Новости за 04.03.2016

"It's about to get real," Brandon Paak Anderson said, letting out a nervous laugh.

Spring in Portland, Ore.? Yes, please, especially for $119 round trip from LAX on Delta.

In 1970, the movie "MASH" entered, and advanced, a wartime-comedy genre that had long been a hallmark of American cinema. Directed by Robert Altman, the wry film was nominated for five Oscars and became a cultural event.More than 45 years and numerous conflicts later, similar efforts are rarely...

Once featured on HGTV’s "Extreme Homes" series, the Lotus House by organic modern architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg is a sinuous study of undulating wood roof trusses, sculptural poured-form concrete and geometric tile.

These relatively early days of “post-Internet” art might feel something like the early days of conceptual art. The idea that an artist issues a set of rules and makes art by following them (or enlisting other people to follow them) was a game-changer in the 1960s. It didn’t always matter what the...

Candidates in Thursday's GOP debate laid heavy punches on Donald Trump as the race heads into the crucial mid-March point. Donald Trump had a poor debate, but it's unlikely to change anythingRepublican rivals targeted their insults at TrumpAnalysis: Bernie Sanders' big push on trade casts Hillary...

Viewpoint is playing La Salle tonight for the Southern Section Division 4A championship at 6:45 p.m. at Santa Ana Godinez. Senior guard Christian Juzang, headed to Harvard, has certainly left a lasting legacy whether Viewpoint wins or loses.

His challengers should know by now that they can’t beat Donald Trump at mockery, although Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tried anyway in Thursday’s two-hour presidential debate. For the second straight Republican debate, civility swiftly gave way to mayhem.

Angela Bassett was tucked into a fluffy white hotel bathrobe, but she held the space inside her suite with the self-possession of a royal. She's a petite woman of striking beauty who waits a beat, holding eye contact, before answering a question. At one point, she raised her voice, shouting at...

It's a great time to put the away the straighteners and let your hair go natural.

In 1946, jazz-loving existentialists in Paris would leave the cafés and hit the dive bars, where, according to one bon vivant, they'd refuse entry to those who didn't look right but "would admit anyone 'so long as they were interesting — that is, if they had a book under their arm.'"

Fifteen years ago, Roy Battocchio’s “Thicker Than Water” had its world premiere at Theatre West and quickly became one of the most popular offerings in the now-53-year-old theater’s history.

As Donald Trump goes for a decisive win in the March 15 Florida primary, voters there will see commercials denouncing him as a “fraud.”

The U.S. economy’s job engine revved up again last month, producing a surprisingly strong 242,000 net positions, while the unemployment rate held steady at an eight-year low of 4.9%, the Labor Department said Friday.

Meghan Trainor wants to show she's more than "All About That Bass." The body-positive anthem from this Massachusetts native was inescapable when it was released in 2014. Between its breezy catchiness and divisive lyrics -- it's dismissal of "skinny bitches" yielded endless thinkpieces around the...

A babysitter in Northern California is due in court Friday on charges that she tried to smother a baby in her care, authorities said.

The nation — in fact, the world — needs to wean itself from fossil fuels if it is to have any hope of managing climate change. Burning coal is particularly bad for the environment, pumping far higher quantities of global-warming compounds into the atmosphere than natural gas, oil or other carbon-based...

David Coleman, president of the College Board, wants everyone to know that the new SAT, which students will take for the first time Saturday, is just as good as the old test at predicting who would do well in college. Of course, he also wanted to be clear, in introducing the SAT to a conference...

Ten years ago, on March 10, 2006, more than 100,000 protesters flooded Chicago's downtown Loop. As the Chicago Tribune reported, "Urgent chants of 'Si, se puede,' or 'Yes, you can,' echoed off the walls of downtown skyscrapers" as the largely Latino crowd formed one of the largest demonstrations...

Exploding hoverboards may have gotten all the attention lately, but electronic cigarettes have also been showing a disturbing tendency to spontaneously combust, injuring a growing number of people whose devices have blown up in their faces or pockets.Both types of products are powered by rechargeable...

A historical milestone was passed on Sunday, with the death of Delmer Berg at the age of 100. Berg, who lived in Columbia, Calif., in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, was the last known survivor of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, as the several units of American volunteers who fought in the Spanish...

This year has seen the extension of two Metro lines to affluent communities. The income level around Metro stations can go from twice the amount of Los Angeles County's median income to well below in a matter of a few stops. We decided to look at median household income levels along all the lines...

The University of California received more than $118 million in royalty and fee payments in 2014. Here are the top revenue-generating inventions:

California will need to double down on support of the bullet train by digging deeper into the state's wallet and accepting a three-year delay in completing the project's initial leg, a new business plan for the 220-mph system shows.

This is Susan King, a veteran entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Times and guardian of the Golden Age of Hollywood galaxy. And this will be my last Classic Hollywood newsletter. After 26 years, I am leaving The Times today.