‘Aporia’ Review: Judy Greer Leads a Lo-Fi Sci-Fi That Deals In Death As a Good Deed

J. Kim Murphy SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 2 premiere of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” now streaming on Max. The Los Angeles Lakers are on top of the world at the start of “Winning Time” Season 2.

“I mean, there were people who used to look at us at that time and say, ‘Where is the band?’” recalls LL Cool J of hip-hop’s early years and the reaction audiences would have.

Riley Keough, the grandchild of Elvis Presley, today was named the sole trustee of the estate of her late mother, Lisa Marie Presley.

HGTV personality Tarek El Moussa is responding to complaints that he’s behind a plan to evict a small group of tenants from a rent-controlled property in North Hollywood so he can build a 138-unit apartment building.

It was revealed this week that Lizzo’s dance captain, Shirlene Quigley, was among those being sued by three of the “Juice” hitmaker’s former backup dancers.

In the whirlwind of Kardashian family drama, Tristan Thompson’s brother, Dishawn Thompson, has set the record straight after appearing to accuse Khloé Kardashian and her famous clan of exploiting their mother’s death for reality show ratings.

To Khloé Kardashian, Tristan Thompson will always be family. In Thursday’s season finale of Hulu’s “The Kardashians”, Khloé is faced with setting aside her boundaries with her ex and the father of her two children after the sudden death of Tristan’s mother, Andrea Thompson.

Joe Manganiello is back to business as usual since filing for divorce from Sofia Vergara. An eyewitness tells ET that the star was all smiles as he headed into a meeting in Beverly Hills. «Joe Manganiello was with a man near the Equinox in Beverly Hills yesterday afternoon at around 3:50 pm,» eyewitness Manuela Sanchez tells ET.

Julian Sands' cause of death has been deemed «undetermined» by the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department, ET can confirm.Maria Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the Sheriff-Coroner Department in San Bernardino County, California, says the agency came to the determination just days ago, concluding that the cause of death is «undetermined» due to the condition of the body and because no other factors were discovered during the coroner's investigation.The department says this is common when dealing with cases of this type, adding this is the final determination.The British actor went missing in the Mount Baldy area back in January after he went on a hike. Human remains were discovered in late June, and Sands was positively identified shortly after.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Zurin Villanueva was starring in the national tour of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” when news broke in May that the music icon had died at age 83. A week later, while performing the scene in which Turner’s mother dies, Villanueva was overcome with emotion. “I was a wreck,” Villanueva tells Variety while in Los Angeles for the show’s run at the Pantages Theatre. “I thought I was okay. I felt like we grieved last week so I was fine. But then mama dies and I’m like, ‘I’m not fine.’ And right after she dies, I start singing ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).’ So I’m crying and it’s like you have to either sing through it or you let it impede you. I was like, ‘No, relax. There can be snot everywhere, but you can still sing.’”

cause of death for actor Julian Sands, 65, has been deemed “undetermined” five months after he went missing on a California hike. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department explained that the death was ruled “undetermined due to the condition of the body and this is common when dealing with cases of this type,” according to People. The British actor was reported missing by his wife Evgenia Citkowitz after going hiking on a Southern California mountain in January.

Julian Sands' official cause of death has been released, weeks after his remains were found on a mountain in California. The actor's cause of death was listed on his death certificate as "undetermined," Fox News Digital can confirm.The San Bernardino Sheriff's Department positively identified Sands on June 27 after hikers found his remains on Mount Baldy. The "undetermined" cause of death is "common when dealing with cases of this type," the sheriff's department explained to Fox News Digital.

Julian Sands was confirmed to have passed away last month after he went missing earlier this year during a hike at Mount Baldy, which is located about 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic Watching Nicolas Cage add another notch to his belt of gonzo performances can be a movie’s main attraction. But it shouldn’t be all it has to offer — there ought to be some “there” there. Falling short in that regard is “Sympathy for the Devil,” a hazily familiar black comedy-cum-thriller with the star as a mystery man who carjacks Joel Kinnaman for a wild night’s ride.  Not wild enough, however, as Yuval Adler’s film seems to reprise elements from more distinctive road movies without settling on a consistent tone or persuasive narrative to call its own. Essentially a two-hander, Luke Paradise’s screenplay provides its leads with plenty of opportunity for histrionics; only a credible context and conviction are lacking. RLJE Films opens this just-passable diversion in limited U.S. theaters this Friday, July 28. 

Billie Eilish is mourning a painful loss. The celebrated songstress is paying tribute to her beloved puppy, Pepper.

Billie Eilish is mourning a painful loss. The celebrated songstress is paying tribute to her beloved puppy, Pepper.The «Bad Guy» singer took to Instagram on Sunday to share the news of her precious pet's death, and posted a slideshow of snapshots from over the last 15 years, showing Eilish hugging the cute pup at different points throughout her life.«Pepper.

KVEA and KCET each won eight trophies at the 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards to lead the field just like they did at the nomination stage. Telemundo’s KVEA swept all three regularly scheduled news cast categories, morning, daytime and evening. CBS/KCAL9 followed with 4 wins, with ABC7 and Spectrum SportsNet LA tied at 3 and KMEX, Spectrum News 1 and Spectrum SportsNet at 2. The honored telecasts included two tributes to local icon Vin Scully who died last summer.

Lukas Gage, Dominique Fishback, Maddie Ziegler, Madelaine Petsch and Mason Gooding were just a few of the stars to show up on Thursday (July 20) to attend an event celebrating the opening of the first Givenchy store in Los Angeles.

Lisa Marie Presley’s death was every bit as shocking to her close friends as it was to the rest of the world — but so was everything that’s come out since.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ira Sachs’ sexy Sundance drama “Passages” has received an NC-17 rating by the MPA but will be released unrated by MUBI, the distributor confirms to Variety. MUBI called the rating “unexpected” and said it was “deeply disappointed by the MPA’s decision.” “MUBI has officially rejected this NC-17 rating,” the distributor added. “MUBI remains committed to releasing ‘Passages’ nationwide in its original version as the filmmaker intended, with our full backing, unrated and uncut.” “Passages” centers on a love triangle in Paris between a movie director (Franz Rogowski), his artist husband (Ben Whishaw) and a grade-school teacher (Adèle Exarchapoulos, no stranger to NC-17 controversies as the star of “Blue Is the Warmest Color”) he meets out one night. The film includes several sex scenes in which the actors are fully nude, but none of them are salacious or gratuitous. One scene centers on the husbands having sex and is shot in an unbroken long take that runs just over two minutes.