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Los Angeles Times
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
The Paley Archive, Arcangelo Corelli and Atomic Café: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Another reason to visit the Beverly Hills Public Library: As of this month, the Rexford Drive destination is the new home of the Paley Archive, which includes over 160,000 television and radio programs and advertisements, as preserved by The Paley Center for Media. The archive spans more than a century of programming, across the genres of comedy, drama, news, public affairs, performing arts, sports, reality, animation, documentary and more. Visitors can experience everything from the oldest offering — a 1918 speech by labor leader Samuel Gompers — to countless historic moments in media like Orson Welles' infamous 'War of the Worlds' broadcast, Jacqueline Kennedy's tour of the White House and the first broadcast hour of MTV. Also available are recordings of past Paley Center-produced events and star-studded discussions like PaleyFest L.A. — this year's edition of which starts tonight at the Dolby Theatre and runs through next Saturday. The archive is open during the library's hours of operation and is managed by the knowledgeable Paley staff. Plus, the Paley will present screenings, conversations and family-friendly events at the library. Until then, I'm Ashley Lee, here with my fellow Times staff writer Jessica Gelt with more arts and culture headlines and happenings. 'María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold'The Cuban-born artist's vivid and activism-driven work reflects global histories of enslavement, indentured labor, motherhood, and migration. The exhibition, on view through May 4, brings together more than 50 pieces, including large-scale photographic grids and immersive installations, videos, paintings and performance art documentation. This weekend at the museum, Campos-Pons performs with composer and multi-instrumentalist Kamaal Malak (Saturday, 5 p.m.), and discusses her artistic practice with the exhibition's curators (Sunday, 4:30 p.m.). Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Brentwood. 'Little Tokyo Goes Nuclear: Three Decades at the Atomic Café'Center Theatre Group's latest commissioned community play reading is a love story, set amid the racial tensions of the '60s, the emerging reparations movement for Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII and the titular café's '80s punk rock heyday. Alison Minami's piece will be presented for free at two Boyle Heights libraries; first on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Malabar Library (2801 Wabash Ave.) and again on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Robert Louis Stevenson Library (803 Spence St.). Both readings, directed by Fran de Leon, feature CJ Cruz, Mika Dyo, Janet Song, Tamlyn Tomita and Thomas Winter in the cast. 'Il Nuovo Orfeo: The Legacy of Arcangelo Corelli''Baroque music may not strike the average casual music fan but the 17th- and early 18th-century style of music has certainly struck a chord with a group of young musicians,' wrote TimesOC staff writer Sarah Mosqueda of the chamber ensemble Kontrapunktus. The group's current concert pays homage to the Italian composer, as well as those who either studied under him or composed opuses in his honor: George Frideric Handel, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Francesco Geminiani and Jean-Marie Leclair. This program will be performed Sunday at 7 p.m. at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (555 W. Temple St., downtown L.A.) and again in Long Beach (March 28), Laguna Beach (March 29) and Pasadena (March 30). — Ashley Lee FRIDAY🎹 According to Ray: Ray Charles' Message to America In its season opener, MUSE/IQUE celebrates the work of the genre-defying musician and singer,⏰ 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2:30 p.m. Saturday; 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. March 23. Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 🎼 Haïm Leads Handel & Bach Conductor Emmanuelle Haïm and her ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée join the L.A. Phil for Handel's 'Dixit Dominus' and Bach's 'Magnificat.'⏰ 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 🎼 Beyond Neoclassical A magical journey beyond space and time with cellist, composer and multilingual vocalist Ian Maksin singing in nearly 40 languages.⏰ 7 p.m. Anaheim First Presbyterian Church, 310 W. Broadway. 🎵 Tarta Relena The Catalan folk duo sing a capella, wielding influences that span the Mediterranean. ⏰ 8 p.m. UCLA Nimoy Theater, 1262 Westwood Blvd. 🎵 Intuition Festival An eclectic two-night event inspired by the current exhibition 'Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature' features live music and short films.