concert: Bouncing across the stage like each had inhaled a bag of Halloween candy, the two use those catchphrases to encourage their young fans to go wild (or turn up, as the saying goes).

Yet Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy had a different goal in mind Monday afternoon on the set of ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” and that was to go as un-wild as possible — to stand completely still while a guy with a camera weaved between them.

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Jonah Hill starred in the summer release “War Dogs” as a brash, duplicitous and greedy arms dealer.

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Efraim Diveroli, the character Jonah Hill plays in the summer film “War Dogs,” is probably not a guy you’d want to meet for lunch.

The character from Todd Phillips’ based-on-a-true-story film about two Yeshiva-educated Miami twentysomethings (Miles Teller plays the other) who rake in millions with a shady business supplying arms to the U.S. military during the war in Afghanistan, is loud, duplicitous and greedy in the extreme. Diveroli is a character who, if initially charming, would almost certainly leave you feeling compromised. You could imagine him ordering heaps of the priciest thing on the menu and then — laughing — leaving you holding the check.

Hill, apart from the charm, is nothing like that. Over lunch on a rainy Thursday in New York City, at his usual table at the rustic-Italian restaurant Il Buco, the 32-year-old actor, who has memorably appeared in such films as “Superbad,” “21 Jump Street,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Moneyball,” earning Oscar nods with those last two, is polite, thoughtful and engaging. He’s the kind of guy who will hold your chair and offer you the first bite of his risotto. (“Want some?” he asks, with apparent sincerity.)

Burned by the news media for not being as bro-ish as some of his roles might indicate, Hill comes off as careful, perhaps a bit chastened, yet candid and generous as he entertained questions about, among other topics, a performance critics have hailed as a standout in an otherwise dismissable film.

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Bob Dylan won’t be coming to Stockholm to pick up his 2016 Nobel Prize for literature at the Dec. 10 prize ceremony, the Swedish Academy said Wednesday.

The academy said Dylan informed it that “he wishes he could receive the prize personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible.”

The singer-songwriter previously stated he planned to attend the ceremony “if it’s at all possible.”

Dave Lewis contributed to this post.

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“The Green Hornet” is taking a Dark Knight path back to the big screen courtesy of Paramount and Chernin Entertainment.

Gavin O’Connor, who recently directed Ben Affleck in “The Accountant,” is set to direct the film, which aims to veer away from the ‘60s camp that established vigilante Britt Reid on screen, according to an interview with Deadline. Sean O’Keefe will write the script.

Paramount and O’Connor follow the road trod by Batman in the 1989 movie that darkened and modernized the comic book hero’s established on-screen ‘60s image.

This will, though, be the second recent relaunch of the character; Seth Rogen attempted to revive him in 2011 alongside his partner, Kato -- played in the film by Jay Chou. The results weren’t well-received, to put it mildly by Rogen’s own standards. But O’Connor has a different vision for the world of the Green Hornet.

“With the rights now in our loving hands, I’m beyond excited to bring the Green Hornet into the 21st century in a meaningful and relevant way; modernizing it and making it accessible to a whole new generation. My intention is to bring a gravitas to the Green Hornet that wipes away the camp and kitsch of the previous iteration,” said O’Connor.

Stories about Mars are getting some attention these days with “The Martian” and the upcoming film “The Space Between Us,” and now television is joining in: A series adaptation of Robert Heinlein’s 1961 science fiction novel “Stranger in a Strange Land “ is headed for Syfy.

Paramount Television, in partnership with Universal Cable Productions, will develop the series from a seminal story set on the Red Planet about a human born on Mars who comes to Earth and eventually helps transform the whole culture. The book is considered by many to be a science fiction staple in American literature.

“From my point of view, ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ isn’t just a science fiction masterpiece. ... It also happens to be one of my favorite books ever!” NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Chairman Bonnie Hammer said in a statement.

The tome is even said to have predicted many of the movements and messages of the 1960s — including free love, hippie communes and organized attempts at world peace.

Here’s to Mars.

Paula Abdul is ready to step out from behind the judges’ table and back into the spotlight, as the singer announced Tuesday’s on NBC’s “Today” that she will be going on tour for the first time in nearly 25 years.

Abdul is heading back on the road in good company, joining fellow 1980s and ’90s hitmakers New Kids on the Block (now known as NKOTB) and Boyz II Men for a 2017 North American tour. The Total Package tour will stop in more than 40 cities, including a show at the Hollywood Bowl on June 2.

“Our fans know we love to bring them a party, and this tour is no exception,” NKOTB’s Donnie Wahlberg said in a statement released Tuesday. “It’s not just a show, it’s an experience.”

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