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Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman: NBC late-night comedy talk show, February 1, 1982 to June 25, 1993, hosted by David Letterman after The Tonight Show; known for the Top Ten List, Stupid Pet Tricks, and Merrill Markoe's ironic style.
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: NBC late-night talk show (2009-2014), hosted by Jimmy Fallon at 12:35 a.m. after Conan O'Brien; house band The Roots, Lip Sync Battle origin, ended at 1.8 million viewers before Fallon moved to The Tonight Show.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers is an American late-night talk show on NBC, hosted by Seth Meyers since 2014 and known for its "A Closer Look" segment.
Late Night with the Devil
Late Night with the Devil: 2023 Australian found-footage horror by Colin and Cameron Cairnes, starring David Dastmalchian as 1977 talk show host Jack Delroy; SXSW premiere, IFC/Shudder 2024 release, Metascore 72.
Late Phases
Late Phases is a 2014 werewolf horror film, Adrián García Bogliano's English-language debut, starring Nick Damici as blind Vietnam veteran Ambrose McKinley hunting a beast in the Crescent Bay retirement community; written by Eric Stolze, released by Dark Sky Films.
Late Shift (film)
Late Shift (Heldin) is a 2025 Swiss-German drama by Petra Volpe starring Leonie Benesch as nurse Floria Lind during one understaffed hospital night shift; Berlinale 2025 premiere, Swiss Oscar submission, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, Swiss Film Prize winner.
Late Spring (晩春)
Late Spring (晩春, Banshun) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1949 Shochiku drama starring Setsuko Hara and Chishu Ryu, first of the Noriko trilogy, about a widowed professor persuading his daughter to marry; Kinema Junpo 1949 first place.
Late-night talk show
Late-night talk show: a TV format airing after 11 p.m. with a comedic news monologue, desk interviews, and variety segments. Grew from The Tonight Show (Steve Allen, September 27, 1954); defined by Johnny Carson's 30-year run; politicized via The Daily Show and the Trump era; declining amid streaming-era economics.
Latha (actress)
Latha (born 1953, birth name Nalini), also called M.G.R. Latha and Latha Sethupathi, is a Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada film actress; debut heroine of M.G.R.'s Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973), heroine of his final film, later television serial actor and brief politician, distinct from Rajinikanth's wife Latha Rajinikanth and actress Latha Rao.
Latha Rajinikanth (லதா ரஜினிகாந்த்)
Latha Rajinikanth (லதா ரஜினிகாந்த்), born Latha Rangachari in 1958, is an Indian educationist, playback singer, and film producer, wife of Rajinikanth, founder of The Ashram school in Chennai, and singer in Tik Tik Tik and Kochadaiiyaan.
Laththi (லத்தி)
Laththi (லத்தி), also Laththi Charge, is a 2022 Tamil action thriller directed by debutant A. Vinoth Kumar, starring Vishal as suspended constable Muruganantham with Sunaina and Prabhu; released 22 December 2022 in five languages, mixed reviews, ₹11.25 crore India net.
Latin Casino
Latin Casino: Philadelphia-area nightclub and dinner theater (Walnut Street, then Cherry Hill, NJ, 1960-1978), no gambling despite the name; hosted Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, the Supremes; closed after Atlantic City casinos opened.
Latin dance
Latin dance: family of partner and social styles from Latin America and the Caribbean, including salsa, bachata, rumba, samba, and the five competitive International Latin dances.
Latin Lover (TV series)
Latin Lover (Amante Latina) is the 2001 Spanish-language erotic telenovela produced by Playboy TV International, Venevisión, and Iguana Producciones, premiered 25 November 2001, filmed in Lima, Peru, released in erotic and broadcast-edit versions, with a Silvia Caballero nude-scene controversy and sequel Latin Lover 2.
LaToya Tonodeo
LaToya Tonodeo (born 1997) is an American actress and producer, best known as Diana Tejada in the Starz series Power Book II: Ghost from 2020 to 2024.
