S.D. Arts & Culture Newsletter: ‘Saturday Night’ remembered By David L. Coddon September 26, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. This weekend, Trolley Dances, the San Diego Italian Film Festival, CRSSD music festival, Ballet Collective...
S.D. Arts and Culture Newsletter: Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ remembered at the Shell By David L. Coddon September 18, 2024 at 3:01 p.m. Also this week: Adams Avenue Street Fair, Write Out Loud, Paul Weller, 'The Breakfast Club'...
U-T Arts & Culture Newsletter: Can the Levys liven up the Emmys on Sunday? By David L. Coddon September 12, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. Also this week: Chalk Circle Collective's "Constellations," Amos Lee at Rady Shell, the ENVZN festival...
S.D. Arts & Culture Newsletter: Actor is ‘Fully Committed’ to challenging stage role By David L. Coddon September 5, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. This week, San Diego's LGBTQ festival FilmOut, the San Diego Beatles Fair, 'Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice' and...
Arts & Culture Newsletter: San Diego Symphony to celebrate Sondheim By David L. Coddon August 22, 2024 at 5:31 a.m. This week: Rapper Common in Del Mar, film fests for both children and cat fans,...
Phil Donahue, whose daytime talk show launched an indelible TV genre, has died at 88 By Julie Carr Smyth August 19, 2024 at 2:19 p.m. The affable host launched his show in Ohio in 1967, creating a format that is...
San Diego Arts & Culture Newsletter: ‘Dark Winds’ headed to Netflix By David L. Coddon August 15, 2024 at 5:31 a.m. Also this week: Steve Poltz in Solana Beach, a '70s music review in Carlsbad, a...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Things to do | Where to watch your favorite NFL team in San Diego By Carlos Rico September 19, 2024 at 10:42 a.m. Fans of NFL teams from New York, Florida, Washington and many places in between can...
Arts and Culture Newsletter: San Diego Paralympian profiled in ‘Power of Sports’ documentary By Pam Kragen August 1, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. Also this week, a book on the Sagon Penn case, the Midway Museum's 20 millionth...
Things to do | Comic-Con: 13 things to see or do this week at Comic-Con By Peter Larsen July 24, 2024 at 1:44 p.m. We did a deep dive into the Comic-Con schedule to pick some offerings that appealed...
Things to do | Comic-Con 2024: 26 things you need to know By Michael James Rocha July 23, 2024 at 1:16 p.m. The county's largest convention arrives Wednesday with thousands of events, exhibitors, appearances and vendors. Here...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Things to do | TV, movie stars and other celebrities to expect in San Diego for Comic-Con By Carlos Rico July 18, 2024 at 10:31 a.m. Stars of some of the biggest TV shows and films will arrive in San Diego...
Things to do | Carlsbad’s ‘Boss Baby Brody’ competes on ‘America’s Got Talent’ By Serena Neumeyer July 3, 2024 at 6:31 a.m. Seen on popular clips on Instagram and Tiktok, the 8-year-old 'Boss Baby Brody' can be...
Things to do | TV Tinsel: Take in the sights and sounds as Ribeiro hosts ‘A Capitol Fourth’ By Tribune News Service July 1, 2024 at 4:13 p.m. Genial host Alfonso Ribeiro will emcee PBS' celebration of the Fourth of July, "A Capitol...
Things to do | The Small Screen: New streaming movies & TV this week By Associated Press March 1, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. 'Napoleon'Ridley Scott’s bio-drama on the French leader is finally making its debut today on Apple...
Entertainment | Kate Winslet’s ‘Regime’ is not a dictatorship – behind the scenes, at least By Hilary Fox March 1, 2024 at 9:46 p.m. LONDON — Kate Winslet is running things — on and off the set of her new TV...
Entertainment | New comedy series ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’ stands and delivers By Mark Kennedy March 1, 2024 at 9:42 p.m. NEW YORK — Noel Fielding trades pastry for pistols in the new mouthful of a TV series...
