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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Hit-and-run crash leaves 1 dead, 6 injured, and vehicle overturned on edge of Chinatown

LA Times

A two-car collision at Broadway and Cesar Chavez Avenue in L.A.’s Chinatown neighborhood left one person dead and six others injured, authorities said. An 18-year-old man was killed and six people were injured in a hit-and-run crash outside a Starbucks in L.A.’s Chinatown neighborhood, authorities said Saturday. The rollover crash occurred when a vehicle traveling on Cesar Chavez collided with …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Scouting notes on Cesar Prieto, Johnny Cueto and others from the LIDOM game at Citi Field

New York Times

A few weeks ago, I saw that the two teams in LIDOM with the most championships in the league’s history were coming to New York to play a three-game series for the second year in a row. Los Tigres de Licey has two top 100-ish prospects on their roster in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Jordan Lawlar and the Toronto Blue Jays’ …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s Willy Chavarria’s America, and we’re just living in it

LA Times

Six months ago, before Willy Chavarria had even begun drafting the designs of his Spring/Summer 2025 collection, he knew exactly how he would open his show: His guests would enter a space that was largely unadorned, aside from a prominently featured American flag. There, with the flag as their backdrop, they would perform a wrenching rendition of Juan Gabriel’s “Querida.” …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Whatever you’ve heard about 'Megalopolis,' see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself

NPR

Whatever you’ve heard about 'Megalopolis,' see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself toggle caption Lionsgate In the early 1980s, Francis Ford Coppola, with classics like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now under his belt, set his sights on his next magnum opus: an ambitious, fable-like drama that would draw parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome. But after the costly flop …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Megalopolis review: Francis Ford Coppola’s $120m self-funded epic is no car crash

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. Read our privacy policy Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded $120m epic, …

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4 months ago

Her grandfather, Cesar Chavez, taught her about activism. Now she’s running Harris’ campaign

LA Times

When then-President Obama awarded California labor leader Dolores Huerta the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — one person was notably absent from the ceremony in the White House’s East Room: Julie Chavez Rodriguez. “She fights for families like ours.” Julie Chavez Rodriguez, then manager of President Biden’s reelection campaign, speaks at a news conference in …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

USMNT suffers embarrassing 2-1 defeat to Panama putting their Copa America future at risk after going down to ten men within 20 minutes

Daily Mail

All the Americans needed was a win against a Panama team they've beaten soundly in the past - a team 32 spots lower than them in the FIFA rankings - and they would go through to the knockouts. Tim Weah was sent off in the 17th minute, contributing to a 2-1 loss in the Copa America Questions will be asked …

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7 months ago

Megalopolis: Francis Ford Coppola’s movie is hilarious. Sometimes even intentionally.

Slate

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis took 41 years to make. Coppola’s magnum opus, which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival last night, is a movie of extraordinary highs and baffling lows, alternately dazzling and confounding. One disgruntled crew member kvetched to the Guardian that Coppola spent the better part of a day tinkering with an on-set visual effect that …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis draws mixed reactions including boos at Cannes

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. Read our privacy policy Francis Ford Coppola’s 140-minute, self-financed magnum opus …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Megalopolis film review: Francis Ford Coppola's passion project is a 'pretentious, portentous curio'

BBC

Megalopolis film review: Francis Ford Coppola's passion project is a 'pretentious, portentous curio' Ceasar Film One star for Francis Ford Coppola's "loopy" retro-futuristic passion project, which is "incoherent" – and looks "horribly cheap and amateurish". Megalopolis is a $120 million passion project financed entirely by its legendary director, Francis Ford Coppola, so it has already earnt its place in cinema …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Hollywood can’t help being suspicious about Francis Ford Coppola – Megalopolis isn’t going to change that

The Independent

The gloating was obvious. Quoting one of many nonplussed film executives who had just seen Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, the article asked if the $120m passion project would be unreleasable in the US. open image in gallery Adam Driver in ‘Megalopolis’ “It’s not the movie business, it’s the money business,” Coppola said then, fulminating against the Hollywood studios. “He likes …

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8 months ago

Meet the homeless L.A. immigrants who built a DIY home in gentrifying Highland Park

LA Times

In a city of multimillion-dollar houses and celebrity estates, Cesar Augusto’s home stands apart. The rectangular shelter appears above the channel like a section of a wood-paneled suburban basement, and a sign hangs near the entrance: “Ponte trucha,” or “Stay sharp.” Augusto climbs a ladder up the steep wall of the channel to reach his makeshift shelter, another example of …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

RFK Jr.’s campaign is celebrating Cesar Chavez Day. The labor icon’s family is not having it

LA Times

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drawn criticism from the family of Cesar Chavez. Kennedy Jr. has used Cesar Chavez’s name and image in his independent campaign for president, eliciting outrage from Chavez family members. Chavez family members were also angry when they saw, in a recent Telemundo segment, an Associated Press photo of Kennedy Jr. helping carry …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

NBC's Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow rejoice in ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel's firing - as boss's spineless memo apologizing to left-leaning reporters is revealed

Daily Mail

NBC's Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow rejoiced after receiving the news that their network boss had decided to drop ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel after falling prey to intense backlash from the far-left anchors. NBC News is already planning to drop ex-RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor following backlash from inside the network NBCUniversal Chairman Cesar Conde confirmed McDaniel's ousting …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

In Rio, rife with dengue, bacteria-infected mosquitoes are making a difference

Associated Press

NITEROI, Brazil — Since Rio de Janeiro declared a public health emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever last month, the city has ramped up testing capacities, opened up a dozen dengue health centers and trained medical staff to attend to the ever-growing needs of its population. Health officials say a pilot program launched in Niteroi in 2015, in which …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Actor Judith Godrèche calls on French film industry to face sexual abuse, during Cesar Awards

