“This Is a Gardening Show” is a gardening show hosted by Zach Galifianakis, who is not kidding when he says (and says again) that “the future is agrarian.” (Or, more critically, “the only future is agrarian.”) Premiering Wednesday, which not coincidentally is Earth Day, on Netflix, the six-part series spotlights the cultivation or gathering of…
Eddie Murphy is celebrating not just his lifetime achievement award, but also the arrival of his third granddaughter, perhaps the funniest baby alive. Murphy’s son Eric and Martin Lawrence’s daughter Jasmin have welcomed their first child together, baby Ari Skye. On Saturday, Murphy was honored with the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala…
Paul W. Downs can’t help it that even on the weekends, his life intersects with “Hacks,” the HBO comedy he co-created and co-showruns with his wife, Lucia Aniello, and their friend Jen Statsky. (He also appears on the show as Jimmy LuSaque Jr., the besieged manager of its two stars, played by Emmy winners Jean…
Along the shores of the shrinking Salton Sea, desert winds regularly kick up dust and send it drifting through nearby neighborhoods. New research indicates that living there may affect kids’ lungs. Scientists from the University of Southern California tested the lung capacity of 369 children between the ages of 10 and 12 for about two…
Young faces lit up with joy as award winners bounced to the podium. But it wasn’t only the elementary school recipients. The Westlake High students who created the ceremony were equally thrilled. The teens are part of Make Great Plays, a grassroots organization that gives elementary school students a chance to dream, excel and believe…
Phil Rosenthal likes to sit at the counter of Max & Helen’s, the diner he recently opened with acclaimed chef Nancy Silverton, and chat with people while they eat. “I sometimes feel like the mayor of Larchmont,” Rosenthal says over the phone as he greets diners who notice him at the counter. “When people come…
