USC Cancels Graduation Keynote By Filmmaker Amid Controversy Over Decision To Drop Student's Speech
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Quick Glance: USC Cancels Filmmaker's Graduation Keynote Amid Controversy
- The University of Southern California canceled filmmaker Jon M. Chu's keynote speech just days after disallowing the student valedictorian from speaking.
- The private university in Los Angeles announced the cancelation of valedictorian Asna Tabassum's speech at the May 10 ceremony due to safety concerns.
- The university's decision was praised by pro-Israel organizations but condemned by free speech groups and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
- University officials are now 'redesigning' the entire commencement program.
LeBron James tattoo artist loses trial against 'NBA 2K' maker Take-Two: Take-Two Interactive's 2K Games, the maker of the popular 'NBA 2K' basketball video-game ...
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Quick Glance: LeBron James Tattoo Artist Loses Case Against 'NBA 2K' Maker Take-Two
- Take-Two Interactive's 2K Games successfully defended against allegations of copyright infringement regarding LeBron James' tattoos in their games.
- The jury found that Take-Two had the right to depict the tattoos based on their agreement to use James' likeness in the games.
- Tattoo artist Jimmy Hayden sued Take-Two, claiming that their depiction of his tattoos in the NBA 2K series violated his copyrights.
- The verdict was deemed significant for the entertainment industry and individuals concerned about sharing their tattooed bodies freely.
Here are 2 South Bay steakhouses offering classic dining experiences: The San Franciscan in Torrance and The Bull Pen in Redondo Beach are delightfully old ...
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Bojangles, known for its chicken and biscuits, is coming to California. Here’s where
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Asna Tabassum, a Muslim valedictorian from the University of Southern California, is pushing her school to reverse their decision to cancel her commencement ... Show more www.reuters.com/world/us/university-southern-california-cancels-muslim-valedictorians-speech-citing-2024-04-16/
Quick Glance: USC Valedictorian Criticizes School For Cancelling Her Speech
- USC announced Asna Tabassum as the Class of 2024 valedictorian, but the school canceled her speech.
- The cancellation was due to security concerns related to social media and the conflict in the Middle East.
- Tabassum criticized the university for the decision and felt disappointed.
- The school will not select a replacement for Tabassum at the main graduation ceremony.
8 California cities land on list of best US spots to own EVs. Where did Sacramento rank?
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Mission Viejo football scheduled to play Long Beach Poly at SoFi Stadium: Mission Viejo is scheduled to play Long Beach Poly on Oct. 4 at the home of the ...
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Legendary estate — with 60 rooms — heads to auction in California. Oh boy, is it cool
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Billionaire In-N-Out heiress Lynsi Snyder claims she went 'toe-to-toe' to keep prices down as Calif. fast food industry, prices slammed by minimum wage hike
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O.J. Simpson’s white Ford Bronco might be for sale soon. You won’t believe how much it could go for
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PetSmart contest offers to cover up bad tattoos with a pet pic: PetSmart contest gives entrants a chance to replace tattoos they regret with portraits of a pet ...
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Opinion: How California's 'math wars' hurt Black, Latino students: Proponents say students are more motivated to study data science than algebra ...
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Tom strikes with attack in Emmerdale - but also 'seals' his downfall: A furious and paranoid Tom left another villager for dead.
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L.A. Opera defies elitist label with 'La Traviata,' 'Noah's Flood' : With Verdi's 'La Traviata' and Huang Ruo's 'Book of Mountains and Seas' as well as other ...
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Essence Fashion Digest: Rihanna Wears Peter Do, Venus Williams Wears Vivienne Westwood, And More
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Serial robbery crew arrested, accused of stealing California Lottery Scratchers worth $250,000
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Bump Watch: All The Black Celebrity Women Pregnant In 2024: A new year, new babies on the way! From Gabourey Sidibe to Ashanti, check out a growing list of ...
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Did USC go too far in cancelling valedictorian speech over safety threats?: Campus administrators nationwide struggle to uphold principles of free expression ...
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Rams Draft Experience brings NFL football to the beach with recreation of SoFi field
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LAPD officer who killed teen bystander with stray bullet while she was Christmas shopping will not be charged
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LAPD officer will not face criminal charges in killing of 14-year-old girl at store during police confrontation with suspect
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PHOTOS: ‘Abigail’ movie premiere in L.A.: Stars attend the premiere of 'Abigail' at the Regency Village Theatre on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 ...
