Arbitration Supreme Court gives businesses more power to require individual arbitrationLos Angeles Times - BloombergAn ideologically divided Supreme Court gave businesses more power to channel disputes into individual arbitration proceedings, siding with a lighting retailer trying to prevent its employees from pressing
Play buttonUma Thurman Review: Netflix’s haunted horror show ‘Chambers’ may be Uma Thurman’s ‘Stranger Things’Los Angeles Times - By Robert LloydIn “Chambers,” a fine new supernatural horror mystery dropping onto Netflix at midnight Friday, Sivan Alyra Rose plays Sasha, a Native American high school student in a working-class Arizona town who a
R. Kelly R. Kelly loses lawsuit in sex abuse case after failing to appear in courtLos Angeles Times - August BrownR. Kelly failed to appear in Cook County court in Illinois to answer to a civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused an underage woman in the ’90s. On Tuesday, the judge in the suit declared a default against
Measles U.S. measles cases hit highest level in 25 yearsLos Angeles Times - Associated PressU.S. measles cases in 2019 have climbed to their highest level in 25 years in a resurgence largely attributed to misinformation that is turning parents against vaccines. New York City health officials
Business Stores install cameras that can guess your age, gender and mood to target adsLos Angeles Times - Joseph PisaniEyeing that can of soda in the supermarket cooler? Or maybe you’re sizing up a pint of ice cream. A camera could be watching you. But it’s not there to see if you’re stealing. These cameras want to get
J.R.R. Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien estate says it does 'not approve of' upcoming biopicLos Angeles Times - By Michael SchaubThe estate of "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien said in a statement that it does not endorse an upcoming biopic based on the life of the British writer, the Guardian reported this week. The statement,
Elizabeth Olsen Elizabeth Olsen and Mamoudou Athie navigate grief in ‘Sorry for Your Loss’Los Angeles Times - By Yvonne VillarrealIt's hard to watch "Sorry for Your Loss" without taking in the comments. The series stars Elizabeth Olsen as Leigh, a young widow navigating the emotional aftermath following the death of her husband,
Ukraine Russia offers citizenship to Ukrainians in breakaway regions in a provocative moveLos Angeles Times - By Sabra AyresRussia said Wednesday that it will offer citizenship to Ukrainians living in the breakaway territories of the country’s eastern flank, a provocative move that President Vladimir Putin signed into law three
Jazz Festivals New Orleans’ Jazz Fest turns 50, an American institution with humble rootsLos Angeles Times - Randy LewisCultural movers and shakers in New Orleans received one of the most fortuitous rejections ever when they floated a business proposal half a century ago to the man behind the celebrated Newport jazz and
Damian Lillard Damian Lillard has a fitting response to Paul George’s ‘bad shot’ commentLos Angeles Times - Chuck SchilkenPaul George was not impressed with the shot that some are calling one of the greatest in NBA playoff history. The Oklahoma City star might be biased though — he was the one defending Damian Lillard when
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Review: Melinda Gates’ ‘Moment of Lift’ calls to break barriers that hold women backLos Angeles Times - Janet KinosianMelinda Gates grew up in midcentury Dallas as a self-described “good Catholic girl, who sits in the front row and gets good grades,” and was the kind of student who “always raised her hand before speaking
Lifestyle Ian McEwan spins a sci-fi love triangle with a man, a woman and an androidLos Angeles Times - By Stephen PhillipsAlan Turing played one of the most consequential roles in World War II of anyone not named Hitler, Stalin or Churchill; he cracked the cipher encrypting Nazi communications for the Allies. He also conceptualized
Donald Trump Trump’s star on Hollywood Walk of Fame is defaced by a vandal — againLos Angeles Times - By Hannah FryPresident Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which has cemented itself as a battleground for political debate in Los Angeles, was vandalized again early Wednesday. The vandal strode up to Trump’s
Play buttonHasan Minhaj Hasan Minhaj calls out Jared Kushner at Time 100 gala over link to Saudi princeLos Angeles Times - Nardine SaadComedian Hasan Minhaj singled out White House advisor Jared Kushner at the 2019 Time 100 gala, urging him to use his clout with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to free detained women’s rights activist
Movies ‘White Crow’ celebrates dancer Rudolf Nureyev’s life and legendLos Angeles Times - By Laura BleibergNo one was quite prepared for what they saw when Rudolf Nureyev was unleashed. It wasn’t just the iconic dancer’s athletic abandon, though that was impressive enough. He turned faster than anyone and higher,
Pat Riley HBO orders TV pilot ‘Showtime,’ about 1980s Lakers era of Magic, Kareem and Pat RileyLos Angeles Times - Ashley LeeMagic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Pat Riley are headed to HBO. The premium cable network has ordered a pilot for a scripted drama based on Jeff Pearlman's nonfiction book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem,
Transportation Metro says it painted over graffiti. It covered a historic L.A. mural in the processLos Angeles Times - Alejandra Reyes-VelardeThe Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has admitted it was responsible for the whitewashing of a historic Los Angeles mural nearly two weeks after the artist announced its erasure.
