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Should Paramount Skydance prevail in its $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Larry Ellison family would control two historic Hollywood film studios, dozens of cable channels, HBO and two legendary newsrooms, CBS News and CNN. Concerns about the potential loss of more Hollywood jobs, and questions about newsroom independence, dominated a hearing Friday to…
Cabinet ministers have looked at a blueprint for how Labour could cut taxes on work by taking on “vested interests” profiteering from the cost of living crisis. The draft paper, by the Labour Growth Group and Good Growth Foundation, argues for a complete overhaul of Labour’s economic strategy and messaging to prevent a far-right government….
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Pentagon is reportedly sending three California-based warships and roughly 2,500 Marines to the Middle East, the second significant deployment in a week. The three warships are part of the San Diego-based USS Boxer amphibious ready group. The Marines are from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Pendleton. The deployments were reported Friday…
Perhaps Chaminadeβs softball team should no longer be considered a surprise for its 7-0 start overall and 1-0 mark in the Mission League. Its 7-6 win over defending Mission League champion Sherman Oaks Notre Dame on Thursday featured a five-run seventh inning that should get everyoneβs attention. Notre Dame went 8-0 in league play last…
Average annual energy bills will rise by Β£332 in July, more than double the previously anticipated increase, due to high oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran, trusted forecasters predicted. If it comes to pass, it will mean the most expensive typical annual bills in three years, at a high last seen…
There is no such thing as a day of rest for artist Kenny Scharf, not even Sunday. βI wake up super early. Itβs still dark outside,β the Los Angeles native says. Rising before the sun anchors his active day. βI always have to keep moving,β Scharf says. βOtherwise, Iβll get very depressed.β An avid hiker…
π Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app π Angela Rayner has stepped back into the spotlight this week and straight into controversy. Her blunt intervention – warning the government is running out of time, criticising its record on “change”, and calling parts of Labour’s immigration policy “un-British” – has sparked…
Thursdayβs Results BASEBALL CITY SECTION North Hollywood 5, Granada Hills Kennedy 3 Sun Valley Poly 11, Sylmar 9 Verdugo Hills 5, San Fernando 3 WISH Academy 11, Washington Prep 5 SOUTHERN SECTION Adelanto 6, Granite Hills 4 Alhambra 10, Schurr 2 Animo Leadership 6, Compton Early College 3 Arroyo 14, Glendale 0 Banning 9, Yucca…
Val Kilmer was originally set to star in “As Deep as the Grave” before he died last year, never shooting a scene of the movie. But Kilmer will still star in the film thanks to generative AI, which is artificial intelligence that can generate new content by analyzing existing content. Jo Ling Kent has more.
Iranian attacks on oil and gas facilities around the Persian Gulf on Thursday posed new threats to global energy supplies, as President Trump rebuked Israel for striking a key Iranian gas field, and other nations voiced growing fears that the conflict was escalating. Saudi Arabia said it might respond with force if Iran continues to…
