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“Standard Station (E. 5),” a 1966 print by Edward Ruscha, was sold today for $170,000 — the top price in a Bonhams & Butterfields auction. Paintings by the Los Angeles-based artist have commanded up to $6.9 million at auction, the......

On Culture Monster earlier today, Times theater critic Charles McNulty dispels the prevalent belief that Los Angeles is not a theater town. (Said belief is usually held by those who live far outside L.A., many of whom have such area......

Sad -- and also disturbing -- news about DJ Kutmah, the popular record producer, visual artist and record spinner for the Dublab collective. Reports from the LA Weekly and elsewhere indicate that Kutmah, a.k.a. Justin McNulty, a British national born of a...

As University of Illinois became increasingly competitive and costly, some well-connected applicants had a double advantage: Clout not only got them on campus, it also got them free tuition. University e-mails and a state report show that some students...

He is rightly being celebrated as a movie star, from “Giant” to “Easy Rider” to “Blue Velvet.” But Dennis Hopper did some of his most memorable work on television. He was staggering as a racist in the TV movie “...

-- In memoriam: Times critic Mark Swed remembers Ernest Fleischmann, the former managing director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. (Los Angeles Times) -- Looking ahead: The void in leadership at the Getty Trust following the recent death of James N.......

Two years ago the Like were heading nowhere, and a sophomore album looked unlikely. The band spent much of 2007 working with a noted producer, only to see the completed work never appear on the Interscope Geffen A&M release schedule.......

A relative of Chicago Ald. Frank Olivo's didn't have the required grades for a specialized accounting program at the University of Illinois but got accepted anyway after Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's office intervened. Another applicant -- the...

Close friends since the 1960s, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have affected each other’s filmmaking in countless ways. They have also influenced each other’s art collecting, sharing a decades-long interest in Norman Rockwell.I interviewed each of...

[Story updated at 3:21 p.m.] The J. Paul Getty Museum is poised to pay $44.9 million for this J.M.W. Turner 1839 painting, "Modern Rome -- Campo Vaccino," but don't make plans to see it in Brentwood just yet. The Getty......

What does it cost to get an unqualified student into the University of Illinois law school? Five jobs for graduating law students, suggest internal e-mails released Thursday. The documents show for the first time efforts to seek favors -- in this case,...

Florida State’s Christian Ponder Heisman Trophy promotion: Some thoughts....