As someone who has read most of Davis’ work and knew him personally, I can say that his writings were cris de coeur more than lamentations. He was less Jeremiah and more John the Baptist, preparing the way for who would ultimately save L.A.: Us.
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Hero Complex
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The Envelope
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‘Anora’ is the latest in a long line of Hollywood movies about sex workers. But it’s rare for movies about exotic dancers to score at the box office and Academy Awards.
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The music mogul’s sexual mistreatment of women dating back decades was aided and abetted by a complex and vast network of enablers, according to a Times review of court filings and interviews with current and former business associates.
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The iconic rock en español band would be the first primarily Spanish-language act inducted — and that’s an even bigger honor in Trump’s America
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After his sweep of the PGA and DGA awards, we catch up with the “Anora” writer-director in the upper offices of the Aero Theatre, where things seem a little surreal.
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Photographer Nick Ut addressed claims made in the documentary ‘The Stringer’ that he didn’t take the famous ‘Napalm Girl’ photo.
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