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MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ The discovery in March of a βdeath ranchβ in western Jalisco state sparked a national outcry: Some labeled it βMexicoβs Auschwitzβ after civilian searchers found charred bones and what appeared to be makeshift crematoria. Piles of abandoned shoes, backpacks and clothing became vivid symbols of Mexicoβs crisis of the disappeared, now officially numbering more…
βDo what you love, but donβt do it at me, donβt aim it at me.β Thatβs Terrence Howard talking about gay men while explaining why he never portrayed singer Marvin Gaye onscreen. He planned at one point to portray Gaye in a movie helmed by βEmpireβ executive producer Lee Daniels, Howard told Bill Maher on…
The government wants councils to crush more vans used to fly-tip rubbish, as it announces a crackdown on the illegal dumping of waste. No new funding is being given to local authorities for the initiatives, with ministers saying the seven percent raise announced in the budget can be used. As part of the announcement, the…
Andrew Karpen, chief executive and founder of independent film distribution company Bleecker Street Media, died Monday of glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer. He was 59. Karpen founded the New York City-based Bleecker Street in 2014 with backing from 5-hour Energy founder Manoj Bhargava. In its first few years, Bleecker Street released…
(Photos: Hozumi Nakadaira, Martin Parsekian, Kevin Todora, Chuck Stewart; Installation photos: Joshua White; from the John & Alice Coltrane Home, Hammer Museum, David Kordansky Gallery, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fireball Entertainment Group) In 1971, Alvin Ailey choreographed βCry!β as a birthday gift for his mother. Alongside music by Laura Nyro, Alice Coltraneβs elegiac…
For pro sports in Orange County, these are the worst of times. The Angels last appeared in the playoffs 11 years ago, the Ducks seven years ago. The Ducks, embracing a full rebuild, scored more points last season than they had in six years. They still posted a losing record and fired their coach. The…
Matt Pinfield is βfighting my way backβ as he recovers from a stroke that left him in a coma earlier this year. The former MTV host-turned-radio DJ filled fans in on his road to recovery, tweeting on Sunday that he is βslowly but surely recoveringβ via physical therapy and he is taking things βone day…
FS1 executive producer of content Charlie Dixon, who has been accused of sexual battery in two lawsuits by former employees and of sexual assault in one of the lawsuits, is no longer with Fox Sports. An attorney for Dixon said in a statement emailed to The Times late Monday night that his client had been…
Burberry is kicking off a formal search for a new chairman nearly a year after installing the latest in a string of chief executives charged with reviving the luxury fashion brand. Sky News understands that Burberry is working with headhunters on a hunt for Gerry Murphy’s successor. Mr Murphy, who also chairs Tesco, is not…
Rename the school Shaqramento State. Or perhaps Shaq State will do. Sacramento State announced Tuesday that it hired outsized personality and hoops icon Shaquille OβNeal as general manager of its forlorn menβs basketball program. OK, so maybe hired isnβt an accurate term because OβNeal β whose net worth is estimated at $500 million β will…
