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Chris Carter on 'X-Files': 'It was more like a test than a TV series'

By Gina McIntyre — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:17:00 PDT

Carter: "It was of its time, it seemed to be right for its time, it sort of capitalized on its time."

'Dying City' is a mesmerizing look at the battles within

By Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times Theater Critic — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:25:00 PDT

Christopher Shinn's play deals with a psychotherapist's intriguing tussle with the memory of her husband, who was killed in the Iraq War.

There are many ways of being a political playwright. Christopher Shinn's approach, centered on characters rather than on ideologies, is one that will never go out of style.

'Star Wars: Episode VII': Patton Oswalt's dream plot gets animated

By Noelene Clark — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:09:00 PDT

CBS pulls 'Mike & Molly' season finale due to Oklahoma tornado

By Scott Collins — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:49:00 PDT

Monday's Oklahoma tornado has already affected prime time, with CBS pulling the season finale of the sitcom "Mike & Molly."

Ray Manzarek, the Doors' keyboardist, dies at 74

By Randy Lewis — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:00 PDT

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek, the founding member of the Doors whose piercing electric organ sound defined their career-establishing hit “Light My Fire” and most of the L.A. group’s cornerstone songs, died Monday in Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer, his publicist said. He was 74.

Eva Longoria has yet another wardrobe malfunction in Cannes

By Nardine Saad — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:48:00 PDT

Eva Longoria revealed a bit more than she realized when she was trying to save her dress from the rain at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Country singer Chely Wright welcomes identical twins with wife

By Nardine Saad — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:00 PDT

Country singer Chely Wright and her wife Lauren Blitzer Wright have two new additions to their family: The couple welcomed identical twins on Saturday.

Jennifer Lawrence gets costume close-up in 'X-Men' director's photo

By Nardine Saad — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:00 PDT

Jennifer Lawrence returns as Mystique in "X-Men: Days of Future Past," and she's got a costumed photo to prove it.

Video: Ray Manzarek: Three enduring examples of his artistry

By Mikael Wood — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:27:00 PDT

Though Jim Morrison drew much of the attention (and nearly all of the eyeballs), Ray Manzarek of the Doors did as much as any of his bandmates to define the sound of the legendary L.A. group, which helped push 1960s rock to trippy new extremes.

Melissa Joan Hart says Kickstarter failure 'started out wrong'

By Nicole Sperling — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:22:00 PDT

Not every Kickstarter film-funding effort ends in multimillion-dollar success, a la actor-writer-director Zach Braff's recent campaign or that achieved by the cast and creators of the canceled CW show "Veronica Mars." Just ask actress Melissa Joan Hart, who failed in her efforts to raise $2 million for a romantic comedy in which she was hoping to star.