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Sheriff seeks public’s help solving 2020 homicide in Norwalk: Raul Cervantes Corona, 32, was struck about 6:45 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2020, as he sat in the ...
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'Memes & Nightmares,' LeBron James-Produced Film About NBA Twitter, to Premiere at Tribeca Festival
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Los Angeles police officer who killed girl, 14, in department store will not face charges
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Nike LeBron 4 "Eggplant" Releases May 2024: Nike LeBron 4 Eggplant FN6251-001 Release Date: May 8, 2024 Color: Black/Varsity Purple-Blue Tint Price: ...
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‘Dave’s Bench’ memorial honoring labor leader will move to new San Pedro waterfront spot
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SpaceX loses latest bid to keep lawsuit against NLRB in Texas: A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected rocket maker SpaceX's latest bid to keep a ...
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Quentin Tarantino Scraps Film ‘The Movie Critic,’ Which Would’ve Been His Last: Quentin Tarantino will no longer be working on 'The Movie Critic ...
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Quick Glance: Quentin Tarantino Cancels The Movie Critic as Final Film
- Tarantino has decided that The Movie Critic will not be his 10th and final film.
- For a long time, Tarantino has talked about his 10th movie being his last work, but it looks like The Movie Critic won't be it.
LAPD officer won't face charges for Burlington Coat Factory shooting: A Los Angeles police officer who fatally shot a 14-year-old girl through the wall of a ...
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Los Angeles officer who fatally shot 14-year-old girl in 2021 will not be charged - UPI.com
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Los Angeles police officer who killed girl, 14, in department store will not face charges
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No charges for Los Angeles officer who shot and killed teen in dressing room: LOS ANGELES — The California Attorney General declined to file criminal charges ...
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Participant, maker of 'An Inconvenient Truth,' is shutting down: Culver City-based Participant told its staff Tuesday morning that the film and production ...
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The EV market is in trouble: The latest sign is Tesla's layoffs: The drive to electrify personal cars in California has, at best, hit a rough patch ...
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Legendary estate — with 60 rooms — heads to auction in California. Oh boy, is it cool
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LA County constantly fights homelessness. How AI helps prevent it.: Millions struggle with housing affordability in Southern California. But Los Angeles County’s ...
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How In-N-Out Burger’s president runs her fast-food empire: Keep it simple, affordable and close
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'Worst' 4-star hotel hilariously mocks guests who leave bad reviews: Often seen as an oasis for the rich and famous, California's luxury Petit Ermitage ...
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Bojangles expands to California: First location set for LA, many more potentially on the way
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Pilot program brings 250 e-bikes to South Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator and L.A.'s Department of Transportation, aided by nearly $3 million in ...
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Starbucks is closing an East Sacramento coffee shop. Its last day is around the corner
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L.A. renters struggling and feeling pessimistic, survey finds: An annual survey from UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs found renters under strain from the ...
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Here's what $20 buys now at 4 different discount stores in L.A.: With 99 Cents Only Stores closing, where to find affordable groceries: This is what a budget of ...
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In a partner look: Bill Gates and Paula Hurd celebrate couple premiere: Everyone can and should now see their love. Bill Gates and his new girlfriend Paula Hurd ...
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Tesla to slash more than 10% of its global workforce: CEO Elon Musk cited job overlap and the need to reduce costs. Bloomberg News estimated that the layoffs ...
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Move over, fentanyl? Stimulant overdose deaths are rising fast: Columnist Teri Sforza writes that researchers are searching for medication to help and several ...
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Boban Marjanovic misses free throw to give Clippers fans free chicken: Rockets center Boban Marjanovic intentionally missed a free throw so Clippers fans at ...
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Nearly $100,000 a year? How California college costs compare: Several East Coast schools are grabbing attention for total yearly costs topping $90,000 ...
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Mansion for sale in California was once enchanted by Glinda the Good Witch. See it
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The week’s bestselling books, April 21: The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 21, 2024, including hardcover and ...
