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6 days, 17 hours ago

An L.A. mom makes bold pottery at home that’s ‘Midcentury Modern meets ’70s surf wear’

LA Times

Like most working moms, Los Angeles ceramist Emily Haynes has mastered the art of multitasking. “I’m a fast thrower, but the painting takes a long time.” For Haynes, who took her first wheel-throwing class at Choplet Ceramics Studio in New York when she was 25, ceramics “hit all of the buttons in terms of hands-on creation and glazing.” “I loved …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Queer review: Daniel Craig is marvellous in this erotic, agonising fever dream

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Guadagnino has followed up this year’s triumphant tennis drama Challengers with …

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Queer review: Daniel Craig is marvellous in this erotic, agonising fever dream

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Guadagnino has followed up this year’s triumphant tennis drama Challengers with …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Michael Cole, ‘The Mod Squad’ and ‘General Hospital’ star, dies at 84

LA Times

Michael Cole, pictured in 1979, was the last surviving star of “The Mod Squad.” He died Tuesday. On the tail of a decade of civil unrest due to the Vietnam War and the midcentury civil rights movement, “The Mod Squad” made fighting crime cool to the younger generation’s counterculture. Peggy Lipton, left, Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III and Tige Andrews …

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2 months ago

This L.A. artist turns wood scraps from guitars into midcentury-inspired art

LA Times

• Eric Blackwell is making a name for himself with his handcrafted artworks made largely from reclaimed guitar wood, featured in California boutiques like Trina Turk and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation store. For Tom Anderson, founder of Tom Anderson Guitarworks, who’s been a mentor and “second father” to Blackwell for 22 years, watching him go from a beginner to …

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2 months ago

A definitive yet unserious guide to L.A. for Yankees fans

LA Times

You’re a Yankees fan headed to Los Angeles for the first time. After all, you’ve come west from an old, dense, stinky, shrinking, corruption-plagued city while we wait here in a young, sprawling city that’s — well, OK, also stinky, shrinking and plagued by corruption. Here, the plaque says, is where Babe Ruth was enjoying an off-season round in January,1920, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Mitzi Gaynor, movie-musical star of ‘South Pacific’ and ‘Anything Goes,’ dies at 93

LA Times

Mitzi Gaynor, an actor, singer and dancer who starred in the 1950s movie musicals “South Pacific” and “Anything Goes,” died Thursday at 93. Mitzi Gaynor, the midcentury Hollywood star who appeared in the movie musicals “South Pacific,” “Les Girls” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” died Thursday. In 1960, two years after Gaynor’s Golden Globe-nominated performance in “South Pacific,” …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Frank Sinatra's iconic Hollywood home - the rumored venue for Marilyn Monroe and JFK's secret trysts - hits market

Daily Mail

One of Hollywood's hottest love stories is back in the spotlight as Frank Sinatra's former iconic estate hits the market for an astonishing $7.9 million. Rumored to have been the venue for Marilyn Monroe and former U.S. President, John F. Kennedy's secret trysts, the luxury home boasts a sprawling 8,161-square feet. One of Hollywood's hottest love stories is back in …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hotter, drier and all-around different: How climate change will alter your life in L.A.

LA Times

There is an episode of “The Twilight Zone” in which Earth is getting closer to the sun. “Urban design is what will make us have an agreeable, beautiful city where we will feel like we’re members of an important place,” she said. “It’s been really hard for our mountain lion populations down here in Southern California to be able to …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Seth Rogen has a 567-piece vintage ashtray collection. It started with a hedgehog

LA Times

If your perception of Seth Rogen begins and ends with his scruffy stoner/schlubby Everyman persona, you might be surprised to find out that the actor, producer, comedian and cannabis-brand entrepreneur is also an ashtray aesthete of the highest caliber and owner of a massive, museum-worthy collection of seriously stylish ashtrays from days gone by. He thinks his approximately 567 pieces …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Restoring a midcentury Valley home to ‘its original glory,’ with tiki flair

LA Times

Art and Jessica Martinez never imagined they’d own a home in the Valley. “As soon as you come in the front door and see the way that this house opens up into this yard and all of the light that pours in, I feel like it’s immediate.” They learned that Lind designed the home for Mel Sloan, a USC School …

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7 months ago

Back to Black’s Amy Winehouse true story: Fact vs. fiction in the new biopic of the singer.

Slate

Amy Winehouse often acknowledged midcentury jazz artists like Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and especially Sarah Vaughan as formative influences. Mitch, a former London black cab driver, made no secret of the fact that he thought Asif Kapadia’s acclaimed documentary Amy was unfair to him, presenting him as a sort of North London equivalent of Garland’s stage mom, out to make …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside Carmel-by-the-Sea, the California beach town that celebrities love right now

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Given that actor Clint Eastwood was the city’s former mayor in 1986, it’s no surprise Carmel is beloved by celebrities, …

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8 months ago

Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger could’ve given Craig Ellwood teardown ‘some honor,’ architect’s daughter says

LA Times

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger reportedly purchased the Zimmerman house, designed by architect Craig Ellwood, last year for $12.5 million. “Wow as in, this is really bad.” “Chris Pratt bought a BEAUTIFUL 1950s mid century modern house designed by THE Craig Ellwood and demolished it to build a s— McMansion,” one X user wrote on Friday. “My mid century modernist …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

A new Palm Springs restaurant by two L.A. legends fits right into the community

LA Times

A seed-crusted chicken cutlet at Alice B. in Palm Springs comes with an apple-radish-pomegranate salad and a swoop of dill aioli. Two ‘Hot Tamales’ take Palm Springs The project is the latest from Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken. Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger stand in the dining room of their new restaurant Alice B. in Palm Springs …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Wayfarers Chapel, L.A.’s famed ‘Glass Church,’ closes as land movement grows more severe

