Management firm ie:music launches ie:ventures, music-making app Endlesss is first flagship investment

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By the end of this year we will have over a dozen companies in our portfolio in addition to Endlesss, so here’s a few to mention: ROSTR, a startup based in Santa Monica, California who are building technology to help create a more modern, connected & fair music industry. They have been backed by some of the most influential music industry ...
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Why Middle-Aged Men Are Mainlining Coronavirus Dad Memes

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There are two professional violinists standing in an emptied aisle at a Vons supermarket in Santa Monica wearing life vests and playing “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” allegedly the last song the band played on the Titanic as it sunk. There are Twitter users comparing celebrity outfits to different brands of hand sanitizer, proving that even ...
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Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes Cruise Through Miami, Plus Calista Flockhart, Jennifer Garner and More

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From Hollywood to New York and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to Camila Cabello and boyfriend Shawn Mendes hit the streets for a bike ride on Monday in sunny Miami. Calista Flockhart steps out in Santa Monica,
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Sqirl and Taco Maria will close their doors for now

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Closing for now will help hit the “reset button.” Onda, her new all-day restaurant in Santa Monica with Gabriela Camara, will remain open for now, she said. Sqirl, meanwhile, will transition into a temporary relief center for restaurant workers, the new home of a program (funded by Maker’s Mark and the Lee Initiative) that was previously ...
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Let This McGruff The Crime Dog Blunder On 'Jeopardy!' Be Your Distraction For The Day

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Remember him? Khalilah Walters from Danville, Virginia, guessed Scooby Doo, the cartoon canine who loves snacks. Monya De from Santa Monica, California, wrote “MacGruff” and got credit for the slightly misspelled response. And Dallman, who probably needs to brush up on his 1980s PSAs, wrote “Ruff McGruffin.” Close but not really.
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Flashback: What the Hell Were the ‘Rock Music Awards’ in 1975?

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Five months after the 1975 Grammys, Elton John and Diana Ross drove onto the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium stage in a futuristic-looking golf cart to host a ludicrous awards show that has been forever lost to time. Producer-manager-impresario Don Kirshner, who had long since earned his bona fides as the capo of the Brill Building, manager of ...
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How do L.A. wine shops keep business flowing during a pandemic?

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Esters Wine in Santa Monica has marked down all its bottles 25% and will assemble a “Quarantine Essentials” package including six staff-favorite wines and nibbles. Costa Mesa’s Argaux — an online shop that offers pickups by appointment and temperature-controlled wine storage — compiles a “Quarantine Edition Blind Tasting Kit ...
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