Eli Petzold

Small stages provide a place for newer acts to gain exposure. But faced with inflation and corporate competition, venue owners have to be scrappy.

Critics review the latest film releases: “The Substance,” “A Different Man,” “In the Summers,” and “The Falling Star.”

In the wake of Disney’s big night at the Emmys, Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take a look at the New York Times article chronicling the chaotic succession endeavors at Disney.

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down a letter signed by hundreds of SAG-AFTRA members calling on union leaders to protect Pro-Palestine members from being blacklisted.

As the animation union heads back to negotiations with Hollywood studios, it will take up a long-standing pay gap for a job historically dominated by women.

Matt Tyrnauer and James Carville speak on their new Carville documentary, Ilana Glazer fills us in on their stand-up special “Human Magic,” and René Redzepi has The Treat.

Chicago indie rock trio Dehd shares the wobbly and melodically satisfying sounds of "Poetry," their latest LP live from KCRW.

As David Ellison’s Skydance merger with Paramount begins, studio executives have been given some serious incentives to stick around through the transition process.

By 1969, Pamela Des Barres was no longer a Valley teenybopper; she had transformed into a full fledged rock n roll icon-in-the-making.