Best of 2019: The year in entertainment
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In selecting the best movies of the past decade, “Moonlight,†“Inside Out†and “Mad Max: Fury Road†were among the standouts for critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang.
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Donald Trump. “Cats.†Kanye West. “The Masked Singer.†Quibi. Feral pigs. Peloton wife. 2019 was the year of pop culture, Mad Libs-style.
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Many indie filmmakers crossed over to studio movies in 2019, including Greta Gerwig, James Gray and Marielle Heller
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The year’s best movies are led by the hit true story that proved audiences will still support adult dramas.
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Two clever and wickedly funny looks at class warfare lead a standout year for deeply personal movies.
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Scroll through to see a year’s worth of entertainment photographs from our Los Angeles Times photographers.
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The generational divide went beyond ‘OK boomer’ memes in 2019. From Greta Thunberg and the sisters of ‘Frozen 2’ admonishing their elders for climate change damage to Billie Eilish’s subversive jolt to pop music and Martin Scorsese’s complaints about Marvel movies, it has been a year of skirmishes between young and old.
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Times TV critic Robert Lloyd selects the best TV shows of 2019, from Netflix’s “Russian Doll†to Amazon’s “Good Omens.â€
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Times TV critic Lorraine Ali chooses the best of television in 2019, from “Dickinson†to “Stranger Things.â€
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The books that Susan Orlean, Laila Lalami, Ronan Farrow, George Takei and other great authors couldn’t put down this year.
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“Just Mercy,†“Richard Jewell,†“The Irishman†and “Little Women†are among eight memorable books that made the leap to film in 2019.
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For Los Angeles, the most vibrant music city in the world, 2019 featured a fitting sendoff for a hero and the cementing of some indie-rock legends.
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From critical favorites Solange and Lana Del Rey to rookies Lil Nas X and 100 gecs, the best music of 2019 explored ideas of love, war, family and anxiety.
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Ten albums that take listeners to unexpected places while providing a timeless reminder that the boldest creative expression sounds like freedom.
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Inspired performances, award-show gaffes, old hands still going strong, new faces rising into the limelight. What a remarkable year 2019 proved to be.
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The year-end best list also includes a smoking-hot “Hadestown,†plus David Byrne’s “American Utopia†and “Little Shop of Horrors†with Mj Rodriguez.
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The year-end museums list also includes “Soul of a Nation†at the Broad, “Buried by Vesuvius†at the Getty Villa and MOCA’s “Pattern and Decoration.â€
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10 ways video games impacted entertainment in 2019: The stories they told plus where and how we play now
