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Demi Moore es fotografiada saliendo de un café en Los Ángeles acompañada de su esposo, Ashton Kutcher, y se podía percibir que no llevaba puesto el brasier.Demi Moore es fotografiada saliendo de un café en Los Ángeles... more
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In this episode Joey and Richard visit the sights and scenes of California's Venice Beach Boardwalk community.
For more episodes and extras, visit thedartshow.com/In this episode Joey and Richard visit the sights and scenes of California's... more
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Leading California Democratic strategist Kam Kuwata dies [Updated]
April 11, 2011 | 12:39 pm
Kuwata Democratic political consultant Kam Kuwata’s body was found Monday inside his Venice condominium, but there was no evidence of foul play, police said.
Police went to his home after friends became concerned about his welfare, said Sgt. Ron Pickering of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Kuwata, 57, served as a key Democratic Party strategist for more than 25 years. He worked on the successful campaigns of former Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
He served as then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's program director for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Kuwata was at the heart of the effort in 2002 to defeat the secession of the San Fernando Valley from Los Angeles at the ballot box.
[Updated, 2:06 p.m.: "I am shocked to hear of the passing of Kam Kuwata," L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Monday in a statement. "Kam gave a lifetime to politics and public service.
"My prayers are with his family and large network of colleagues and friends during this difficult time."]
Read more about Kuwata at the Times' PolitiCal blog.Leading California Democratic strategist Kam Kuwata dies [Updated]
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“Sermon on the Mound” is an inspirational three-minute documentary short film directed by Eliot Rausch. The deeply personal documentary was shot over a period of 36 hours in Los Angeles and is stunningly filmed and edited. The documentary short expresses a tone of unconditional love and support for the poor in spirit, the impoverished, the homeless and the persecuted. Previously, Rausch was the director of “Last Minutes with Oden,” which was named the Best Documentary and Overall Best Video at the 2010 Vimeo Awards in New York City.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, as well as the documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/sermon-on-the-mound-blessed-are-the-poor-in-spirit/“Sermon on the Mound” is an inspirational three-minute documentary short... more
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The iconic 1963 Andy Warhol silkscreen portrait of legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor will be auctioned on May 12, 2011, and is expected to sell for $20 Million to $30 Million. “Liz #5” was created at the height of the Taylor’s fame, which also coincided with the most significant and creative period of Warhol’s career. The glamorous portrait embodies the most important themes of Warhol’s body of work, which include celebrity, wealth, scandal, sex, death and Hollywood.
Elizabeth Taylor, the queen of American motion picture stardom, who enthralled generations of moviegoers with her stunning beauty and whose name was synonymous with Hollywood glamour, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles at the age of 79.
During a theatrical career that spanned six decades and more than 50 films, the legendary beauty won two Academy Awards as best actress, for her performances as a call girl in “BUtterfield 8” (1960) and as the acid-tongued Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966). Long after she faded from the motion picture screen, Taylor remained a mesmerizing figure. She was a child star who bloomed gracefully into an ingenue; a femme fatale both on the screen and in real life; a shrewd entrepreneur of high-priced perfume; and a pioneering activist in the fight against AIDS.
Taylor had many gay friends and, as the AIDS epidemic mushroomed, some of them were dying. In 1985, she became the most prominent celebrity to back what was then a most unfashionable cause. She agreed to chair the first major AIDS benefit, a fundraising dinner for the nonprofit AIDS Project Los Angeles. Taylor began calling her A-list friends to enlist their support, but many of Hollywood’s biggest stars turned her down. Undaunted, Taylor redoubled her efforts, aided along the way by the stunning announcement that Rock Hudson, the handsome matinee idol and her co-star in “Giant,” had the dreaded disease. She stood by Hudson, just as years later she would stand by pop-idol Michael Jackson during the latter’s struggle to defend himself against child abuse allegations.
Taylor went on to co-found the first national organization devoted to backing AIDS research, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, or AmFAR. In 1991, she formed the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, which directly supports AIDS education and patient care. Taylor’s AIDS work brought her the Legion of Honor in 1987, France’s highest civilian award, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ awarded her The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1993. In 2000, Queen Elizabeth made her a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, an honor on the level of knighthood. Through her various efforts she would eventually raise more than $270 Million for AIDS research, prevention and care.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution vintage photographs, a slide show and three documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/warhols-iconic-liz-taylor-portrait-could-draw-30m-at-may-auction/The iconic 1963 Andy Warhol silkscreen portrait of legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor... more
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Elizabeth Taylor's 33.19-carat Krupp Diamond.
After watching all the Elizabeth Taylor coverage, I thought about my cute Elizabeth Taylor moment that I was lucky enough to have. It was ten years ago at Carrie Fisher‘s house. Carrie is known in the Hollywood inner circles for having the best dinner parties, and her annual Carrie Fisher & Penny Marshall joint birthday parties were THE party of the year in those days. Having worked for Carrie in the 90′s, I would coordinate them, and unlike any other celebrity party, these were so hush hush, no one besides the top 200 Hollywood A-Listers were ever invited. Invitations would not even go out, rather, we (Carrie, Penny & I, or whoever was working as the assistant as the time) would split up the list and make personal calls. Invitations are so bourgeois.
