Coco Jones is set to perform at the Regency Ballroom on Wednesday, June 4. Photo: Udo Salters Photography / Getty Images Coco Jones may be a late bloomer on the Disney Channel-to-pop-star pipeline, ...

In one of many funny scenes in Alison Bechdel’s new comic novel “Spent,” the writer-cartoonist has drawn herself — or, more precisely, a loosely fictionalized protagonist named Alison — pulling Karl ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: I once met Gene Hackman at a boxing match and spoke with him. Nice man. Did you ever meet him? Robert Freud Bastin, Petaluma Dear Robert Freud Bastin: I never really met Gene ...

Things get going when a killer in a clown suit slays two people in a pre-credits sequence, set in 1991. There’s no reason for that unfortunate incident to be included in the film, except that slasher ...

Particularly grating is when the two — beautiful — middle-aged actors, Fey and Kerri Kenney (“Reno 911!”) crack fatphobic jokes, especially at their own expense. It’s not funny, and it’s not ...

Daniel Croix, from left, Bill Buell and Laakan McHardy rehearse "The Aves" at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Photo: David Boyll At first, the old man (Bill Buell) and the old woman (Mia Katigbak) could ...

AMC Networks is driving toward the end zone with a four-part docuseries about the San Francisco 49ers ’ Super Bowl-winning run in the 1980s and ’90s. And among its producers is a longtime rival, ...

While Sameer Pandya was writing his latest novel “Our Beautiful Boys,” he knew he wanted to somehow work in one of his favorite photos that’s been sitting on his desk for years. It’s a faded snapshot ...

“Tenderness” is the word that keeps coming to mind while watching Alex Ketley’s “An Approximation of Resilience.” The dance is unfailingly, unflaggingly, extraordinarily tender. This is surprising, ...

For most people, revisiting every handwritten note you ever received in high school might amount to a form of cruel and unusual punishment. But Oakland author and artist Briana Loewinsohn knew that ...

Editor’s note: This docuseries is not being released on Netflix on Monday, March 10, as originally planned. A new streaming date has not yet been determined, according to a Netflix spokesperson. For ...

“ Batman ” star Robert Pattinson is crediting Zendaya with helping him through a difficult scene that was driving him “crazy for three days.” The two are starring together in the upcoming A24 film ...