Author name: Rebecca Ramos

Rap star NBA YoungBoy will not face jail time for his role in a months-long fraud scheme to illegally obtain prescription drugs from several Utah pharmacies. The 25-year-old rapper (born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden) entered a plea deal for which he admitted guilt during a Monday hearing at a Logan County courtroom to several counts of […]

Comedian Adam Ray isn’t feeling quite like himself these days — and that’s just fine with him. Since becoming the doppelganger of daytime talk show therapist Dr. Phil McGraw, he’s actually never felt better. Who knew that his first Netflix special would require him to trade in his slick, radio announcer speaking voice for a

Is Netflix a universal language? The entertainment giant is counting on it as the company seeks to extend its lead in the global streaming business. On Monday, Netflix showcased its latest slate of international original programs, which are a key part of its strategy to attract and retain subscribers around the world. The list includes

Kelsey Mann was scanning some old photos when he came to a series of pictures from his childhood birthdays and was struck by what he saw. “I was 5, and it’s my birthday, and I’m sitting there in front of my cake … I think it was the smile and the joy on my face

Dozens of tenants at an affordable housing complex for arts and entertainment workers are in rebellion amid a dispute over a rent increase and other alleged issues at the Hollywood property. A group of residents at the Hollywood Arts Collective released a statement Thursday accusing Thomas Safran & Associates, the property management company, and the

It’s an autumn day in New York, which prompts Cynthia Erivo to start singing the opening lines of the jazz standard of that name because, as I learn through our hour together, it does not take much prodding to get Erivo to break out in song. She serenades me with Marvin Gaye, Kate Bush and

“Emilia Pérez” is not what most would conjure when thinking of a movie musical. And therein lies its superpower. Its writer-director, Jacques Audiard, chose to tell the story of a brutal Mexican drug cartel lord (played by Karla Sofía Gascón) who undergoes profound changes in midlife — including gender-reassignment surgery — as a romantic, comic,

Even Elle Macpherson, a model who would come to be known as “The Body,” faced her share of rejections early in her career: As she recalls in her new memoir, simply titled “Elle,” a prevailing attitude at the time was that “girls with brown eyes don’t get covers” of top magazines. Except, in her case,

“Out of Oklahoma” singer Lainey Wilson isn’t from the OK state, but she knows a thing or two about uncomfortably going ho-o-o-o-o-o-ome, as she sings in the summer action movie “Twisters.” “I didn’t live out a lot of the things that Kate did in the movie,” she says of the onetime tornado chaser played by

The second day of Camp Flog Gnaw’s 10-year anniversary came roaring back into Dodger Stadium for fans of Tyler, the Creator’s universe of energized and eclectic hip-hop and R&B — with a dash of jazz flute. As fans swarmed the festival to see Mustard, Erykah Badu and Playboi Carti, the mindset of letting it all