Rashida Jones, flanked by her siblings, accepts an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards on Sunday on behalf of father Quincy Jones, who died earlier this month. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) Quincy Jones had already written his speech to accept an honorary Oscar this year at the motion picture academy’s annual Governors Awards. But he … Read more
Leonardo da Vinci, “The bust of a man, the head of a lion,” circa 1510, red chalk (The Royal Collection Trust / King Charles III) Wild guess: You’ve probably heard of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). The Florentine Renaissance artist, engineer and polymath made the most famous picture of all time, a painted poplar panel that … Read more
Chloe Bennet co-stars in Hulu’s “Interior Chinatown,” Charles Yu’s series based on his novel of the same name. (Annie Noelker / For The Times) Det. Lana Lee, played by Chloe Bennet, stirs debate almost as soon as she appears on screen in Hulu’s “Interior Chinatown.” The series, premiering Tuesday, was created by Charles Yu, and … Read more
Voice coach Eric Vetro with his dog Belle at his home in Toluca Lake. Vetro’s students have included Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Austin Butler and more. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) A secret center of the musical theater universe lies almost 3,000 miles from Broadway in a modestly grand house in Toluca Lake. On … Read more
A staggering 72% of Jewish college students in the US feel “unwelcome” on their campuses, while more than half have been victims of antisemitism, a dismal new report shows. The civil-rights group StopAntisemitism issued “report cards” on how more than two dozen university campuses have been addressing hatred against Jews and re-evaluated five other campuses … Read more
A Florida man was arrested last week after state police said he pretended to be an undercover officer in order to avoid a background check. William Dennis Milstead, 64, was charged with falsely impersonating a police officer, making a false statement to obtain property and using a two-way communication device to commit a felony, according to … Read more
New York State’s ‘Raise the Age’ law and lax criminal justice reforms means more violent teens get treated with kid gloves. Obtained by the NY Post One of the Big Apple’s most notorious criminals this year has been arrested two dozen times in less than two years, yet remains free to walk city streets — … Read more
Instead of getting more transit when the rest of the REM finally enters service, Montrealers could end up with less. The REM should be complementing existing train service, not cannibalizing it, Allison Hanes writes.Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette files Passengers in Greater Montreal will be waiting another year before they can hop aboard the … Read more
In the summer of 1991, two dozen gang members took over the parking lot of a mini-mall in East Hollywood and turned it into their headquarters. They intimidated patrons of the mall’s restaurants and clothing stores, forcing the shop owners to hire two off-duty LAPD officers for security. They wore the classic uniform of the … Read more
‘All we could do was watch’: Beekeeper mourns millions of bees killed in Mountain fire On the morning the Mountain fire erupted, wind gusts were so strong in Somis that several of the sturdy wooden boxes that housed Eduardo Flores’s bee colonies had already blown over. Flores was watching the feed of his security cameras … Read more
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