Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: A presidential pardon, ‘Moana 2’ breaks a record

4 days ago

Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: ‘Squid Game’ merch, Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar buzz

LA Times

Welcome to the penultimate Los Angeles Times News Quiz of 2024. This time around, I’ll be testing your news knowledge on a range of topics that have one particular thing in common: they were all published — online or in print — by the Los Angeles Times over the last seven days. Lifestyle 10 gifts and experiences L.A. Times staffers …

5 days ago

Top Christmas movies to watch this holiday season

India Today

‘Tis the season for spirited and winless debates about what the best Christmas movie is. “Grand Budapest Hotel”: Truthfully, there’s nothing outside of a little snow to make Wes Anderson’s 2014 delight a Christmas movie. “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”: Yuletide traditions don’t normally include a motormouth Robert Downey Jr., but Shane Black’s 2005 neo-noir black comedy is worth revisiting perennially …

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1 week ago

US News Live Today December 17, 2024: Trump accuses Biden of covering up drone mystery: ‘The government knows’

Hindustan Times

Live By US News Live: Get real-time breaking news updates on the biggest event unfolding in the United States, including election, politics, economics, crime, viral and more. Latest news on December 17, 2024: Latest news on December 17, 2024: PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 16: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on December …

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1 week ago

Are you catching holiday blues instead of cheer? Here are some ways to find peace

Hindustan Times

But you’re bummed out. “Certainly this year, I think with the recent election, there’s a lot of divisiveness and discord, and you’re probably having to interact with family members that have really opposing beliefs,” she said. “There’s so much opportunity to give back during this time, and I think generosity is one of the best things we can do for …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: Golden Globes nods, Taylor Swift ends the tour

LA Times

Welcome to the weekly Los Angeles Times News Quiz, where we’re taking a fun- and fact-filled glance back at some of the stories that appeared in the paper over the last seven days, served up in California-leaning multiple-choice questions. Topics we’re taking a look at this time around include the 7.0 earthquake that recently rattled residents up north, the strong …

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Easy, arty, homemade gifts for the holidays: L.A. arts and culture this week

LA Times

It’s December and the holidays are in full swing — as is the relentless consumerism, which always fills me with unease. Of note: the reading of Chloé Hung’s sci-fi work “Care Less” will mark the local directorial debut of East West Players’ incoming artistic director, Lily Tung Crystal, and the reading of KJ Cuitiño Bjorge‘s dark comedy “The Playground” will …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Sunday marks the 92nd anniversary of the Hollywood Christmas Parade

LA Times

Dancers from the Roundtable of Southern California Chinese American Organizations perform at the 2022 Hollywood Christmas Parade. Sunday evening marks the 92nd anniversary of the Hollywood Christmas Parade. Beginning at Orange Street and Hollywood Boulevard, the parade will head east on Hollywood Boulevard to Vine Street, south on Vine Street to Sunset Boulevard, and west on Sunset Boulevard to Orange …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

'Make Christmas Merry Again': Trump campaign hawks holiday merch

Raw Story

Less than two weeks after being elected president of the United States for a second time, the campaign for President-elect Donald Trump started back up with its fundraising emails — with an early appeal for the holidays. "Make Christmas Merry Again" reads a banner with an image of holiday lights across a Nov. 21 email selling "MAGA wrapping paper." Between …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Letters to the Editor: How not to talk politics — without totally avoiding it — at Thanksgiving

LA Times

President Biden, right, ceremoniously pardons a turkey for Thanksgiving at the White House on Monday. Give every guest at your Thanksgiving and other holiday gatherings a questionnaire and an envelope to be opened four years from now. Will millions of residents who are in the United States without legal permission have been expelled? So, friends, open these envelopes in 2028 …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: Nonconsecutive POTUS terms, the Grammys big move

LA Times

Welcome to the post-election edition of the Los Angeles Times News Quiz, where this week’s questions delve into politics, but touch on a bunch of other topics too. Where else will you find stories about nonconsecutive terms as U.S. president and California’s new U.S. senator rubbing elbows with Shohei Ohtani surgery news, Quincy Jones’ achievements, Ariana Grande’s “Wicked” new romance …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Christmas TV ad season under way as supermarkets release festive campaigns

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Marks & Spencer’s six-part campaign launched on Monday featuring …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

