Like its title promises, Day of the Fight climaxes in a boxing match. Star Michael C. Pitt revealed that it was his idea to have a real fight during the production. Writer-director Jack Huston, making his directorial debut, heartily agreed. I had said to Jack, Put the fight at the end of the movie. They […]

Saturday Night director Jason Reitman and music composer Jon Batiste said at Deadline Contenders Film: Los Angeles that music is the “villain” of the Columbia Pictures film. Batiste said during Saturday’s panel that after several conversations with Reitman, “it became very clear” that Saturday Night’s music “was not going to be a traditional score [...

California confirmed the first case of clade I mpox on Saturday.

Thelma filmmaker Josh Margolin pointed the films 95-year-old leading lady June Squibb to the same source of inspiration that sparked the movie itself: his grandmother, who shares the name of the title character. Josh gave me some little films that he’d made, like of Thelma going to the store or Thelma celebrating her birthday, just […]

Voters blocked Prop. 33, which would have let local governments expand rent control, and approved Prop. 34, which will curb one of Prop. 33's key sponsors.

More than 30 geographic formations and locales in California no longer will include the word "squaw" due to its offensive nature.

The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.

Health officials in California confirmed Saturday they have identified the first known case of a more severe form of mpox known as clade I in the United States but said the risk to the public remains low.

BERKELEY, Calif. >> Berkeley, California, long associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, has a reputation for erring on the side of compassion when it comes to the enforcement of drug use and homelessness. The city is such a liberal outlier that Vice President Kamala Harris downplayed her origins there as she tried to appeal to moderate American voters this year.

Kate Linthicum a collaborator for the Los Angeles Times, describes how Car bombs; Shootings, Massacres: Beheadings: The slaying of a Roman Catholic priest; and a Turf War in Sinaloa, are just some of the situations that Claudia Sheinbaum inherited from her political mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. A cartel war that has engulfed a major […]The post

Over eight decades later and filmmakers are still finding innovative ways to unearth different perspectives of World War II. This time, Oscar winning director Steve McQueen tackles the harrowing subject through the eyes of a young child. [The narrative] makes us refocus our gaze, McQueen said at Deadlines Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Saturday speaking […]

Over eight decades later and filmmakers are still finding innovative ways to unearth different perspectives of World War II. This time, Oscar winning director Steve McQueen tackles the harrowing subject through the eyes of a young child. [The narrative] makes us refocus our gaze, McQueen said at Deadlines Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Saturday speaking […]

The Boston Red Sox have been predicted to sign 2023 National League Cy Young winner Blake Snell away from the San Francisco Giants this offseason.

In The Room Next Door, writer-director Pedro Almodvar builds upon his feminocentric repertoire with some beautiful performances from Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. As the trio appeared on a panel Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Film event, the actresses opened up about working with the acclaimed filmmaker on the Golden Lion-winning film that centers a years-long […]

The San Francisco 49ers boast one of the deepest WR groups in the league, but they could be ditching one of their best weapons soon.The post 49ers Star Named Potential Trade Candidate by ESPN Insider appeared first on Heavy.com.

Just past the halfway mark of her first of three Los Angeles shows last night, Sabrina Carpenter cracked a Colgate smile as she arrived at evening’s roulette moment, where she spins a bottle to determine which song she’ll cover. “Do you guys like to play games here?” she said. Recent picks at other dates on […]

Saoirse Ronan said alcoholism was a subject she was always threatening to explore. When she found Amy Liptrots book The Outrun, she decided to also make her producorial debut in developing it. Alcoholism for me was like the monster in the corner that I hadnt dealt with for a very long time, Ronan said. It […]