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Lakers and NBA fans in general will get a quick view of two of the leagueβs long-time greats when LeBron James and the Lakers open the regular season against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 21 at Crypto.com Arena, people not authorized to speak publicly on the matter told The Times on…
Busta Rhymes is rejecting claims leveled against him in a lawsuit filed this week by a former assistant, calling it an βattempted shake-down.β Dashiel Gables, who filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, is accusing Rhymes β real name Trevor Smith Jr. β of wage and hour…
A chatbot is a computer program that uses artificial intelligence to simulate human conversation. For the lonely, a chatbot can be a companion, as Meg Oliver reports in tonight’s “Eye on America.”
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Receiver Konata Mumpfield made multiple plays. So did running back Jarquez Hunter and other Rams rookies during training camp and a joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys. A true evaluation about their progress, however, cannot be completed by coach Sean McVay and his staff until the first-year players perform in a live-tackling situation….
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…
