Mayor Karen Bass’ deleted text messages raise eyebrows and questions
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‘Anora’ director Sean Baker’s ‘battle cry’ for theaters may fall on deaf ears
Sean Baker, the now four-time Oscar-winning filmmaker behind best picture champion “Anora,” made the most of the moment when he accepted the trophy for directing.Speaking…
Fresh blow to Britain’s pubs as Keir Starmer AXES popular change to drinking laws
TAKEAWAY pints made popular during the pandemic will be banned despite a pubs backlash.Licensing laws were relaxed in lockdowns to allow the sale of grab-and-go…
How did Gene Hackman die? So far, more questions than answers
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Major boost for thousands of unemployed Brits as new fast track to work scheme rolled out across seaside towns
THOUSANDS of unemployed Brits are set for a major boost as a new fast track to work scheme is rolled out across seaside towns.More than…
For many viewers, YouTube is TV now. What that means for Hollywood
Netflix rightly gets a lot of the attention for winning the streaming wars, but that obscures the dominance of what is the leading online entertainment…
‘Large scale’ ICE raid to hit L.A. soon, internal documents show
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Super Bowl 2025: How to watch, start time, date, TV channel, location
Kendrick Lamar performs during the Super Bowl LVI halftime show at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13, 2022. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Seventeen-time Grammy…
Here are our rankings of the all-time Grammy winners
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The Oscars are Hollywood’s infomercial. But the awards and movies are getting more niche
At its core, the Oscars telecast is supposed to serve as a three-hour infomercial for the movie business. But celebrating the year in film is…
Sundance 2025: Marlee and Pee-wee take celeb docs to next level
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CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 escaped from a lab | Coronavirus pandemic News
The intelligence agency says it has ‘low confidence’ in the assessment and will continue to evaluate credible information.The CIA has announced that it believes the…
Super Bowl 2025: What time does the game start? How to watch
Kendrick Lamar performs during the Super Bowl LVI halftime show at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13, 2022. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Seventeen-time Grammy…
Sundance: Jacinda Ardern on why ’empathetic leadership’ matters
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Michelle Satter, her home burned in Palisades fire, accepts Sundance award
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Fresh blow for Captain Tom’s daughter as business COLLAPSES with just £149 in assets – despite having £300k last year
CAPTAIN Tom's disgraced daughter has been hit by a fresh blow as her business collapses with just £149 in assets. Hannah Ingram-Moore and husband Colin…
What should we expect at Sundance 2025? We asked the sellers
A quick heads-up to Wide Shot subscribers: The newsletter is going back to Sundance! I will be in Los Angeles but my colleague Matt Brennan…
Incarcerated firefighters offer aid battling L.A. blazes, find career
Editor’s note: Essential California will be off tomorrow for MLK day. We’ll be back in your inboxes Tuesday morning. Good morning, and welcome to the…
Focus features chairman talks ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Conclave’ and Sundance
Before getting into the main topic of this week’s newsletter, we have to acknowledge the story dominating our region. Wildfires have devastated Southern California since…
Huntington Beach’s future after Tito Ortiz resignation
From the moment Tito Ortiz entered the political arena in Huntington Beach, some of his supporters saw him as the local government version of Donald…