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Harry Belafonte, the award-winning entertainer who fueled an international calypso craze in the 1950s with his version of the “Banana Boat Song” and whose long career in show business paralleled his off-stage role as a civil rights activist…
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Adam Sternbergh, author of “The Eden Test,” at the L.A. Times Festival of Books (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) On the Shelf The Eden Test By Adam SternberghFlatiron: 336 pages, $28If you buy books…
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On the Shelf The Pornography Wars: The Past, Present, and Future of America's Obscene Obsession By Kelsy BurkeBloomsbury: 352 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees…
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Even if D’Angelo Russell didn’t know at that moment that his quick-strike basket would be one of the catalysts for the Lakers in the fourth quarter, he had to sense that something was needed in Game 4.The Lakers were reeling, down seven…
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The host of “CNN Tonight” had a cryptic message for viewers just before he signed off from his May 14, 2021 broadcast.“This is the last night ‘CNN Tonight With Don Lemon,’ anchor Don Lemon announced. “It’s been really, really great ... but…
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In 2008, artists Julio César Morales and Eamon Ore-Girón, working under the moniker Los Jaichackers (a play on “hijackers”), created a large cube that was part minimalist sculpture, part functional room. Built on a steel armature, its…
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One never knows what one might encounter in downtown Los Angeles.“I’m going to cut your head off,” threatened a man with a tangled beard and untied boots who swept past one day in a sudden gust. I walked on, turning back, watching him cross…
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James Keston tried to be diplomatic. He stayed (mostly) on the high road and said all the right things. But you didn’t have to scratch too far below the surface to get him to admit Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup match in Portland is more than…
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Six years before their first-round meeting in this month’s Clippers-Suns playoff series, Tyronn Lue was giving Ish Wainright an earful.“Ty,” Wainright said, “cussed me out.”It was the summer of 2017. Wainright, then a basketball player at…
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Ignore the talk about the Lakers belonging to Anthony Davis, or being inspired by Austin Reaves, or riding Rui Hachimura.Listen, instead, to a wordless scream directed into the face of courtside fans.Hear the loud, sweaty smack of a…
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