The Hindu

French actor Judith Godrèche called on France’s film industry to “face the truth” on sexual violence and physical abuse during a live broadcast Friday of the Cesar Awards ceremony, France’s version of the Oscars. Her speech comes as French cinema is expected to shine next month at the Oscars ceremony with Justine Triet 's courtroom drama “ Anatomy of a …

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10 months ago

New #MeToo step: French actress Judith Godrèche to speak on sexual violence at Cesar Awards

Hindustan Times

As French cinema basks in Academy Awards attention, actors who allege they were teenage victims of sexual and physical abuse by directors decades older than them are shining the light on the repulsive underside of the country's industry. French newspapers Le Parisien and Liberation report that actress Judith Godreche is to make a speech on sexual violence in the cinema …

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10 months ago

Actor calls on French film industry to face sexual abuse, during live Cesar Awards ceremony

Associated Press

PARIS — French actor Judith Godrèche called on France’s film industry to “face the truth” on sexual violence and physical abuse during a live broadcast Friday of the Cesar Awards ceremony, France’s version of the Oscars. Her speech comes as French cinema is expected to shine next month at the Oscars ceremony with Justine Triet ‘s courtroom drama “ Anatomy …

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1 year ago

How to experience L.A. like a poet

LA Times

I was walking in Venice with poet Tom Laichas when he showed me a hard-to-describe object protruding from the strip between sidewalk and street. Viva Padilla utilizing Google Maps to triangulate the course of my desmadre over the years Viva Padilla, a first-generation Chicana, is the author of the poetry collection “INSUMISA.” Padilla and I talked about her poem “utilizing …

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1 year, 3 months ago

8 must-see movies about workers' rights for Labor Day viewing

Salon

The first Monday of September marks Labor Day, the annual holiday that grants us a shorter work week and a longer weekend. 01 "Salt of the Earth" Herbert J. Biberman's drama follows a couple — Esperanza Quintero and her emotionally abusive, miner husband Ramón Quintero — whose plans for a prosperous future are threatened after a workers strike, led by …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Uncertainty looms among Maui residents staying at emergency shelter

CNN

Wailuku, Hawaii CNN — Hundreds of displaced residents are taking shelter at a gymnasium in north-central Maui, as devastating wildfires have swept through the island and killed at least 80 people near its western shore. “I’m grateful that my family is alive and that Maui has come strong as one community in Lahaina,” she said. “When we woke up in …

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1 year, 6 months ago

12-yr-old in UK nearly loses life to chroming. What we know about TikTok trend popular with teens

Firstpost

Cesar Watson-King collapsed at his home in South Yorkshire’s Doncaster after inhaling a can of deodorant as part of the social media challenge called ‘chroming.’ Cesar, who was rushed to hospital, survived after being placed into a medically-induced coma. According to a report in Metro UK, a 12-year-old inhaled a can of deodorant as part of a social media challenge …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Texas 18-year-old charged with murder in killings of his parents and two siblings

LA Times

Authorities in east Texas have jailed Cesar Olalde on capital murder charges in the fatal shootings of his parents, sister and brother. Police in the small town of Nash say officers responding to a report that a man had harmed his family and was threatening to kill himself Tuesday found Cesar Olalde barricaded inside a home. Olalde later called police, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Cesar Chavez’s legacy lives on in Biden’s new campaign chair

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama flew to California to dedicate a national monument to Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez, a group of the activist’s relatives were invited to pose for photos with the president. “I said, ‘Julie, you have to be up there with your family,’” said Jarrett, who was Rodriguez’s boss in the White House Office of Public …

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Hit-and-run crash leaves 1 dead, 6 injured, and vehicle overturned on edge of Chinatown

Scouting notes on Cesar Prieto, Johnny Cueto and others from the LIDOM game at Citi Field

It’s Willy Chavarria’s America, and we’re just living in it

Whatever you’ve heard about 'Megalopolis,' see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself

Megalopolis review: Francis Ford Coppola’s $120m self-funded epic is no car crash

Her grandfather, Cesar Chavez, taught her about activism. Now she’s running Harris’ campaign

USMNT suffers embarrassing 2-1 defeat to Panama putting their Copa America future at risk after going down to ten men within 20 minutes

Megalopolis: Francis Ford Coppola’s movie is hilarious. Sometimes even intentionally.

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis draws mixed reactions including boos at Cannes

Megalopolis film review: Francis Ford Coppola's passion project is a 'pretentious, portentous curio'

Hollywood can’t help being suspicious about Francis Ford Coppola – Megalopolis isn’t going to change that

Meet the homeless L.A. immigrants who built a DIY home in gentrifying Highland Park

RFK Jr.’s campaign is celebrating Cesar Chavez Day. The labor icon’s family is not having it

NBC's Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow rejoice in ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel's firing - as boss's spineless memo apologizing to left-leaning reporters is revealed

In Rio, rife with dengue, bacteria-infected mosquitoes are making a difference

Actor Judith Godrèche calls on French film industry to face sexual abuse, during Cesar Awards

New #MeToo step: French actress Judith Godrèche to speak on sexual violence at Cesar Awards

Actor calls on French film industry to face sexual abuse, during live Cesar Awards ceremony

How to experience L.A. like a poet

8 must-see movies about workers' rights for Labor Day viewing

Uncertainty looms among Maui residents staying at emergency shelter

12-yr-old in UK nearly loses life to chroming. What we know about TikTok trend popular with teens

Texas 18-year-old charged with murder in killings of his parents and two siblings

Cesar Chavez’s legacy lives on in Biden’s new campaign chair