⏰ 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The Broad Museum, 221 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 🎭 Unreconciled Written by Jay Sefton and Mark Basquill and directed by Geraldine Hughes, the play is based on a true story about a teenager cast as Jesus in a school play directed by a Catholic priest.⏰ 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, through March 31. Moving Arts, 3191 Casitas Ave., Atwater Village. SATURDAY🎞️ Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho On the eve of an exhibition focusing on the Oscar-winning filmmaker's creative process, filmography and cinematic influences, Bong Joon Ho discusses the 1982 sci-fi classic 'The Thing' with its director John Carpenter; Bong will also appear Sunday for 4K screenings of 'Okja' and 'Parasite.'⏰ 7:30 p.m. Saturday. 'The Thing. 2 p.m. Sunday. 'Okja'; 7:30 p.m. Sunday. 'Parasite'; exhibition runs Sunday through Jan. 10. Academy Museum, 6067 Wilshire Blvd. 🎻 Pasadena Pops Brett Mitchell leads violinist Stefan Jackiw and the ensemble through Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto No. 5, plus works by Adolphus Hailstork, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.⏰ 2 and 8 p.m. Ambassador Auditorium, 131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena. 🎤 Rhinestone Cowboys The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles belts out country classics by Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and Johnny Cash, plus countrified contemporary tunes by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Brandi Carlile, Shaboozey, Lil Nas and Chappell Roan.⏰ 8 p.m. Saturday; 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. 🎵 🎭 Shipping: A Musical A fantastical whale tale about a 19th-century Nantucket woman and an interspecies friendship, with a book by Jen Jackson and Louisa Kellogg, music by Brian Heveron-Smith, directed by Cassie Ahiers.⏰ 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The Elysian Theater, 1944 Riverside Drive. 🥁 Yamato: Drummers of Japan The Taiko group performs 'Hito no chikara/The Power of Human Strength.'⏰ 3:30 p.m. The Soraya, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. SUNDAY🎞️ 🤡 The Big Whoop to Benefit LA Fire Relief A benefit screening for LA Fire Relief of the new indie comedy about three washed-up party clowns stars Jim Turner, Mark Fite, Dave 'Gruber' Allen, Sandra Oh and Penn Jillette; the event includes a live performance by Puddles Pity Party and a cast Q&A.⏰ 3 p.m. Dynasty Typewriter, 2511 Wilshire Blvd. 🎼 🎭 La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'Isola di Alcina The UCLA Early Music Ensemble and L.A. Camerata mark the 400th anniversary of the first opera composed by a woman with an outdoor performance.⏰ 10 a.m. grounds open; 11 a.m. performance. UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2520 Cimarron St., West Adams. 🎻 Theotime Langlois De Swarte & Les Arts Florissants The acclaimed French violinist is joined by the early music ensemble for a program featuring Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons.'⏰ 2 p.m. Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 🎨 Zheng Chongbin: Golden State The artist's largest U.S. solo exhibition highlights his explorations of water, light and movement, and connection to California's natural landscape.⏰ Through Jan. 4. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Monday night's severe Coachella Valley windstorm, clocking in at 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, took down at least one Desert X sculpture installation, just over a week after the outdoor show's opening. In Palm Desert, Swiss artist Raphael Hefti had stretched an impossibly long strip of reinforced fire-hose material, jet black on one side and mirror-bright silver on the other, between a high rocky cliff at one end and a tall steel support drilled into the flat desert at the other. Swaying overhead, the aerial strip was roughly 1,300 feet long — more than 3 ½ football fields. Monday night's fierce winds took it down, damaging the support structures in the process. According to workmen at the site, repairs are expected to take a week to 10 days. Here are 'before' (above) and 'after' (below) photos of the work, titled 'Five things you can't wear on TV,' a sly reference to cautions against wearing pinstripes on camera, lest moiré patterns interfere with a television monitor's crisp electronic imagery. — Christopher Knight To read Knight's full review of Desert X, click here. After fire came perilously close to the Getty Villa during January's devastating Palisades fire, Times art critic Christopher Knight asked a question: Should the Getty and Getty Villa move? Acknowledging that both structures are well protected by state-of-the-art building infrastructure, Knight pointed out that, 'Urban fire — explosive structure-to-structure conflagrations, rather than ordinary ignition of wildland vegetation — had arrived at astounding scale.' But where would the collections go? Knight suggested the soon-to-be-vacant Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in downtown L.A. Needless to say, readers had many thoughts on Knight's column and suggestions, so we compiled their letters in a separate story. 