Doctor Who nodded towards another sci-fi institution, the Star Wars franchise, in its annual holiday special. “Revolution of the Daleks” aired on New Year’s Day, bringing back John Barrowman as rakish companion Capt. Jack Harkness. But the episode also draws on events from the first and second seasons of Jodie Whittaker’s run as the Thirteenth
What can be said about the Amityville, Long Island “Horror House” that hasn’t been said before? Not much apparently, but discovery+’s special “Shock doc” Amityville Horror House has a great, gory time going over it again. First, they tell us what we already know, the beautiful house in the affluent suburb, just an hour from
The season 2 finale of The Mandalorian now includes a dedication honoring the memory of original Boba Fett actor Jeremy Bulloch, who died on December 17 aged 75. The end credits trailing episode “Chapter 16: The Rescue,” released to Disney+ at midnight on December 18, now conclude with a tribute honoring the actor who first
People packed a school board meeting in Pico Rivera after a recording of a teacher’s rant against the military went viral. Tom Wait reports.
The state will deploy U.S. Army experts as soon as Saturday, Jan. 2, to evaluate and and upgrade oxygen-delivery systems at six older Los Angeles County hospitals overwhelmed by the unprecedented number of coronavirus patients with serious respiratory issues. The hospitals to be assisted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are: Adventist Health White
In the summer of 2012, Robin Williams wrote a note in the inside cover of his Twelve Steps book, just a short sentence detailing what he hoped might be his legacy. “I want to help people be less afraid.” Two years later, he died by suicide at the age of 63; a tragic, traumatic end
The smooth start to post-Brexit border operations may be the “calm before the storm”, industry bosses have warned. The first day of January marked the first day of a new trading relationship between the UK and the EU. There had been fears it would create chaotic scenes at ports, with outbound lorries now subject to
Redmi 7 has started receiving Android 10 update in India, as per a report. The global variant of the smartphone received the Android 10 update last week and it is now reportedly rolling out to devices in India as well. The update brings with it the December 2020 Android security patch. The Android 10 update
Boris Johnson is calling for more teachers, nurses, police officers and other frontline workers to help the UK recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The prime minister will call on those looking for a job or career change this year to consider frontline public sector roles. An advertising campaign will begin on 5 January on TV
The number of daily new Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles County had been falling for two weeks. From an all-time high of 21,411 on December 16, new cases had settled at between 13,000 and 15,000. While deaths remained punishingly high, there was some hope that a plateau in cases meant that transmission of the virus
It’s was a tough year for just about everyone, but the country music community was hit especially hard in 2020. While we look forward to a better year in 2021, it’s also a good time to reflect back on 2020 and remember all it has taken a lot from us. Singer, songwriters, reporters, radio show
WandaVision is dropping all the teasers this week and now the show is messing with reality on Instagram. New images show the shifts in time over the course of the series. As the previous trailers have illustrated, WandaVision spans multiple eras of television history. From the 1950s to right now sitcoms have undergone quite a
The BBC confirmed in November that New Year special ‘Revolution of the Daleks’ would see the departure of two of Doctor Who’s current companions. And so it went. Bradley Walsh’s Graham and Tosin Cole’s Ryan have now left the TARDIS, and we already know who’ll be taking their place. Actor and comedian John Bishop has
Zack Snyder’s Justice League stars Ray Fisher and Ray Porter are joining calls urging Warner Bros. to #RestoreTheSnyderVerse and designate the Snyder Cut part of DC Extended Universe canon. The trending fan campaign comes after studio executives reportedly described Snyder’s Justice League as a “storytelling cul-de-sac,” effectively closing the door on a Justice League Part
Revving up for wildfires is what L.A. City firefighter and Fire Defense Service Co-Founder Jim Prabhu does on and off the job. Rachel Kim reports.
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The Senate voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the sweeping defense bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, delivering a bipartisan rebuke to the President in his final days in office. Trump’s veto forced Republicans to decide whether to defy the President in support of legislation that sets defense policy for the
The coronavirus pandemic has had big impacts on operations at the Long Beach Airport — so big, it seems, that it’s unclear if long-planned construction projects, like a new ticketing lobby, will be able to move forward. Airport Director Cynthia Guidry wrote in a recent memo that while work on a new ticketing lobby continues
New Year’s Eve celebrations were muted by coronavirus restrictions in London and New York, while countries including Australia and New Zealand welcomed in 2021 with impressive firework displays. Big Ben ushered in 2021 with its chimes in an eerily subdued London, which would typically be packed with swathes of people waiting to watch a dazzling