LA Times

Wayfarers Chapel, a Midcentury Modern structure with glass walls in Rancho Palos Verdes, was designed by Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright. “Effective immediately,” a statement read, “we are extremely devastated to announce the closure of Wayfarers Chapel and its surrounding property due to the accelerated land movement in our local area.” The statement said those with reservations would …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. joins ranks of cities with ‘ghost towers’ with graffiti-covered Oceanwide Plaza

LA Times

L.A.’s Oceanwide Plaza, once planned as a $1 billion mixed-use project, has become a graffiti canvas after sitting unfinished since 2019. “We are in the 21st century.” On and off the stage Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “English,” is on the stage at the Old Globe in San Diego. “The old saying about gaining a second soul when you learn …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Cool cats and tiki treats: Inside the outrageous Midcentury Modern Shag House in Palm Springs

LA Times

In a neighborhood filled with homogeneous Midcentury Modern residences, Brandon McBurney’s Palm Springs home stands out thanks to its 10-foot-tall lime green doors that face the street. “I wanted something that would stand up to the history of the Palm Springs front door,” says Josh Agle, the artist popularly known as Shag, who designed the house and chose the lively …

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1 year, 1 month ago

JFK assassination anniversary: What Lee Harvey Oswald’s weapons tell us about gun ownership in midcentury America.

Slate

Americans fell hard for conspiracy theories in the postwar era. As no less than FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, a man who knew a thing or two about conspiracies, remarked to Lyndon Johnson the day after the assassination, as Oswald sat in a Dallas jail cell, and as Hoover’s agents scoured the country in search of intelligence about the assassin: …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Commentary: McCarthyism makes us agents in our own destruction. ‘Fellow Travelers’ shows how

LA Times

The second episode of “Fellow Travelers,” Ron Nyswaner’s steamy melodrama of queer life in midcentury America, concludes with Langston Hughes’ “Kids Who Die,” a poem to sting the back of your throat. For “Fellow Travelers” protagonists, Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller, a suave State Department functionary, and Tim Laughlin, a bright-eyed Irish Catholic idealist, the lousy peace of the Cold War becomes …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse by midcentury, study says

Associated Press

A system of ocean currents that transports heat northward across the North Atlantic could collapse by mid-century, according to a new study, and scientists have said before that such a collapse could cause catastrophic sea-level rise and extreme weather across the globe. “There are large uncertainties in this study, in many prior studies, and in climate impact assessment overall, and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

See Why This Midcentury-Style Side Table Has Rave Reviews

Huff Post

Target Threshold Portola Hills accent table HuffPost receives a share from retailers on this page. If your interiors style leans either cottagecore or vintage, we’ve just discovered an incredibly chic wooden side table that is sure to transform your living space into an even more quaint abode. Meet the Portola Hills woven accent table from Target’s private furniture label Threshold. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Buttigieg says US ‘green corridors’ initiative is key to cutting shipping industry emissions

Associated Press

YOKOHAMA, Japan — An American push to establish “green shipping corridors” is key to reducing carbon emissions from the shipping industry, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday while touring the port of Yokohama near Tokyo. The Port of Los Angeles signed an agreement in March with port authorities of Yokohama and Tokyo to establish the so-called green shipping corridors, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A little-known home by Neutra, steeped in Hollywood history, goes from gutted to glam

LA Times

In a city with no shortage of noteworthy Midcentury Modern homes, Erik Amir and Dora Chi were surprised when they stumbled upon a listing for a little-known Los Angeles house by Richard Neutra. “The rain demolished the interiors and ruined the integrity of the house.” Less than six months later, Joan died unexpectedly in 2020, and her and Lord’s three …

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An L.A. mom makes bold pottery at home that’s ‘Midcentury Modern meets ’70s surf wear’

Queer review: Daniel Craig is marvellous in this erotic, agonising fever dream

Queer review: Daniel Craig is marvellous in this erotic, agonising fever dream

Michael Cole, ‘The Mod Squad’ and ‘General Hospital’ star, dies at 84

This L.A. artist turns wood scraps from guitars into midcentury-inspired art

A definitive yet unserious guide to L.A. for Yankees fans

Mitzi Gaynor, movie-musical star of ‘South Pacific’ and ‘Anything Goes,’ dies at 93

Frank Sinatra's iconic Hollywood home - the rumored venue for Marilyn Monroe and JFK's secret trysts - hits market

Hotter, drier and all-around different: How climate change will alter your life in L.A.

Seth Rogen has a 567-piece vintage ashtray collection. It started with a hedgehog

Restoring a midcentury Valley home to ‘its original glory,’ with tiki flair

Back to Black’s Amy Winehouse true story: Fact vs. fiction in the new biopic of the singer.

Inside Carmel-by-the-Sea, the California beach town that celebrities love right now

Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger could’ve given Craig Ellwood teardown ‘some honor,’ architect’s daughter says

A new Palm Springs restaurant by two L.A. legends fits right into the community

Wayfarers Chapel, L.A.’s famed ‘Glass Church,’ closes as land movement grows more severe

L.A. joins ranks of cities with ‘ghost towers’ with graffiti-covered Oceanwide Plaza

Cool cats and tiki treats: Inside the outrageous Midcentury Modern Shag House in Palm Springs

JFK assassination anniversary: What Lee Harvey Oswald’s weapons tell us about gun ownership in midcentury America.

Commentary: McCarthyism makes us agents in our own destruction. ‘Fellow Travelers’ shows how

Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse by midcentury, study says

See Why This Midcentury-Style Side Table Has Rave Reviews

Buttigieg says US ‘green corridors’ initiative is key to cutting shipping industry emissions

A little-known home by Neutra, steeped in Hollywood history, goes from gutted to glam