Things to do | In ‘One Day,’ a new Emma and Dexter bring angst and yearning (again and again) By Yvonne Villarreal February 24, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. Long before Netflix hooked viewers with a premise that tested whether a love connection could...
Sports | Will a Disney-led sports streaming service be good for consumers? By Phillip Molnar February 16, 2024 at 12:46 p.m. Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery are proposing a new sports streaming service to capture...
Things to do | Lionel Richie, Prince and a grumpy Bob Dylan: The untold story behind ‘We Are the World’ By Mikael Wood February 9, 2024 at 2:35 p.m. As he took in a recent screening of a new documentary on the making of...
Sports | San Diego stores – Super Bowl LVIII: Costco’s exclusive Game Day chips, free Wendy’s cheeseburgers for days By Roxana Popescu February 10, 2024 at 8:59 p.m. Limited time, limited release tortilla chips hit CostcoImagine a tortilla chip.But it's different. The color...
Things to do | Want to understand television’s troubles? Look at AMC. By Benjamin Mullin December 22, 2023 at 6:53 p.m. Actors wearing fangs and fake blood roamed the basement of the Roxy Hotel in September...
Things to do | San Diego actor Mike Sears doesn’t mind being known as the “crying guy” in new airlines ad By Pam Kragen December 7, 2023 at 2:43 a.m. If you're a longtime local theatergoer, you're familiar with Mike Sears. Over the past 20...
Things to do | How the JFK assassination changed TV news and the journalists who covered it 60 years ago By Stephen Battaglio November 23, 2023 at 9:52 p.m. On Nov. 22, 1963, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite battled to hold his emotions in...
Things to do | Step aside, Indiana Jones: NatGeo’s ‘Lost Cities Revealed’ stars San Diego’s Albert Lin By Michael James Rocha November 21, 2023 at 7:34 p.m. San Diego's globe-trotting explorer Albert Lin, star of the 2019 National Geographic series "Lost Cities,"...
Things to do | Matthew Broderick is the American everyman in La Jolla Playhouse’s ‘Babbitt’ By Pam Kragen November 5, 2023 at 2:01 p.m. Sometime after Donald Trump was elected in 2016 but before the pandemic arrived in 2020...
Entertainment | Cal State San Marcos alum Taylor Tomlinson to host new CBS late-night show By Samantha Chery November 2, 2023 at 7:31 p.m. Temecula-raised stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson will soon be the only woman hosting a late-night television...
Things to do | 9 San Diego TV shows or movies you can watch on streaming right now By Abby Hamblin September 14, 2023 at 6:40 p.m. Finding a new TV show or movie to watch among the current bounty of options...
Things to do | Fall arts preview 2023: 15 TV shows premiering in the coming weeks By Nina Metz September 10, 2023 at 12:01 p.m. Hollywood has been in limbo these last few months. It’s been especially tough for everyone...
Entertainment | Comic-Con 2023: Immersive experiences take over downtown San Diego. Here are 7 you can’t miss By Natallie Rocha July 22, 2023 at 5:21 p.m. Major Hollywood studios might not be at San Diego Comic-Con International with actors, but they...
Entertainment | Comic-Con 2023: Fans say loss of Hollywood stars means more time for other attractions By Natallie Rocha July 21, 2023 at 5:55 p.m. Hollywood might have needed Comic-Con more than Comic-Con needed Hollywood. Most San Diego Comic-Con International...
Entertainment | There are more (illegal) Comic-Con building wraps than ever: Here’s where to find them By Phillip Molnar July 20, 2023 at 10:44 p.m. Major movie studios might be skipping big promotional panels at Comic-Con International this year, but...
Entertainment | Without much choice, Comic-Con goes back to its roots By Phillip Molnar July 17, 2023 at 3:37 p.m. It's hard to imagine now, but the nation's most popular comic book convention — San...
Entertainment | Your guide to San Diego’s Comic-Con International – from A to Z By Carlos Rico July 15, 2023 at 7:23 a.m. Comic-Con International returns next week for four-plus days of panels, exhibitions, outdoor activations and cosplayers...
