Oil prices and stock markets worldwide swung through a shaky Monday with uncertainty about what will happen with the Iran war. The S&P 500 swiveled between gains and losses before finishing with a dip of 0.1%, its second loss since setting an all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 159 points, or … Read more
What makes a perfect L.A. movie? Some kind of alchemy of curdled glamour, palm trees, ocean spray, conspiracies big and small — and more than a pinch of vanity. From hard-bitten ’40s noirs and vertiginous Hollywood rises (and falls) to the real-life poetry of neighborhood dreamers and nighttime drivers, Los Angeles is always ready for … Read more
Thousand-dollar tickets and hundreds of dollars in fees shocked some hopeful Olympic fans this month, but they did not keep LA28 from boasting strong sales in the committee’s first ticket drop. LA28 announced Thursday that it sold more than 4 million Olympic tickets during the first ticket drop. The private organizing committee will have a … Read more
A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the final week of the regular season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. NORCO (24-3); vs. Maranatha in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; 1 2. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (23-5); vs. La Mirada in D1 playoffs, Tuesday; 2 3. ST. JOHN BOSCO (22-5); … Read more
Act fast, or risk being relegated to the “permanent underclass.” That’s the latest worry reverberating around the techosphere. Loading audio narration… It’s no secret that AI is creating massive amounts of wealth for some. The startup space is flush with cash, the AI labs are doling out large salaries to retain top talent, and a … Read more
For Vince Gervasi, chief executive of Triscenic Production Services, it was yet another body blow. His company, a leading supplier of set and scenery storage and transportation for the film industry, was poised for a turnaround after nearly three years of losing money. Then, last week, he said a line producer on “Shark Tank,” one … Read more
Ron Mesh was a tour manager for Guns N’ Roses and hard rock acts for decades — he knows how a well-appointed club can make or break a band. He recently opened Dune Room, an independent venue in Indio that aims to keep the desert’s edgier music scenes thriving for the non-festival-saturated months of the … Read more
If Ty Simpson develops into a top NFL quarterback who leads the Rams to a Super Bowl title, the club will look back at the 2026 draft as one of the best and shrewdest in its history. Until then, it will be remembered for a news conference. Yeah, that one. The post-Day 1 session on … Read more
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman thought it was the truth when he said it. After the Dodgers won the World Series last year, riding extreme highs and lows in an all-time nail-biter of a seven-game set, he remembers telling his wife, Robin, that a second consecutive championship, after a roller coaster of a … Read more
Paramount Skydance just made a key hire to help advance its AI push. Loading audio narration… Barak Turovsky, who oversaw Google’s AI language product for seven years, is joining David Ellison’s company as the head of consumer AI, product chief Dane Glasgow told tech staffers on Monday afternoon. Turovsky most recently worked at General Motors … Read more
Sony Pictures Television has acquired controlling interest in the reality TV production company behind “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and “Vanderpump Rules.” The Culver City studio, which produces “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune,” announced Monday that it has closed its purchase of a majority stake of Alex Baskin’s three-year-old production firm, 32 Flavors. Baskin’s company … Read more
Anthropic announced Monday it has acquired Stainless, a startup founded by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray whose software is widely used by rival AI labs, including OpenAI and Google. Anthropic didn’t disclose terms of the deal. However, The Information reported last week that Anthropic was in talks to acquire Stainless, which is backed by Sequoia … Read more
When Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” premiered at Cannes 15 years ago, it quickly became a critical darling, sweeping every major award and becoming the first silent film to win the best picture Oscar since 1929. Its charm lies in the meet-cute chemistry between George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) and Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), two movie stars … Read more
Allyson Felix is attempting a comeback at age 40 that could give her a chance to add to her Olympic-record medal haul two years from now in Los Angeles. Felix, a mother of two, told Time magazine she thought about coming back some four years after calling it quits and decided: “Let’s go after the … Read more
Whether Mira Costa has the best high school volleyball team in America is open to debate, but the Mustangs left little doubt they are No. 1 in the Southern Section on Friday night, sweeping Loyola 25-21, 25-22, 25-22 at Cerritos College to repeat as Division 1 champions. UCLA-bound Mateo Fuerbringer was ready from the start, … Read more