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Short, pained lives marked by achievement and promise and then abruptly gone leave a restless afterglow. Youth is supposed to fade away, not become oneβs permanent state. And regarding the late musician Jeff Buckley β a roiling romantic with piercing good looks whose singing could rattle bones and raise hairs β that loss in 1997,…
A new feature on Instagram that let’s users share their real-time physical location with others on the app has privacy experts concerned over the amount of data exposed and potential safety risks to users. Called Instagram Map, the new feature was introduced on Thursday as part of an app update. On its blog, the company…
Through the first two weeks of USCβs preseason football camp, Prophet Brown had established himself as one of the early standouts in a crowded cornerback room. But Brownβs breakout was cut short this week, when the redshirt junior suffered a noncontact injury during USCβs practice thatβs expected to keep him out for the foreseeable future….
The road to find steady work in Hollywood is more fraught now than ever before. The entertainment industry is in the throes of a seismic transformation, as traditional jobs are vanishing, and AI threatens to completely upend the way visual media is made and consumed. Fortunately, Ada Tseng and Jon Healey are here to help….
Quarterbacks in the Marmonte League, beware. At Fridayβs football media day, it was pointed out that Simi Valleyβs Izak Simpson and St. Bonaventureβs Matthew Perez are preparing to make their senior years even more memorable in sacking quarterbacks. Simpson comes in with 29 career sacks the last two seasons. Perez had 15 sacks as a…
The Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm have settled a lawsuit brought by βThe Mandalorianβ actor Gina Carano, who alleged she had been wrongfully terminated from the show and discriminated against because of her social media posts. Carano and Disney each separately confirmed the settlement Thursday, with Carano calling it the βbest outcome for all parties…
At the end of the 2019 minor-league season, Alex Call looked at his hitting numbers, then looked himself in the mirror. A former third-round draft pick who had already changed organizations once, he knew he had just had the kind of year that typically portends a short professional career. As a 24-year-old outfielder at the…
As βMadame Webβ star Sydney Sweeney remains mum on allegations of promoting eugenics via her American Eagle advertisement, she has seemingly stirred up even more support from far-right figures after recently gaining the favor of President Trump. A black-and-yellow banner covering a billboard on the 91 Freeway in Corona boldly states: βProud Boys Love Sydney…
He was cordial, but he was candid. Sitting next to his best British buddy, David Lammy, US vice president JD Vance politely but firmly spelt out how the two countries are deeply divided on the Middle East and free speech. As the pair met on Friday, first came the cordial part of the VP’s remarks….
At a time when most of their peers have retired, threatened to call it quits or died, the Beach Boys continue to perform 120 shows per year. Led by original singer Mike Love and longtime multi-instrumentalist Bruce Johnston, this version of the Beach Boys performs the sounds of Southern California to three generations of fans,…
