Uneasy lies the head that wears Nicki Minaj's crown.

That's the prime takeaway (whether or not she intended it to be) from "Queen," on which the most commercially successful female rapper in history spends so much time describing her dominance that a clear conclusion is that she fears it's beginning to erode.

And why wouldn't she?

Always a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- "Now, you're with the L.A. Times?" Ron Stallworth asked, his eyes narrowing on the voice recorder that has been placed in front of him. "What's the angle on your story?"

Over his 32 years in law enforcement, Stallworth says, he developed a suspicion of journalists. Once, he gave a television reporter an interview about how Utah's...Read more

During the filming of new feature film "The Little Mermaid," British actress Poppy Drayton would often be carried to the set. It was a necessity once she slipped into her mermaid costume.

"What you see in the movie is a real tail," Drayton says. "The huge prosthetic tail was beautiful but very heavy. It weighed half my body weight. Once I was ...Read more

An unorthodox hero, a mystery fueled by tattoos and a tale of survival are topics of top DVD releases for Aug. 21.

"Deadpool 2"; 3.5 stars: It's neither the suit nor the special effects makeup that makes Deadpool come to life. It's Ryan Reynolds.

All of it starts with a tragedy in Deadpool's life that sends him on a revenge mission that turns ...Read more

As a filmmaker, Jon Turteltaub has always prided himself on his versatility, and over the years he has tackled everything from romantic comedies ("While You Were Sleeping") to family films ("The Kid") to action blockbusters ("National Treasure") to a movie about the 1988 Jamaican Olympic bobsled team ("Cool Runnings").

Still, when he was ...Read more

Boz Scaggs

"Out of the Blues"

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Although he's best known for such sleek mid-'70s pop hits as "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle," Boz Scaggs was originally drawn to music at least in part by the blues. The Texas- and Oklahoma-raised singer-guitarist cut his 1970 album, Boz Scaggs, in Muscle Shoals, Ala., with Duane Allman on guitar, and it ...Read more

Kanye West made his first television appearance in more than three months on Thursday night's edition of "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

West spoke at length about love and fear and the future, not to mention his new album, the importance of de-stigmatizing mental health and even, um, his porn preferences.

But the polarizing rapper and mogul was ...Read more

It's incredibly important to recognize that "Crazy Rich Asians" is the first major contemporary Hollywood release since "The Joy Luck Club" in 1993 to feature a predominantly Asian cast. There has been much furor in the film world over the lack of diversity in movies and the Asian community has been one of the most slighted.

"Crazy Rich Asians"...Read more

Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; (...Read more

"The Miseducation of Cameron Post," the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner about teens enduring a gay conversion therapy boarding school, opens with a pastor warning adolescents that they're at an age where they're especially vulnerable to evil.

"What feels like fun is actually the enemy closing the noose around you," he cautions.

Given this ...Read more

A story of implacable grief, unlikely companionship and stunning landscapes, "Gavagai" is as beautifully singular a movie as I've seen all year. You know you're in for something different in the opening moments, as a train pulls quietly into a deserted station in Telemark, Norway, and disgorges a German traveler, Carsten (Austrian actor Andreas ...Read more