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Is L.A. ready for the next drought? : Current conditions are promising, but L.A. must maintain its ethos of conservation and prepare for an inevitable return to ...
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China’s micro-drama boom takes viewers by storm both at home and abroad: Observers said the formula - snappy storylines that end each episode in a cliffhanger - ...
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Andy Pages -- MLB Pipeline Top 100 and Dodgers No. 3 prospect -- will hit 7th and play center field in his Major League debut!
Suspected Marina del Rey gunman ID'd, reportedly a self-employed chef: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department identified a man suspected of firing a rifle ...
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Romford Market traders hit out after Sunday closure: Romford Market traders have expressed concern for the historic venue's future after Havering Council axed ...
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Once-modest California towns become surprising 'million-dollar cities': After adding 12 this year, California accounts for 210 of the country's 550 cities where ...
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World-premiere musicals in TheatreWorks’ 2024-25 lineup: Local writers Min Kahng, Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon return to the 54-year-old Silicon Valley ...
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Why this enchanting place captured so many Hollywood hearts: California beach life, Hollywood history and plenty to see for free – base yourself in Santa Monica ...
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Coachella 2024: Fans react to the expanded and changed festival grounds: Fans share their thoughts and feelings on the expansion and move of the beloved Sahara ...
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Funny, sassy cat was rescued 3 years ago in California. She’s still waiting for a home
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Marvel Lays Off 15 Employees: The move comes after Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company would reduce output, particularly at Marvel.
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Aspiring builders try their hand at Lego ships in San Pedro: An array of Lego pieces inspired ship builders, young and old, at a San Pedro museum on Saturday ...
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Workers at California cannabis-delivery service threaten ‘unprecedented’ strike: After Eaze workers unionized with United Food and Commercial Workers ...
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Pasadena police fatally shoot man; video shows him crashing into Tesla: The suspect, identified by police as Ricardo Guade Andrade of San Fernando ...
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Top 14 cities in the US people are fleeing: Business Insider looked at the cities people in the US are fleeing instead of moving to. That includes several ...
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California $20 fast-food wage: Franchisees say they're the real losers: The $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers applies to both corporate-owned restaurants ...
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NBA admits shocking oversight about the end of Lakers-Grizzlies game: How does this even happen?
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Anthony Davis tonight:
36 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST, 50% FGLeBron James tonight:
37 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 65% FG
Ohtani’s dizzying three weeks end in exoneration by authorities: At times, baseball’s biggest star seemed in danger of being tainted by a gambling scandal ...
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Quick Glance: Ippei Mizuhara Remains Free Despite Bank Fraud Charges on $25,000 Bond
- Former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani from the Los Angeles Dodgers surrendered to authorities and later appeared before the U.S. District Court.
- Ippei Mizuhara turned himself in on Friday and was subsequently released on an unsecured $25,000 bond, commonly referred to as a signature bond. This arrangement allowed Mizuhara to secure his release without needing to provide any cash or collateral.
- United States Magistrate Judge Maria A. Audero also stipulated that Mizuhara must undergo treatment for his gambling addiction related to the sports betting scandal. Prosecutors alleged that he exploited his personal and professional connection with Ohtani to steal over $16 million from the player's bank account by occasionally posing as Ohtani to bankers to cover his gambling expenses.
- On Friday, Mizuhara only responded to the judge's inquiries by answering 'yes' when Audero asked him if he comprehended various aspects of the case and his bond conditions.
Meet the 19 bayou critters moving into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Disneyland: The transformation of Splash Mountain will debut in late 2024 at the Anaheim theme ...
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One idiot and several hundred horsepower leaving a car show has a predictable outcome. www.thedrive.com/news/mclaren-650s-driver-uses-parked-cars-as-guardrails-leaving-pch-cars-coffee
Man shooting from atop Marina del Rey apartment building is in custody, authorities say
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Health officials warn of measles exposure in Los Angeles County: Los Angeles County health officials issued a warning of possible measles exposure after a ...
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LeBron James has won both Play-In games he has played in 👑
He leads the (8) Lakers against the (7) Pelicans on Tuesday.
A lot of people fantasize about what they'd do if they won the lottery, but California resident Edwin Castro is actually living out the dream.www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/man-wins-2-billion-powerball-wont-stop-buying-fancy-homes/459194
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