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Oscars Rewind – 2004: Why the Makeup Winners Apologized
Many of the Academy Awards categories have a long history dating back almost 100 years. However, that's not true for…
From Cardi B to Lil Nas X, Sean Bankhead revolutionizes the world of dance
With a comfortable stroll, Sean Bankhead entered Evolution Studios dressed in a black Nike tracksuit. It was January and the…
'The Bloody Nightgown' is a monument to the wild wit and unsentimental generosity of Joan Acocella
Book Review The bloody nightgown and other essays By Joan AcocellaFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 368 pages, $35 If you buy…
Opinion: “Working longer” is not a solution for people who cannot afford to retire
In April 2023, Betty Glover, a 91-year-old grocery store employee in Oregon, was finally able to retire after a GoFundMe…
Los Angeles forgot about Times journalist Frank del Olmo. He also made the school named after him.
Staff members at Frank Del Olmo Elementary School were taken aback when I asked them about the name of the…
'The Last Repair Shop' puts music in the hands of LAUSD students
The stories of hardship, dedication and love of music in the Oscar-nominated short documentary “The Last Repair Shop,” about the…
Happy Valentine's Day from the happiest single woman you'll ever meet: me
It's Valentine's Day and of course my thoughts have turned to love. My love for sweets. Check out the candy,…
BASE jumpers paraglide from top of graffitied skyscraper in DTLA in viral video
First there were the taggers. Are they the paratroopers now? The moribund Oceanwide Plaza project, an unfinished development across from…
'Past Lives,' 'American Fiction': These writers write writers
This past film season, a number of screenwriters played close to home, creating or adapting writer characters for their movies.…