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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With summer officially upon us, we break down the best, the brightest and the hottest of what L.A. culture has to offer this week
June 20, 2024
A traveling exhibition by L.A. painter Kehinde Wiley was canceled by many museums after several men allege sexual misconduct. He says claims are false.
June 14, 2024
Here’s how you can watch, and stream, the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday — all three hours of it.
June 13, 2024
Maria Arena Bell, former MOCA board chair and head writer for ‘The Young and the Restless,’ has been picked to chair the LA28 Cultural Olympiad.
June 13, 2024
Whether it’s a new gallery exhibit, a show at your favorite playhouse or a must-see Juneteenth celebration this weekend, we’ve got you covered.
June 13, 2024
Opera disrupter Yuval Sharon is back in L.A. with ‘The Comet / Poppea.’ The new piece — an exploration of double consciousness in disparate worlds set on a rotating stage — is Sharon’s latest fantastical take on the genre.
June 12, 2024
Questions surround Santa Monica’s Sci-Fi World as staff and volunteers quit and claim that its founder, who was convicted for possession of child pornography, remains active in the museum.
June 3, 2024
Rupert Murdoch, 93-year-old chairman emeritus of Fox Corporation and News Corp., marries retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova, 67.
June 2, 2024
The Tony winner for best musical comes to the Ahmanson, ‘The Ballad of Johnny and June’ starts its run and more news and reviews from the L.A. culture scene.
June 1, 2024
‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ brings the rarely staged spectacle of Jelly Roll Morton’s life to Pasadena Playhouse, art critic Christopher Knight puts you on game for what to see at the Getty.
May 25, 2024