17 best holiday gifts to celebrate Angelenos and L.A. pride

LA Times

The suggestions here go by a bunch of different names, but the premise is the same: They’re things that, in essence, promote other things. $35 at Shop LA Times Los Angeles Public Library paper clip set The Los Angeles Public Library Store’s website has no shortage of giftable items on offer that sport the library’s stylized open-book logo. $40 at …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Hallmark exec says leading ladies Lacey Chabert, Holly Robinson Peete are 'aging out': lawsuit

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump cashes in on rally shooting as he unveils new $99 Save America book featuring iconic image

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The new book, titled Save America, claims to …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Joe Biden set to host star-studded fundraiser in June, guests include George Clooney, Julia Roberts and…

Hindustan Times

President Joe Biden is set to host a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles in June, hosting stars like George Clooney and Julia Roberts. The guest list also features former president Barack Obama, as well as “other top surrogates and supporters,” a Biden campaign official told New York Post. Joe Biden set to host star-studded fundraiser in June Roberts and Clooney …

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8 months ago

War, hostages, antisemitism: A somber backdrop to this year’s Passover observances

Associated Press

Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. This year, for many Jews, the holiday’s mood will be somber due to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and the rise of antisemitic incidents elsewhere. On Wednesday, the ADL and other …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Road to the Oscars: Here’s an essential guide to the movie awards season

Hindustan Times

The holiday season has ended, but the most wonderful time of the year for movie lovers is just beginning with the advent of awards season. Just like the financial year doesn’t necessarily follow the calendar year, the movie industry also follows its own calendar that ends with the crowning celebration, that is, the Academy Awards. The Golden Globes While last …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Hollywood awards season is upon us. Pity the introverts

LA Times

One might assume that the people who vote for film, TV and music awards would be aware when the contenders are released and would already be thinking about them when this time of year rolls around. Before there’s awards season, there is campaign season, when the air is thick with the phrase “for your consideration.” It pops up where “ho, …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. could easily top New York’s silly New Year’s Eve ball drop. So why don’t we?

LA Times

A California garden in bloom is depicted on a vintage holiday postcard from Patt Morrison’s collection. This time, I’m turning face-forward, to this New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles, and every one thereafter. For almost 120 years, New York City has seduced the world into believing that the new year cannot truly begin unless we’ve watched a large lighted ball …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Merry Christmas 2023! Wishes, quotes, and images to share with your friends and family

Live Mint

The festival of joy, happiness, and cheer is here. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} If you are away from home or want to send Christmas greetings to your loved ones, here are some of the wishes, and quotes to send. May the magic of Christmas fill your home with warmth, your heart with love, and your life with laughter. "Christmas is a day …

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1 year ago

The holiday season isn’t over yet. Here are 11 cheerful events to keep the magic going

LA Times

The year is almost over but the L.A. happenings are still going strong. Goes Out host, and here are the top events for the upcoming weekend recommended by the crew : 11 happenings for the holidays Sabrina Sloan, left, Henry Witcher, Kai Edgar and Eric Petersen bring the Parker family to life in “A Christmas Story, The Musical” at Center …

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1 year ago

The Holiday: The movie that usurped Love Actually for this year's most contentious Christmas film

Slate

Holiday checklist time: You’ve sent out your cards. To refresh your memory, The Holiday drops us into the lives of two unlucky-in-love women: Kate Winslet’s sad-sack Iris is an English newspaper writer who finds out the co-worker who’s been stringing her along for years has gotten engaged to another woman, while Cameron Diaz’s Amanda has a booming business editing movie …

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1 year ago

Mariah Carey Says She's Never Heard Of 1 Huge Holiday Tradition

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sure, Mariah Carey is the Queen of Christmas, but there’s one seasonal pastime she’s clueless about. The “All I Want For Christmas Is You” singer was unaware of “white elephant parties” until a reporter for People explained them to her during an interview about her thoughts on various Christmas traditions. Carey drew a blank when asked about …

Christmas Carey

1 year ago

All I want for Christmas? The old-fashioned traditions back where they belong

The Independent

Two major Christmas adverts this year have focussed on “creating new traditions” – John Lewis, with its inexplicably needy Venus flytrap; and M&S, with a gaggle of angry, flame-throwing celebrities. The most-loved new thing to do at Christmas breaks entirely free of the clanking chains of stockings and midnight mass – instead, it’s now “watching Christmas adverts”. And while you …

