Girls Aloud fans ‘bawling’ over Children in Need tribute to Sarah Harding

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next BBC aired their annual fundraiser Children in Need on Friday evening, and one particular part had viewers feeling emotional. Girls Aloud have re-released their single, Stand By You but this time it’s ‘Sarah’s Version’ in … Read more

Letters to the Editor: I was a teacher when Prop. 187 was on the ballot. Here’s what my students did to show their patriotism

People gather for a rally and concert to protest Proposition 187 at East Los Angeles College on Oct. 30, 1994. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: Reading Gustavo Arellano’s column on living in a “Prop. 187 America” and seeing the photograph of protesters in 1994 reminded me of my life at … Read more

Letters to the Editor: What do Senate Republicans have to say about Matt Gaetz and RFK Jr. in the Trump Cabinet?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seen at a campaign rally on Oct. 27, was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Health and Human Services Department. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) To the editor: For those who voted against their own self-interest this election, thinking that a second Donald Trump presidency would not be as … Read more

How Haruki Murakami and other writers are grappling with our surreal post-pandemic reality

Commuters make their way outside Tokyo Station in Japan’s capital last year. Haruki Murakami’s latest novel is among several recent works marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Associated Press) Since 1979, Haruki Murakami has written more than a dozen imaginative novels concerned with the nature of reality. He says he tends to incorporate weird events that … Read more

Commentary: When the Mountain fire hit close to home, this community banded together

Assessing damage in Ventura County, it seems the recent wildfire was capricious, torching one outbuilding or orchard while neighboring ones remained unscathed. (Paul Thornton / For The Times) It was the morning after election day, and the distraction I had hoped to find from the previous night’s upheaval found me first. A brother-in-law texted: There … Read more

T-Mobile hacked in massive Chinese breach of telecom networks, WSJ reports

T-Mobile’s network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained entry into multiple US and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter. Hackers linked to a Chinese intelligence agency were able to breach T-Mobile as part of a monthslong campaign to spy on the cellphone communications of high-value intelligence targets, the Journal … Read more

Billy Bob Thornton says Robert Redford’s life-changing career advice led to Hollywood success

Billy Bob Thornton shared how life-changing advice from Robert Redford paved the way for his success in Hollywood. The 69-year-old actor, who is starring in the new Taylor Sheridan-directed drama series “Landman,” had a small role in Redford’s hit 1993 movie “Indecent Proposal,” which also starred Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson.  During an interview with Fox … Read more

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