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"Saturday Night": Jason Reitman captures the chaos and comedy of a TV revolution
5 months, 3 weeks ago

"Saturday Night": Jason Reitman captures the chaos and comedy of a TV revolution

Salon  

With “Saturday Night,” director Jason Reitman deftly captures the magic and madness that went into creating the first episode of the beloved and long-running late-night series, “Saturday Night Live” — which kicks off its 50th season on Sept. 28. Reitman, who co-wrote the film with Gil Kenan, knows the adrenaline rush of getting a sketch to air on the show …

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Opinion: Trump and other Republicans call Kamala Harris a failed ‘border czar.’ Here’s the truth
7 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Trump and other Republicans call Kamala Harris a failed ‘border czar.’ Here’s the truth

LA Times  

Migrants beginning their journey to the U.S.-Mexico border on a highway in El Salvador in 2019. Donald Trump, JD Vance and other Republicans incessantly disparage Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris as the Biden administration’s “failed border czar.” That seriously distorts and shortchanges both the immigration policy she pursued and her record in implementing it. So investments in addressing root causes …

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Endorsement: Yes on Measure J. Fund treatment, not punishment
4 years, 5 months ago

Endorsement: Yes on Measure J. Fund treatment, not punishment

LA Times  

Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, center, with supervisors Janice Hahn, Nury Martinez, member of the Los Angeles City Council, and Mark Ridley-Thomas during a Dec. 2016 news conference. Should the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors devote a healthy chunk of its annual revenue to community-based youth development, affordable housing, restorative justice, job training and similar programs? One of the county’s core …

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Kollam: MNREGA shortchanges workers on flood work'
6 years, 3 months ago

Kollam: MNREGA shortchanges workers on flood work'

Deccan Chronicle  

Kollam: The additional working days announced by the Union government for MNREGA workers in the state to ease the impact of flood disaster has not yet been made available. The 50 additional working days for MGNREGA project, as announced by the Centre, have not yet been incorporated in the Management Information System by the authorities. In the e-muster roll in …

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Advocates say L.A. Unified shortchanges its neediest students
8 years ago

Advocates say L.A. Unified shortchanges its neediest students

LA Times  

There’s debate over whether La Salle Avenue Elementary is getting a fair share of funding to deal with challenges its students face. But a civic coalition spearheaded by United Way of Greater Los Angeles puts the South L.A. campus at the top of schools needing more services and attention, while the L.A. Unified School District, ranks it at 293 out …

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Some Uber drivers object to proposed $100 million settlement
8 years, 10 months ago

Some Uber drivers object to proposed $100 million settlement

LA Times  

The proposed $100 million settlement would be paid out to drivers in California and Massachusetts. While Uber customers were gawking last month at Uber’s proposed class-action settlement figure, Marshall, a 33-year-old Angeleno, was writing a five-page objection letter to the judge presiding over the case. One of the named plaintiffs in the case, Douglas O’Connor, sought their services and filed …

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Judge rejects $12.25-million Lyft lawsuit settlement
8 years, 11 months ago

Judge rejects $12.25-million Lyft lawsuit settlement

LA Times  

A U.S. district judge rejected a $12.25-million lawsuit settlement between Lyft and its drivers Thursday, saying that the amount offered shortchanges drivers who sought to be treated as employees. In a ruling Thursday, Judge Vince Chhabria said the settlement agreement did “not fall within the range of reasonableness” because the value of the reimbursement claim alone is believed to be …

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Coliseum deal: USC to cash in on turnover
11 years, 9 months ago

Coliseum deal: USC to cash in on turnover

LA Times  

About five years ago, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky denounced USC’s proposal to take control of the taxpayer-owned Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and its revenue. DOCUMENT: Read about the 75-day timetable Renata Simril, a negotiator for the state, which owns the land beneath the Coliseum and nearby properties, defended the lease package as “a deal that we think is balanced.” Stressing …

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HCS exam blues: HPSC’s short notice shortchanges aspirants
12 years, 10 months ago

HCS exam blues: HPSC’s short notice shortchanges aspirants

Hindustan Times  

While several mistakes were detected in the question papers of general studies and various optional subjects of the Haryana Civil Services and Allied Services preliminary examinations conducted on March 25, the Haryana Public Service Commission allowed only a few hours to the candidates to make representations regarding the defects in the question papers. Even after being apprised of several inaccurately …

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Katniss’ Costumes in the Hunger Games weren’t nearly awesome enough
12 years, 11 months ago

Katniss’ Costumes in the Hunger Games weren’t nearly awesome enough

Slate  

The blockbuster new movie adaptation of the Hunger Games—the bestselling trilogy about teen contestants in a televised dystopian death match—gets many things right: Effie Trinket’s haughty accent. But it gets one thing woefully wrong: Katniss’ “girl on fire” costumes. The slightest movement gives the impression I am engulfed in tongues of fire.” The movie gives us this taffeta-looking monstrosity, a …

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