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This rock musical based in downtown L.A. was filmed by Spike Lee, but never produced here, until now
Twenty years after its world premiere in Northern California — and subsequent success on Broadway and in London — “Passing Strange,” the quintessential L.A. coming-of-age musical, is finally arriving in Southern California, staging its long-awaited area premiere at Pasadena Playhouse on Sunday. Exactly why it has taken so long for this acclaimed, Tony Award-winning show…
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Wiles camp pits Trump’s inner circle against each other in bid for her ‘survival’: report
With a shake-up expected at Donald Trump’s White House, chief of staff Susie Wiles is reportedly making sure she will still be standing when others are gone. As Republicans search for someone to blame for losing Congress, the Daily Mail reported, people close to Wiles have been working to point fingers in every direction except…
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Wildfire warnings and dangerous surf in store for SoCal as Santa Ana winds return
Southern California is in for a summerlike weekend of blazing temperatures and gusty Santa Ana winds — but the warm spell could come with a dangerous side of wildfire weather, coastal flooding and a potentially soaking storm system next week. Offshore winds are expected to strengthen Friday and Saturday, with gusts reaching 25 to 40…
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Meghan Markle’s brother named as person of interest in dad Thomas’ porn probe as police share grim new witness claims about ‘underage girls’
Meghan Markle’s half-brother was named as a person of interest in their dad Thomas Markle Sr.’s child porn probe. During a press conference on Thursday, Philippine Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla revealed the shocking development while confirming that authorities had received information from a witness alleging that underage girls had been brought to a residence connected…
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Senator Elizabeth Warren: Why Democrats Won the Midterms
Senator Elizabeth Warren in Washington, DC, on June 17, 2026. —Daniel Heuer—Bloomberg/Getty Images Democrats won their largest congressional victory since the 1976 Watergate election—overwhelmingly flipping both the House and Senate. And while the dance music is still playing, a debate has already burst forward over whether those election results were merely a rebuke of President…
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A ‘tidal wave’ of severe eye disease is looming. It starts with childhood nearsightedness
Neither she nor her husband needed glasses until middle age, so Cassia van der Hoof Holstein was a bit surprised to learn that her 8-year-old daughter Viva was struggling to see the board in class. When Van der Hoof Holstein started reading on nearsightedness in children, that surprise turned into concern. Understanding of pediatric myopia…
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Texas’ incoming AG vows to end Ken Paxton’s ‘instrument of persecution’
Less than 24 hours after a historic sweep of Texas’ statewide elected offices by Democrats, the state’s attorney general-elect Nathan Johnson said Tuesday he will not continue Ken Paxton’s practice of suing doctors in other states for sending abortion medication to patients here. It’s the first big salvo against the state’s four-year-old near abortion ban…
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What’s Going on With Skydance’s Animation Studios? | Exclusive
Somewhat lost in the palace intrigue of Skydance’s acquisition and integration of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is the newly created constellation of three disparate animation studios now housed under a single overstuffed roof. It raises the natural question: if two’s company, is three a crowd? Following the blockbuster merger, Skydance owns Paramount Animation, home…
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Carson Daly named co-host of NBC’s ‘Saturday Today’
Carson Daly is adding a sixth day to his work week as NBC News named him co-anchor of “Saturday Today.” The division announced Thursday that Daly will join co-anchor Laura Jarrett, feature anchor Joe Fryer and meteorlogist Angie Lassman on the Saturday edition of its morning franchise starting this weekend. He succeeds Peter Alexander, who…
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Massive Trump blunder left GOP paying sky-high ad rates in final stretch: report
Donald Trump’s decision to hang onto his MAGA money before the midterm election ended up handcuffing Republicans, who were forced to pay 11 times more for ads than Democrats did, according to a new report. The Daily Mail reported that Trump “kept a tight grip” on the roughly $400 million he had raised since the…