Latrice Royale
Latrice Royale (Timothy Keith Wilcots, born 1973) is an American drag performer, 4th-place finisher and Miss Congeniality on RuPaul's Drag Race season 4, All Stars 1 and 4 contestant, and South Florida touring queen.
Latvian National Theatre
The Latvian National Theatre (Latvijas Nacionālais teātris) is a state-owned theater in Riga, Latvia, whose 1902 building was where Latvian independence was proclaimed on 18 November 1918.
Latvian Song and Dance Festival
Held in Riga every five years, the Song and Dance Festival (Vispārējie latviešu Dzimu's Deju' svētki) is a national arts celebration gathering roughly 40,000 people from Latvia.
Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy
Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy collects three extended Family Guy specials parodying the original Star Wars films: Blue Harvest (2007), Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2010), and It's a Trap! (2011), released unedited on Blu-ray and DVD December 21, 2010.
Laugh track
Laugh track: recorded or canned laughter added to TV and radio comedy so it sounds like an audience is laughing. Invented by Charley Douglass's Laff Box; first used on The Hank McCune Show, NBC, September 9, 1950; meta-analysis shows positive effect on viewers (r = .391).
Laugh-O-Gram Studio
Laugh-O-Gram Studio, also called Laugh-O-Gram Films, was Walt Disney's first animation studio in Kansas City, Missouri (1922-1923), producing the Newman Laugh-O-grams and fairy-tale cartoons before bankruptcy; alumni included Ub Iwerks, Rudolf Ising, Hugh Harman, and Friz Freleng.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh is a 1928 MGM silent romantic drama directed by Herbert Brenon, starring Lon Chaney as clown Tito Beppi and 14-year-old Loretta Young, adapted from the Belasco-Cushing play based on Pagliacci; nominated for Best Title Writing.
Laughing Buddha (film)
Laughing Buddha (Kannada: ಲಾಫಿಂಗ್ ಬುದ್ಧ) is a 2024 Kannada comedy-drama directed by M. Bharath Raj, produced by Rishab Shetty, starring Pramod Shetty as constable Govardhan; distinct from the 2021 Malayalam film Laughing Budha.
Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment
Laughter Chefs – Unlimited Entertainment is an Indian comedy cooking reality show on Colors TV and JioHotstar, produced by Optimystix Entertainment, adapted from Cooku with Comali, hosted by Bharti Singh and judged by chef Harpal Singh Sokhi, running three seasons since June 1, 2024.
Laura (1944 film)
Laura (1944), Otto Preminger's film noir for Twentieth Century-Fox from Vera Caspary's novel, stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, and Vincent Price; a detective falls for the woman whose murder he investigates, and she turns up alive.
Laura Adler
Laura Adler (1960-2026) was an American television casting director, Emmy-nominated for American Dreams, and Casting Society's administrator 2014-2024; distinct from actress Lauren Adler, journalist Laure Adler, and arts executive Laura Adlers.
Laura Aikman
Laura Aikman (born 1985, Brent, London) is an English actress known for Casualty's May Phelps, The Mysti Show, Dyan Cannon in Archie, Sonia in Gavin & Stacey, and Rachel Duffy in This City Is Ours.
Laura Allen
Laura Allen (born 1974, Portland, Oregon) is an American actress known for Lily Tyler on The 4400, Julia Mallory on Dirt, Katie Nichols on Terriers, and the lead in Clown (2014); distinct from a Cleveland background actress, a makeup artist, and an author of the same name.
Laura Antonelli
Laura Antonelli (Laura Antonaz), 1941-2015, Italian screen actress born in Pola/Pula; star of commedia sexy all'italiana hits Malizia and Il merlo maschio, Nastro d'argento and David di Donatello winner, died in Ladispoli in 2015.
Laura Bailey
Laura Dawn Bailey (born 1981, Biloxi, Mississippi) is an American voice actress and Critical Role co-founder. Known for Abby in The Last of Us Part II, Jaina Proudmoore, Kid Trunks, and Tohru Honda; won the 2020 Game Award and 2021 BAFTA for Performer in a Leading Role.