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The Trump presidential campaign a billionaires’ ballot
In the fight are Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bizos, who put pressure on the editors of the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, X’s Elon Musk and Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel
USC outraged by inaction on sexual misconduct allegations
The Los Angeles university’s faculty came out against the senior staff’s ‘failure to protect students’
Oprah 2020? Awards speech ignites frenzied speculation
Republican strategist Rick Wilson suggested Trump’s election, once unthinkable, had rewritten the rules.
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! actress dies at 72
Tura Satana — who gained cult status for her role in <i>Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!</i> — died on Friday of heart failure. She was aged 72.
LA Times sells Disney front page for movie ad
The <i>LA Times'</i> critic may have panned the film, but that didn’t stop Disney from turning the newspaper’s front page into an advertisement.
Baskin-Robbins ice cream co-founder dead at 90:
Irvine Robbins, who delighted ice cream afficionados by conjuring up ever more inventive flavours as co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins empire, has died aged 90. Robbins, who…
Sony ‘in talks’ over video for PlayStation 3
Sony is reportedly negotiating licensing deals with studios to distribute videos online through a long-promised service for the PlayStation 3. Citing studio executives, the Los…
Clintons’ $109m income under close scrutiny
Tax returns released by former first couple Hillary and Bill Clinton revealed they earned -million over eight years, and questions were raised on Saturday about the sources of…
Starbucks ordered to pay back $100m in tips
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…
Hollywood’s magic splits final Potter film in two
It might have been called Harry Potter and the Eternal Sequel. Faced with the last in a series of books that ended with a climactic showdown, the producers of the…
Hollywood cast lines up for real-life detective drama
The list reads like the credit roll from a 1980s movie: Sylvester Stallone, Farrah Fawcett and Keith Carradine. Instead they are the standout names from a five-page list of…
US campaign frenzy ahead of Super Tuesday
White House hopefuls have launched a frantic blitz with the stakes enormous heading into ”Super Tuesday” and the home stretch of the costliest and longest United States election…
Britney Spears rushed to hospital again
Troubled pop icon Britney Spears was rushed to hospital in an ambulance early on Thursday morning for the second time this month for an involuntary mental health evaluation,…
Marlon Brando’s son dies at 49 in Los Angeles
Christian Brando, the eldest son of Hollywood icon Marlon Brando who made worldwide news in 1990 by shooting dead his sister’s boyfriend, died on Saturday at the age of 49.…
Troubled former child star dies at 25
Actor Brad Renfro, former child star of such films as The Client and Tom and Huck who had battled drug abuse in recent years, was found dead in Los Angeles on January 14 at the…