'Terminator: Dark Fate' and 'Motherless Brooklyn' draw yawns at box office
‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ suffers franchise fatigue while ‘Harriet’ opens solid. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ and ‘Arctic Dogs’ both fail to crack $5 million. While Paramount’s “Terminator: Dark Fate” won the box office, opening in first place with $29 million, the result is well below analyst projections of $35 million to $40 million, according to estimates from measurement…
Passing of astrologer Walter Mercado draws fan reactions
Fans and celebrities took to Twitter to mourn the loss of LGBTQ and Latino icon Walter Mercado, who died Saturday. Stars and fans of the late Puerto Rican astrologer and television personality Walter Mercado took to Twitter on Sunday morning to mourn the LGBTQ and Latino icon. Mercado, who never publicly stated his sexuality, was…
Review: Andrew Norman's astonishingly sustainable 'Sustain'
The full sustaining power of composer Andrew Norman’s mind-bending, enchanting orchestral piece “Sustain” first became evident about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 2018. That would be about 20 minutes, just over halfway, into its Los Angeles Philharmonic world premiere at Walt Disney Concert Hall. At that point, a hooked listener had no choice but to go…
What's on TV Monday: 'His Dark Materials' on HBO
SERIES The Neighborhood As Calvin and Tina (Cedric the Entertainer, Tichina Arnold) near a milestone anniversary, Dave and Gemma (Max Greenfield and Beth Behrs) want to help them have the wedding they missed out on the first time around in this new episode. 8 p.m. CBS The Voice Taylor Swift continues her role as mentor…
LAX adds more buses to beef up LAX-it shuttle runs
LAX has been forced to add non-custom buses to its LAX-it fleet because of the demand for shuttles to the lot just east of Terminal 1, which debuted Tuesday. As the airport becomes busier as the weekend draws to a close, LAX officials plan to add as many as 44 buses to pick up arriving…
Storm-damaged California 243, the road to Idyllwild, reopens after Feb. 14 closure
Nearly eight months after storms tore it apart, California 243, the most direct route to the popular hiking trails of Idyllwild, reopened Friday. The alpine community of Idyllwild, about 105 miles southeast of Los Angeles, was partly cut off because of the damage. The California Department of Transformation, along with Ames Construction company, led the…
Letters: CBD and Real ID: Avoiding unpleasant surprises when you travel
I enjoyed the “On the Spot” article about carrying CBD oil on airplanes in the Oct. 27 Travel section (“You Love Your New CBD Oil. But TSA Officers May Not,” by Catharine Hamm). I never thought about the different ways it is looked at in various states. I’m sure it will help many people think…
Is it safe to travel to Hong Kong?
HONG KONG — Images of riot police lobbing tear-gas canisters into angry crowds played on the news. Activists were blasted with water cannons and carted away. Thousands of protesters filled the streets, demanding greater autonomy from China. A proposed bill, since withdrawn, that would have allowed extradition of criminal suspects to mainland China ignited the dessert.…
Saudi Arabia formally starts IPO of its state-run oil giant
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia formally started its long-anticipated initial public offering of its state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday, which will see a sliver of the company offered on a local stock exchange in hopes of raising billions of dollars for the kingdom. An announcement from the kingdom’s Capital Market Authority serves…
This nurse needs a Social Security checkup. Here's how to check yours
Dear Liz: I’m a certified nurse midwife who is salaried. When we are fully staffed, I work 55 hours a week on average. If we cover extra shifts, we are paid a lump sum rather than hourly. (If we were paid hourly, it would work out to far less than minimum wage.) We are paid…