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When Willow Smith was a girl, she would get so anxious sometimes

that she would tense what seemed like all of the muscles in her body. Years later, at 19, she can

still feel the aftermath of the strain; one vertebra is shifted to the right, causing neck pain.

Smith’s anxiety stemmed from feeling out of control. She would let her thoughts spiral

through the same thought patterns, fretting over the fear of the unknown.

“We’re on this planet and anything could happen, like the thing that just happened with Kobe

[Bryant]? That was really a knife in the heart,” said Smith. “Every moment is precious. And I

think everyone has a fear of just not knowing what’s going to happen in the future, not knowing

if you’re on the right path, not knowing if you’re making the right choices.”

At the suggestion of her mother, Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow began seeing a therapist. But ul-

timately, she found more relief in meditation, nature and reading Buddhist texts — “accepting

that we don’t have control over what Mother Earth and the cosmos are gonna do and coming

back to the acceptance of things all being in a divine order.”

Smith is aware of how hippie-dippie this all sounds. She and her brother, Jaden, have long

been lambasted for their bohemian-speak, which includes frequent references to duality, the

quantum world and energy forces. In her free time, she practices vinyasa

WILLOW SMITH, top, and Tyler Cole will put on a 24-hour performance about anxiety at MOCA.

Tony Pillow

Trapped in a

box at MOCA

For 24 hours, Willow Smith acts out her anxiety

BYAMYKAUFMAN>>>

[SeeSmith,E2]

It was supposed to be

Corey Feldman’s big night.

For years, he had crypti-

cally alluded to the Holly-

wood players who he alleged

had sexually abused him

and his best friend, fellow ac-

tor Corey Haim, when the

two were boys. Now, 10 years

after Haim’s death, Feldman

was ready to publicly call out

the alleged predators in a

documentary called “My

Truth: The Rape of 2

Coreys.”

The film, Feldman said,

had been rejected by tradi-

tional theatrical distribu-

tors. So he decided to release

it in an unconventional fash-

ion, setting up a website

where the film would be

available for streaming to

anyone who paid $20 on

Monday evening. At the

same time, the 48-year-old

would host an industry pre-

miere on behalf of the docu-

mentary at the Directors

Guild of America’s head-

quarters in Los Angeles.

But at 8 p.m. Monday,

when the film was supposed

to begin streaming online,

paying customers were met

with an error message. Real-

izing the website was down,

Feldman decided to halt the

screening at the DGA after

10 minutes until the techni-

cal issues were resolved. But

they never were.

“I’d love to say this was all

a big act, but it’s not. It’s

real,” Feldman told the

crowd in the theater where

he and his team stood on-

stage, frantically trying to

figure out how to proceed. In

the projection room, one of

the film’s producers was on

the phone with the digital

provider, trying to figure out

why the film wasn’t stream-

ing.

Feldman asked his pro-

ducer to amplify the phone

call through a loudspeaker

so that the audience could

hear the technicians de-

scribe how the servers had

been “attacked” numerous

times by “hackers.” (“Please

be patient,” a message read

Corey Feldman’s doc

debut has a meltdown

ACTORCorey Feldman hosts Monday’s premiere of

the documentary “My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys.”

Richard ShotwellInvision / Associated Press

Technical issues mar

a screening and PPV

plans, but explosive

allegations go public.

By Amy Kaufman

[SeeFeldman, E4]

After weeks of nervous

speculation, it’s official: The

Coachella Valley Music and

Arts Festival is postponed

because of the growing

threat of coronavirus.

Concert promoter Gold-

envoice announced that the

annual concert, held at the

Empire Polo Club in Indio,

now will take place on the

weekends of Oct. 9 and 16. It

was originally scheduled to

begin on April 10.

Goldenvoice also an-

nounced that the country

music festival Stagecoach,

scheduled for April 24-26 on

those same Empire polo

grounds, will be postponed

until Oct. 23-25.

“At the direction of the

County of Riverside and lo-

cal health authorities,”

Goldenvoice’s statement

read, “we must sadly con-

firm the rescheduling of

Coachella and Stagecoach

due to COVID-19 concerns.

While this decision comes at

a time of universal uncer-

tainty, we take the safety and

health of our guests, staff

and community very seri-

ously. We urge everyone to

follow the guidelines and

protocols put forth by public

health officials.

“Coachella will now take

place on Oct. 9, 10 and 11 and

Oct. 16, 17 and 18, 2020. Stage-

coach will take place on Oct.

23, 24 and 25, 2020.

“All purchases for the

April dates will be honored

for the rescheduled October

dates. Purchasers will be no-

tified by Friday, March 13, on

how to obtain a refund if they

are unable to attend,” Gold-

envoice added.

“Thank you for your con-

tinued support and we look

forward to seeing you in the

desert this fall.”

Coachella hopes to fea-

ture most of the same acts

that were originally slated

for April, including headlin-

ers Rage Against the Mach-

ine, Travis Scott and Frank

Ocean. It was expected to

draw 250,000 fans over its

two weekends to see more

than 150 acts.

The postponements fol-

low SXSW’s announcement

on Friday that the city of

Austin had pulled the plug

on its March series of music,

media and film conferences.

On Sunday, organizers for

[SeeCoachella,E5]

Goldenvoice confirms

that Coachella and

Stagecoach events

will be in October.

By August Brown

DESERT

MUSIC

FESTS

SHIFT

TO FALL

Los Angeles Opera said
Tuesday that its investiga-
tion of former General Di-
rector Plácido Domingo has
found sexual harassment al-
legations against him to be
credible, closing another
chapter in the dramatic
downfall of opera’s biggest
star.
In a summary of results
released to The Times, L.A.
Opera said its investigator
interviewed 44 people, yield-
ing 10 allegations of inappro-
priate conduct between 1986,
when L.A. Opera named Do-
mingo artistic advisor, and
October 2019, when he re-
signed as general director, a
post he had held since 2003.
Citing the privacy and
protection of anonymous
sources, a spokeswoman for
L.A. Opera said details on
the nature of the inappropri-
ate conduct would not be re-
leased publicly, nor would
the full report. But the sum-
mary released Tuesday did
note that in an interview
with the investigator, the law
firm of Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher, Domingo “denied
all allegations of unwanted
contact and maintained
that all his interactions were
consensual.”
The Times reached out to
Domingo directly for com-
ment on the investigation,
but a spokeswoman said he
had nothing to add at this
time.
“The level of discomfort
reported by the women var-
ied, ranging from some
women stating they were not
uncomfortable to others
who described significant
trauma,” the investigation
summary said. “Some indi-
viduals stated that they felt
discouraged to report
misconduct due to Mr. Do-
mingo’s importance and
stature.”
L.A. Opera said the full
report was orally presented
to the company’s board and
key executive staff mem-
bers.
The report’s findings
mark the end of a traumatic
chapter in company history
that began in August when
allegations first surfaced
against Domingo and
reached an uncertain plat-
eau late last month when the
American Guild of Musical
Artists, which represents

L.A.

OPERA

FINDS

CLAIMS

VALID

The group’s probe

of Plácido Domingo

yields allegations that

it says are credible.

By Jessica Gelt

[SeeDomingo, E5]

Their hearts

go out to China

At the L.A. premiere,

the “Mulan” cast and

creatives express

sympathy over the

coronavirus crisis. E4

Give us some

credit, please

“Fly” at the La Jolla

Playhouse doesn’t let

the audience imagine.

Then there are creepy

Oedipal vibes. E3

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