Absolute DC: The New Frontier By Darwyn Cooke DC COMICS Darwyn Cooke, an animator on the classic cartoon “Batman: The Animated Series,” manages to bring back that sort of nostalgia ““ finely aged and tuned to perfection ““ that superhero comics today seem to be missing. Read more...

Wishful Drinking Saturday, Nov. 18 Geffen Playhouse There’s no underwear in space. At least that’s what George Lucas told Carrie Fisher as the reason she couldn’t wear undergarments for her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars.” Fisher allows theatergoers and Leia fans alike to enter into the deepest recesses of her mind in her new one-woman show, “Wishful Drinking,” which runs at the Geffen Playhouse until Dec. Read more...

American television is different than English television, and not just because we use better-looking actors or have a different version of “The Office.” In the United States, channels such as NBC, ABC and CBS are free ““ you don’t have to pay for cable to watch them. Read more...

The United States has a number of timeworn culinary traditions: baseball games and peanuts, the Fourth of July with its barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs, and Thanksgiving, laden with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and pumpkin pie in a holiday centered entirely around paying homage to one meal. Read more...

“People who work in the conditions of war are very special.” Or so says UCLA documentary film Professor Marina Goldovskaya, referring to James Longley, director of the documentary “Iraq in Fragments.” Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s awards for Best Director, Best Editing and Best Cinematography, Longley’s “Iraq in Fragments” opened in Los Angeles on Friday at the Nuart Theater. Read more...

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