Jessica Gelt is an arts and culture writer for the Los Angeles Times. In her career at the paper she has served as assistant style editor for the Sunday magazine, co-edited the Daily Dish food blog, written a nightlife column called “The Enabler” and regularly covered red carpets and backstage events at the Emmys, Oscars, Grammys and Golden Globes. She has penned cultural commentary and reams of celebrity profiles, as well as investigated claims of sexual misconduct in music and the arts. Over the years, she has written in-depth features about theater, television, film, music, movies, books, art, fashion, food, travel and more. Her award-winning work has appeared in the New York Observer, the L.A. Weekly and Vulture, among others.
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Recently touted as the hottest red carpet in L.A., the Hollywood Legion Theater is now beset by a litany of problems including sexual harassment claims and labor strife.
Sept. 27, 2023
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s appointment as the Geffen Playhouse’s new artistic director places one of the most accomplished dramatists of his generation at the helm of the city’s most prominent Westside theater.
Sept. 12, 2023
Named after late actor Leonard Nimoy, CAP UCLA’s renovated, multi-use 300-seat venue at Westwood’s historic Crest Theatre will be L.A.’s newest performing arts space.
Sept. 1, 2023
Whether visiting a gallery or attending a theater, dance or music performance, the fall is packed with arts events that brim with community and camaraderie.
Sept. 1, 2023
In February, 14 dancers who performed with Lizzo during the 2019 Video Music Awards settled a payment dispute after they discovered behind-the-scenes footage of them was used without their permission in HBO Max’s “Love Lizzo” documentary.
Aug. 23, 2023
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announce that it has surpassed its $750-million fundraising campaign goal for the David Geffen Galleries.
Aug. 22, 2023
Ron Cephas Jones, the prolific stage actor who also won two Emmys for his role on ‘This is Us,’ has died. He was 66.
Aug. 19, 2023
Jamie Reid, the iconoclastic artist who helped define the punk rock aesthetic with his designs for Sex Pistols record covers, has died. He was 76.
Aug. 9, 2023
Taken together, this trifecta of films has beleaguered industry-watchers breathlessly anticipating a boost to the summer box office, with the kind of ticket sales needed to soothe Hollywood’s frayed nerves when it comes to the future of the big screen.
July 12, 2023
New York’s the Hole gallery opened a second location in L.A. a year ago with the intent of bringing a fresh perspective to the West Coast. Now owner Kathy Grayson is enlisting galleries from across the city to put unseen treasures on view for her new show ‘Storage Wars.’
June 30, 2023