Entertainment | Comic-Con 2023: Here’s your Sunday schedule By Phillip Molnar July 11, 2023 at 6:37 p.m. The final day of Comic-Con International on Sunday, July 23, at the San Diego Convention...
Entertainment | Comic-Con 2023: Here’s your Saturday schedule By Phillip Molnar July 11, 2023 at 6:36 p.m. It's Comic-Con International's biggest day Saturday, July 22, with a revitalized Star Trek franchise stealing...
Entertainment | Comic-Con 2023: Here’s your Friday schedule By Phillip Molnar July 7, 2023 at 7:31 p.m. Comic-Con International’s first big day Friday, July 21, will be all about big TV franchises....
Entertainment | Comic-Con 2023: Here’s your Thursday schedule By Phillip Molnar July 6, 2023 at 7:29 p.m. The first official day of Comic-Con International starts on Thursday, July 20, with a Paramount...
Entertainment | Comic-Con 2023: Here’s your Wednesday schedule By Phillip Molnar July 6, 2023 at 7:22 p.m. Comic-Con International starts Wednesday, July 19, at the San Diego Convention Center with a preview...
Things to do | Shaun White documentary spells out the tough choices the snowboarder made for his sport and himself By Eddie Pells July 5, 2023 at 10:09 p.m. Years after their sport was hoisted onto the Olympic stage, the idea of riding for...
Entertainment | Another major studio drops out of San Diego Comic-Con as strike by actors still possible By Phillip Molnar July 6, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. The hits keep coming for Comic-Con International as another Hollywood studio has decided to skip....
Opinion | PBS series by San Diego producers investigates evolution By Diane Bell July 1, 2023 at 12:31 p.m. Nathan Dappen has gone on a rat safari in the urban jungle of America and...
Things to do | Is this a turning point for Comic-Con in San Diego? Major studios pull out, actors strike looms By Phillip Molnar July 1, 2023 at 2:23 a.m. There will be a big absence at Comic-Con International this year and, chances are, star...
Things to do | How Jenna Ortega’s turning that ‘Wednesday’ goth vibe into hot fashion By San Diego Union-Tribune June 21, 2023 at 8:54 p.m. She’s creepy and she’s kooky, but Wednesday Addams is now also a bona fide fashion...
Things to do | Pati Jinich on exploring the food and culture along U.S.-Mexico border: ‘I’ve never felt more at home’ By Margy Rochlin June 21, 2023 at 8:21 p.m. In 2018, Pati Jinich, a former public policy analyst turned chef, cookbook writer and host...
Things to do | White House snaps back after Fox News calls President Biden ‘wannabe dictator’ By Stephen Battaglio June 15, 2023 at 12:42 a.m. If you think Fox News is moderating its tone since paying $787.5 million to settle...
Things to do | Not your abuela’s telenovelas: How Spanish-language streamers are shaking up TV By San Diego Union-Tribune June 15, 2023 at 12:41 a.m. On Spanish-language streaming platforms, call soapy drama what you like. Just don’t use the term...
Entertainment | Comic-Con with no actors? How a strike might shake up San Diego’s big event By Phillip Molnar June 17, 2023 at 1:02 a.m. Hollywood labor fights could change how San Diego Comic-Con looks this year. Last week, the...
Things to do | Jeremy Strong, Christina Ricci, Helen Mirren, more reveal the inner workings of their series By Michael Ordoña June 13, 2023 at 10:29 p.m. So there they sat, Helen Mirren and Patrick Stewart, speaking across a table one late...
Things to do | How Mayan Lopez’s TV show helps her reconnect with her dad, comedian George Lopez By Ramin Zahed June 6, 2023 at 6:31 a.m. Anyone searching for evidence that the comedy gene is passed on from parents to children...
Opinion | TV series to put Oceanside on the map – again By Diane Bell June 5, 2023 at 11:20 p.m. Oceanside got 15 seconds of international fame when Tom Cruise, as Maverick, rode to his...
