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Red-hot director Knud Adams brings his Pulitzer touch to L.A. with ‘English’ and ‘Primary Trust’
Is Knud Adams the Pulitzer whisperer? The director has the striking distinction of having staged the premieres of plays that won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in back-to-back years. “English,” Sanaz Toossi‘s delicate comedy about the hopes and fears of a group of Iranians studying English in a classroom outside of Tehran, won in 2023.
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Trump unveils plan to work hand-in-hand with Iran on ‘nuclear dust’ recovery mission
President Donald Trump revealed Wednesday that his administration would be working alongside Iran to “dig up and remove” enriched uranium as part of the two-week ceasefire agreement that was tentatively agreed to on Tuesday, and spoke optimistically about a path forward for peace. “The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined
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In Texas and beyond, a political impulse: If you don’t like it, leave
When the speaker of the Texas House recently outlined his priorities for the next legislative session, he mentioned tax relief, the development of data centers and a notion that sent many eyebrows skyward. Dustin Burrows, a Republican from Lubbock, directed the chamber’s governmental oversight committee to study the legal and economic implications of Texas absorbing
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Trump lands himself in the ‘worst situation’ possible — and he can’t recover: biographer
Donald Trump could be approaching the “beginning of the end” for his presidency, according to a political biographer. Michael Wolff, who worked closely with the Trump team during his first term in the Oval Office, believes the Iran war could be the end of the administration’s effectiveness. Speaking on The Daily Beast podcast Inside Trump’s
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Vance calls Iran cease-fire a ‘fragile truce’ with Trump ‘impatient’ to end war
Vice President JD Vance conceded Wednesday that the two-week cease-fire is a “fragile truce” because of “lying” Iranian leaders — with President Trump “impatient” to make a concrete deal to end the war. Vance, who was speaking at an event in Hungary, insisted a deal was possible if Iran negotiated sincerely and noted Trump had already instructed
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How to watch ‘The Testaments’ for free: ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ sequel premiere, cast
Exactly one year after the final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” premiered, its sequel is making its way to Hulu. “The Testaments,” a new 10-episode series, is based on Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” sequel novel of the same name and takes place years after the action of the original series. “One Battle After Another” breakout
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After an L.A. windstorm, he used fallen trees to make furniture with a story behind it
After a devastating windstorm destroyed more than 1,200 Pasadena trees in 2011, architect Chris Peck spent the next six years gathering fallen trees, milling the trunks into slabs, and storing and drying them in his garage and his friends’ garages while he figured out how to use the wood. At first, he was happy to
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GOP in freefall as Dems pull out ‘landslide victory’: ‘We screwed up another race’
Democrats had another strong electoral showing Tuesday night in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Georgia in what Politico described as “one of their best election nights since President Donald Trump returned to the White House” – a showing that sparked panic among some GOP-aligned operatives as the midterm elections fast approach. In Wisconsin, which
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How La Copine’s founders left L.A. to build a culinary ‘oasis’ in the desert
In the north of Yucca Valley, along a parched desert road, a white shoebox of a building appears on the horizon, mirage-like. Most days you’ll spot it by its full parking lot, because La Copine isn’t just a destination for desert dwellers. Tourists and celebrities travel from other cities, states and even countries for a
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How much should I have in common with my significant other?
Caroline Sacks wasn’t used to dating quiet guys, guys who liked meditation, yoga, and the Grateful Dead. Sacks, a 29-year-old content creator who lives in Brooklyn, is more of a Bridgerton and Justin Bieber girl herself. In the past, she tended to date people who had the same interests and had similarly high energy. But