Liyna Anwar, L.A. Times podcast producer who waged a public fight to live, dies at 30

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Months later, close friends helped her celebrate her 100 th day milestone with a day of small joys that felt hugely exciting: A meal from Lunetta All Day in Santa Monica and a screening of “Downton Abbey,” with shortbread cookies and a thermos of tea smuggled in for good measure. In November, Anwar resumed work on The Times podcast about ...
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Project Tempo is a cloud-based gaming platform in development by Amazon

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In May, Amazon's Santa Monica studio is looking to bring New World to life, created with the company's Lumberyard game engine. It's a fantasy MMORPG set in an "alternate 17th century," and it sounds like it might be an interesting take on the same old staid genre. While both Crucible and New World will be available on typical systems ...
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Ma Yansong takes L.A.: How the quiet force behind George Lucas’ museum makes his mark

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Far fewer Angelenos, no doubt, know the man designing it: Ma Yansong, founder of the Beijing- and Santa Monica-based architecture firm MAD. Ma, who makes his home in Pacific Palisades, is in fact a superstar in his native country, China, where he has completed skyscrapers, opera houses, museums, apartments and entire neighborhoods. But both ...
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Rod Campbell, promoter of Ford racing, dies at 88

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Rod Campbell, founder of the motorsports communications company that still bears his name, has died at age 88. He died March 30 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., after a short illness, according to a statement from Campbell Marketing and Communications. He started Campbell and Co. in 1982 to handle public relations for Ford Motor Co.'s ...
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PETA asks Shaquille O'Neal to disavow another 'Tiger King' personality following Joe Exotic fallout

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Shaquille O’Neal disassociated himself from imprisoned “Tiger King” character Joe Exotic after he made an unintended cameo in the popular Netflix documentary. The show features Exotic engaging in the wild animal trade and keeping captive Lions and Tigers among other animals that naturally live in the wild.
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