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1 year ago

Lifetime has fewer Christmas movies this year but more ‘mature’ holiday programming

LA Times

Religious or secular, solo or in groups, holiday activities revolve around tried-and-true traditions. Hallmark Channel and its sister station, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, have the Countdown to Christmas slate that, this year, includes 41 films with titles like “Checkin’ It Twice” and “Catch Me If You Claus.” Great American Family’s Great American Christmas movie schedule for 2023 includes 20 projects …

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1 year ago

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade: Festive spectacle of balloons, bands and Santa kicks off the holiday season in New York

Hindustan Times

Beloved characters like Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants soared through the skies above New York City on Thursday and bands marched along the streets below as the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ushered in the holiday season. The Red Titan from Ryan's World balloon floats in Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, 2023 in New York City. People participate …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Think they’ve seen it all? Holiday gift ideas for the movie lover who wants more

Associated Press

It’s been a wonderful year at the movies for cinephiles, but what do you get for the film lover who has seen everything already? The holidays always bring anniversary releases of tried-and-true classics, like the 4K Ultra HD 25th Anniversary Titanic re-release, as well as tricked-out 4K sets of the year’s biggest hits, like “Barbie” of course. Sofia Coppola dug …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Spend this holiday TV season with Paddington, Melissa McCarthy, Lori Loughlin and more

Associated Press

Festive TV programming is starting to stack up like toys in Santa’s sleigh. Holiday favorites like “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “A Christmas Story” will soon return, along with new family friendly films including “Dashing Through the Snow” on Disney+ and Melissa McCarthy’s “Genie” on Peacock. Loughlin returns in her first original holiday movie since getting ensnared in a massive …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Latinx Files: Why we love Día de Muertos

LA Times

“Is this sad?” I was manning one of two tables the De Los team had set up by our altar at the Hollywood Forever Día y Noche de Muertos on Saturday when this question was posed to me by a woman who had walked up with her young daughter. Children place an offering at the Los Angeles Times De Los …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The L.A. Times 2023 holiday gift guide

LA Times

What makes a house or an apartment building or an Airstream trailer or a yurt a home for the holidays? This year’s Gift Guide is filled to capacity with delightful suggestions for all kinds of nest-feathering, dresser-filling, bookshelf-filling, pantry-stocking and stocking-stuffing that’ll hit home. We’ve got nifty gifties to relax your stressed-out friends, presents that pay it forward, gifts for …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Striking Hollywood workers are feeling the strain when rent is due

LA Times

It’s Friday, Sept. 22. Eat your way through the most delicious weekend in L.A. And here’s today’s e-newspaper Striking Hollywood workers are feeling the strain when rent is due For Hollywood’s striking workers, it’s been quite a few months of waiting and their pockets are stretched thin. Still, entertainment industry workers told me they’re struggling more than ever to afford …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How to give out screenwriting awards during strike season (very carefully)

LA Times

A strange creature, the Hollywood award in strike season. “We’re here to champion and empower writers, but specifically writers working on stories that aren’t necessarily courted by the marketplace,” said Humanitas executive director Michelle Franke. It is interesting to see what it developed into, because it’s a little fancy.” At more recent awards banquets, nominees might still have seen “one …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Looking back at Dianne Feinstein’s storied California career

LA Times

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. “You can’t tell the story of California politics — or the story of American politics — without the trailblazing career of Dianne Feinstein,” Sen. Alex Padilla said. “Just as significant, if not more, is the path she helped blaze for women in politics, first by seeking and winning elected office and …

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2 years, 1 month ago

26 hilarious AI images for Hallmark, Lifetime Christmas movies

LA Times

DALL-E digital illustrations of the plot synopses of the Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, from left, “Noel Next Door,” “Ghost of Christmas Always” and “We Wish You a Married Christmas.” Christmas comes but once a year, for a couple of months. ‘All Saints Christmas’ AI rendering of Hallmark Channel’s “All Saints Christmas.” Nov. 6, Hallmark Channel Synopsis: Lisette is a popular …

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2 years, 6 months ago

California pub ensures British expats are not left out over Jubilee weekend

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bunting, afternoon tea and a Queen Elizabeth impersonator are among …

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2 years, 7 months ago

‘I just can’t stop smiling.’ Joy abounds with return of L.A. Times Festival of Books