Rivian Ford joins Amazon with a big investment in electric truck maker RivianLos Angeles Times - Keith Naughton, David WelchFord Motor Co. will invest $500 million in Rivian Automotive Inc., aligning the maker of the industry-leading F-Series pickup line with an upstart that’s electrifying gas-guzzling trucks and sport utility
Kim Jong-un After Trump walked out, North Korea’s Kim is in Russia to meet with PutinLos Angeles Times - By Victoria Kim and Sabra AyresSearching for alternatives amid stalled nuclear talks with the U.S., North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday on the eve of his meeting with President Vladimir
Chevron Occidental bids for Anadarko, seeking to derail Chevron’s dealLos Angeles Times - By BloombergThe first major bidding war has broken out in the oil-rich Permian Basin. After being rebuffed several times, Occidental Petroleum Corp. on Wednesday made public a $38-billion offer to buy Anadarko Petroleum
Las Vegas, NV Sting plans a 16-show Las Vegas residency next year: ‘I’ll be telling the story of my life through songs’Los Angeles Times - Nardine SaadSting is bringing “My Songs” to Las Vegas next year for a residency at Caesars Palace. Beginning on May 22, 2020, the English rock icon will headline at the Colosseum, where he’ll perform 16 shows featuring
Jennifer Garner Jennifer Garner goes from 'band-geek chic' to People's most beautifulLos Angeles Times - Ashley LeeJennifer Garner has landed this year’s cover of People magazine’s “Beautiful Issue.” The magazine cover, which hits newsstands Friday, was revealed by Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Tuesday, complete
Movies Movie academy announces rule changes but backs off fight with NetflixLos Angeles Times - By Josh RottenbergOn Tuesday evening, the motion picture academy’s 54-member board of governors announced a handful of new rules for next year’s Oscars. But, despite widespread speculation that the organization would use
Art Galleries Henry Bloch, easygoing pitchman and tax guy who founded H&R Block, dies at 96Los Angeles Times - By Associated PressHenry Bloch, the easygoing pitchman who helped found tax preparation giant H&R Block, died Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo., the city where he opened his first storefront tax office He was 96 and died of natural
Cape Town Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes off coast near Capetown, Calif.Los Angeles Times - QuakebotA shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning 17 miles off the coast near Capetown, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:47 a.m. Pacific time a
Britney Spears Britney Spears strikes back at rumors surrounding her recent health strugglesLos Angeles Times - Nardine SaadBritney Spears has set the record straight about her health, shutting down “out of control” rumors and shedding light on the “stress and anxiety” that have ensnared her family. “All is well,” she said
Game of Thrones Jared Harris is a ‘Game of Thrones’ super fan and shared these Episode 3 predictionsLos Angeles Times - Mary McNamaraMost everyone who watches “Game of Thrones” has a theory or two about how “Game of Thrones” will end. But during a recent chat with Jared Harris about his phenomenal performance in the upcoming HBO miniseries
Lifestyle Review: At Sonoratown, worship at the altar of flour tortillas and mesquite-grilled beefLos Angeles Times - By Patricia EscárcegaThe first thing you notice about Sonoratown, the small counter-service taquería tucked amid the tailor shops and fabric outlets of downtown L.A.'s Fashion District, is the scent of mesquite-grilled steak
California This ranking of states’ economic outlooks has been wrong about California for 12 straight yearsLos Angeles Times - By Michael HiltzikIf you happened to check out the latest ranking of states for their “economic outlook” published last week by the right-wing political group ALEC, you would be excused for concluding that California is
Armenian Genocide Armenian genocide remembrance march expected to draw thousandsLos Angeles Times - City News ServiceThousands of people will march through Hollywood and the Mid-City area today to mark the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, again calling on Turkey — and the United States — to officially recognize