Things to do | Constance Marie, the star of ‘With Love,’ shows how people over 50 can be sexual beings By Yvonne Villarreal June 5, 2023 at 3:40 p.m. If you didn’t already know Constance Marie from her role as the mother of late...
Things to do | ‘American Born Chinese’ began as a photocopied comic. For its creator, the journey has been ‘surreal’ By Tracy Brown May 30, 2023 at 2:25 a.m. For cartoonist Gene Luen Yang, the lead-up to the premiere of “American Born Chinese” has...
Things to do | ‘Succession’ finale: Waystar Royco has a new CEO. Here’s what happened By Lorraine Ali May 29, 2023 at 2:51 p.m. The series finale of “Succession” aired Sunday on HBO. Here's what you need to know:'Succession'...
Things to do | Ronald Gladden has been summoned for jury duty. But, like, for real this time By Emily St. Martin May 20, 2023 at 2:30 a.m. Guess who just got an actual jury summons? America's model juror, Ronald Gladden.“Jury Duty” star...
Things to do | Forget the romance. Natural hair and royal wigs steal the spotlight in ‘Queen Charlotte’ By Malik Peay May 11, 2023 at 11:43 p.m. On Netflix’s “Queen Charlotte,” the “Bridgerton'' prequel where royalty meets romance, the natural hair and...
Things to do | KUSI, longtime independent San Diego TV station, to be sold to Nexstar for $35M By Natallie Rocha May 12, 2023 at 9:01 p.m. Longtime independent news station KUSI will be purchased by media conglomerate Nexstar Media Group for...
Entertainment | CNBC anchor alleged sexual harassment by NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, who was ousted Sunday By Meg James April 24, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell's sudden departure followed an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint...
Things to do | William Levy finds parts of himself in the ViX drama series ‘Montecristo’ By Roxana Becerril April 14, 2023 at 11:12 p.m. Money and success are his decoys. Vengeance is what he truly desires.Both the guilty and...
Opinion | Surprise! You’re a TV star By Diane Bell April 5, 2023 at 1:24 p.m. Meet Ronald Gladden — accidental TV star.The 30-year-old North Park solar panel installer-turned-Home Depot project...
Things to do | ‘I chose to survive’: Jeremy Renner tells all in first interview after snowplow accident By Christi Carras March 29, 2023 at 8:35 p.m. Jeremy Renner is ready to talk about the snowplow accident that landed him in the...
Opinion | Camp Pendleton Marine wins war of words on quiz show ‘Lingo’ By Diane Bell March 23, 2023 at 12:21 p.m. "When my daughter calls me to do fun and exciting things, I usually don't have...
Entertainment | Lance Reddick, TV star known for ‘The Wire’ and ‘Fringe,’ dies at 60 By Alexandra Del Rosario June 13, 2024 at 12:48 a.m. Lance Reddick, who was known for his roles on television series "The Wire," "Fringe" and...
Entertainment | Rupert Murdoch admits he knew Fox News hosts endorsed false election fraud claims, deposition shows By Stephen Battaglio February 27, 2023 at 11:23 p.m. New court documents show that Rupert Murdoch and his top lieutenants at Fox News were...
Entertainment | Chef Gordon Ramsay brings ‘MasterChef’ film crew to San Diego for the day By Pam Kragen February 17, 2023 at 9:26 p.m. VALLEY CENTER — Last fall, fiery British chef Gordon Ramsay opened a Hell's Kitchen restaurant in Valley...
Things to do | Raquel Welch’s life and career in photos By Maane Khatchatourian February 16, 2023 at 12:53 a.m. Legendary bombshell Raquel Welch, who became a global icon almost overnight following her small but...
Things to do | La Jolla’s Swizz Beatz will be featured in Grammy Awards all-star 50th anniversary of hip-hop tribute Sunday By George Varga February 2, 2023 at 7:13 p.m. The Grammy Awards on Thursday announced an all-star tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop...
