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Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
A few months before Elon Musk left OpenAI’s board of directors in February 2018, he tried to recruit Sam Altman to join a “world-class AI lab” within Tesla. Musk went as far as offering the OpenAI CEO a Tesla board seat, according to emails and testimony presented in federal court on Wednesday during the Musk…
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Mountain lion wanders near SoCal homes, crawls under a vehicle before being sedated
A mountain lion spotted in an Escondido neighborhood was tranquilized, sedated and then released into the wild, according to wildlife officials. The animal was first reported in the 700 block of North Grape Street, according to police in the San Diego County city of Escondido. The neighborhood visited by the cougar is several miles from…
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State AGs Send Paramount Subpoenas in Warner Bros. Merger Investigation
A group of state attorneys general have hit Paramount Skydance with various subpoenas as they investigate the company’s pending $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission. The filing states that the subpoenas, or civil investigative demands, focus on the investigation by the Department…
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Texas man charged with opening fire near Vance motorcade said ‘F–k the White House’ after getting shot
The suspect who allegedly opened fire in downtown DC Tuesday — as Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade was set to roll through — uttered “f–k the White House” on his way to the hospital, officials revealed as they unmasked the shooter. Michael Marx, of Midland, Texas, was identified as the man who allegedly shot a…
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Mike Vrabel and pregnant Dianna Russini rented private boat together 2 months before birth of her first son: report
A year after Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini were spotted kissing in an NYC bar, the pair reportedly rented a private boat together — just months before she gave birth to her first child. In June 2021, the NFL coach and former ESPN reporter rented a boat for two to three hours in Putnam County,…
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Clavicular charged with misdemeanor after viral video shows alligator being shot repeatedly
The internet’s most controversial looksmaxxer is in hot water again. Clavicular, born Braden Eric Peters, has been charged in Florida’s Miami-Dade County in connection with a video that circulated on social media showing an alligator, which appeared to be dead already, being shot repeatedly in the Everglades. Two others are also facing charges in connection…
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She’s an art-house giant. But Lucrecia Martel sometimes feels the lure of Hollywood
On one of her previous visits to Los Angeles, Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel found herself having a smoke on Hollywood Boulevard. There, while she stepped over the famous concrete-embedded stars, an unhoused man struck up a conversation with her. “He kept explaining to me that he was poorly dressed because he was currently living on…
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Two kayakers found dead off Southampton a day after going missing
Two kayakers were found dead in the waters near Hampton Bays, Long Island early Wednesday — a day after they were reported missing, cops said. The bodies of Daniel Villa, 25, of Southampton and Juan Carlos Penaranda, 43, of Quogue, were recovered from Shinnecock Bay. Police say the men embarked from Ponquogue Pier around 8…
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How to watch tonight’s Los Angeles mayoral debate
Three of the leading candidates for Los Angeles mayor — incumbent Karen Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman and reality television personality Spencer Pratt — will share the stage for a debate Wednesday evening. The hour-long forum, broadcast on NBC4 and Telemundo 52, will be held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Brentwood starting at 5 p.m.…
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Amanda Bynes debuts shocking eyebrow makeover on rare PDA outing with boyfriend
Amanda Bynes debuted shocking bright blue eyebrows while taking a stroll with her boyfriend, Zachary Khan in Los Angeles. She also sported freshly bleached blond hair — a stark difference from her recent dark brunette shade. The actress wore a colorful graphic T-shirt and jeans during the Tuesday outing with Khan, during which the pair held…