Gerald C. Rivers, Mark Lewis, Franc Ross and Christopher W. Jones in a production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. The play runs on Sept. 5 and other dates through Oct. 30. (Photo by Ian Flanders) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San
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At least six people have been killed after Storm Ida dumped a month’s worth of rain on parts of the US. Four of those who died were in New York City, while the other two were in New Jersey, according to NBC. A state of emergency has been declared after the remnants of a hurricane
The UK’s foreign secretary has said there needs to be “wider buy-in” from countries in the region around Afghanistan to exert maximum influence on the Taliban. Speaking at a news conference in Doha with his opposite number from Qatar, Dominic Raab said an “international coalition” needs to be formed to “exert the maximum moderating influence”
Nkechi Okoro Carroll is staying in business with Warner Bros. The All American showrunner is rebooting classic ABC drama Life Goes On and is launching her own production company Rock My Soul Productions, with ex-AGBO exec and former WME agent Lindsay Dunn as Head of Television, as part of a major overall deal renewal with the studio. Deadline
A set of new security vulnerabilities has been disclosed in commercial Bluetooth stacks that could enable an adversary to execute arbitrary code and, worse, crash the devices via denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Collectively dubbed “BrakTooth” (referring to the Norwegian word “Brak” which translates to “crash”), the 16 security weaknesses span across 13 Bluetooth chipsets from 11
Since Hurricane Ida made landfall this past Sunday, the storm has caused significant damage across Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, with six confirmed deaths as of Tuesday night and thousands of other Gulf Coast residents left without a home, clean water, or power. As the fifth strongest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. mainland, Ida
We’ve all been waiting for Randall King to officially announce his full-length sophomore album. Though nothing has been confirmed quite yet, he’s continuing to release some new music, recently putting out the honky-tonk jam “Record High”. And earlier this week, he announced another new one coming tomorrow called “Baby Do”: He’s had this one in
Brantley Gilbert says he didn’t write a new song called “Gone But Not Forgotten” for the members of the U.S. Armed Forces killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, last week, but he hopes it resonates with those needing to hear it. The singer dropped this unreleased track on his Instagram page on Saturday (Aug. 28), two days after 11
The Simpsons’ Ned Flanders got the real-life treatment from a fan and the results are pretty shocking. Hossein Diba showed off their work on Instagram and fans got quite a kick out of this photo edit. There have been so many “turning cartoon characters into real people” photoshops in the last few years, but rarely
”The power inside you: all over the world there are different names for it. But it’s one thing, One Power, and women who can touch it — we protect the world.” So says Rosamund Pike’s character, Moiraine Damodred, in the first Wheel of Time trailer released by Amazon. Even for those who have never read
Dua Lipa‘s trading in one star-studded event for another — the singer’s missing out on the Met Gala … because she’s working on her big-screen acting debut. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the “Levitating” singer’s among a slew of celebs invited to the famous fundraising ball in NYC this month, but she had
Of all of the exciting things that F9 delivered The Fast and the Furious fans, arguably the most exciting was the return of Sung Kang‘s Han, as his character had seemingly been killed in Fast & Furious 6. Making his death feel all the more tragic was that he was killed by Jason Statham’s Deckard
WhatsApp has patched a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to read sensitive information from the app’s memory, including private messages using a specially crafted image. The vulnerability was reported to WhatsApp by cybersecurity firm Check Point Research, and it existed within the image filter function of WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp Business for Android
Price rises for consumers are “inevitable” as a consequence of the HGV driver shortage, the boss of Iceland has warned. Almost 50,000 drivers have left the road in the last two years, leaving retailers, suppliers, and hauliers competing for a diminished pool to supply clients. The scramble for supplies has led to sharp increases in
Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Streaming dreams do come true — at least when it comes to Cinderella. The latest installment of the beloved fairytale, which stars Camila
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a $3.5 trillion federal funding package for fiscal year 2022 (FY22). This massive budget is meant to fund all federal government work, strengthen social support systems, and bolster climate change programs. It also passed along with an official September 27 deadline for action on a
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 2,277 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,409,545 as of Wednesday, Sept. 1. The total number of cases represents 14% of Los Angeles County’s population. Officials reported 38 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total of 25,322 deaths since tracking
An alleged member of the ISIS group dubbed “The Beatles” is set to plead guilty in a court case in the United States. Alexanda Amon Kotey has been charged with conspiring to torture and behead American and European hostages in Syria. It is not immediately clear which charges he will admit at a change of
A leaked Foreign Office report warned government ministers on 22 July that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan would lead to ‘rapid Taliban advances’, a senior Conservative MP has claimed. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat, told Sky News that the department’s own principle risk report on Afghanistan suggested the country’s cities
More than 5,200 Covid cases have been detected among K-12 students in Los Angeles County over the past two weeks, a number the public health director called “sobering” today. According to figures released by the county Wednesday, 5,207 infections were identified among students in the county between Aug. 15-29 — along with 729 cases among