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To screen Christopher Nolan’s 70mm ‘Odyssey,’ L.A. theaters raced to resurrect a nearly lost craft
One year ago, when tickets first went on sale for “The Odyssey” in Imax 70mm, nearly every screening sold out instantly. The unprecedented ticket mayhem built hype — not just for the film, but for the format. By the time a second round of tickets were made available last month, buyers swarmed with such frenzy…
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Recently promoted ‘Teacher of the Year’ arrested for allegedly having sex with student
A former Teacher of the Year who was recently promoted to assistant principal has been busted for allegedly having sex with a student. Olivia Marie Smith was arrested and charged Thursday – a month after cops received a tip-off that she allegedly engaged in the perverted behavior while employed at Ocean Springs Middle School in…
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New rule caps foreign student visas at four years, jolting California campuses
Foreign college students and campuses across California are scrambling after the federal government finalized a rule Friday limiting international student visas to four years — a change that takes effect this fall and clouds the futures of those who typically need to stay longer, including doctoral and medical students. The Department of Homeland Security rule…
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Jesse Watters ‘visibly’ tenses as co-host taunts him over fist fight he lost: journalists
Fox News’ Jesse Watters “visibly tensed up” Thursday at the mention of a progressive journalist he got into a physical altercation with roughly a decade ago – one who, by some accounts, got the better of him, multiple journalists said. Appearing Thursday on Fox News’ “The Five,” Democratic strategist Jessica Tarlov flagged new reporting that…
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The Odyssey Was Never About the Gods
If you lived in the Bronze Age and were sailing the wine-dark sea, you’d soon understand the need for gods. You don’t know about low-pressure systems or atmospheric circulation, about ocean currents or the contours of the seafloor. You know only that the sky has darkened, the wind has shifted, and the waters have begun…
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Mary Steenburgen
Mary Steenburgen moved to California to work with Jack Nicholson. It was 1977, and Steenburgen — an Arkansas native — had been waiting tables in New York at night while studying acting with Sandy Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse during the day. She’d been pounding the pavement for about seven years, she says, when her…
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‘Anger has only grown’: GOP senators fume as VP ditches them to hurl insults and plug book
Senate Republicans are furious that Vice President JD Vance’s ditched them to hawk his new book, according to a new political analysis. The frustration reached a breaking point this week when GOP leadership scheduled a critical meeting to discuss stalled legislation, only to have the vice president cancel last minute to appear on Joe Rogan’s…
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Mobile homes, an overlooked refuge of affordability, are disappearing in L.A. Residents fight to stay.
The small patch of dirt encircling Carmen Silverio Guardado’s home bears fruit — lots of it. There are pomegranates, guavas, dragon fruit and nectarines. She also grows oregano and lemongrass, with which she brews into a tea to soothe stomach issues. All of this Silverio Guardado and her husband cultivate beside the two-bedroom mobile home…
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A minefield laid by Trump is enough to decimate the whole GOP
It was one of those stories that causes barely a ripple of interest anymore, one that we’ve become so inured to that it passes almost unnoticed but that would trigger a massive investigation/impeachment hearing were this any other administration. Here was the New York Times headline on Tuesday: “Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean…
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Nolan Wells’ mom sobs in heartbreaking video as she searches for answers: ‘My heart will never be whole again’
Nolan Wells’ heartbroken mother broke down while discussing her family’s “unsurmountable” grief as the search for answers in the tragic death of her 18-year-old son continues. “Right now everything is so heavy. Everything is so heavy. Just been going through the motions. I’m a health care provider so I talk about grief a lot,” Christine…