What to do in L.A.: ‘Fat Ham,’ Coachella, Virginia Woolf dance
Welcome to another edition of Essential Arts, where the question of the week just might be: How have 99 Cents Only Stores shaped L.A.’s cultural…
Politics : Regan’s Fish Story May Be Interesting Reading for Wieder
Orange County Supervisor Harriett M. Wieder, who has had her own problems recently in the 42nd Congressional District race, should at least get a good…
The week’s bestselling books, April 7
(Los Angeles Times) The weeks bestselling books, April 7 The California Independent Booksellers Alliance April 3, 2024 Hardcover fiction1. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28)…
Stacey Solomon makes huge decluttering U-turn after Sort Your Life Out mum's heartbreaking story
Sort Your Life Out host Stacey Solomon decided to take a step back from decluttering over one particular item after hearing a mum's heartbreaking story…
Chilling true story behind Sky Atlantic's Mary & George – seduction, murder and the woman behind it
Historian Jem Duducu sheds light on the story of Mary Villiers seducing the King which the history books have long ignored as new Sky Atlantic…
Heartbreaking story behind Joe Lyons’ death and how it led to Roman Kemp turning his back on Capital
ROMAN Kemp’s world was turned upside down in 2020 when his best friend and colleague Joe 'Producer Joe' Lyons took his own life. Joe was just…
Disneyland is ditching gas cars at Autopia. It’s a great first step for Tomorrowland
The air tastes putrid. The traffic is terrible. The engines are loud, the oil-stained roadways ugly and antiquated. This is Autopia, part of Walt Disney’s…
‘I’m a liar. I’m a thief. I’m capable of almost anything.’
The girl on the cover of Patric Gagne’s new book, “Sociopath: A Memoir,” looks out impassively beneath uneven bangs, lips pursed in a way that…
Essential Arts: Easter music, Butterfly Pavilion, the Broad
It’s a new Essential Arts! Based on feedback from readers, we’re rethinking this newsletter and adding recommendations from our prize-winning writers on the very best…
ITV Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway viewers in tears over boy's heartbreaking story
A young boy named Dennis Jack Ward left viewers of ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in tears as hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan…
Letters: With Shohei Ohtani, nobody knows the real story
This is Hollywood. $700 million, crooked interpreter, illegal gambling, innocent baseball player and large institutions investigating it all. Throw in a new bride and we…
UCLA vs. LSU is America’s sweethearts vs. its basketball villains
ALBANY, N.Y. — This isn’t just a basketball game, it’s a reckoning. Picking sides goes well beyond school allegiance. Do you prefer America’s sweethearts or its…
Marilyn Lands, backing reproductive rights, wins Alabama vote
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say…
Meet the writers pitching Hollywood studios on climate change stories
Nicole Conlan writes jokes for Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show.” But her master’s in urban planning from USC and her experiences growing up in…
Halle Berry, Jill Biden, Kesha join ‘Unreasonable Conversation’
Halle Berry got the memo. At “A Day of Unreasonable Conversation,” a conference at the Getty Center in Los Angeles on Monday, the star regaled…
‘A Gentleman in Moscow’: Ewan McGregor shines in Showtime series
Premiering Friday on the confusingly named Paramount+ with Showtime, “A Gentleman in Moscow” is quite unlike anything else on television. Created by Ben Vanstone (“All…
Extreme heat is deadly. Californians need to pay up to protect themselves
“If there is one idea in this book that might save your life, it is this: The human body, like all living things, is a…
‘Our baby loss certificate is part of our family’s story’
We had a scan and heard its little heart beating. We had a picture, a due date, and so much hope. A month later we…
Carolina Miranda on chronicling L.A.’s rich artistic communities
It’s the weekend and my main goal is to get over to Café Tropical for a Cuban sandwich. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, art and design…
‘Insane’: Xi’s call for ethnic Chinese to tell Beijing’s story stirs anger | Politics News
In late February, 59-year-old Phillip Chan Man Ping became the first person in Singapore to be officially designated a “politically significant person”. The city-state’s authorities…