Entertainment | Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams, dies at 64 By Christi Carras June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m. Lisa Loring, the actor who originated the role of Wednesday Addams onscreen, has died. She...
Entertainment | Actor Cindy Williams, the optimistic Shirley of ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 75 By Nardine Saad June 13, 2024 at 12:49 a.m. Cindy Williams, who played sweet, wide-eyed Shirley Feeney on the “Happy Days” spinoff “Laverne &...
Opinion | Super Bowl Sunday is going to the dogs – make that puppies By Diane Bell January 30, 2023 at 3:17 p.m. Feb. 12, a banner day for U.S. sports fans, is only two weeks away.The football...
Entertainment | Missed the Golden Globes? Here are the 5 must-see moments from the show’s return By Alexandra Del Rosario January 11, 2023 at 8:15 p.m. Hollywood loves a comeback, and that's arguably what the Golden Globe Awards staged Tuesday night.After...
Sports | By 2026, could U.S. viewership of the World Cup exceed the Super Bowl? By Phillip Molnar December 16, 2022 at 1:01 p.m. The World Cup seems to have shaken off some of the controversy over working conditions...
Opinion | ‘Bachelor’ contestant finds caregiver calling By Diane Bell December 12, 2022 at 3:11 a.m. Sarah Trott was on Matt James' season of "The Bachelor" for only four episodes, but...
Entertainment | Actor Kirstie Alley dies at 71 of cancer that was ‘only recently discovered’ By Gregory Yee December 6, 2022 at 2:17 p.m. Emmy Award-winning actor Kirstie Alley, whose larger-than-life personality left an indelible mark on the cherished...
Things to do | Carlsbad design engineer embraces her whimsical side building cakes for ‘Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge’ By Pam Kragen December 1, 2022 at 5:18 p.m. CARLSBAD — Growing up the child of Taiwanese immigrants in New York, Huiwen Lu knew her parents...
Entertainment | Tops of the pop: Retiring critic remembers the best from 37 years of pop-culture watching By Karla Peterson November 27, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. My first-ever byline in the San Diego Union was on a 1985 review of Aretha...
Entertainment | From sly sitcoms to music-nerd podcasts, a big pop-culture thanks for a cornucopia of entertainment treats By Karla Peterson November 25, 2022 at 1:52 p.m. In this season of eating, drinking and socializing, it is easy to give abundance a...
Things to do | The FX adaptation of ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’ will test your patience and reward it, too By Karla Peterson November 18, 2022 at 2:01 p.m. Near the end of FX's TV adaptation of "Fleishman is in Trouble," after the upscale...
Entertainment | Give the gift of movie and TV magic with these unique streaming services By Michael Price November 29, 2022 at 2:01 a.m. Everyone knows Netflix and Prime Video, but for family and friends who have specialized tastes,...
Things to do | Former CBS 8 anchor Barbara-Lee Edwards embracing new life two years after near-fatal brain injury By Pam Kragen November 13, 2022 at 2:01 p.m. LEUCADIA — Barbara-Lee Edwards considers herself as a lucky woman. She has a wonderful and supportive family,...
Entertainment | Gallagher dead at 76, melon-smashing comedian hurled food into audience By Dennis Mclellan November 11, 2022 at 6:08 p.m. Gallagher, the uninhibited prop comic best known for pulverizing watermelons — and assorted other food...
Things to do | How do you make ‘Blockbuster’ for the streamer that helped kill it? ‘Call out Netflix’ By Yvonne Villarreal November 7, 2022 at 8:46 p.m. Everyone who grew up in the "be kind, rewind" era and attended the film school...
Opinion | San Diego GameStop investors become Netflix, Hulu story By Diane Bell November 3, 2022 at 7:02 p.m. When the pandemic began, Joe Fonicello and his girlfriend, Abbe Minor, both college students in...
Entertainment | In its second season, HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ comes with some overstuffed baggage By Karla Peterson October 29, 2022 at 1:01 p.m. When it dropped into the middle of our second pandemic summer, HBO's "The White Lotus"...
