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The deadly wildfires sweeping across Los Angeles County have already claimed at least five lives and forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate — in some cases having to abandon their vehicles and flee on foot. So far, five active fires covering a total of more than 29,000 acres …

The devastating fires in Los Angeles have forced several television shows and entertainment industry events to shut down. Jimmy Kimmel Live has canceled its taping for Wednesday night, Jan. 8, while CBS’ After Midnight, hosted by Taylor Tomlinson, is off for the rest of the week, per Variety. As it …

A gray Los Angeles morning is nothing unusual in what passes for winter out here. But today, barely a week into the new year, it was a dense glut of smoke that darkened the sky, choking the air with ash. Where the sun broke through, it was the hazy and …

Your favorite Seventies rock play is headed overseas. Stereophonic will take on London’s West End in May 2025. The most Tony-nominated play of all time will wrap its stint at New York’s John Golden Theatre on Sunday, after two extensions, a recoup, and 305 performances in the can. They’ll head …

As someone who grew up in the U.S. in the 1990s, I am all too familiar with a culture in which anything you and your friends disapprove of is “retarded,” and anybody you might care to insult is a “retard.” And, like others my age who grew out of such …

When Euphoria and Dune star Zendaya stepped onto the red carpet at the 2025 Golden Globes, it only took moments for the photographers and journalists to notice an unexpected guest: a giant diamond ring on her left ring finger. While she declined to answer any questions that night, both People …

S hari Franke’s memoir starts, fittingly, with an Instagram story. As police officers forced the front door of her family’s home open with a battering ram, Shari captured the surreal scene, later posting it to her account for her 621,000 followers. “This moment, this climax of my family’s descent into …

The U.S. soldier found dead in a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside theTrump International Hotelin Las Vegas left a note suggesting the incident was a “stunt” meant as a “wakeup call” to the country, investigators said. During a new briefing on Friday afternoon, police said that they had found a …

T he hit man called himself Mr. Perfect. He had been given the list. He wanted the easiest one first. He’d also need a getaway car, a fake ID, and a place to drop the gun. The man who hired him went by Mero Wero. He said he would take …

A new year brings with it a plethora of new weird moments to acknowledge and even more to ignore. There’s the upcoming sociopolitical scene: grappling with the malcontent that’s led Donald Trump to the White House again, bracing for deportations, corporate marauding, and more cultural upheaval. But there’s also a …