Amid challenges in Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences renewed its chief executive’s contract a year early.
Category: Los Angeles (Calif)
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Why Does Kendrick Lamar Want Drake to Return Tupac’s Ring?
At Mr. Lamar’s Juneteenth concert on Wednesday, he made a request for Drake to return Mr. Shakur’s iconic crown ring. Is this about more than just beef between the two rappers?
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Kendrick Lamar’s Drake Victory Lap Unites Los Angeles
After unofficially winning a high-profile diss war with Drake, the rapper hosted a Juneteenth concert that celebrated local heroes — and his own sharp-tongued tracks.
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Kendrick Lamar’s Drake Victory Lap Unites Los Angeles
After unofficially winning a high-profile diss war with Drake, the rapper hosted a Juneteenth concert that celebrated local heroes — and his own sharp-tongued tracks.
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Amid Outcry, Academy Museum to Revise Exhibit on Hollywood’s Jewish Roots
When the museum first opened, it was criticized for omitting Hollywood’s Jewish pioneers. Now it is under fire for what its new exhibit says about them.
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What Retail Apocalypse? Shopping Centers Are Making a Comeback.
Vacancy is the lowest it has been in two decades, at 5.4 percent, according to a recent report. The properties are thriving even as retailers like Macy’s and Express shutter many stores.
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After Outcry, Chuck E. Cheese Says It Will Keep More Animatronic Bands
Plans to phase out most of Chuck E. Cheese’s animatronic bands prompted fans to plead for their survival. The bands will now play on at three additional locations.
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Gustaf Westman’s Designs Draw Crowds for His L.A. Pop-up Shop
A crowd lined up in Los Angeles’s Echo Park neighborhood to buy designer Gustaf Westman’s curvy, chunky, bold objects.
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Sean Combs Apologizes After Video Shows Him Assaulting Cassie
After footage surfaced of Mr. Combs striking, kicking and dragging Cassie, he apologized on social media, saying that “my behavior on that video is inexcusable.”
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Sean Combs Apologizes After Video Shows Him Assaulting Cassie
After footage surfaced of Mr. Combs striking, kicking and dragging Cassie, he apologized on social media, saying that “my behavior on that video is inexcusable.”
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Charles Gaines, By the Numbers
The artist on his new work at the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Alabama, the development of his practice and taking drum lessons from Jimmie Smith.