Apple fritters from Mr. Goods Donuts Shop in Pasadena. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) In many ways, 2025 already feels like a dumpster fire. Not like the first few sparks of a blaze that’s about to ignite, but a raging fire fast engulfing anything and everything in its path. Maybe a few well-intentioned resolutions … Read more
8Sophia Grace Brownlee has given birth to baby No. 2. therealsophiagrace/Instagram Sophia Grace Brownlee gave birth to baby No. 2 during the holidays. The 21-year-old, who famously appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in 2011 with cousin Rosie McClelland, welcomed a daughter on Christmas Eve. “29 | 12 | 24,” she captioned sweet Instagram snaps … Read more
Carol Kane has a chance to make history. Oscar history, anyway. If she earns a nomination for her role as 70-year-old bat mitzvah student Carla Kessler in the odd-couple comedy “Between the Temples,” she will break the record held by Judd Hirsch for the longest gap between acting Oscar noms. Kane, last Oscar-nominated 49 years … Read more
While Pedro Almodóvar was making “The Room Next Door,” a film very much concerned with mortality and what comes after this life, the 75-year-old Spanish director started noticing something otherworldly occurring. “We were shooting in this house in the woods,” he recalls, “and I felt very clearly that we were four — it was Tilda, … Read more
Demi Moore, a Golden Globe winner for “The Substance,” poses for photos backstage. Her acceptance speech was one of the highlights of Sunday’s ceremony. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) During any awards show, all eyes are on the telecast. Or almost all eyes. On the red carpet heading into the event, inside the ballroom at the … Read more
Ryan Seacrest spins ratings gold as new host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ There is nothing like a familiar face to serve up TV’s ultimate comfort food. In September, Sony Pictures Television handed the keys to its game show “Wheel of Fortune” to Ryan Seacrest, broadcasting’s iron man. Nielsen data show “Wheel of Fortune” averaging 7.9 … Read more
How the Brian Eno music documentary shifts its scenes with every viewing An ancient saying posits that you can never step into the same river twice. That also applies to the innovative documentary “Eno.” Filmmaker Gary Hustwit (“Helvetica”), collaborating with creative technologist Brendan Dawes, developed new generative software that draws from more than 500 hours … Read more
Lawmakers are returning to Albany this week ahead of a pivotal year for Gov. Kathy Hochul and other top Dems bracing to clash with the incoming Trump administration. Albany Times Union via Getty Ima Lawmakers return to Albany this week ahead of a pivotal year for Gov. Kathy Hochul and other top Democrats bracing to … Read more
An ‘industry behemoth.’ Inside the federal government’s efforts to break up Google In its early days, the quirky tech startup known as Google adopted a visionary corporate credo: “Don’t be evil.” That later evolved into the motto: “Do the right thing,” reflecting the idealistic ambitions of the company’s founders that its technology could be a … Read more
This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2024 shows avian influenza A virus (bird flu) particles, red/yellow, grown in cultured cells. (CDC, NIAID via Associated Press) As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to rip throughout California’s dairy herds and commercial poultry flocks, a Central Valley … Read more
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