LA Times

Festivalgoers shop at the Book Soup booth during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC on Saturday. “It’s been part of our lives for many years, and it was disappointing when we were unable to come, but it’s awesome to be here with my son now and to share the love of books with him.” Brielle R., 7, …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Merry Christmas 2021: Wishes, Quotes, HD Images, Facebook Greetings, WhatsApp statuses, Messages for friends

India TV News

The festive is here again. Here are some heartfelt Christmas 2021 wishes, greetings and quotes that you can send to your loved ones if you are not with them in this season of merriment. Merry Christmas 2021: Wishes, Quotes, Facebook Greetings, WhatsApp statuses The time for celebration and gathering is about to begin. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year …

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3 years ago

L.A. Affairs: 11 holiday love stories to rival anything on the Hallmark Channel

LA Times

Would you happily watch Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel all year round? “Every time a bell rings.” If you’ve answered yes to all of the above, then we’ve put this collection of L.A. Affairs columns together just for you. As fans of the weekly column know, L.A. Affairs chronicles the ups and downs of the search for love in …

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3 years ago

Gifts For People Who Love HBO's 'Succession'

Huff Post

Peter Kramer/HBO It’s the most wonderful time of the year: “Succession” season. If you know someone who is glued to their couch every Sunday night, gasping in delight as America’s worst family emotionally terrorizes each other, then have we got a gift guide for you. We are mere days away from the season three finale, and with fan theories bouncing …

Hbo Succession Season

3 years ago

Biden wishes Americans happy, closer-to-normal Thanksgiving

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden on Thursday …

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54 years, 11 months ago

It’s Getting Harder for Hallmark to Avoid Politics

Slate

The following article is a written adaptation of an episode of Thrilling Tales of Modern Capitalism, Slate’s new podcast about companies in the news and how they got there. In January, days after the deadly Capitol riot, Hallmark’s PAC asked Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall to return campaign donations from the company, stating that the senators’ …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Bidens view Valentine’s Day decorations on White House lawn

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — First lady Jill Biden has a valentine for the American people: giant pink, white and red hearts bearing calls for “unity,” “hope” and “love” installed early Friday on the North Lawn of the White House. “I just wanted some joy,” the first lady told reporters during a surprise visit to the lawn with President Joe Biden and their …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Biden views Valentine's Day decorations on WH lawn

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy First lady Jill Biden had installed before dawn Friday special …

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4 years ago

TV's first crop of queer Christmas movies range from saccharine fun to superficial flops

Salon

In 2000, the Hallmark Channel aired its first original holiday-themed movie, "The Christmas Secret," about a professor who sets out to prove that reindeer can fly, and later meets Santa. What's good: Unlike with "Happiest Season," Brandon and Jake's main narrative isn't tied to their identity of being gay. Like "Happiest Season," Hugo and Patrick's love story is front and …

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4 years ago

All Mariah Carey wants is you to enjoy her Christmas special

The Independent

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4 years, 1 month ago

Amid Pandemic Curbs, Festive Filipinos are Trying Hard to Save Christmas From Coronavirus

News 18

The Philippines boasts one of the world’s longest Christmas seasons, kicking off in September with fairy lights and artificial trees decorating malls, festive tunes on the radio and party-packed calendars. Philippine crooner Jose Mari Chan, whose song “Christmas In Our Hearts” heralds the start of the festivities when it hits the airwaves on September 1, summed it up: “Sadness surrounds …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Happy Halloween 2020: Wishes, greetings, messages, images, quotes to share on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter status

India Today

Halloween 2020 will be celebrated on Saturday, October 31. Here are Halloween 2020 wishes, greetings, messages to send your friends and family as a gesture of warmth. Halloween wishes, messages, greetings, quotes, images to share with friends and family October brings crisp, cool nights and Halloween frights. I'd knock on peoples' doors and go, "Trick or treat - No thank …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Sorry, but your beloved L.A. holiday event has probably been canceled. Blame coronavirus

LA Times

This is the time of year we typically start thinking about traditional fall festivities — such as pumpkin carving. “We couldn’t see any way to host this event while practicing social distancing,” said Sherman Gardens spokeswoman Beverly Morgan. “Historically, the city has spent $600,000 to $700,000 on the event, but due to COVID, we’re doing just a limited amount, about …

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