Everyone who was anyone was there, milling around the house in celebrity clusters, when all of a sudden the front door opened and a hush came over the room. Elizabeth Taylor walked in on the arm of Al Pacino. What, you might ask, as did we all, were those two doing together? “Hey, she needed a ride.” Anyhoo, she was seated in the main living room on the tan, chenille couch, and one by one, everyone at the party had their Elizabeth Taylor moment. We all wanted to pay homage to this magnificent legend. The other side of the couch became the musical chair. One by one Angelica Huston, Robin Williams, Marianne Faithfull, Lorraine Bracco, Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, you name it, they came by and sat next to La Liz for an allotted few glorious minutes to say hello, touch her garment, kneel in the presence of loveliness. From time to time she would fiddle through her peruse in what I knew was an attempt to sneak a pain killer. As a fiddler from way back, I could just tell. Right before my turn, the person before me, who shall remain nameless, asked Liz to see her famous 33.19-carat Asscher cut Krupp Diamond ring, the one that Richard Burton gave her in 1968. You know when a diamond ring has a name, it is not some Jappy, bridezilla, 3-carat nonsense. The person took Elizabeth’s hand, oohed and ahhed at the Krupp Diamond, and touched it. Liz pulled her hand away and snapped, “Hey, you’re got a finger print on my ring!” and immediately started polishing up the Krupp. You can tell that this ring meant a lot to her. And I don’t mean money. Then it was my turn. In what could have been an awkward moment, I quickly said, “What a maroon.” And she broke out in laughter. Yes, I, little old (and I use that term sadly) me, made Dame Elizabeth Taylor laugh. It was a glorious moment, one that I am sure she did not remember, but one that made for one of the best moments of my life.
Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/blog/peoplewelerve/my-cute-elizabeth-taylor-story#ixzz1HY5gHp00Elizabeth Taylor's 33.19-carat Krupp Diamond.
After watching all the Elizabeth... more
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http://goo.gl/xH7aq Rally with Angelinos on March 23rd to save jobs and to stop congressional cuts that will destroy jobs. A whopping 14.5% of Los Angeles residents are unemployed. Some in Washington are demanding over $2 billion in budget cuts that would kill thousands of additional jobs. A job destroyed is a life, family, and community attacked. Rally details here: http://goo.gl/xH7aqhttp://goo.gl/xH7aq Rally with Angelinos on March 23rd to save jobs and to stop... more
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This was an impromptu and illegal show during SXSW 2010. A large group of DIY musicians gathered on the Lamar Street pedestrian bridge in Austin, TX and played a free, but illegal concert for the public. Featuring Los Angeles bands Big Whup and Moses Campbell.This was an impromptu and illegal show during SXSW 2010. A large group of DIY... more
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Los Angeles is leading the nation on green transit, with its Metropolitan Transit Authority recently becoming the nation's only major transit agency whose entire bus fleet is equipped with alternative fuel technologies.
As proud as we should be of this accomplishment, however, L.A. continues to "miss the bus" when it comes to leveraging its investments to make the city a national center for green manufacturing jobs.
Here's where the rubber meets the road: Today, not a single MTA bus is manufactured in L.A. Instead, our fleet is built across the country in states like Alabama and Minnesota. That means our taxes and fare dollars go to pay the salaries of workers in those states rather than to workers here at home. With the region suffering 13 percent unemployment, this is an equation we must change.
Here's the opportunity: Over the next several years, local agencies around the country will begin preparations for another major shift - this time updating to all-electric buses. If L.A. plants its leadership stake early, we will be able to capitalize significantly on that investment.
Recently, I attended the World Electric Vehicle Symposium in Shenzhen, China. What I learned there surprised me. I found that the world's transportation leaders are far more excited about the potential of electric buses than electric cars.
This is because, increasingly, officials in Europe and Asia are realizing that shifting municipal support to manufacturing buses is a more efficient strategy to check air pollution, address traffic and create local jobs that pay well.
The environmental benefits of electric over compressed natural gas (CNG) are substantial. Here in L.A., converting our fleet of more than 2,000 CNG buses to electric would reduce carbon emissions by well over 400,000 metric tons - roughly the equivalent of taking 83,000 cars off the road.
So what should we take from this on a policy level?
Thanks to the Federal Transit Administration's "Buy America" requirements, 60 percent of the value of each bus on our streets must be created in the U.S. So by law, manufacturing of the next generation won't be outsourced to a factory across the globe - it will happen domestically. The only question is where.
Currently, there are very few electric bus manufacturing plants in the United States, mainly because at the moment there isn't sufficient demand. However, global trends tell us that will soon change.
