A few minutes after the play begins, the actors stop, empty their pockets and repeat their last few lines. And then they do it again. And again. And again. This …
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Awkwafina
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn Awkwafina’s new movie “Jackpot!” (co-starring John Cena and Simu Liu and directed by Paul Feig; it’s now streaming on Prime Video), the rapper and comedian plays an aspiring actor …
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What’s your highest vet bill? We want to hear SoCal readers’ stories
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMeet Zia, my dilute calico who enjoys chasing droplets of water in the tub and lying flat on her back, like a fluffy rug in a log cabin. In her …
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How selfies and portraits in Beverly Hills became an immigrant tradition
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesArtist and founder of Tlaloc Studios Ozzie Juarez, and film director-model-multidisciplinary artist Pablo Simental. The photos are warm and grainy, some of them taken at an angle. They show four …
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2024 fashion: What 9 teens wore on the first day of school in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAs a kid, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I was going to wear on the first day of school. I loved going shopping for new supplies, …
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They couldn’t afford to move to a bigger house, so they built an ADU
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhen Serban and Laura Gudino-Penciu purchased a 900-square-foot bungalow in Eagle Rock in 2004, it was just the two of them. The Pencius’ 1924 house is on a charming street …
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The hootin’-hollerin’ allure of Knott’s Berry Farm’s Ghost Town Alive!
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Have you ever pickpocketed?” No, I have not. At Knott’s Berry Farm, it was suggested I give it a try. Thieving, the man gushed, is freeing, and, by it’s very …
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The worlds of ‘Avatar’ and ‘Coco’ are coming to the Disneyland Resort.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWalt Disney created it. James Cameron will help add to it. The Disneyland Resort in its seventh decade is getting a new area dedicated to a world of fantasy, this …
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Sandra Lee’s latest feat is ‘Blue Ribbon Baking Championship’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhen Sandra Lee won a blue ribbon at the Los Angeles County Fair, her sister called to tell her the good news. “It was surreal,” the TV chef says of …
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Is L.A. too ugly to host the Olympics? You can be a part of saving it
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIf you overlook the polluted Seine, Paris looks so pretty on TV, so quintessentially Parisian, that it raises the question: How will Los Angeles compare when it hosts the 2028 …