Matt Stevens

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Culture Reporter at The New York Times

Arts & culture news reporter @nytimes. (Send tips and pitches: [email protected]) @latimes alum, @AAJA member.

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Smokey Robinson Faced a Sexual Assault Allegation in 2015

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Matt Stevens |Orlando D. Mayorquin

A 2015 sexual assault allegation against the Motown singer Smokey Robinson was presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, but no charges were filed because of insufficient evidence, the office said on Friday. In a brief statement in response to inquiries from The New York Times, the district attorney's office said that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department had brought it the allegation in 2015.
Fans frustrated as Beyonce’s tour ticket prices plummet after purchase

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Matt Stevens

INGLEWOOD - Ms Tanaka Paschal, 43, was thrilled to be taking her son to Beyonce’s final Southern California show on her Cowboy Carter Tour in May. They had missed the Renaissance World Tour in 2023; tickets had sold out so fast, some fans ventured overseas to catch a gig. “I thought I was not going to be able to see her, so I jumped on it,” she said. Ms Paschal bought a pair of floor seats for about US$900 (S$1,170) total, but like many others, she soon had a bit of buyers’ remorse.
Smokey Robinson Faces Criminal Investigation After Assault Allegations

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Matt Stevens

NowAn attorney for the 85-year-old Motown singer Robinson denied the allegations, calling them “vile” and “false.” Iconic soul singer Smokey Robinson, who was accused of sexually assaulting four former housekeepers for years in a lawsuit filed earlier this month, is under criminal investigation, a law …
Los hermanos Menendez reciben una nueva sentencia que allana su camino hacia la libertad

3 weeks ago | infobae.com | Tim Arango |Matt Stevens |Jacey Fortin

Murders, Attempted Murders and HomicidesMenendez, ErikMenendez, LyleMenendez, JoseBeverly Hills (Calif)La pena de cadena perpetua con libertad condicional podría conducir a la excarcelación de Lyle y Erik Menendez, más de tres décadas después de ir a prisión por matar a sus padres.
Lyle y Eric Menendez reciben otra sentencia y están más cerca de la libertad

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tim Arango |Matt Stevens |Jacey Fortin

La pena de cadena perpetua con libertad condicional podría conducir a la excarcelación de Lyle y Erik Menendez, más de tres décadas después de ir a prisión por matar a sus padres. Video Back transcriptMembers of Menendez Brothers' Family Celebrate ResentencingThe Menendez brothers became eligible for parole on Tuesday, after spending decades in prison for the murder of their parents.
Menendez Brothers Resentenced to Life With Parole, Paving Way for Freedom

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tim Arango |Matt Stevens |Jacey Fortin

Lyle and Erik Menendez were resentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole, setting the stage for their possible release after more than three decades behind bars for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. The decision, by Judge Michael V. Jesic of Los Angeles Superior Court, came after a day of testimony by family members, who said the brothers had turned their lives around inside prison through education and self-help groups.
It’s Hollywood, but not made in America

3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Matt Stevens |Nicole Sperling

IT would have been simple to shoot the game show The Floor in Los Angeles. The city has many idle studios that could have easily accommodated its large display screen and the midnight-blue tiles that light up beneath contestants. But Fox flies the show’s host, Rob Lowe, and 100 American contestants thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean to answer trivia questions about dogs, divas and Disney characters at a studio in Dublin. It makes more financial sense than filming in California.
American prop house that supplies Hollywood may get the chop

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Matt Stevens

LOS ANGELES – When the Netflix series Wednesday (2022 to present) needed a guillotine recently, it did not have to venture far. A North Hollywood prop house called History For Hire had one available, standing taller than 2.4m with a suitably menacing blade. The company’s 33,000 sq ft warehouse is like the film and television industry’s treasure-filled attic, crammed with hundreds of thousands of items that help bring the past to life.
Menendez Brothers' Resentencing Hearing Is Set for Next Week

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tim Arango |Matt Stevens

The long-awaited hearing on whether Lyle and Erik Menendez should be eligible for release will take place May 13 and 14 in Los Angeles. After resolving the latest round of legal hurdles, a Los Angeles judge has scheduled a hearing for next week to decide whether Lyle and Erik Menendez should be eligible for release after more than three of decades behind bars.
The Menendez Brothers Chicken Wing Empire That Never Was

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Matt Stevens

Lyle Menendez had grand plans to franchise Chuck's Spring Street Cafe before he was arrested. The New Jersey restaurant endures. It was 35 years ago when a fresh-faced former Princeton student posed for a photo in front of Chuck's Spring Street Cafe and smiled big. The young man, Lyle Menendez, then 22, had recently come into some money. A lot of money. And he loved the chicken wings at Chuck's so much, he decided to buy the place in 1990 for $550,000.