Suede started Britpop before Oasis, but the band refuses to stay there. ‘We are anti-nostalgia.’
For most of its career, Suede assumed Britpop — the movement the band helped originate in the early ’90s — wouldn’t make a comeback. That assumption will be tested on…
What’s behind Clayton Kershaw’s pitching revival? ‘The bowl’
Eric Yavarone knew where the question was going, before it was even fully asked. When stopped by a reporter near the dugout recently, in the midst of hauling an assortment…
Chloe Malle to become top editor at American Vogue after Anna Wintour steps aside
Chloe Malle will become the top editor at American Vogue after Dame Anna Wintour stepped aside as editor-in-chief, the publication has announced. The 39-year-old worked her way up the fashion…
I got COVID and can’t smell. But RFK Jr.’s vaccine policies still stink
For five years, I dodged every bullet. I don’t know how I managed to beat COVID-19 for so long, even as family, friends and colleagues got hit with the coronavirus.…
Chargers special teams trio share a bond that goes beyond gridiron
All good things come in threes — including reliability. Anchored by kicker Cameron Dicker, punter JK Scott and long snapper Josh Harris, the Chargers’ specialists have been a bedrock of…
Coming price cuts at McDonald’s may signal a fast food price war
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press Business Writer McDonald’s is cutting prices on some combo meals to woo back customers who’ve been turned off by the rising costs of grabbing a…
Esa-Pekka Salonen to assume new role with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
At his final concert as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic 16 years ago, every musician in the orchestra stood in line onstage to hug a red-faced Esa-Pekka Salonen.…
When Hospitals and Insurers Fight, Patients Get Caught in the Middle
By Bram Sable-Smith Amy Frank said it took 17 hours on the phone over nearly three weeks, bouncing between her insurer and her local hospital system, to make sure her…
Dances With Wolves star Graham Greene dies aged 73
Graham Greene, the Canadian First Nations actor who starred in films including Dances With Wolves, has died aged 73, his manager says. “It is with deep sadness we announce the…
A group of San Fernando Valley volunteers find satisfaction and community through picking up trash.
The retirees gathered at 8 a.m. near the G Line station in Canoga Park, impossible to miss in their neon yellow vests. They clutched trash bags and surveyed the expanse…