The opening of Disneyland’s Star Wars land seven months ago represented the park’s biggest expansion and a $1-billion investment that Walt Disney Co. executives hoped would pay off with booming attendance and a surge in the sales of space-themed food, glowing light sabers and plush Yoda dolls. It didn’t quite work out that way. After […]
A government committee asked to review U.S. approval of new passenger planes after two deadly crashes involving the Boeing 737 Max has found that the system is safe and effective but could be improved. The committee differed sharply with legislators who are investigating Boeing Co. and the Federal Aviation Administration, which approved the Max. Key […]
President Trump plans to nominate Judy Shelton and Christopher Waller to join the Federal Reserve, the White House said. The president, who has publicly criticized Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues for not cutting interest rates as aggressively as he would like, tapped the pair in July for the two remaining vacancies on the […]
1/9 Katrien Van Der Schueren in her Voila Creative Studio. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) 2/9 Van Der Schueren with a commissioned work. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) 3/9 “I hate boring art that doesn’t say anything,” Van Der Schueren said. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) 4/9 One of her current projects […]
From the podium at the star-studded CORE Gala on Wednesday, a modest Sean Penn began by acknowledging that many people contributed to the formation of CORE, the Community Organized Relief Effort, and its ongoing work. “I get an undue amount of credit for [CORE], but that’s the job of a poster boy,” he said. Formerly […]
If you’ve ever felt that seductive mix of fear and fascination for the burly bumblebee, you must visit artist Jessica Rath’s exhibit, “fruiting bodies,” at Descanso Gardens’ Sturt Haaga Gallery through April 5. Yes, our rational mind knows that bumblebees are gentle giants, more clowns than menace, but their foreboding buzz in the garden triggers […]
From “Game of Thrones” to her bold beauty looks on the red carpet, Emilia Clarke understands the power of transformation: Clinique named the 33-year-old British actress its first-ever global ambassador. “My mum used it,” she said of being introduced to the company’s products. “She was into skincare regimes and routines and telling me how I […]
Last February, inside a conference room at the swank Kimpton Everly Hotel in Hollywood, 30 color stylists from eight countries gathered in small groups, many sitting cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by color swatches, magazine clippings, paint chips, mood boards and oversize easel pads covered with brainstormed buzzwords. The annual gathering from PPG Paints was […]
President Trump signed a major disaster declaration for Puerto Rico on Thursday, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to give aid to the island still reeling from earthquakes that shut off power, collapsed buildings and wrecked infrastructure. At least one person died and hundreds of thousands were left without power after an earthquake swarm struck […]
CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala — United States officials are crediting tough measures taken over the last year and cooperation from regional governments for sharply reducing the number of Central American migrants who responded to a call for a new caravan. But even so, the several thousand mostly Honduran migrants who set out on foot this week are a […]