Louis Vuitton bets big on Rodeo Drive with new Frank Gehry-designed store
Louis Vuitton is gearing up to go over the top again in Beverly Hills. With plans for an ultra-opulent hotel on Rodeo Drive stymied by voters two years ago, the...
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For ‘The Last of Us’ cast, music was a throughline on and off screen
1 p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Throughout HBO’s post-apocalyptic series “The Last of Us,” music plays a role in setting the mood for moments big and small, heartfelt and heart-wrenching. It’s not unlike...
The media treads lightly in marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
The murder heard around the world marks its fifth anniversary Sunday. On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on the neck of George Floyd and...
The World That ‘Wages for Housework’ Wanted
In the United States, as in many nations around the world, people are having fewer children. According to the CDC, the country’s birth rate is at a record low, a...
‘Pee-wee as Himself’ gives Paul Reubens the final word on his identity
“I was born in 1938 in a little house on the edge of the Mississippi River; my father worked on a steamboat and his name was Steamboat Milton,” says Paul...
Miley Cyrus, on the verge of a new era, reveals ‘traumatic’ health scare: ‘excruciating’
For Miley Cyrus, an “extremely excruciating” pain preceded “Something Beautiful.” The pop star and Disney channel alumna this week spoke candidly about her mental, emotional and physical health, unveiling that...
Gabito Ballesteros is led by love in new album ‘Ya No Se Llevan Serenatas’
Mexican corrido singer Gabito Ballesteros has always been a hopeless romantic. His newest album, “Ya No Se Llevan Serenatas,” or “They No Longer Perform Serenades,” tugs at those delicate heartstrings....
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s ride-or-die camaraderie and wicked humor take center stage at SoFi Stadium
Who knows if Kendrick Lamar will sit for a formal deposition in Drake’s ongoing defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, after Lamar flambéed him on “Not Like Us.” But at...
Kim Kardashian celebrates a major step in her legal journey. Next up? Passing the bar
After six years of study, Kim Kardashian has completed her law studies. On Wednesday, she celebrated privately with a single-student surprise graduation ceremony attended by friends, key supporters and family,...
Everyone knew Pee-wee Herman. But few knew the man behind the man-child
The first time we see Paul Reubens in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” he is not playing Pee-wee Herman, the antic man-child he portrayed in comedy routines, movies, a children’s...
