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Three Gold Coast Titans players stood down amid flu vaccine furore

Three Gold Coast Titans players, including Bryce Cartwright, have been stood down for refusing to have a flu shot only a day after the NRL announced its revised stance on vaccinations.




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Five years of horrific pain made Monique question her own sanity, until she was finally diagnosed

This swimmer spent years battling endometriosis, an insidious enemy within her own body that consumed her with crippling pain. The fact that most coaches in women's sport are men also didn't help, she says.




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Selena Gomez is bringing a quarantine cooking show to HBO Max

Pop star Selena Gomez will executive produce and star in a quarantine cooking show on HBO Max, alongside master chefs who will join remotely.




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Our critics take another look at 'The Avengers' in the #UltimateSummerMovie Showdown

Times critics Justin Chang and Glenn Whipp discuss Marvel's "The Avengers," winner of the #UltimateSummerMovie Showdown, Week 1.




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Rapman's 'Blue Story' battles #BAFTAsoWhite and coronavirus on the way to the screen

"Blue Story," the feature filmmaking debut from Rapman, faced many obstacles on its way to reaching U.S. screens and being a U.S. hit.




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Amid the coronavirus lockdown, TikTok gives hope to L.A. entertainers

TikTok, a popular based social video app owned by China-based ByteDance, has seen explosive growth this year amid the coronavirus crisis. The company has plans to hire more people, including at its Culver City office.




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In coronavirus lockdown, Union Station's aquarium loses its fans but not its keepers

L.A.'s train station is empty and "it's eerie," says the man who feeds the fish. But it's also "a real escape from what's going on in the outside world."




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'Never Have I Ever' is the L.A. immigrant tale I never thought I'd see on TV: My own

Critic Lorraine Ali writes of seeing her immigrant upbringing in the San Fernando Valley reflected in the Mindy Kaling Netflix comedy 'Never Have I Ever.'




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How accurate is 'Mrs. America's' portrayal of Republican women? We investigated

What Hulu's 'Mrs. America' gets right and wrong about Republican congresswoman Jill Ruckelshaus and evangelical activist Lottie Beth Hobbs in Episode 6.




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Broadway star Nick Cordero showing 'early signs' of waking up from COVID-19 coma

Dancer Amanda Kloots offered a hopeful update Wednesday on her husband, Nick Cordero, who has been in a medically induced coma after contracting COVID-19.




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Review: A perfectly cast Beanie Feldstein enlivens Caitlin Moran's 'How to Build a Girl'

Beanie Feldstein stars




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Review: Getting to know Kim Jong Un, dead or alive

In "Becoming Kim Jong Un," former CIA officer expands our understanding of North Korea's dangerous, precarious regime by taking its leader seriously




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The L.A. Times Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown

Justin Chang's Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown votes on films for 16 weeks to reveal an all-time line-up for the season starting with "The Avengers."




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'The show must go on': 'This Is Us' star Milo Ventimiglia plots his return to work

Milo Ventimiglia, who plays beloved dad Jack Pearson on the NBC drama "This Is Us," discusses life and work in — and after — the coronavirus outbreak.




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Billie Eilish and her cool dad to host Apple Music radio show

Billie Eilish will co-host an Apple Music radio program with her father, Patrick O'Connell, called "me & dad radio."




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She won over a nation on 'Great British Bake Off.' Now she has her own Netflix show

Nadiya Hussain, winner of "The Great British Baking Show," embraces canned food in her new Netflix series, "Nadiya's Time to Eat."




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Prince Harry and Meghan are reportedly living in a Tyler Perry-owned L.A. mansion

According to reports, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are quarantining in a Beverly Hills home owned by "Madea" franchise mastermind Tyler Perry.




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Bob Dylan releases another single — and announces a new double album, 'Rough and Rowdy Ways'

Bob Dylan will release 'Rough and Rowdy Ways,' his first collection of original material in eight years, on June 19. Listen to a new song, 'False Prophet.'




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You can play video games with your cat — yes, your cat! Here's how

'Mew and Me' is a game designed for cats. Well, cats and humans. The surprising lessons the game's creator learned from cats.




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Love is love: How do you go on without your 'little darling'?

What happened to Pat Henschel after the end of Netflix's documentary "A Secret Love"?




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Review: Jerry Brown gets the biography he deserves

Veteran Times journalist Jim Newton's graceful "Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown" doubles as a history of postwar California.




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How indigenous zombie horror film 'Blood Quantum' became prescient in the pandemic

Jeff Barnaby's indigenous zombie movie 'Blood Quantum' drew on history for its horrors, but became eerily prescient amid the pandemic.




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For Mother's Day, Michelle Obama asks her own mom for the secret to raising kids

Former First Lady Michelle Obama paid a personal tribute to her mother, Marian Robinson, on Instagram ahead of Mother's Day this weekend.




