Los Angeles (Calif)
Lisa Marie Presley, Singer-Songwriter and Daughter of Elvis, Dies at 54
Lisa Marie Presley, the singer-songwriter and only child of Elvis Presley, died on Thursday in Los Angeles after a medical emergency and a brief hospitalization. She was 54. Sam Mast, a representative of Priscilla Presley, her mother, announced the death in a statement. Earlier in the day, Ms. Presley said her daughter had been receiving […]
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Turning Trash Into Poetry
PARIS — Compared with the junk she’s found in other cities, “Parisian trash is sturdy,” Ser Serpas said. She speaks from experience — at 27, the itinerant artist and poet is admired in European and North American art circles for precariously poised arrangements of urban discards found near the venues where they’re shown. They become […]
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Lisa Marie Presley, the Daughter of Elvis Presley, Dies at 54
Lisa Marie Presley, the singer-songwriter and only child of Elvis Presley, died on Thursday after a medical emergency and a brief hospitalization. She was 54. “Priscilla Presley and the Presley family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Lisa Marie,” Sam Mast, a representative for Priscilla Presley, her mother, said in […]
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Adam Rich, Child Star on ‘Eight Is Enough,’ Dies at 54
Adam Rich, a former child actor who starred in the hit television series “Eight Is Enough” in the 1970s and ’80s, then dropped out of show business, dealt with serious depression and later re-emerged as a commentator on mental health, died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 54. Danny Deraney, Mr. […]
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Anne Heche Is Brain-Dead After Crash, Representative Says
Update: Anne Heche died on Sunday in Los Angeles, nine days after she was in a devastating car accident there. The actress Anne Heche, who had been in a coma since a car crash last week, has been declared brain-dead and is being kept on life-support to see if her organs are viable for donation, […]
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From a Chef’s Burnout, a Singular Los Angeles Restaurant Emerges
Wes Avila made his name popping up around Los Angeles selling wildly expressive tacos, his improbable mission in the name: Guerrilla Tacos. There were carnitas sometimes, under a green ripple of salsa, but what really got people’s attention at this teeny street cart was more unexpected: crisp-edged pork belly, duck confit, seared vegetables, fresh sardines, […]
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John Waters, an Auteur of Trash, Would Like to Thank the Academy
BALTIMORE — John Waters was leading a delegation from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures — in for the week from Los Angeles — on a tour of his home of 32 years, cluttered with film artifacts and kitschy curios and tucked behind trees on a quiet corner five miles from this city’s waterfront. There […]
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Biden to Visit Port of Los Angeles, Casting Inflation as a Global Problem
LOS ANGELES — President Biden is set to use the Port of Los Angeles on Friday as a backdrop to highlight his fight against inflation, delivering a speech about the efforts his administration has made to speed up the delivery of goods that has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. White House officials said Mr. […]
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10 Delicious Ice Cream and Frozen Treat Spots in Los Angeles
Every now and then, on a hot day in northeast Los Angeles, you might wish for something sweet and icy and refreshing, and at that exact moment, a raspado vendor will appear. The serendipity of it! Riding in a magnificent converted golf cart, honking the horn as if responding to a local emergency (which he […]
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