ine Thousands more consumers at risk from faulty washing machines By www.london-fire.gov.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 17:20:29 +0100 Thousands more consumers have learned they are at risk in their own homes from faulty washing machines which have been added to Whirlpool’s expanding list of recalled models Full Article
ine 3 million coronavirus masks arrive in California as part of quiet deal with Chinese company By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 23:28:43 -0400 In all, the state received some 3 million surgical masks made by BYD, a company known for building electric vehicles with an assembly plant in Los Angeles County. Full Article
ine After 'Trolls' spat, NBCUniversal chief says digital film releases are inevitable By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:06:23 -0400 Jeff Shell, whose 'Trolls World Tour' comments upset theater owners, reaffirms that digital releases will be part of Universal Pictures' new reality. Full Article
ine Major U.S. airlines will require masks to slow coronavirus spread By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 17:17:08 -0400 To slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, passengers soon will be required to wear masks by the largest airlines in the U.S. Full Article
ine Travel industry offers new safety procedures in bid to revive business By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 18:34:06 -0400 Hoping to get Americans traveling again, a travel trade group has developed cleaning protocols and other steps to protect people. Full Article
ine Column: What do you do if a business furloughs everyone you need to speak with? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 08:00:03 -0400 A SoCal woman found an "adverse report" on her credit file. Then she discovered the entire department that can help fix the problem is furloughed. Full Article
ine Antibody tests aren't always reliable or available. But businesses are racing to use them By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 13:37:32 -0400 There's been talk of creating immunity passports for workers using coronavirus antibody tests, but they're in short supply and not 100% accurate. Full Article
ine Frontier Airlines drops plans to charge passengers to keep their distance By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 15:08:37 -0400 The airline received criticism to ask fliers can pay to social distance on their next flight Full Article
ine Overlooked small businesses are finally getting federal loans. Challenges remain By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 09:00:46 -0400 Many can now meet payroll for a few weeks – but then what? Full Article
ine McConnell's coronavirus business liability pledge sparks lobbying frenzy By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 18:04:37 -0400 Mitch McConnell has promised that the next coronavirus bill would protect business owners from lawsuits related to COVID-19. Full Article
ine L.A. County will list restaurants that have had COVID-19 outbreaks online By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:02:20 -0400 L.A.'s Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it will publicly disclose restaurants that have had outbreaks of COVID-19. Full Article
ine What We're Into: The best quarantine snack you can get delivered By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:00:26 -0400 During coronavirus quarantine, good snacks are essential and this trail mix from a small, female-owned food company is the best out there. Full Article
ine 'Poilâne,' Apollonia Poilâne's first cookbook in English, is a quarantine baker's perfect bread handbook By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:00:56 -0400 French baker Apollonia Poilâne's latest cookbook, "Poilâne," teaches techniques and gives recipes for what to do with all that bread. Full Article
ine Easy desserts to make during quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:51:25 -0400 These simple sweets hit the spot every time. Full Article
ine Quarantined Laila Lalami tries "Middlemarch," falls asleep with "The Bell Jar" instead By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:30:49 -0400 In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.' Full Article
ine Indie bookstore Powell's Books rehires more than 100 employees as online orders soar By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:12:16 -0400 Portland's beloved indie bookstore Powell's Books rehired more than 100 employees after seeing a surge in online orders. Full Article
ine Miss travel? Explore the country in quarantine through these books By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 17:09:58 -0400 In the second installment of the United We Read project, a homebound writer travels a quarantined country through books. Full Article
ine What Rigoberto González is reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 13:25:15 -0400 In quarantine, mystery poet Rigoberto González Full Article
ine Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir 'All I Ever Wanted' recounts the Go-Go's wild ride By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 15:09:22 -0400 Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir recounts life before, during and shortly after the Go-Go's ascended to become the darlings of the MTV generation. Full Article
ine What Susan Straight is reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:00:18 -0400 Quarantined in Riverside, novelist Susan Straight watches "Gunsmoke" and "Gentefied" and gives away Judy Blume and National Geographic. Full Article
ine Don Winslow drops a new book, 'Broken,' your quarantine read for our fractured times By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:00:38 -0400 The bestselling crime novelist plans a virtual book tour for his new title, "Broken," as the coronavirus keeps him home in Southern California. Full Article
ine What authors are reading, hearing and watching in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 12:05:28 -0400 Authors like Lionel Shriver, Alexander McCall Smith, Laura Lippman and Steph Cha are under coronavirus quarantine too. Here's what they're reading. Full Article
ine Alexander McCall Smith reads up on solitude — and shares a new song — from Scotland quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 11:00:27 -0400 In his quarantine diary, "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" author Alexander McCall Smith writes lyrics, reads Auden and watches "Brideshead Revisited." Full Article
ine Home wrestling, masked dinners and lots of books: Kevin Wilson's Tennessee quarantine diary By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:00:12 -0400 The author of "Nothing to See Here" enjoys BennY RevivaL, furniture-breaking wrestling moves and lots of books in his quarantine diary. Full Article
ine Cooking in quarantine: 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer retreats to Alice Waters' kitchen By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:13:23 -0400 Fanny Singer's stories and recipes, 'Always Home,' show life growing up in the orbit of her mother, farm-to-table chef Alice Waters. Full Article
ine New manga subscription service launches with a quarantine-friendly 2-month free trial By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:00:12 -0400 Read "Attack on Titan," "Somali & the Forest Spirit," "Fire Force," "Arte" and more with Mangamo, a new mobile manga subscription service. Full Article