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Rough week? Let these puppy portraits from Beverly Hills Dog Show make your day

Long before coronavirus, we attended the Beverly Hills Dog Show to shoot portraits of the pups and their owners. Let them brighten your Friday.




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Netflix's 'Dead to Me' killed off James Marsden. In Season 2, he steals the show

James Marsden and "Dead to Me" creator Liz Feldman explain how they kept him around in Season 2 — after offing his character in the Season 1 finale.




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Even Elon Musk and Grimes can't decide how to pronounce their baby's name

Is the "Æ" in the name X Æ A-12 pronounced "A-I" or "ash"? Depends on which parent (Elon Musk or Grimes) you ask.




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What's on TV Saturday plus Sunday Talk Shows: 'Downton Abbey'

What's on TV Saturday, May 9, plus Sunday Talk Shows: Downton Abbey; coronavirus; movies on TV and more




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Unions praised coronavirus aid for Hollywood workers. Now they say it falls short for some

In March, Hollywood unions applauded a government package to help entertainment gig workers. Flaws in the rollout meant many couldn't access it.




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His Ahmaud Arbery portrait went viral. How an L.A. artist finds power in art

Artivist Nikkolas Smith combines personal storytelling with issues of national significance in his work.




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How-old.net guesses your age at your own peril


The insult-triggering website was built by Microsoft as an exercise in machine learning.




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How I survived my two-week digital diet


No Smartphone. No Google. No Twitter. No texting and no music — except for a Walkman.




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Marine heat waves are lasting longer and hitting more often, research shows


Dalhousie professor says the heat has been altering marine ecosystems, harming fisheries and killing various species — and the phenomenon is likely to continue.




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Should we reopen? A Texas town relaxes coronavirus restrictions

Colleyville city leaders went further than the Texas governor, allowing restaurants and salons to reopen this week. Residents remain conflicted.




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What job protection does Europe offer, and how, as coronavirus rages?

Unemployment and coronavirus: How do European countries protect jobs?




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Georgia reopens hair salons and gyms, offering a preview of life after lockdown

Georgia lifts many coronavirus-related restrictions, allowing gyms, hair salons, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys to reopen Friday.




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Trump's improvised medicine show prompts frantic health warnings

The FDA warns that President Trump's much-touted coronavirus drugs could cause deaths. The White House says media 'irresponsibly' reported his words.




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Who knows best? Mayors collide with governors over coronavirus lockdown

Ease up or clamp down: Differences over ending coronavirus lockdown turn into power struggle




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COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than the Vietnam War

Trump has lauded states that have eased restrictions. But as cases reached 1 million in the U.S., several governors extended restrictions.




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Germany avoids the worst of coronavirus crisis — but how?

Germany's leadership, history help stave off catastrophe from the coronavirus crisis — so far




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Does the coronavirus-killing power of sunlight make it safe to go to the beach?

Since the sun's UV rays are lethal to the coronavirus, it seems like a safe place to be, right? Wrong. Here's what sunlight can and can't do.




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How does the COVID-19 death toll compare with other deadly events in U.S. history?

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has surpassed that of 9/11, even the Vietnam War. Here's a look at COVID-19's place in history.




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'It's too soon': In small towns and big cities, Georgia's experiment in reopening moves slowly

A week after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp plunged Georgia into the middle of a national social experiment — rolling back restrictions on businesses in an effort to restart the economy after a monthlong shutdown to halt the spread of COVID-19 — some restaurants, salons and tattoo parlors remain shuttered. Most that are opening are proceeding cautiously.




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Philippine nurses, long treated like exports, now told to stay home to fight coronavirus

The Philippines is promising better pay for its nurses to lure them to the front lines against COVID-19, but a legacy of exploitation and poor working conditions in the nation's hospitals has dampened the enthusiasm to answer the call.




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Drugs for heartburn, gout and depression now being tested as coronavirus treatments

The search for existing drugs that may help treat coronavirus infections now has researchers testing the heartburn drug Pepcid, among others.




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Trump acknowledges coronavirus death toll could reach 100,000

Coronavirus could kill 100,000, Trump says, weeks after predicting lower toll




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Coronavirus and downturn slam America's oil patch

When Texas' energy-dependent economy stalled, mass layoffs hit skilled middle-class workers.




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Trump rarely shows empathy in coronavirus crisis

Most presidents act as consoler-in-chief in times of national crisis. Trump has struggled to show any empathy with victims or survivors of COVID-19.




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Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus could be more contagious than original

A mutation in the novel coronavirus has led to a new strain viewed as more contagious than the virus that emerged from China, according to a new study.




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Italy begins easing lockdown and rebooting its economy

Italy Easing Lockdown




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A coronavirus debate on the apple orchard: Should migrant workers be allowed to sleep in bunk beds?

Washington state fruit growers say that a ban on bunk beds in farmworker housing would cut their seasonal work force in half, likely leading to food shortages and price hikes.