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…
Lakers newsletter: Luka Doncic and the center of attention
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‘Large scale’ ICE raid to hit L.A. soon, internal documents show
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Lakers newsletter: What the Lakers accomplished at the trade deadline
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China makes visiting much easier following pandemic – but there is one catch
China is relaxing its visa restrictions after five years, for UK travellers, with the opportunity to travel to China visa-free for up to 10 days…
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…
First human bird flu case in UK confirmed after ‘contact’ at farm – as experts warn bug is ‘one mutation from pandemic’
A PERSON in the West Midlands has contracted bird flu after "close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds," the UK Health…
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…
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…
Lakers newsletter: What we think the Lakers are thinking
Hey everyone, I’m Dan Woike and welcome to The Times’ Lakers Newsletter, where this week I’ll answer questions posed to me on social media, but…
Biden officials say they built up pandemic defenses. Trump vows changes
NEW YORK — The Biden administration on Tuesday released a “road map” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to…
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…
Sobering advice from two experts on how to prevent similiar fires
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