A 22-year-old influencer and Latin musician was killed in an ambush-style shooting in Northridge in the early hours of Saturday morning, authorities said. Maria de la Rosa was fatally shot …
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Sinclair Broadcast Group makes bid for Scripps TV stations
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSinclair Broadcast Group has made an unsolicited bid to buy rival station owner E.W. Scripps just a week after disclosing it had acquired shares of the company’s stock. Sinclair filed …
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‘Sentimental Value’: The other tearjerker in the Oscar race
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe last time I remember being this taken with a VW bus was when Spicoli tumbled out of one after the first bell rang in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” …
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Huntington acquires a Winslow Homer: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Huntington has acquired a rare Civil War-era painting by American master Winslow Homer. “The Sutler’s Tent” was made in 1863 when Homer was traveling with the Union Army as …
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Jay Stein, mastermind of the Universal Studios tram tour, dies at 88
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Can you just give me one of your leftover sharks?” It was early in Jay Stein’s tenacious pursuit to turn a throwaway business into a sweet spot for Universal Studios, …
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Elphaba and Glinda have changed the box office, at least for this weekend. “Wicked: For Good” — the conclusion to Universal Pictures’ two-part film franchise — hauled in an estimated …
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‘Out of Plain Sight’ review: Exposé of improper DDT dump goes to ocean floor
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jonesp]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> “Forever chemicals” don’t die — they just regroup. Only instead of regrouping in hell, as that old Marines saying goes, it’s in the oceans, where such compounds were …
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Tobias Jesso Jr. on ‘Shine,’ Justin Bieber and the aftermath of ‘Goon’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesTo get it out of the way: Yes, Tobias Jesso Jr. has heard about gooning. “Somebody put me up on it and said it was about masturbation?” says the 40-year-old …
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Judge temporarily blocks OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’ in video-making app Sora
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA federal judge has temporarily blocked OpenAI’s use of several monikers, including “Cameos” and “CameoVideo,” for elements of its Sora artificial intelligence video generation products and marketing. U.S. District Judge …
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Gerald Howard discusses his new book on Malcolm Cowley
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn his riveting book “The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature,” veteran book editor Gerald Howard makes a strong claim for Cowley as a crucial catalyst for …