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The 7 jobs where workers are in highest demand
Elsa Reaza was ready to leave her job when a friend suggested she apply for a housekeeping position at the Conrad, a new luxury hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Reaza worked at a senior home, feeding, taking blood samples and cleaning up after patients. The work was emotionally draining even before the pandemic arrived, taking …
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‘Basketball Wives’ star Brooke Bailey’s daughter dies at 25
“Basketball Wives” star Brooke Bailey is grieving the death of her daughter, Kayla. The reality TV star announced Sunday that the 25-year-old, who is also known as “Pretty Black,” had died, but did not disclose details about the death. One brief report, which Bailey reposted on her social media, claimed that Kayla had died in …
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Russell Westbrook still combative, and the Lakers are torn
It was scheduled as a day filled with opulent optimism, the Lakers supposedly beginning training camp by regaling reporters with a new coach, new focus, new energy. It was, instead, another day in Russell Westbrook Hell. He’s still a Laker. He’s still combative. He’s still Russ. “Whether they want me here or not doesn’t really …
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Ana de Armas talks controversial Marilyn Monroe movie ‘Blonde’
Ana de Armas photographed at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. (Yuri Hasegawa / For The Times) Graciously illuminated by the midafternoon California sun, Ana de Armas tries to recall when or how she first became aware of Marilyn Monroe. The fast-rising star can’t pinpoint when their paths first crossed. “To be honest, I don’t think I …
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‘Blonde’ review: Marilyn Monroe suffers in torture porn biopic
There’s at least one moment in “Blonde,” Andrew Dominik’s dazzling, depressing and fatally incurious movie about Marilyn Monroe, when you might not be sure if you’re watching Ana de Armas or the genuine article. Watching this lustrous black-and-white sequence, set during the production of “Some Like It Hot” (1959), I was briefly certain that was …
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Prosecutors may charge Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting
The New Mexico State district attorney could file criminal charges against four people, including actor Alec Baldwin, for the fatal shooting on the movie set of “Rust.” In a recent letter to the state’s finance board, Santa Fe Dist. Atty. Mary Carmack-Altwies said as many as four people could face criminal charges in connection with …