Entertainment | Leslie Jordan, ‘Will & Grace’ actor and ‘queer icon,’ dies at 67 after crash in Hollywood By Jonah Valdez October 24, 2022 at 6:53 p.m. Leslie Jordan, the actor, comedian and musician known for his roles in "Will & Grace"...
Entertainment | Angela Lansbury, Broadway star and spunky detective in ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ dies at 96 By Valerie J. Nelson October 11, 2022 at 9:24 p.m. It was the classic but lighthearted whodunit “Murder, She Wrote” that rocketed Angela Lansbury to...
Things to do | In the documentary ‘Our American Family,’ addiction is in the blood By Karla Peterson October 10, 2022 at 4:39 p.m. The boisterous clan featured in the new documentary "Our American Family" is a true reflection...
Things to do | Demian Bichir isn’t just lucky. Even Brad Pitt and George Clooney can’t do what he can By Greg Braxton October 2, 2022 at 11:52 p.m. Demián Bichir firmly believes that being a good parent means doing whatever it takes to...
Things to do | TV school is in session, and crime, comedy and Paul Newman are on the syllabus By Karla Peterson September 30, 2022 at 1:01 p.m. No more pencils? No more books? No worries, my grown-up friends. Just because fall no...
Entertainment | ‘Cheers’ 40th anniversary By Merrie Monteagudo September 30, 2022 at 11:51 a.m. Forty years ago, the first episode of "Cheers," a comedy series set in a Boston...
Entertainment | Katie Couric reveals breast cancer diagnosis and treatment: ‘I’ve felt fine’ By Christi Carras September 28, 2022 at 9:24 p.m. Katie Couric revealed Wednesday on social media that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in...
Things to do | How ‘Andor’ fits into the ‘Star Wars’ canon: Everything you need to know By Tracy Brown September 23, 2022 at 2:03 a.m. "Andor" is about the rise of a rebellion — and a revolutionary. The latest installment...
Things to do | How ‘Andor’ fits into the ‘Star Wars’ canon: Everything you need to know By Tracy Brown September 22, 2022 at 9:48 p.m. "Andor" is about the rise of a rebellion — and a revolutionary. The latest installment...
Things to do | How to watch live TV coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral: a network-by-network guide By Ed Stockly September 19, 2022 at 7:58 a.m. The State Funeral of Her Majesty the Queen is scheduled to begin Monday at 11...
Things to do | Raising a glass to highlight women, people of color with new KPBS show ‘Fresh Glass’ By Lisa Deaderick September 18, 2022 at 12:30 a.m. It’s probably unsurprising that someone growing up surrounded by wineries would later go into business...
Things to do | Kate Del Castillo plays insecure, beauty-obsessed woman in ‘Armas de Mujer’ By San Diego Union-Tribune September 14, 2022 at 11:38 p.m. "Insecure, addicted to pills, beauty-obsessed."Mexican-American actress Kate del Castillo doesn't mince words in describing her...
Entertainment | Zendaya and the glamour-meets-glimmer squad rule the 2022 Emmys gold carpet By Adam Tschorn September 13, 2022 at 9:36 p.m. The Emmy Awards telecast, which took place at the Microsoft Theater in downtown L.A. on...
Things to do | Zendaya and the glamour-meets-glimmer squad rule the 2022 Emmys gold carpet By Adam Tschorn September 13, 2022 at 8:36 p.m. The Emmy Awards telecast, which took place at the Microsoft Theater in downtown L.A. on...
Things to do | Watch the 5 best moments you missed at the 2022 Emmy Awards By Nardine Saad September 13, 2022 at 7:02 p.m. TV's biggest night has come and gone but these highlights — and one glaring lowlight...
Sports | Reshuffled booths, streaming, mega TV deals: Inside the changing landscape of NFL broadcasts By Sam Farmer September 9, 2022 at 7:07 p.m. The landslide, triggered by Tony Romo, has rumbled into America’s living room.CBS backed up the...