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Canary in the coalmine: How Christopher Dorner keeps showing up in protest music

Friday Lloyd Gedye - 24 Sep 2020

Musicians break genre boundaries and, through the lyrics about the Los Angeles police officer who killed cops, express black anger

Disguise: How artists are reinventing African masquerade

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jan 2016

An exhibition touring the US brings together contemporary artists using the ancient form of masquerade to explore issues such as self-realisation.

Hundreds evacuate as wildfire tears through LA countryside

Article Staff Reporter - 3 May 2013

A wildfire has raged in the countryside outside Los Angeles, forcing the closure of its coastal highway as hundreds of residents evacuated.

Whitney Houston found dead in LA hotel room

Article Bob Tourtellotte - 12 Feb 2012

Grammy-winning singer Whitney Houston, one of the most talented performers of her generation, died on Saturday in a Beverly Hills hotel room.

Doctor guilty of manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death

Article Alex Dobuzinskis - 8 Nov 2011

Michael Jackson's personal doctor has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the star's death in 2009 but may not spend much time in jail.

Los Angeles braced for ‘car-mageddon’

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Jul 2011

Angelenos fear the closure of the San Diego freeway for 53 hours for bridge rebuilding will bring an already congested LA to a standstill.

Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin to be auctioned in Los Angeles

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Dec 2010

For the John F Kennedy-assassination conspiracy junkie who has everything: Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin. Body not included.

Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis dies aged 91

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Nov 2010

Dino De Laurentiis, producer of some of Italy's best-known films has died in Los Angeles, aged 91, Italian media reported on Thursday.

US woman makes history with healthy octuplets

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Jan 2009

In only the second time in US medical history, a woman in California has given birth to eight babies, which remain in a stable condition.

Thousands flee as fires erupt across California

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Oct 2008

One person was killed and thousands were evacuated on Monday as a series of wind-driven wildfires swept across California.

Film director Sydney Pollack dies

Article Staff Reporter - 27 May 2008

Hollywood filmmaker Sydney Pollack, who won a pair of Academy Awards for the epic romance Out of Africa and earned praise for his acting stints in films such as Tootsie and Michael Clayton, died on May 26 after a battle with cancer, his spokesperson said. He was 73.

Hollywood movie legend Charlton Heston dies

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Apr 2008

Charlton Heston, the chisel-jawed Hollywood icon best remembered for his Oscar-winning performance in the 1959 epic Ben Hur, died on April 5 at his home, his family said. He was 84. Heston's family said in a statement that the actor died with his wife of 64 years, Lydia, by his side.

Starbucks ordered to pay back $100m in tips

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Mar 2008

A San Diego judge on Thursday ordered coffee giant Starbucks to pay more than $100-million in tips and interest owed to staff across outlets in California. It was not immediately clear how the money might be divided up between the estimated 100 000 current and former baristas.

LA faces meltdown as Hollywood strike bites

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2008

No red carpet, no Keira or Angelina, no best-dressed/worst-dressed lists, no goody bags, no limo rides, no parties and no champagne. Sunday's lacklustre Golden Globe awards will sound an alarm across Los Angeles: the show does not go on.

Hollywood writers’ labour talks collapse

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Dec 2007

Negotiations between striking Hollywood writers and studios have collapsed, crushing expectations for a settlement of the costly walkout in its fifth week. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced on Friday that the round of talks that started on Tuesday had broken down.

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