ine Quarantined film critic David Thomson loves 'Ozark,' sours on 'Paris, Texas' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 12:00:13 -0400 Thomson, the author of dozens of books including "The Biographical Dictionary of Film," binges on "Ozark" and Godard but finds "L'Avventura" a drag. Full Article
ine Lionel Shriver is grateful for pandemic quarantine (no she isn't) By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:00:16 -0400 The author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" lives that perfect, self-improving quarantine life (or maybe gets drunk and watches British reality TV). Full Article
ine Quarantined Stephanie Danler works in bed and wages a 'subtle music war' with her family By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:00:49 -0400 The author of "Sweetbitter" juggles child care and promoting her new L.A. area memoir, "Stray," reads poetry and takes solace in "The Office." Full Article
ine A sidelined novelist copes with deadlines, dread and family in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:29 -0400 Anna Solomon, whose novel "The Book of V." comes out next week, juggles writing, building rafts and book promotion in a void in our latest diary Full Article
ine Why are entertainers so depressed? Comedian John Moe has been asking for years By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 10:00:05 -0400 He's interviewed Neko Case, Jeff Tweedy and Maria Bamford about depression. With his new memoir, "The Hilarious World of Depression," John Moe looks inward. Full Article
ine Charles Yu quarantines with disaster blockbusters, Wong Kar-wai and 'Ozark' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 11:00:02 -0400 The author, most recently, of "Interior Chinatown" opts for "Independence Day," a slew of inspiring novels, "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Ozark." Full Article
ine Letters to the Editor: Trump is No. 1 in headlines that start with 'president lashes out' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:27:21 -0400 This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president. Full Article
ine Letters to the Editor: Why just a running mate? Joe Biden should name his entire Cabinet By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:32 -0400 These are extraordinary times, and Joe Biden has a number of legislators, mayors and governors who could fill an entire Cabinet. Full Article
ine Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus kills the delusion that government should be like a business By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:38 -0400 Trump justifies his actions on coronavirus by saying he's a businessman who doesn't like having a lot of employees. But government is not a business. Full Article
ine Letters to the Editor: The Postal Service helps define our nation. Losing it would be devastating By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:40 -0400 The Postal Service is as important to the United States as its language and its highways. Losing it would forever change the country for the worse. Full Article
ine Letters to the Editor: She's 73 and is fine with a younger COVID patient taking a ventilator By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 06:00:37 -0400 It's simply wrong when a much younger person dies. Let younger patients take the ventilator if there's a scarcity -- and let doctors make the decision. Full Article
ine Letters to the Editor: Trump is behaving exactly like the autocratic Chinese leader he opposes By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 17:11:07 -0400 The president brooks no criticism and disregards inconvenient facts, much like the Chinese government he opposes. Full Article
ine Letters to the Editor: Wealth inequality is on display for all to see during the coronavirus crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 06:00:40 -0400 In one article, wealthy private schools get government aid. In another, desperate citizens beg for funds online. Full Article
ine Did you love the best picture nominees? Did you know you didn't see the whole film? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 09:30:45 -0500 Reasons for cutting scenes from a movie vary. Here's why 'Little Women,' 'Jojo Rabbit,' 'Parasite' and others didn't keep everything they shot. Full Article
ine Joker, meet Hannibal Lecter. How the 2020 best picture nominees line up with the past By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:00:54 -0500 The Envelope likes to judge a film's chances of winning the best picture Oscar by seeing whether it echoes any previous winners, and these do. Sort of. Full Article
ine Color, grain and 'Raging Bull': 'Irishman,' 'Joker' cinematographers dig deep into craft By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:30:08 -0500 Cinematographers Rodrigo Prieto and Lawrence Sher compare notes on their films, 'The Irishman' and 'Joker.' Full Article
ine 'Ford v Ferrari' sound team captures revving engines, but not just any engines By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:30:55 -0500 The 'Ford v Ferrari' sound teams recorded 28 tracks' worth of period accurate Ferrari and Ford GT40 engines to add to the mix. Full Article
ine The 2020 Oscar nominees for visual effects: Playing with ages, time and reality By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 09:00:54 -0500 "The Irishman," "1917," "The Lion King," "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," "Avengers: Endgame" — a rundown of the visual-effects Oscar finalists. Full Article
ine How the Oscars' best-picture nominees used architecture to tell stories of inequity By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 08:00:02 -0500 A luxurious house in "Parasite" and visions of '80s urbanism in "Joker" paint vivid pictures of haves and have nots for #Oscars2020. Full Article
ine How many female directors have the recent best actor Oscar nominees worked with? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 12:00:15 -0500 The Times examined the filmographies of the last five years' worth of lead-actor academy award nominees to see how many female filmmakers they've worked with. Full Article
ine Is Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas a 'person of color'? It's complicated By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 12:53:55 -0500 Hispanic, Latino or both? White or a person of color? The identity debate sparked after some declared Banderas a "person of color" when the Oscars' overwhelmingly white acting nominations were announced. Full Article
ine Huh? Hollywood's A-listers seem confused by Eminem's Oscars performance By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 22:24:51 -0500 From Martin Scorsese to Idina Menzel, the audience at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony was perplexed by Eminem's performance of his 2002 hit "Lose Yourself." Full Article
ine 'Dunkirk' cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema finds a nest in the Bird Streets By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:11:38 -0400 In Hollywood Hills, "Interstellar" and "Dunkirk" cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema has shelled out $2.16 million for a ranch-style home. Full Article
ine '9-1-1: Lone Star' actor tries out veganism during quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 08:00:06 -0400 Actor Ronen Rubinstein finds that cooking in his light-filled kitchen — and pasta — help him keep a positive attitude as he isolates at home. Full Article