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...
Things to do | How to watch live British news coverage of the queen’s death By Ed Stockly September 8, 2022 at 6:36 p.m. As the news broke Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II had been placed under medical supervision...
Opinion | Rock Church deacon ‘presses her luck’: wins fortune By Diane Bell August 25, 2022 at 12:31 p.m. Winning a life-changing jackpot on a prime-time game show was difficult, but keeping the outcome...
Things to do | ‘Mystery, mayhem and murder’: ‘Wednesday’ trailer debuts a new Addams family By Alexandra Del Rosario August 24, 2022 at 8:32 p.m. Piranhas, cellos and arson? The trailer for the upcoming show "Wednesday" has everything a girl...
Entertainment | Michael Tuck, longtime San Diego anchorman, dies at 76: ‘He was more than good. He was great’ By Karla Peterson August 19, 2022 at 11:28 p.m. During his high-profile decades on the KFMB, KGTV and KUSI TV news desks, San Diego's...
Entertainment | Six TV shows to watch before the summer runs out By Karla Peterson August 19, 2022 at 12:46 p.m. If you are a TV viewer of a certain age, you remember the days when...
Opinion | San Diego has a new hockey star By Diane Bell August 16, 2022 at 12:33 p.m. Noah Baird had just finished a first-period test last March when his mother showed up...
Entertainment | Denise Dowse, ‘Insecure’ and ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ actor, dies at 64 By Christi Carras August 15, 2022 at 1:20 p.m. Denise Dowse, a prolific performer known for roles in "Insecure" and "Beverly Hills, 90210," has...
Opinion | Hard-driving news executive becomes children’s book author By Diane Bell August 13, 2022 at 7:32 p.m. When PSA flight 182 crashed in North Park on Sept. 25, 1978, Phyllis Schwartz was...