16 h. ago Kieran Culkin wins best supporting actor at Oscars after Erivo and Grande kick off show

LOS ANGELES — Ariana Grande sang “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and Cynthia Erivo sang Diana Ross’ “Home” to kick off the 97th Academy Awards in a tribute to Los Angeles following wildfires that devastated the Southern California metropolis. After opening the show, the “Wicked” stars then joined together to perform “Defying Gravity” from their blockbuster […]

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16 h. ago Oscars spread awards around to ’Anora,’ ’Conclave’ and ’Wicked’

LOS ANGELES — The 97th Academy Awards are spreading the love around, dishing out awards to “Anora,” “Conclave,” “Wicked” and “The Substance” in the ceremony’s first half. The two films seen as the most likely to win best picture, “Anora” and “Conclave,” each took an award for screenplay. “Conclave” scribe Peter Straughan won best adapted […]

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16 h. ago Zoe Saldana wins supporting actress as Oscars spread awards around

LOS ANGELES — The 97th Academy Awards spread the love around, dishing out awards to “Anora,” “Conclave,” “Wicked” and “The Substance” in the ceremony’s first two hours. Half of the 10 movies nominated for best picture came away with at least one award. That included the beleaguered Netflix contender “Emilia Perez,” which, despite a backlash […]

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16 h. ago Strip club Cinderella story ’Anora’ wins best picture at Oscars

LOS ANGELES — “Anora,” a strip club Cinderalla story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood’s top prize. In a stubbornly fluctuating Oscar season, “Anora,” the Palme d’Or-winner at the Cannes Film Festival, emerged as the unlikely frontrunner. […]

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20 h. ago ’Captain America: Brave New World’ stays at top on weak Oscars weekend at box office

LOS ANGELES — “Captain America: Brave New World” kept falling but still hovered above all others at a weak weekend box office. The latest Disney-Marvel offering brought in another $15 million according to studio estimates Sunday, when most of Hollywood’s attention was on the Oscars. The Anthony Mackie-led “Captain America: Brave New World” opened strong […]

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47 h. ago Leonard Cohen notebook sold for $174,000 in memorabilia auction

MONTREAL — From pages inked with poems to a locket containing a lock of hair, memorabilia belonging to the late Canadian poet and singer songwriter Leonard was auctioned on Friday, raking in thousands of dollars. The Montreal icon died at the age of 82 in 2016 and Julien’s Auctions billed the event held in Los […]

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47 h. ago Leonard Cohen notebook sold at Los Angeles auction for $174,000

Los Angeles event was the largest auction of Cohen’s private effects, with close to 170 pieces

Economics

48 h. ago Are Vancouver's high housing prices and rents 'a policy decision'?

"The kind-of-good news is that this is a policy choice," Los Angeles-based urban planning expert Nolan Gray told a crowd in Vancouver Friday. "I wouldn't be working on this issue if I didn't think it was fixable."

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59 h. ago Des effets personnels de Leonard Cohen vendus pour des milliers de dollars

Plus de 150 photos, lettres et accessoires ayant appartenu au poète montréalais sont entre les mains de collectionneurs.

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68 h. ago Matthew Stafford gets restructured contract, staying with Los Angeles Rams

Quarterback Matthew Stafford is staying with the Los Angeles Rams under a restructured contract, ending weeks of speculation about the Super Bowl winner’s future. The Rams announced their new agreement with Stafford on Friday without initially revealing any details. The 37-year-old Stafford had two years left on the four-year, $160 million contract extension he signed […]

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3 d. ago ‘Chicken Shop Date’ creator Amelia Dimoldenberg brings flirty awkwardness to the Oscars red carpet

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amelia Dimoldenberg only needs 60 seconds with Timothee Chalamet. In her decade of hosting the popular YouTube show “Chicken Shop Date,” she hasn’t yet casually, awkwardly flirted with Chalamet over nuggets under bright fluorescent lights. Sunday, though, she might get her chance: Dimoldenberg will be on the Oscars red carpet as […]

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4 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter is coming back to Toronto and people are losing it

Let's keep this Short n' Sweet: Sabrina Carpenter is coming back to Toronto next fall!After a sold-out stint at the Scotiabank Arena in September 2024, the pint-sized popstar has just announced that she's circling back on her Short n' Sweet tour, and will be visiting Toronto once again this fall, leaving plenty of fans begging Ticketmaster to "Please Please Please" let them get tickets this time.The tour, based on hits from Carpenter's most recent album, originally kicked off in September of 2024, and culminated with a three-night stint in Los Angeles back in November. So excited to announce an additional leg of the Short n’ Sweet Tour — coming back to a few select cities this fall! New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto and Pittsburgh (for taxes🤍)with special guests @oliviadeano, @ravynlenae & @ambermarkOnce again — make sure to head… pic.twitter.com/iYyCPyrmIw— Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) February 27...

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4 d. ago Nvidia sales surge in the fourth quarter on demand for AI chips

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nvidia on Wednesday reported a surge in fourth-quarter profit and sales as demand for its specialized Blackwell chips which power artificial intelligence systems continued to grow. For the three months that ended Jan. 26, the tech giant based in Santa Clara, California, posted revenue of $39.3 billion, up 12% from the […]

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4 d. ago California orders parole board to investigate if Menendez brothers would pose risk if freed

LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez said Wednesday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released after nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents. The board will undertake […]

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4 d. ago La fédération qui avait pourfendu Imane Khelif ne gérera pas la boxe aux prochains Jeux olympiques

La présence de la boxe à Los Angeles, en 2028, n’est toutefois pas encore confirmée.

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4 d. ago ‘Uber with guns’: New app allows Americans to hire armed security and a motorcade

Protector available in New York and Los Angeles

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5 d. ago Saviynt is Authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

CNA authorization enables Saviynt to identify, define, and catalogue publicly disclosed cybersecurity threats LOS ANGELES — Saviynt, a leading provider of cloud-native identity and governance platform solutions, today announced it has been authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). This enables Saviynt to assign CVE IDs to certain vulnerabilities discovered in […]

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5 d. ago L.A. Dodgers’ deferred payments increase to more than $1 billion

The Los Angeles Dodgers owe US$1.051 billion in deferred pay to eight players from 2028-46 following Tanner Scott’s $72-million, four-year contract and Teoscar Hernandez’s $66-million, three-year deal. Los Angeles’ high payment point is $100.95 million in both 2038 and ’39, according to details obtained by The Associated Press. Major League Baseball proposed during collective bargaining […]

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6 d. ago BlackLine Expands Bengaluru Operations to Drive Global Growth and Innovation

New Office Space Strengthens Customer Support, Scales Global Operations, and Advances Innovation LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL), the intelligent financial data platform that powers the modern Office of the CFO, announced today the expansion of its presence in Bengaluru, India, reinforcing its commitment to global growth, operational scalability, […]

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6 d. ago Thieves targeting freight trains in California and Arizona deserts make off with $2M worth of Nikes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves have targeted freight trains running through the deserts of California and Arizona in a string of audacious heists resulting in the theft of more than $2 million worth of new Nike sneakers, including many that haven’t hit the retail market yet, according to officials and court documents. During a Jan. […]

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