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LOS ANGELES — Peter Bogdanovich, the revered director of touchstone 1970s films such as “The Last Picture Show,” “What’s Up, Doc?” and “Paper Moon,” died Thursday at his Los Angeles home. He was 82. Oren Segal, the two-time Oscar nominee’s manager, confirmed Bogdanovich’s death from natural causes.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is his most personal work yet.

Before Soundcloud and Bandcamp, there was Deirdre ODonoghue and "SNAP!," the LA DJ and radio show that served as a waypoint for underground music, artists, and its fans — and helped shape the sound of independent and D.I.Y. culture today.

Families thwart COVID-19 patient transfers as third wave grips France Reuters 5 hrs ago By Caroline Pailliez PARIS, April 9 (Reuters) - In March, emergency room doctor Frederic Adnet needed to move COVID-19 patients from his fast-filling Paris hospital to less hard-hit regions of France to free up beds, but unlike during the first wave last year the transfers werent happening. It was a scene playing out across the French capital and other virus hotspots, mainly because families were now refus...

But, a government source told newspaper Le Figaro: “The trade-off is that other measures must be completely respected and social interactions must be limited to the maximum.  “People cannot stop paying attention now, but must double down on their vigilance, especially at the weekend.” This may mean that stricter rules could be announced for allowing customers into shops, for example. Weekend confinement expected in Pas-de-Calais The prime minister is expected to announce a weekend confi...

BFMTV, he said that the case numbers were close “to the record of 1,000 seen in Roubaix in October”. The professor said that the area had seen “a 40% rise in Covid-19 cases in one week”, in contrast to the stable numbers seen over the same period in the Alpes-Maritimes. Patrick Goldstein, head of emergency services le Samu in the Nord, said: “The Dunkirk hospital has been under pressure for several days. “To give you an idea of the size of this health crisis, since February 1, we ha...

Allan Bloom’s 1987 meditation,  The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students, was a run-away bestseller. Bloom made this observation of popular music: “Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music…Today, a very large proportion of young people between the ages of ten and twenty live for music. It is their passion; nothing else excites them as it does; they cannot take seriously a...

Walked this tough line. variety takes these giant, incredibly expensive ads from studios for its films and promotes this sort of oscar buzz for the film and actors. from the studios. but then also, they cover the business. but you know, as patrick goldstein of the "l.a. times" wrote this week, quoting somebody from the studios, a hollywood insider, that everybody in the business doesnt get variety so they can read the ads for the movies. they sort of get variety for the insight about the busines...

measure passed the upper house of parliament. now, it goes to the lower house to be debated and voted on there. hopefully, it wont take another 15 years to get final passage. i will see you next week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com looking for answers. the ticklish tale of eric massa. our journalists separating rumors from reality? and why are all these publications suddenly o obsessed with rahm emanuel. letterman avoids a messy trial as hi...