Miller Sanford Mirai Moriyama portrays Takashi, who makes surprising discoveries about his father, who has dementia, in “Great Absence.” (Picturehouse) When dementia becomes a principal player in any household, the ravages of loss start early. It’s in that unsettling space, in which confusion grips all parties, where Japanese filmmaker Kei Chika-ura fashions his intricately heartsick “Great Absence,” … Read more
Floriane Issert, an officer with the National Gendarmerie, carries the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) France took the opening ceremony of the Olympics out of the customary arena and onto the River Seine — and into the rain — Friday … Read more
Police responded Wednesday night to reports of a break-in at a home in Encino — at least the third such incident in the same neighborhood this month. A mother and a daughter arriving home around 10 p.m. Wednesday found shattered glass and two men inside their residence, CBS News and Fox 11 reported. After running … Read more
Pro-Palestinian protesters chant near Adas Torah on West Pico Boulevard on June 23 in Los Angeles. (Zoe Cranfill / Los Angeles Times) The organizers of a demonstration outside a Los Angeles synagogue last month that ended in violence and sparked national condemnation have been sued for a second time. StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice, a … Read more
Photos: Paris is the backdrop for a colorful Olympics opening ceremony The ceremony is underway and American audiences can watch live on NBC or Peacock. The ceremony will be hosted by NBC commentator Mike Tirico, singer Kelly Clarkson and former NFL player Peyton Manning — all three of whom are decidedly not French. Join Times … Read more
5The bike was built in 1978, the same year that Joel first played the famed arena. Courtesty of Madison Square Garden It was a Triumph! Literally. Page Six hears that Madison Square Garden gave Billy Joel a ’78 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle as gift to mark Thursday night’s final show in his decade-long residency. 1978 was … Read more
Activists at the Nebraska state Capitol in Lincoln protest a bill last year that combined proposed restriction on abortion and gender-affirming care for people under 19. The state’s Supreme Court upheld the law Friday. (Kenneth Ferriera / Lincoln Journal Star via Associated Press) A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit … Read more
Taylor Swift isn’t the only one getting showered with gifts from her NFL boyfriend. Travis Kelce showed some love to a Swiftie at the Kansas City Chiefs training camp on Friday. “Travis saw my niece, wearing a Taylor @Chiefs shirt, threw his glove, missed, pointed at her, and threw again,” a social media user … Read more
Angels star Mike Trout told reporters Friday that an MRI on his sore left knee came back clean, but there is no timetable for him to continue his rehab assignment (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) Mike Trout has received good medical news for a change. The Los Angeles Angels star said an MRI on his … Read more
Allen Robinson’s 11th NFL training camp is unlike any of the others. For the first time in a decade, the veteran wide receiver, who signed a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the Giants on May 9, has no guaranteed job in sight. “Being a veteran in this league, going into Year 11, I know that … Read more
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