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Touch: the sensation that defines us
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Film and TV writers are ‘starving’ for better contract as strike begins
EntertainmentScreenwriters have walked off the job, bringing many film and TV productions into limbo. Here’s what that means for the industry, workers, and viewers.
Diverging: learning to accept my mess
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Looking back on 100 years of Tinseltown’s Hollywood Sign
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Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
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Is the media caving to temptation in giving Trump so much airtime?
PoliticsDonald Trump was arraigned this week on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Russia arrests an American journalist. And Finland is deemed the happiest country on earth.
Catalytic converter thefts: Car owners, cops, insurance adjusters try keeping up
TransportationCatalytic converter thefts more than tripled in LA County last year, and some victims are replacing the $3,000 car part just to have it stolen again.