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Are Influencer Exhibition Fights the Future of Boxing?

Los Angeles Magazine 6/11 11:49A Lauren Castro

Much to the chagrin of boxing purists and actual athletes, a new generation of fighter is emerging. Hot on the heels of YouTuber Logan Paul s exhibition match with undefeated champ Floyd Mayweather, even more social media influencers are stepping...

Young Filmmakers Set Out to Capture the Complexity of L.A. and the Results Are Beautiful

Los Angeles Magazine 6/11 9:59A Rebekah Brandes

Voting is open for the second annual Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award. Ten emerging filmmakers ages 18 to 34 were selected in March to partake in an intensive four-month program at the celebrated non-profit Ghetto Film School (GFS)....

Rep. Adam Schiff Wants a ‘Wholesale Review’ of the Trump DOJ

Los Angeles Magazine 6/11 6:30A Gwynedd Stuart

Responding to a New York Times report that prosecutors in Donald Trump’s Department of Justice had subpoenaed the Apple communications metadata records of at least two House Intelligence Committee Democrats, their aides, and family members,...

A Glimpse at the People and Cars of L.A.’s Lowrider Scene

Los Angeles Magazine 6/11 6:02A Eric Mercado

Photos by Kristin Bedford ? Text by Eric Mercado Lowrider culture is usually linked to the defiant machismo of L.A. s Mexican American pachucos during the city s racial unrest during World War II,...

Morning Brief: The Recall Election Is Expected to Cost Taxpayers $215 Million

Los Angeles Magazine 6/11 4:52A Gwynedd Stuart

» State analysts are estimating that the election to recall Governor Gavin Newsom will cost taxpayers approximately $215 million.  County governments have asked the state to foot the bill so as not to...

The Daughters of Two NYC Hip-Hop Legends Are Opening a Pizza Place in Hollywood

Los Angeles Magazine 6/10 2:46P Juliette Cornet

The Notorious B.I.G.’s legacy lives on—on the West Coast, of all places—at a new pizza parlor opening on Saturday in Hollywood. Juicy Pizza, named after Biggie’s iconic 1994 hit “Juicy, is the result...

California Is Appealing a Judge’s Reversal of the State’s Assault Weapons Ban

Los Angeles Magazine 6/10 10:30A Gwynedd Stuart

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an appeal Thursday to U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez’s ruling last week that declared the state’s 32-year-old assault weapons ban unconstitutional. Before filing to the Ninth Circuit Court of...

States That Took COVID Seriously Did Better Economically Than States That Didn’t

Los Angeles Magazine 6/10 6:56A Gwynedd Stuart

While Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other GOP shooting stars have spread their names cross country by boasting about supposedly saving businesses through largely ignoring a pandemic that s killed 600,000 Americans, a pair of new studies...

Uber and Lyft Fares Are Soaring in L.A.—and the Spike Is a Long Time Coming

Los Angeles Magazine 6/10 5:23A Oren Peleg

If you ve taken an Uber or Lyft recently, you ve likely noticed that it s neither as cheap nor as convenient as it once was. Wait times for a ride have shot up to 20, 30, 40 minutes, and fares have followed suit. It s not unusual to find that a...

Morning Brief: California Lays Out Its Post-Reopening Mask Guidelines

Los Angeles Magazine 6/10 4:37A Gwynedd Stuart

» Do you still have to wear a face mask when the State of California fully reopens on June 15?  The answer depends on where you re going—and whether or not you re fully vaccinated.  [ ABC 7 ]   » The...

FILM REVIEW: City of Ali

LA Sentinel (Entertainment) 6/9 9:00P allenm

Can we ever get enough of Muhammad Ali? No! And so, another documentary about him is automatically good news on some level. Particularly during these troubled times when stirring up memories of “The Greatest” can connect us back to the best in...

Chido Nwokocha —a Nigerian on the move in Tyler Perry’s ‘Sistas’ on BET — has the “IT” factor

LA Sentinel (Entertainment) 6/9 9:00P allenm

“Sistas” follows a group of single African-American females as they navigate their complicated love life, careers, and friendships through the ups-n-downs of living in the age of social media and unrealistic relationship goals.  The post Chido...

IN MEMORIAM: Iconic Actor Clarence Williams III Dead at 81

LA Sentinel (Entertainment) 6/9 9:00P allenm

His role as “Linc” on “The Mod Squad” in the 1970s, catapulted Williams into the mainstream. But some of his best work came on the big screen, particularly as Prince’s father in the 1984 hit, “Purple Rain,” and nine years later in the Wesley...

Aries Spears —an OG in comedy now hosting a podcast — SPEARS & STEINBERG — 256 in the can and...

LA Sentinel (Entertainment) 6/9 9:00P allenm

It’s hard to embrace that little Aries Spears has been in the comedy game, so long, that in 2021 —post-COVID-19—he’s now an official O.G. of comedy. Born in 1975, the New York native has been perfecting his comedic persona since he was 14 years...