Camila Cabello is ready to talk about sex, love and Shawn Mendes
Click:hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose HPMC Onstage recently before a couple of hundred fans in a small studio in Silver Lake, Camila Cabello spoke in gushing, nothing-to-hide detail about how a very special relationship — the singer’s first taste of true love — had indelibly shaped the songs on her new album, “Romance.” She and this guy…
Review: ‘Les Misérables’ is compelling and terrifyingly real
“Les Misérables” is not merely named after Victor Hugo’s celebrated novel, it shares its setting and succeeds splendidly in a mutual goal. Directed and co-written by Ladj Ly, who was born, raised and still lives in Montfermeil, the perennially impoverished Parisian banlieue or suburb where Hugo set part of his story, “Les Misérables” has exploded…
Review: New collection roams as many extremes as Jean Stafford's Golden State
You can take the writer out of California but you can’t take California out of the writer — or at least so I prefer to imagine, in my romantic fashion, during these dark days in which everything beautiful about the Golden State seems to be burning. Jean Stafford was born and raised in California (on…
Australian journalist, writer and wit Clive James dies at 80
LONDON — Clive James, an Australian journalist, joker and intellectual who had a long career as a writer and broadcaster in the U.K., has died. He was 80. James’ representatives, United Agents, said he died Sunday at his home in Cambridge, north of London, and a private funeral was held Wednesday. James had been diagnosed with…
Las Vegas cereal bar serves 130 types, in bowls and shakes, and a LeBron James Taco
LeBron James, the next time you’re in Las Vegas, there’s a sweet “taco” with your name on it. It’s one smothered with ice cream and the L.A. Laker’s favorite cereal, which also is the pattern on his Nike-collaboration sneakers: Fruity Pebbles. The creation debuted Nov. 19 at one of the Vegas area’s newest eateries: the…
Black Friday-Cyber Monday 2019: How to find airline travel deals
Think Black Friday-Cyber Monday sales are just for Instant pots and Electronics? Think travel instead, buying cheap tickets to the destinations of your dreams. You can expect to find good discounts during the flash sale season that starts Nov. 29 and ends Dec. 2, according to one fare-watching pro. “We can expect airlines to have…
Too much snow to ski? Super storm closes some SoCal resorts
Snow Valley was a ski marketer’s dream Wednesday: a ton of early snow for the resort’s opening day. Or maybe it wasn’t such a dream. Because Snow Valley had too much snow to open. That’s right, the little Running Spring resort two hours from L.A. postponed its opening day Wednesday. Weather permitting, the resort will…
Tiger Woods’ ex-wife Elin Nordegren seeks $44.5 million for Florida stunner
Former model Elin Nordegren, who was married to pro golfer Tiger Woods in the 2000s, is taking another swing at selling her Florida mansion. After asking $49.5 million for the palatial estate last year, she’s put it back up for sale at $44.5 million, records show. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Spanning 1.4 acres in…
Fintech start-up Robinhood withdraws its application to become a bank
Robinhood Markets Inc. is pulling its application for a banking charter just months after starting the process, underscoring the challenges for start-ups trying to take on the highly regulated world of finance. The application, filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, would have allowed the no-fee stock trading company to offer banking…
Why does Bitcoin always go crazy in November?
For better or worse, the month of November has always been one to remember in the world of Bitcoin. Reasons cited for its volatile moves during the 11th month of the year run the gamut from tax-loss harvesting, to its round-the-clock trading nature, to Mercury being in retrograde. It could also just be coincidence. Whatever…