'Absolutely not! The venue is a big part of both the Center and the Villa. That is what makes the Getty Museums so 'special.'' wrote one reader. 'Yes, definitely. The move to downtown Los Angeles would expose thousands more people to the incredible art of this priceless collection,' wrote another. Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich's play, 'Here There Are Blueberries,' was a 2024 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for drama, and is being performed at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts through March 30. Times theater critic Charles McNulty sat down for an interview with Kaufman and Gronich in New York a few days before their trip to L.A. The main topic of conversation was how the duo turned a photo album featuring the banal daily activities of workers at Auschwitz-Birkenau into a searing play. East West Players, in collaboration with Outside In Theatre, announced a fundraising campaign to make a professional video recording of Lauren Yee's play, 'Cambodian Rock Band,' setting a goal of $15,000. The company reached that goal in under 20 hours and expanded the goal to $25,000. The hope is to preserve the historic work for posterity, and to make it globally accessible. The fundraising campaign will be active through March 31. In his first visit to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since taking over as chairman, President Trump suggested that he was interested in hosting the annual awards gala and suggested giving a posthumous award to Elvis Presley. He also made sure to announce that he had never liked 'Hamilton.' — Jessica Gelt A delightful gathering of Willy Lomans (including Joe Cortese, who led Colony Theatre's wonderful production of 'Death of a Salesman' earlier this year).
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BGT fans react as 'ridiculous' Yorkshire pudding auditions
Britain's Got Talent returned on Saturday, 1 March with a man-sized Yorkshire pudding up on stage. James Paley was the guy beneath the icky costume (which looked like something ripped straight out of The Mighty Boosh) and he proceeded to belt out his own jokey spin on Bing Crosby's Christmas classic 'Winter Wonderland'. Not only did Paley manage to baffle judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and KSI with his non-delicious act, but also the watching crowd posting on social media as the episode aired. Asked by Dixon what his dreams looked like, Paley answered from under his pudding mask: "It'd be an absolute honour to perform infront of the King at the Royal Variety Performance." The initial funniness dissipated quite quickly though, leaving fans and judges alike to wonder what the heck was going on and whether this audition was genuine. Read more: Britain's Got Talent fans want KSI to permanently replace Bruno Tonioli as judge Britain's Got Talent act dubbed 'beyond grotesque' will return after judge vote Amanda Holden reveals why Simon Cowell will never fire her from Britain's Got Talent Here's some of what was being said on social platform X: What the actual…😆🤣🤣 Yorkshire pudding man.. #BGT — Teena Massam 🌷🌲 🌳🐦⬛🐾🥀 (@teenamassam) March 1, 2025 This is ridiculous #bgt 😊 — Sharon (@sharonw1411) March 1, 2025 What is this performance??🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨#BGT #BritainsGotTalent #SimonCowell #AmandaHolden #AleshaDixon #BrunoTonioli #KSI #AntAndDec — Vikky (@57NGH) March 1, 2025 What the bloody hell is this 😂#BGT — Ryan Glendenning (@RyanTheSoapking) March 1, 2025 What the 😭😭😭😭😭😭#bgt — Scott | #81 #4 | (@ScottTHFC23) March 1, 2025 Is this a joke ?? #BGT — manolis varnas (@lostintimeline) March 1, 2025 What the hell is this 🤣🤣🤣 #bgt — matty (Fan account) (@tvreality93) March 1, 2025 Once Paley's audition came to an abrupt end, the Blackpool audience began to boo the judges. "Booing us? Look at him!" laughed KSI, who later hopped on stage to nibble some of the homemade Yorkshire pudding that fell off the outfit. "It's not very good!" he announced. Meanwhile, a singer named Stacey received KSI's Golden Buzzer after wowing the room with her epic cover of Snow Patrol tune 'Run', which meant she automatically enters the semi-final phase. Before performing to the BGT judges, she'd only ever sang in her local pub. "The voice that came out of your mouth... I was in awe, I had to press that Golden Buzzer," said the YouTuber. Britain's Got Talent airs Saturdays on ITV1 and ITVX.
