Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson died at a …
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‘The Colonel and the King’ review: Elvis biographer tackles Tom Parker
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBook Review The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World By Peter GuralnickLittle, Brown & Co.: 624 pages, $38If you buy books …
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Scottie Scheffler’s role in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ a gift for golf fans
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThis is a story about a movie that saved a sport. OK, that’s a stretch, but only a little one. Scottie Scheffler is the No. 1 golfer in the world. …
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Kiano Moju creates summer 2025’s hit pop-up serving her ‘AfriCali’ cuisine in Culver City
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThrough the glassed-in entrance of Citizen Public Market in Culver City, up its short flight of stairs, past scents of barbecue coming from the Smokey Chance stand and chefs wrapping …
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Josh Gad may perform Sunday in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ post-COVID
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAug. 2, 2025 12:28 PM PT It felt like 2022 all over again when Josh Gad took to Instagram to express his heartbreak about contracting a “virus known as COVID” …
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Emily Hunt Kivel’s book is unlike any novel you will read this year, a story about millennial angst that is also a bewitching fable. Evie Cavallo, Kivel’s protagonist, is a …
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South Koreans are obsessed with Netflix’s ‘K-pop Demon Hunters.’ Here’s why
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSEOUL — When South Koreans start to obsess over a movie or TV series, they abbreviate its name, a distinction given to Netflix’s latest hit “K-pop Demon Hunters.” In media headlines …
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Trump injects a new uncertainty in tariffs, pushing start to Aug. 7
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — For weeks, President Trump was promising the world economy would change on Friday with his new tariffs in place. It was an ironclad deadline, administration officials assured the public. But …
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Bay Area sports broadcasting legend Greg Papa reveals cancer diagnosis
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesGreg Papa, the legendary sports radio voice in the Bay Area, is stepping away from his broadcasting duties while undergoing treatment for cancer, he announced Friday. Papa, the radio voice …
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‘Folktales’ review: Teens connect with nature at a different kind of school
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFor centuries, mythology looked to gods to explain a disquieting world. But in the new documentary “Folktales,” from “Jesus Camp” filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, which follows a trio …