Miller Sanford Hazel Scott from “American Masters – The Disappearance of Miss Scott.” (Everett) The name Hazel Scott should probably be as well known as Billie Holiday or Lena Horne. A jazz virtuoso and classical pianist, the one-time child prodigy became one of the most well-known entertainment figures of the 1930s and ‘40s, playing in some of … Read more
A new survey found that Americans are divided on if life was better in the 1950s. Nutrition is one of the areas where there’s been a lot of development in the last 70 years. Getty Images “Happy Days” are here again? The viral tradwife movement, which encourages women to be homemakers and men to be … Read more
Russell Peters performs at the Comedy Store (Troy Conrad) Russell Peters has done the requisite Netflix stand-up specials (and a Prime Video one to boot), but he was making a point in 2016 when he called his second one “Almost Famous.” The Canadian-born comic, 54, was setting records in Canada, the U.K. and Australia with … Read more
Silicon Valley elites are quietly appointing themselves ancestors of the future. As American fertility rates continue to hit record lows — well below the “replacement rate” from one generation to the next — the pronatalism movement has found a foothold in the tech world. Elon Musk — who apparently now has 13 children — has openly … Read more
‘Queen Sugar’ actor Kofi Siriboe dives into the art world with his first L.A. exhibition On an early afternoon in Koreatown, Kofi Siriboe and two of his friends are meticulously balancing four small paintings against a plain white gallery wall. “That is cold,” says Siriboe as he takes a step back to analyze the arrangement … Read more
Demonstrators call for the remaining Israeli hostages to be released as part of a cease-fire deal outside the U.S. Embassy offices in Tel Aviv on Feb. 4. (Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Images) Homer wrote about the Trojan War; Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Crimean War; Walt Whitman, the Civil War; Wilfred Owen, World War I. Their … Read more
PBS President and Chief Executive Paula Kerger at the network’s corporate headquarters. (David Butow / For The Times) Forty years ago, the Reagan administration told PBS to find ways to increase funding for public television outside of taxpayer dollars. It did. PBS’ response to the challenge was to enhance the way it acknowledged sponsors. Instead … Read more
Protesters including Michelle Geller, left, stand in front of a truck trying to enter the Calabasas Landfill, where debris from the Palisades fire is being disposed. They argue that toxic materials will endanger their community and threaten the environment. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Kelly Martino stood in front of the thundering hood of … Read more
The Original Pantry Cafe owner threatens to close historic diner over union contract dispute During his 25 years at the Original Pantry Cafe, Alejandro Ortiz worked his way from cleaner to prep cook and, most recently, server. Often, he pulled night shifts and double shifts. He worked so much, he missed the birth of one … Read more
Why Chinese students still want to attend U.S. universities Growing up in Beijing, Jacinta Gu had always imagined herself going to college in America. Some of her happiest memories are tied to vacations in the U.S. She loves to reminisce about her trips to Disneyland and a visit to Stanford University, where her aunt attended … Read more
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