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Doomsday Clock dance and Sara Bareilles' beloved musical: The best of L.A. arts this weekend

Plus, the NEA's new pilot program, the L.A.-based winner of the Whitney Museum's Bucksbaum Award and more arts news you might have missed.
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Lana Del Rey’s dating history: From fellow musicians to alligator guide Jeremy Dufrene
The "Summertime Sadness" singer wed Dufrene in September 2024 after less than one year of dating. The alligator guide and the singer met in 2019.
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In a career of remarkable versatility, Maggie Smith revealed theatricality to be a mode of her existence
Maggie Smith, who won two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, was at her best on screen when she could bring the stage with her.
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Bronx Zoo elephant ‘Happy’ spotted in public for first time in weeks — with ‘significant damage’ to feet, activists say 
Whether she’s happy or not is apparently up for debate.
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Shocking data shows 15K illegal immigrants accused of murder — as Kamala Harris visits border
Federal authorities are aware of but not currently detaining 13,099 illegal immigrants living in the US who have been convicted of homicide and 1,845 who are accused of it, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Japan's next prime minister faces big challenge as he tries to move past ruling party scandals
Japan’s next prime minister is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and big challenges ahead of him.
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Think you saw a UFO? Sorry, but it may have only been these wildly cool clouds
Sorry, but it's not a UFO cover-up.
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Arizona State University student stabbed twice while entering classroom in random attack
An Arizona State University student is in the hospital after being stabbed by a female classmate -- who was looking for someone to knife and attacked the victim for being an "easier target."
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John as a tropical storm hits Mexico's Pacific coast a 2nd time
Tropical Storm John came ashore on Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Friday, returning for a second landfall after its deadly passage through the country earlier in the week.
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Too corrupt for reality TV? There's always Congress as a Plan B
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) was forced to resign as a cop and fizzled as a reality TV wannabe. His latest racist tweet provides clues about why.
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Daniel Radcliffe mourns ‘Harry Potter’ co-star Maggie Smith’s death: ‘She was incredibly kind’
"She was incredibly kind to me on that shoot, and then I was lucky enough to go on working with her for another 10 years on the 'Harry Potter' films."
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Is 'Slow Horses' the best show you aren't watching?
In the 150th edition of Screen Gab, we catch up with 'Slow Horses,' speak with the mind behind AppleTV+'s first Spanish-language series, 'Women in Blue,' and more.
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Social Studies’ On FX, A Docuseries About How L.A.-Area High Schoolers Use And Deal With Social Media In A Post-Pandemic World
The series is directed by Lauren Greenfield (The Queen Of Versailles), and is scarier than the recently-premiered Grotesquerie.
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Personas con cáncer encuentran apoyo gratis con “navegadores” a su lado
Rocío Vázquez acudió al médico tras fracturarse el pie izquierdo en un accidente menor, pero su visita llevó a un descubrimiento mucho más serio.
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Tiger Woods accused of using ‘unlawfully hijacked’ logo for new clothing brand
They say a Tiger doesn’t change its stripes, but Woods may have to. 
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Son of billionaire Phillies owner apologizes after second abandoned LA mansion becomes a graffiti magnet
Middleton, the son of Philadelphia Phillies owner John S. Middleton, has been under fire for allowing the homes to fall into disrepair.
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Armed trio steals e-bike in latest Central Park stick-up as robberies surge: cops
Three crooks armed with a gun snatched a man’s e-bike in a late-night hold-up in Central Park Thursday – the latest offense as robberies in the iconic greenspace have surged this year, cops said. 
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Weather radar showed a strange blue mass in the eye of Hurricane Helene. What was it?
