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(Photo illustration by Jerome Adamstein / Los Angeles Times; jacket covers from Gallery Books, Mulholland, Harper and Flatiron) Dying to Know 4 mystery writers answer burning questions If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Ring out the old year and bring … Read more

(Ross May / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) 1 Tiny moments of joy, like blowing out birthday candles with family and friends, are not only important, but they may be critical to holding on to any sense of normalcy right now. COVID-19 may make it impossible to see one another in person, but, that’s where … Read more

“Saturday Night Live” guest host Martin Short joined the Five-Timers Club with a bevy of celebrities. (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC) Over a long career, and especially during his recent resurgence on “Only Murders in the Building,” Martin Short has pressured to a perfect diamond the Martin Short Thing, which is: saying very mean and petty things in … Read more

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