If we act, Los Angeles has a clear opportunity to capture this market. This will require making a commitment to electric buses and leveraging that commitment to ensure that those buses are manufactured here. We aren't competing against China or Europe - we are competing against fellow American cities and states that have previously beaten L.A. to the punch in terms of leveraging the economic benefits of public transit dollars.
At the meeting of the MTA Board of Directors this week, we will propose a new pilot program, in which the agency would order up to 30 electric buses for trial circulation. This pilot will allow us to see if the technology works and equally importantly find out, as some studies seem to show, that electric buses might be cheaper to operate over their life cycle than combustion buses.
Cheaper costs of operations mean lower fares for our riders. Should the board approve the proposal and the pilot prove successful, Los Angeles will position itself to negotiate a large-scale manufacturing contract and bring the nation's first major electric bus plant to the L.A. area. That contract alone could mean thousands of jobs in the green economy for area residents.
Five years down the line, cities across the country will be making the transition to electric buses as a matter of sound public policy. At that point, we can either be the country's manufacturing center for electric mass transit or we can find ourselves still ordering from plants in Alabama and Minnesota.
On the last day of the Electric Vehicle Symposium, leaders from Copenhagen were given an award for their commitment to next generation mass transit, exemplified by the city's commitment to a fleet of electric buses. Inspired by the scene, I expressed my belief that Los Angeles is ready to expand the Copenhagen model to a significantly larger scale. Almost immediately, I was swarmed by manufacturers eager to talk about developing L.A.'s next fleet. These companies want to work with us, and they want to be here generating employment opportunities.
This is a chance for Los Angeles to step to the environmental forefront, create jobs for Angelenos and make public transportation affordable. Let's make sure this is one bus we don't miss.Los Angeles is leading the nation on green transit, with its Metropolitan Transit... more
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As many as 10 commuters helped to foil the kidnapping of a teenage girl at a South L.A. light rail station. The girl has now come forward to detectives, officials said Friday.
The group of Good Samaritans tackled the girl's would-be attacker in the incident Thursday, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.
"Eight to 10 people wrestled him to the ground," sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. "The bystanders refused to let this occur. They brought this man to the ground, and there was a fight. It was an aggressive fight."
Sheriff's transit deputies received a report of a disturbance on a train just after 2 p.m. at the Avalon station in the 11600 block of Avalon Boulevard in Green Meadows, Whitmore said.
When they arrived, witnesses told deputies that commuters at the station had wrestled a man to the ground after he grabbed an unidentified teenage girl from behind and tried to drag her away. The girl broke free and ran away, Whitmore said. The attacker fled on an arriving train. The suspect is identified as James Alfred Burnett, a 46-year-old registered sex offender with a criminal history.
When Burnett arrived at the Imperial station, waiting deputies arrested him, Whitmore said. He was booked on suspicion of attempted kidnapping. Burnett was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for cuts and bruises.
The girl left the scene but has since contacted police after media reports about the story.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/10-good-samaritans-tackle-man-trying-to-kidnap-girl-on-la-rail-platform.htmlAs many as 10 commuters helped to foil the kidnapping of a teenage girl at a South... more
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Oksana Grigorieva would not be charged with Mel Gibson in the current case continues in the court. This is confirmed by the official of the Los angeles county district, and they reject to charge the Oksana Grigorieva. Gibson will have to appear in the court today and Stephanie the judge of this case will hear this case. Oksana Grigorieva is not charging because there is not enough evidence against her to be charged, tells a very close person to this case.Oksana Grigorieva would not be charged with Mel Gibson in the current case continues... more
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ESPN is an American network that relates to games. ESPN is an abbreviation of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. The network was launched in 1979 by and his Bill Rasmussen and his son. They started the channel to cover the news of sports in Connecticut, and he bought a 24 hour national wide network. Today ESPN is owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, 80% and 20% respectively.ESPN is an American network that relates to games. ESPN is an abbreviation of... more
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‘I Am Legend’ is a science fiction movie which was released in 2007 and directors of the movie are Francis Lawrence and Will Smith. The movie was based on the novel of Richard Matheson.
The cast of the movie includes Will Smith as Dr. Robert Neville, Alice Braga as Anna, Emma Thompson as Dr. Alice Krippin, Charlie Tahan as Ethan, Salli Richardson as Zoe Neville, Willow Smith as Marley Neville and many other characters.‘I Am Legend’ is a science fiction movie which was released in 2007 and... more
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Los Angeles Times is a newspaper in Los Angeles. It was started in 1881 and in 2008 it was a 2nd biggest city newspaper in United States. Los Angeles Times is the most distributed newspaper in the country at the fourth level.
In 4th December of 1881 LA daily Times started its publishing and Nathan Cole and Thomas Gardiner was its director. A mirror printing of Jesse Yarnell and TJ Caystile was selected for printing but due to the lack of money Nathan and Thomas crooked the newspaper to the mirror printing company.Los Angeles Times is a newspaper in Los Angeles. It was started in 1881 and in 2008 it... more
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The US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service have issue a Tsunami Warning Alert for North and Southern CA. The Tsunami Advisory is for LA County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles.The US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National... more
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