Samoan culture was on full display during the Mater Dei High School choir’s 2025 spring concert. In a now-viral social media post, the class choir can be seen performing “Pese O Le Tatau,” a song that ...

The Laemmle Royal in Santa Monica was the host of the Los Angeles premiere of international sensation, “Tinā.” The film held its first-ever screening in Los Angeles on Thursday night. Writer and ...

A private-school music instructor starts a choir in this New Zealand tear-jerker that hews to the tried and tested inspiring-teacher formula. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Alex Aiono, who grew up in the Mormon Church, has just released a new album, "The Gospel at 23." (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In his song “Old AF,” Alex Aiono describes feeling, at age 23, ...

The film held its first-ever screening in Los Angeles on Thursday night. Writer and director Miki Magasiva was in attendance, alongside film stars Beulah Koale and Zac O’Meagher. Before the screening, ...

In his song “Old AF,” Alex Aiono describes feeling, at age 23, as though he’s already “old as f—.” “Some days I’m running out of breath / Some days I’m running out of time,” he sings in a moist, ...