Новости за 08.12.2016

A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to warn that tsunami waves were possible in several South Pacific islands. 

If you chart the history of dream writing, you get a map of ideas about fate and individual agency through the ages.

In the frenzied, cacophanous urban China of Johnny Ma’s stunningly assured, darkly gripping first feature “Old Stone,” a car accident doesn’t just cause physical damage, it wrecks souls.

Today in Entertainment: Madonna does 'Carpool Karaoke,' Lin-Manuel Miranda eyes the EGOT Dec. 8, 2016, 10:26 a.m. Here's what's new and interesting in the world of entertainment and the arts today:Will 'Hamilton's' Lin-Manuel Miranda join the EGOT club with 'Moana'?Madonna, James Corden strike...

When Islamic terrorists plot to enter the United States through Mexican cartels’ tunnels, only a man who has worked for both the CIA and DEA can keep Americans safe. That man is Harmon, who could only be played by Steven Seagal. In “Contract to Kill,” the martial arts master takes on America’s...

How do you sum up a year like 2016? With a Facebook video, of course. Thursday morning the social media giant released its annual “Year in Review” project, which highlights the most memorable moments from the past 11 months.

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a defense appropriations bill Thursday that contains a provision intended to help thousands of California National Guard soldiers and veterans facing repayment demands for enlistment bonuses.

Today in Entertainment: Madonna does 'Carpool Karaoke,' Lin-Manuel Miranda eyes the EGOT Dec. 8, 2016, 10:26 a.m. Here's what's new and interesting in the world of entertainment and the arts today:Will 'Hamilton's' Lin-Manuel Miranda join the EGOT club with 'Moana'?Madonna, James Corden strike...

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to tap Andy Puzder, chief executive of Southern California’s CKE Restaurants Inc. — a fast-food chain including Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s — to be Labor secretary, according to news reports Thursday.

While browsing amber markets in Myanmar, scientists discovered the feathers and partial tail of a tiny baby dinosaur that lived some 99 million years ago.

Members of the Writers Guild of America, East plan to expand their protest of the New York producing company behind the reality TV series “Pawn Stars” by setting up a picket line in Los Angeles on Thursday, intensifying an already heated dispute with one of the industry’s most prominent producers...

Add Leonardo DiCaprio to the list of people who’ve come to Trump Tower to meet with President-elect Donald Trump. The subject: green jobs. 

Today in Entertainment: Madonna does 'Carpool Karaoke,' Lin-Manuel Miranda eyes the EGOT Dec. 8, 2016, 10:26 a.m. Here's what's new and interesting in the world of entertainment and the arts today:Will 'Hamilton's' Lin-Manuel Miranda join the EGOT club with 'Moana'?Madonna, James Corden strike...

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we owe NBC an apology.

Three years ago, when the network started what it hoped would be an annual live musical tradition with “The Sound of Music,” many of us tuned in to do a bit of ironic rubbernecking. But what started as a collective snark-a-thon has morphed...

Remember the time Brandon Marshall caught three touchdown passes against the San Francisco 49ers?

Compton’s deputy treasurer was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stealing money from the city, authorities said.

To the editor: By vowing to push back against President-elect Donald Trump once he is inaugurated, the ruling Democrats in Sacramento are playing a dangerous game of chicken with the federal government. Before they proceed, they need to review the Constitution of the United States. (“California's...

To the editor: People who are not members of an underground music community may find it easy to declare that they would never patronize a venue such as the Ghost Ship in Oakland, a converted warehouse where dozens of people were killed in a massive fire Friday night. (“Scrutiny grows over conditions...

To the editor: Barton Swaim asserts that President Obama and Donald Trump share a “searing contempt for their critics.” He offers nothing concrete to prove it, aside from his own interpretation of Obama’s words. (“What Trump and Obama have in common,” Opinion, Dec. 4)

To the editor: The mistrial in the case of a white former North Charleston, S.C., police officer who shot an unarmed black man (Walter Scott) in the back as he fled after a minor traffic stop evokes one of the most pervasive myths in society: that there are two sides to every argument. (“Judge...

A year ago, as the Dodgers pondered the free agency of a vital member of their pitching staff, the organization opted for restraint over aggression. The club declined to match Arizona’s offer for Zack Greinke, absorbed the public relations blowback and pieced together a rotation at less exorbitant...

Talk about coming full circle. The row house used to portray the front of the Tanner family residence in “Full House” sold to the creator of that series, Jeff Franklin, for about $4 million.

What "Fire at Sea" appears to be and what it is are not the same thing, and it's that difference that makes it a masterful documentary.

A powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked the Northern California coast Thursday morning.

Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” took almost six years to get to the screen and found the filmmaker sidetracked into making the short and feature-length versions of “Whiplash,” an Oscar winner that finally got the industry to take his aforementioned movie musical seriously.