God of War Art Director Is Sketching Nintendo Series, Starting with Star Fox

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God of War Art Director Raf Grassetti is taking on Fox McCloud (and friends) again in much-improved artwork of the Nintendo favorite. As I mentioned, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Sony Santa Monica’s Art Director tackle Nintendo characters in early 2019 following the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In fact, he had ...
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Making of 'The Farewell': How Lulu Wang Captured Grief and Love With a Family Lie

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Wang first revealed the lie about her grandmother on public radio. The 36-year-old director — who came to the U.S. as a child in 1990; she grew up in Miami but now lives in Santa Monica — had mentioned the story to Neil Drumming, a producer of This American Life she’d met while traveling the festival circuit for her first feature ...
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How to preserve David Stern’s legacy? Remodel All-Star Weekend in his spirit

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He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.
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'Ghost of Manzanar': Human remains ID'd as Japanese American internee who went missing in WWII

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He had been close to graduating from high school when his family was sent to Manzanar. After his father’s death, Masaru Matsumura had to support his mother and three siblings when they returned to Santa Monica. He had to take a job as gardener as his father had done. Kazue Matsumura said her mother, widowed at 43, worked two or three jobs ...
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Skeleton found by San Diego hikers ID'd as 'ghost of Manzanar'

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Matsumura, a 46-year-old gardener from Santa Monica, was among 110,000 Japanese Americans sent to internment camps in remote areas during World War II. He was one of the 10,000 who ended up at the Manzanar internment camp about 200 miles north of Los Angeles. According to the Associated Press, a group of prisoners would sneak out at night to go ...
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Golden Globes: Security Plans Unchanged Despite Middle East War Fears

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Although methods have changed over the years, most awards shows maintain a strict security policy. For the Globes, that means much of Wilshire Blvd. and Santa Monica Blvd. will be closed that day around the Beverly Hilton. Taxis and ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft are also not allowed to drop passengers off at the hotel, as once again ...
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Cinematic food and hangover cures

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The family members have gathered for a wedding... Nearly a decade ago, John and Molly Chester were evicted from their Santa Monica apartment. They packed up their life and set out to become sustainable farmers a defunct... The star of the documentary “ Honeyland ” is Haditze, a woman living in a remote settlement in the Macedonian mountains.
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Malibu going after all pesticides

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"But bromethalin [a neurotoxin] could be a problem." At the same time, new laws have done little to stem the flow of anticoagulants into the wild. Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, sponsored a bill that would have banned the toxins across California, but it stalled in the state Senate appropriations committee last fall. "Anticoagulant ...
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‘The Biggest Little Farm’ reveals the challenges of sustainable farming

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Nearly a decade ago, John and Molly Chester were evicted from their Santa Monica apartment. They packed up their life and set out to become sustainable farmers a defunct avocado ranch in the foothills of Ventura County. They join Good Food to discuss their eight-year journey of transforming Apricot Lane Farms, which is documented in the movie ...
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Classic movies in L.A. this week: ‘The Searchers,’ ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and more

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Landmark Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. Fri., 11:59 p.m. $12; no one under 18 admitted. landmarktheatres.com Police Story Secret Movie Club presents this over-the-top 1985 action comedy set in Hong Kong and starring Jackie Chan, who also wrote, directed and did his own stunts. With Maggie Cheung. The Vista Theatre ...
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