A new wave of African creatives is working with galleries to blur the distinction between the three disciplines
Musicians break genre boundaries and, through the lyrics about the Los Angeles police officer who killed cops, express black anger
An exhibition touring the US brings together contemporary artists using the ancient form of masquerade to explore issues such as self-realisation.
A wildfire has raged in the countryside outside Los Angeles, forcing the closure of its coastal highway as hundreds of residents evacuated.
Grammy-winning singer Whitney Houston, one of the most talented performers of her generation, died on Saturday in a Beverly Hills hotel room.
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/ 8 November 2011
Michael Jackson’s personal doctor has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the star’s death in 2009 but may not spend much time in jail.
Angelenos fear the closure of the San Diego freeway for 53 hours for bridge rebuilding will bring an already congested LA to a standstill.
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/ 1 December 2010
For the John F Kennedy-assassination conspiracy junkie who has everything: Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin. Body not included.
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/ 11 November 2010
Dino De Laurentiis, producer of some of Italy’s best-known films has died in Los Angeles, aged 91, Italian media reported on Thursday.
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/ 13 September 2009
A reward of -million is being offered this weekend for information leading to the recovery of a unique collection of stolen Andy Warhol portraits.
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/ 4 September 2009
Michael Jackson was laid to rest on Thursday at a funeral attended by family and celebrities, more than two months after the pop star died at age 50.
Mariah Carey and Stevie Wonder sang emotional farewells on Tuesday to Michael Jackson, who was hailed as ”the greatest entertainer that ever lived”.
A Gospel choir singing We’re Going To See The King launched an emotional public memorial for Michael Jackson on Tuesday.
Michael Jackson fans began crowding into downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday for a star-packed public memorial to the ”King of Pop”.
Some of the biggest names in pop music, including singers Mariah Carey and Stevie Wonder, will take part in Michael Jackson’s memorial.
Almost 9 000 people were learning of their luck on Monday as their names were drawn for free tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial on Tuesday.
Michael Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe cast a shadow over the unveiling of plans on Friday for the King of Pop’s memorial service next week.
Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and set the world dancing to exuberant rhythms for decades, died on Thursday aged 50
Barack Obama is deploying every weapon in the presidential armoury to bolster his economic rescue strategy.
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/ 27 January 2009
In only the second time in US medical history, a woman in California has given birth to eight babies, which remain in a stable condition.
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/ 26 November 2008
LA is burning when I arrive. The fires around the city are a reminder of the fragility of life, even here in the midst of the West Coast metropolis.
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/ 16 November 2008
Fires whipped up by hot, gusty and erratic winds darkened Los Angeles skies on Saturday, scorching thousands of hectares and hundreds of homes.
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/ 14 October 2008
One person was killed and thousands were evacuated on Monday as a series of wind-driven wildfires swept across California.
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/ 19 September 2008
An electric commuter train slammed into a bus near downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning, injuring at least 13 people, fire officials said.
Robert Cabrales is preparing to take a bus-load of sightseers on a journey that he says aims to expose the city’s ”dirty little secrets”.
Reality has intruded on a Ben Stiller spoof war film in a way that its makers did not anticipate.
An earthquake struck just east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, rocking tall buildings and rattling nerves across Southern California.
Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who landed a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic Sophia on TV’s The Golden Girls, has died.
His billowing, writhing designs have made Frank Gehry one of the most celebrated architects in
the world. He talks to Jonathan Glancey.
Oscar-winner Michael Caine joins the ranks of movie legends who have sunk their hands and feet in concrete outside Los Angeles’s Chinese Theatre.
It is known as the Inland Empire: a stretch of land tucked in the valleys east of Los Angeles. It is now a sprawl of freeways and endless suburbs.
Pixar hit the box-office jackpot once again on Sunday as its robot love story WALL-E snagged the number one spot.