Caligula director Tinto Brass dead aged 93
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Angela Gonzales-Torres, backed by DSA, wins election to California's 34th District
LOS ANGELES — Voters have chosen Angela Gonzales-Torres, a 31-year-old from Highland Park who was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, over incumbent Rep. Jimmy Gomez, an Eagle Rock Democrat, in the race for ...Read more
Democrats' historic rout was fueled by massive voter swing to the left
WASHINGTON — Democrats heralded a new era in American politics Wednesday after voters broke Republicans’ control of government and delivered a pivotal rebuke of President Donald Trump.
Victories that handed Democrats...Read more
Family guide to new movie releases
'THE CAT IN THE HAT'
Rated PG for action, some peril, mild language and rude humor.
What it’s about: An adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss book in which a chaos-loving cat tries to cheer up two kids with messy fun.
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Harrison Ford's latest career milestone? A Paley Honors Award
LOS ANGELES — The Force is with Harrison Ford.
The legendary actor, who received the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award earlier this year, will be lauded with another career honor.
The Paley Center for Media will ...Read more
Daisy Ridley taking on terrifying new role
Daisy Ridley is preparing to take on a terrifying new role - playing a woman whose unexpected pregnancy takes a sinister turn in a horror film that will see her fighting for survival alongside her sister.
The British ...Read more
Bill Nighy lands prehistoric adventure role
Bill Nighy is swapping romantic comedies and prestige dramas for prehistoric adventure - joining Hayley Atwell and Maisie Williams in the voice cast of a new animated family film about a young dinosaur stranded 65 million ...Read more
Persian Gulf leaders fear a renewed US-Iran war as diplomacy sputters
MANAMA, Bahrain — Conferences in the Persian Gulf are usually positive affairs, with government officials, executives of state-owned companies and armies of consultants touting petro-fueled visions promising fantastical...Read more
California's plastic law will cut far less single-use plastic than expected
CalRecycle has picked the number that decides how much plastic California has to cut under the state’s 2022 landmark plastic law, and it is low.
It’s just one-third of what the state estimated in a 2024 report, and 20...Read more
New Senate class includes experienced lawmakers, ex-governor
WASHINGTON — The new Democratic majority in the Senate will feature a number of top recruits with significant government experience both on and off Capitol Hill.
None is more familiar than Sen.-elect Sherrod Brown, who ...Read more
Tiny Democratic lead in southern Minnesota congressional race makes recount likely
MINNEAPOLIS — It looks like the 1st District race between Republican incumbent Brad Finstad and Democratic challenger Jake Johnson will go to a recount.
With 99% of the vote counted at 5:30 a.m., Johnson led the race by...Read more
Movie review: Malkovich delivers career-best performance as dying CIA operative in 'Wild Horse Nine'
Toward the end of “Wild Horse Nine” — the new film from Martin McDonagh set on Easter Island in 1973 — a CIA agent, Chris (John Malkovich), offers a parting word to Monica (Mariana di Girolamo), a young Chilean ...Read more
AI data center boom set for upheaval after US election rout
Data center developers seeking to build dozens of sprawling artificial intelligence campuses across Texas were already dealing with a suspension of approvals under Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Under Gina Hinojosa, ...Read more
CVS plans to break up $117 billion healthcare conglomerate
CVS Health Corp. plans to spin off its retail pharmacy business in one of the biggest-ever breakups in the healthcare industry.
The drugstore business will be separated into a new company called CVS Pharmacy in the first ...Read more
Mike Johnson won't seek top GOP spot as House flips
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson will not seek to serve as House minority leader in the next Congress.
A source familiar with the speaker’s decision confirmed that the Louisiana Republican would not seek the post ...Read more
'Not a hit on me': Trump faults candidates and Fox News, not himself, for Republican losses
WASHINGTON — As the scale of the Republican Party’s losses came into focus late Tuesday, President Donald Trump watched from the White House and went looking for someone to blame.
First it was Fox News. Just before ...Read more
Vance: 'The reason we lost is the war'
The morning after voters delivered a blistering midterm rebuke of President Donald Trump, with Democrats flipping both chambers of Congress and racking up victories even in deep-red bastions, Vice President JD Vance said ...Read more
Thomas Haden Church talks Texas and his new film, 'A Dog's Perfect Christmas'
FORT WORTH, Texas — Thomas Haden Church has some tales about Texas.
The 66-year-old actor was born in California and moved to the Lone Star State as a toddler with his mother. He spent some of his early years living ...Read more
Kim Kardashian eats a jacket potato 'at least once a week' after going viral for not knowing what they were
Kim Kardashian says she eats a jacket potato "at least once a week" - a year after admitting to not knowing what they were.
Last November, the star and her All's Fair castmate Sarah Paulson's chat with Capital FM went ...Read more
F1 star Charles Leclerc becomes a first-time dad
Formula One star Charles Leclerc has become a dad for the first time.
The 29-year-old Ferrari driver flew back to Monaco following the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday (01.11.26) so he could join his 25-year-old wife, ...Read more
John Ritter 'would still be with us' if more was known about cause of death, says pal Richard Kline
Richard Kline thinks John Ritter would still be alive if more was known about his cause of death.
The Three's Company actor's co-star passed away at the age of 54 on September 11, 2003, after suffering an aortic ...Read more
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