Dark clouds from then-tropical storm Helene over Havana, Cuba, on September 25. | Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images Birds are incredible navigators, capable of traveling thousands of miles each year to the same location. But sometimes even they end up in the wrong place at the wrong time — like inside a hurricane.  Last night, as Hurricane Helene was making landfall in Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm, radar spotted a mass in the eye of the storm that experts say is likely birds and perhaps also insects.  See this blue blob on radar. These are birds stuck in the eye of Hurricane Helene! pic.twitter.com/traq2BQqWD— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) September 27, 2024 Helene was a massive storm when it traveled across the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week. Seabirds likely fled the storm’s extreme winds — which reached 140 miles per hour — and ended up in the eye, where it’s calm. Once inside, they essentially got trapped, unable to pierce through the fierce gusts of the eye wall. When the storm dies down, the mass of birds will probably dissipate, Kyle Horton, a researcher at Colorado State University who studies bird migration, told Vox.  Storms like Helene can blow seabirds like petrels, jaegers, and frigatebirds far inland. Exhausted, they end up in unfamiliar habitats far away from home where they can’t easily find food. “It’s a challenging situation,” said Andrew Farnsworth, a bird migration expert at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. “We know that birds do die in these things.”  Indeed, frigate birds — large seabirds with angular wings and a forked tail — were spotted by birders in central Georgia and even Tennessee this Friday as the storm churned inland.  Though remarkable, it’s not uncommon for birds and insects to get trapped inside the eye of tropical cyclones, according to research by Matthew Van Den Broeke, a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Reports dating back to the 19th century — many of which come from ships — have documented this phenomenon, noting in some cases that the air was “filled with thousands of birds and insects.” One report documented an owl inside the storm. In a 2021 study, Van Den Broeke analyzed radar from 33 Atlantic hurricanes that hit the US mainland or Puerto Rico between 2011 and 2020. Each one showed signs of birds and insects inside the eye of the storm. Hurricanes like Helene can also substantially impact fall migration, when several billion birds migrate south ahead of winter. A map of migration from Thursday night, when Helene made landfall, shows that millions of birds were migrating west of the storm in places like Texas and Louisiana, but few if any were moving through Florida. When skies clear after a storm, however, birds resume their migration en masse, Farnsworth said. “After the storm passes, we see these big explosions of birds at night,” he told me.  It’s also worth remembering that birds have evolved with these storms for millennia. They can likely detect a coming hurricane by sensing things like changes in atmospheric pressure and they know how to hunker down when storms arrive, such as by orienting their aerodynamic bodies toward the wind. “They’ve adapted to this, they’ve evolved with it,” Farnsworth said. “Yes, storms are getting more extreme. But birds know how to deal with these things.”
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Gotham FC sign star goalie Ann-Katrin Berger to long-term contract
As Gotham FC prepares to make another postseason run on the field, the defending champions keep taking care of business off the field.
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‘Harry Potter’ star Daniel Radcliffe breaks his silence on Maggie Smith’s death
“The word legend is overused but if it applies to anyone in our industry then it applies to her. Thank you Maggie," said Daniel Radcliffe.
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Billionaire’s Son Issues Apology for ‘Graffiti Mansion’
David McNew/GettyAlmost no surface on the exterior of this Hollywood Hills mansion is without the mark of graffiti artists, and now its absentee owner is issuing an apology to neighbors who say it’s an eyesore, the Los Angeles Times reports.With shattered windows spilling broken glass onto the sidewalk and brightly colored box letters on nearly every surface, the Mulholland Drive mansion draws the gawks of Hollywood tourist buses.“We’ve become known for the graffiti mansion,” a neighbor, who wished to be anonymous, told the Times. “It’s so embarrassing to have this in the heart of the Hollywood Hills.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Kendra Wilkinson recalls ‘having a great time’ at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ wild parties: ‘Sex is sex’
"I'm not saying that something bad didn't happen. I'm saying that nothing bad ever happened to me," the Playboy model said while reflecting on Diddy's parties.
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Fox News True Crime Newsletter: Brian Laundrie's parents in new bodycam, Bryan Kohberger in new courthouse
Stay up to date with the Fox News True Crime Newsletter, which brings you the latest cases ripped from the headlines, from crime to courts, legal and scandal.
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Shaq reveals he spends $1,000 a day on Amazon purchases
NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal must be a valued customer at the Jeff Bezos-run e-commerce company.
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Nasrallah’s Folly
The Hezbollah leader, targeted in an air strike on Friday, escalated a fight that Israel was only too eager to wage.
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Justin Fields: Bears coaching ‘not close’ to Steelers’
Justin Fields is not going back.
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Donald Trump touts his $100K diamond-encrusted watch series as ‘one of the best ever made’
TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC is selling gold and diamond-encrusted watches emblazoned with Trump’s name through a paid licensing deal. 
