Hollywood year in review: Who won in 2024?
There were plenty of things that went wrong for Hollywood in the year 2024. There were box office flops (sorry, “Joker: Folie à Deux” and…
Disneyland OKs state’s largest wage theft settlement with workers
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Newsom to roll out $100-billion ‘California Comeback Plan’
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Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for…
How YouTube and Netflix are changing the business of kids’ shows
It’s 7 a.m. Do you know what your kids are streaming?Although the splashiest shows of the direct-to-consumer video era tend to target grownups, children —…
U.S. TikTok ban is nearing after another court defeat
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Biden’s relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews
WASHINGTON — It’s not often that a president gets everything he asks for, but that’s what happened.President Biden wanted $1.9 trillion to help the country climb…
COVID-19 likely came from a lab, US committee finds | Coronavirus pandemic News
A committee of the United States Congress has backed the theory that a lab leak caused the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released on Monday,…
The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That’s a problem for Hollywood
It was on a spontaneous trip to the movie theater that James Young took a chance on “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the…
Yoga in a pill? Research might bring about prescription calmness
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Have you got flu, RSV, bronchiolitis, Covid or just a cold? Symptoms of all the nasty bugs rife right now
FEELINGS sniffly?It's that time of year again when everyone appears to be riddled with hacking coughs and sore throats. 4What winter bug has got you…
Punches fly at Rep. Katie Porter’s town hall
A melee broke out at Rep. Katie Porter’s district town hall meeting Sunday, with her backers scuffling with supporters of former President Trump who were…
Sexual assault allegations surface against Trump’s defense pick
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Lakers newsletter: Dalton Knecht shows that experience can be better than potential
Hey everyone, this is Dan Woike and welcome to The Times’ Lakers Newsletter, our once-a-week chance to form a meaningful writer-reader Knechtion. The Lakers have…
Disney and Bob Iger reached a pivotal stage in streaming. What’s next?
It took billions of dollars in losses, a company-wide overhaul, cost-cutting and price hikes to get there, but Bob Iger and Walt Disney Co. appear…
Plan to shutter Aliso Canyon gas facility isn’t moving fast enough
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Opinion: Trump’s initial choices could make for a Cabinet of avengers
As Donald Trump rolled out his Cabinet choices last week, the strategy that consigliere Steve Bannon described during the president-elect’s first term naturally popped to…
Lakers newsletter: Here’s why they aren’t in a rush to add a big man
Hey everyone, this is Dan Woike and welcome to The Times’ Lakers newsletter, where I have a simple question to ask you on behalf of…
Hollywood execs salivate over dealmaking under Trump. Should they?
To much of Hollywood’s decidedly liberal base, Donald Trump is truly the enemy from within, a former reality show host who used the power of…
Kevin de León, of the L.A. racist tape leak, is headed toward defeat
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