By Oliver Darcy and Brian Stetler | CNN CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on April 30, just one month after it launched. CNN+ customers “will receive prorated refunds of subscription fees,” the company said. The decision was made…
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NEW YORK — Actor Robert Morse, who won a Tony Award as a hilariously brash corporate climber in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and a second one a generation later as the brilliant, troubled Truman Capote in “Tru,” has died. He was 90. Robert Morse at an event marking the series finale…
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Congratulations to Lori Hickey, recently selected to participate in the “Fleurs de Villers: Femmes” fresh floral exhibit and competition on display in the Jewel Court at South Coast Plaza through Sunday. Hickey, who graduated from Esperanza High School and UC Santa Barbara with a degree in sociology, honed her creative artistry while working as a…
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PLAYA VISTA — There was a commercial in 2019 for that year’s installment of the “Terminator” franchise that featured Kawhi Leonard and Paul George – who’d recently become Clippers – alongside movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. In it, Schwarzenegger welcomes Leonard to L.A.: “It’s good to see another Terminator.” Leonard: “I don’t know…
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LOS ANGELES — The Venice-based COVID-19 testing company doing business as Sameday Health allegedly falsified and forged test results, according to a complaint released Thursday by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, which reached a $22.5 million settlement with the company. Sameday Technologies, which operates under Sameday Health, has a total of 55 testing sites…
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The Chicago Bulls knew what was coming when they exited the Fiserv Forum locker room for the second half of Game 2. With a 63-49 lead in their pocket, the Bulls were more confident than they’d been in a game in weeks. But a double-digit lead only means so much when two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo…
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The Hawks got a first-hand lesson in Game 2 on what Jimmy Butler can do when he wants to take over a game. Butler’s teammates already knew. “Crazy,” Bam Adebayo said. “We see that in pickup ball all the time. He’ll take over pickup, and I don’t know if he wants to save it for…
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Mikel Jollett, frontman of the Airborne Toxic Event, doesn’t always create a narrative around his music. Sometimes it is fine-tuned like a staticky radio frequency finding its clarity. While songwriting can be technical or formulaic, Jollett said in a phone interview that sometimes it’s a matter of telling a story or a more authentic process…
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The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, recently purchased a 9% stake in Twitter, the social media platform that permanently banned former President Donald Trump and that conservatives accuse of suppressing their content. Musk’s purchase made him Twitter’s largest shareholder, and he vowed to take it over, possibly to turn it into a private…
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Gov. Jared Polis offered up Colorado as a new home to both Disney and Twitter on Tuesday after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated his criticisms of both companies. DeSantis said he was looking for ways to hold Twitter’s board of directors “accountable” in the wake of news of the board’s “poison pill” plan to stop…
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