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Former UNC basketball captain, NBA star, and G League coach Joe Wolf dead at 59: 'He will be missed'
Joe Wolf, who most recently served as the coach for the Milwaukee Bucks' G-League affiliate, played for seven teams over the course of his 11-year NBA career.
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‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Julian Fellowes Pays Tribute To Maggie Smith: “I Will Never Forget Her”
Smith starred in the series and subsequent two Downton Abbey films.
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Special counsel pushing for public release of key filing in Trump's Jan. 6 case
Special counsel Jack Smith is pushing to file a public version of his recent court brief that summaries what witnesses told investigators in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case.
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Crew Dragon set for first Cape Canaveral launch to space station
A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will join the Starliner astronauts for a normal tour of duty
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Iranian operatives charged in the U.S. with hacking Trump's presidential campaign
The Justice Department announced criminal charges against Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Trump’s presidential campaign.
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Arizona college student stabbed twice in random classroom attack
Mara Daffron was allegedly stabbed twice in her Arizona State University classroom by fellow student Kaci Sloan on Sept. 13. Sloan has been charged in connection with the attack.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexual assault claims continue as law firm reports 50 alleged victims – including minors
Attorney Tony Buzbee described the alleged "violations" as "mindboggling ... debauchery and depravity, exacted by powerful people against minors and the weak."
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7 people killed in fiery car crash in North Carolina, troopers say
The car attempted to make a pass on a two-lane road and struck two other vehicles, the state Highway Patrol said Friday.
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NYCFC in need of a big Hudson River Derby win against Red Bulls
Daniel and Javier Gutierrez, co-hosts of ‘The NYCFC CIty Boys Show’, join New York Post Sports anchor Brandon London to discuss the keys to victory NYCFC when the Pigeons take on the Red Bulls in the 25th Hudson River Derby match on Saturday in Harrison, New Jersey.
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Wolfs’ on Apple TV+, a George Clooney/Brad Pitt Action-Comedy That Amuses as it Underwhelms
The A-listers play fixers forced to work together. Or are they cleaners? Is there a difference?
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Democrat-leaning kids far more likely to discriminate against Trump supporters: poll
'Donald Trump, he did bad things, he's like Hitler,' one 10-year-old boy said.
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OceanGate CEO said he could ‘buy a congressman,’ ex-employee testifies
The Coast Guard hearing on the Titan submersible’s implosion featured testimony painting Stockton Rush as an ego-driven exec who skirted regulations.
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Federal employee health-care premiums to rise 13.5 percent on average
The increase is nearly double last year’s 7.7. percent raise and driven by higher market costs this year, the Office of Personnel Management said.
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With Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in Jail, Civil Suits Continue to Pile Up
The latest lawsuit includes accusations of drugging and coerced sex as recently as this year. Mr. Combs’s lawyers have said the claims are attempts to obtain quick settlements.
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Here are the biggest ‘Saturday Night Live’ feuds you forgot existed
“It was like, ‘Hey, hello. This is ‘Saturday Night Live.' I’m the biggest thing that ever came off that show," the actor said.
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Hernández: Ohtani demuestra que ningún momento es demasiado grande para él
Shohei Ohtani entró en un estado de trance mientras conducía a los Dodgers al título de división. Sus habilidades podrían llevarles a ganar las Series Mundiales.
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Santa Anita is using music acts, including Shaboozey, in the hopes of attracting new fans
California Crown is making its debut at Santa Anita with $3.1 million in purse money available. But live musical guests including Shaboozey might be the big draw Saturday.
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Helene Has Killed at Least 24 People in 4 States
Officials in the Southeast said the toll was likely to rise.
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New owner of the Malibu mansion that Kanye destroyed calls rapper’s alterations ‘dumb’
Removing the glazing on the building's floors was "a really dumb move" the new owner said.
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Trump says he wants 'fair deal' between Ukraine and Russia
Former President Donald Trump touted a "very good relationship" with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he vowed to negotiate a "fair deal" for both Ukraine and Russia.
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Kamala Harris wants to move on from Kamala Harris? We couldn’t agree more
Kamala Harris accidentally denounced her own policies during a speech in Pittsburgh. Finally, she said something remotely true!
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