Новости за 22.09.2017

Can Wisconsin transplants strike midcentury-modern gold in the Coachella Valley?

I don’t even know what dreams I have left. They are diaphanous, semi-formed and live under the stairs. When I was 30, I had a long list of dreams.

When Vinnie Bennett first walked into a gifting lounge at the Toronto International Film Festival, he was handed some complimentary bags of M&Ms. Sure, he could have bought the candy for a few bucks at a local drugstore. But frankly, he was just happy to be given anything for free.

Put Hong Kong on your New Year’ s wish list, with this $428 round-trip deal out of LAX.

To get a sense of computer scientist Naveen Rao, just take a look at his hands.

I once read that there are about 590,000 gay people in Los Angeles. Divide that roughly in half, and that’s 295,000 gay men, which might seem like a lot, but when you take into account different gay tribes and neighborhood proximity, the number dwindles. That means there are a lot of familiar faces...

Less than 10 minutes into the 100-minute “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” a cinéma vérité-style documentary about Lady Gaga that emulates Madonna’s 1991 documentary “Truth or Dare,” the “Poker Face” pop star complains that she’s been unfairly accused of stealing Madonna’s style and sound.

It wasn’t until I hit 145 mph that I thought, “This could be dangerous.”

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Sept. 22, and here’s what’s happening across California:

Tim Harris will be honest with you. Like many who heard the news on Thursday, the Lakers chief operating officer hadn’t heard of Wish either — until the company approached the team about a sponsorship deal.

The Rogue Machine production of “Daytona,” in its American premiere, receives such an optimum treatment by director Elina de Santos and her cast that we can forgive the play’s psychoanalytic redundancies.

To the editor: As a Depression baby, I have lived through many presidencies, and Donald Trump’s is the worst of all. (“Trump gives the world a needlessly offensive campaign speech at the U.N.,” editorial, Sept. 19)

The schools that sent the most 2016 graduates to college include five in the San Fernando Valley and the rest spread in Central and South L.A.

The most promising shows in L.A.'s small-theater scene include new work from some big names.

The theft of Albert Einstein’s brain, an experimental surgery that leaves the patient trapped in a state of perpetual immediacy for 55 years, a form of amnesia that erases the distinction between reality and fantasy — these curious incidents from the annals of medical science may seem unlikely...

To the editor: Yes, removing remedial English and math from the California State University curriculum may boost graduation rates, but is it really preparing students for the more difficult college courses they will take later in their studies? (“How to boost Cal State graduation rates without...

The war of words between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump has escalated, with worries about what comes next. Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:

What do lumps of unfired clay, a French fashion house and a ping-pong table built around a miniature pond all have in common? At first blush, not much.

To the editor: We hear a variety of explanations for the American public’s lack of real alarm about climate change: The science requires a fair amount of explanation; the enormity of the effects will become indisputable only at some future date; and economic interests and ideological momentum keep...

To the editor: Matt Welch’s proposal to let the free market determine flood insurance rates without government intervention would result in many unintended consequences. (“Now’s the time to talk about flood insurance, and moral hazard,” Opinion, Sept. 18)

“Who is John Galt?” That is the mystery that drives Ayn Rand’s turgid libertarian manifesto, “Atlas Shrugged.” And it is the spirit of Galt that drives the modern Republican Party.

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