A year in photos, 2019’s entertainment moments
“The Amazing Jonathan Documentary,” directed by Ben Berman, back, followed comic John Szeles after he was given a year to live. They’re at the Magic Castle.
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Ashley Shaw prepares backstage to play the title role in the New Adventures company’s production of “Cinderella” at the Ahmanson.
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Cardi B performs “Money” at the 61st Grammy Awards. That night, she also became the first solo female artist to win the rap album award.
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At the 61st Grammys, Lady Gaga performs “Shallow,” for which she won two awards, among her five nominations that night.
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Travis Scott, center, performs at the 61st Grammy Awards, where he had three nominations.
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Gordana Simunovic, of Switzerland, attends the inaugural Frieze Los Angeles wearing an installation art dress by artist Michael Seri.
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“Pose” star Billy Porter looked ready for the ball at the 91st Academy Awards in this tuxedo gown. He later told Vogue of the outfit, “My goal is to be a walking piece of political art every time I show up.”
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Spike Lee’s first Oscar win, for the adapted screenplay of “BlacKkKlansman,” came nearly 30 years after his first nomination.
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson rehearses “Lackawanna Blues” at the Mark Taper Forum. Accompanying him is guitarist Chris Thomas King.
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11-year-old Evan Alex, left, and Shahadi Wright Joseph, 14, played two sets of siblings in “Us.”
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Lead singer George Clarke and Grammy-nominated L.A. metal band Deafheaven at the Wiltern on March 13.
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As part of the L.A. Phil’s Fluxus festival, dancer Brooke Shepard performs Yoko Ono’s “Dance Piece IX: A” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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Lizzo performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in April. Next year, she’ll be up for eight Grammys.
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Dancer Katherine Helen Fisher rehearses “Night of 100 Solos - A Centennial Event” at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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Dancer Barry Brannum rehearses for “Night of 100 Solos - A Centennial Event,” at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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Yvonne Strahovski plays Serena Joy on “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
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Jennifer Lopez rehearses ahead of her It’s My Party Tour meant to celebrate her then-upcoming 50th birthday.
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In the documentary “Kathy Griffin: A Hell of A Story,” the comedian discusses the fallout from a controversial 2017 photograph where she posed with a fake severed head meant to look like Donald Trump.
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Billie Eilish, who grew up in Highland Park performs at the Shrine in July for one of her first hometown shows since becoming a star.
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Laura Kukkonen, 18, of Helsinki won the Play With Ray amateur violin contest by the L.A. Philharmonic and got to perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins with Ray Chen at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Hip-hop renaissance man Travis Scott, who starred in “Kiss Me Kate” in high school, is thinking about staging a Broadway play around a future album.
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