Film canisters in the vault at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, photographed in 2012. (Krista Kennell / FilmMagic via Getty Images) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has laid off 16 staff members from its archive and library as part of a … Read more
Social Security recipients will see a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment in January, amounting to about $50 per month on average. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press) Tens of millions of older Americans will see an increase in benefits this January when a cost-of-living adjustment is added to Social Security payments. The 2.5% raise is intended to help … Read more
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Puja Singh Titchkosky — who is a part-time stick-and-poke tattoo artist, part-time yoga teacher — plays the harmonium, a pump organ popular in Indian culture, and sings while students are lying in savasana. (Maria Alejandra Cardona / Los Angeles Times) A self-portrait on Instagram features yoga teacher and stick-and-poke tattoo artist Prince Puja wearing thickly … Read more
A new report says billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will marry his fiancée Lauren Sanchez next Saturday in an extravagant $600 million wedding in Aspen, Colorado. The pair, who got engaged in May 2023, will tie the knot next weekend in a winter wonderland-themed ceremony at Matsuhisa, a lavish sushi restaurant the couple reportedly bought … Read more
Actor Rick Jason, who played the hard-boiled leader Lt. Gil Hanley on the 1960s television drama “Combat!,” was found dead Monday in his house. He was 74. Jason died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and was found by his wife about 5 a.m., said Ventura County Deputy Coroner Craig Stevens. He left … Read more
7Justin Baldoni was dropped by his talent agency. Getty Images for Vital Voices Global Partnership Justin Baldoni has been dropped as a client by WME. The talent agency made the decision on Saturday due, at least in part, to the complaint his “It Ends With Us” co-star, Blake Lively, filed on Friday, according to Deadline. … Read more
Ryan Reynolds allegedly blocked Justin Baldoni on social media months before Blake Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him. Based on text message exchanges Page Six obtained, Baldoni, 40, noticed in May that Reynolds, 48, blocked him and his production company Wayfarer Studios on Instagram. The alleged conversation also shows that he was worried … Read more
Frustrated workers at Amazon’s largest facility in Staten Island walked out on the job Saturday morning, joining a nationwide strike against the retail giant just days before Christmas. Workers from the JFK8 Fulfillment Center, which employs a staff of about 5,500, joined the picket lines in solidarity with thousands of employees from warehouses across the … Read more
Floating, a collective of L.A. artists, hosts sound baths and other musical events at parks, including Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena. (Alisha Jucevic/For The Times) 1 It feels a little bit like joining a secret society — that is, if secret societies were open to everyone. “Text a cloud emoji to this number,” instructs the … Read more
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