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What's left of Will Rogers' historic ranch after the Palisades fire

4:58pm January 17, 2025

by Christopher Intagliata

The Palisades Fire destroyed more than 2,800 homes and buildings. One of them was the historic ranch house of Will Rogers, the vaudeville entertainer and trick roper.

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Stars of 'Severance' discuss their roles and the show's long-awaited second season

4:14pm January 17, 2025

by Avery Keatley

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower, stars of the Apple TV+ series Severance, about the show's highly-anticipated second season.

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Major authors hope new AI licensing site will help them keep control of their books

4:11pm January 17, 2025

by Chloe Veltman

In the wake of several lawsuits involving authors suing AI companies for allegedly scraping their literary works to train models, some big-name writers are signing on to a new AI licensing platform.

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Justin Baldoni has sued Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds for $400 million

3:16pm January 17, 2025

Baldoni, his studio Wayfarer, and their publicists are alleging civil extortion, defamation and a slew of contract-related claims about the film It Ends With Us.

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Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby and more will play FireAid benefit concert in LA

2:23pm January 17, 2025

The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.

Newly discovered poems show Virginia Woolf as a fun aunt

2:12pm January 17, 2025

A researcher — who was looking for something else — stumbled onto two poems by Virginia Woolf. The silly, punny, quickly drafted poems were written for her niece and nephew sometime after March 1927.

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Can James McVinnie change your mind about the pipe organ?

1:34pm January 17, 2025

On his new album, the British keyboardist offers both engaging and entertaining contemporary works for the misunderstood instrument.

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Joan Plowright, acclaimed British actress and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

12:31pm January 17, 2025

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, Tea with Mussolini and Enchanted April.

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Film offers 'Hard Truths' about why some people are happy — and others are miserable

12:00pm January 17, 2025

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a phenomenal performance as a profoundly unhappy woman. There isn't a lot of plot, but director Mike Leigh builds his stories from the details and detritus of daily life.

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'Forces of Nature' showcases the potent mix of two jazz giants

11:56am January 17, 2025

by Martin Johnson

A new recording features pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Joe Henderson in a concert taped in New York City in 1966. The music here is a prelude to later iconic records by each leader.

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