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Trade Kelsey Plum? Yes! For struggling Sparks, the unthinkable becomes the unavoidable
Another failed summer. Another broken promise. The most underachieving team on the Los Angeles sports landscape is embarrassingly stumbling through another season. The Sparks stink. Again. They’re not making the playoffs. Again. There’s no reason to watch them even though there’s more than a month left on their schedule. Again. For the sixth consecutive season,…
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‘You don’t get to do that!’ Rand Paul scrambles to defend ejecting Fauci lawyer
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) fumed Wednesday after a Democratic colleague shamed him for throwing Dr. Anthony Fauci’s lawyer out of a Senate hearing. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) delivered the rebuke at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing — the same session where Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions.…
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Tom Holland Says He Told Sony He’s Finally Ready to Host ‘SNL’ for ‘Spider-Man’
Back in June, Tom Holland revealed to Amy Poehler that he’s never hosted “SNL” for one simple reason: he’s scared of reading the cue cards. But, according to the actor, he was willing to face that fear for “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” press — only to be denied the opportunity. Don’t worry, it’s not that…
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Why Zendaya and Tom Holland aren’t planning a second wedding after they ‘got away with’ private ceremony
Tom Holland and Zendaya will not have a second wedding. During an interview with Complex, the “Euphoria” actress’s longtime stylist, Law Roach, shut down rumors that the pair are planning to have a “more public” ceremony. “I don’t think so,” Roach said at the Los Angeles premiere of Holland and Zendaya’s new movie, “Spider-Man: Brand New…
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UC accepts record number of Californians, but some select campuses out of reach for most
The University of California offered seats to a record number of Californians this year, according to new figures released Wednesday, as it faces intense scrutiny of its admissions practices, including pressure from Sacramento to enroll more state residents and investigations by the Trump administration. UC admitted 102,031 California first-year students for the fall, an increase…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene gets married in Vegas
Former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene married her longtime boyfriend in Las Vegas. TMZ reported that Greene wed retired conservative broadcaster Brian Glenn and then celebrated afterward by playing craps in her wedding gown at a casino. “Last night, surrounded by our families, @brianglenntv and I said ‘I do,’” Greene posted Wednesday morning on her X…
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Russia accuses Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism in its latest digital crackdown
Russian authorities said Wednesday they had charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive officer of the popular messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism, the latest step by the Kremlin to bring the internet and digital communications under its control. The charges against the Russian-born Durov, who lives abroad, came as authorities have sought to…
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‘Fake historian’ exposed as mastermind behind Trump’s Smithsonian obsession: report
President Donald Trump’s moves to discredit the Smithsonian Museum of American History are being driven by a notorious Christian nationalist “fake historian,” according to a new report. According to Judd Legum’s Popular Information, Trump’s “Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution” executive order, which requires signs be placed outside the museum disclaiming its exhibits as “inaccurate”…
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Chicken wing prices are down —but your favorite restaurant may not cut costs
It’s National Chicken Wing Day, and fans of one of America’s most iconic foods have reason to celebrate: Wing prices have fallen after years of soaring costs. Wholesale whole wing prices are down from a year ago. There’s also a steady supply available, according to a July market trend report published by Performance Foodservice. It’s likely chicken…
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Can a new minor league team in Irvine attract fans if the Angels are so affordable?
The checklist to launch an independent minor league baseball team is long and daunting. Can you find a place to play? How do you find enough players, and make enough money to pay them? How can you persuade a community to support a home team? Here’s a new one: If minor league baseball is all…