Politics May 02 Police fire flash-bangs, detain protesters as they dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA Hundreds of protesters early Wednesday defied orders to leave and formed human chains as police fired flash-bangs. Some people were detained and bound with zip ties. Officers spent hours threatening arrests over loudspeakers if people did not disperse.
Arts Dec 27 ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ director Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58 Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series “Big Little Lies” and whose 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” earned six Oscar nominations, has died. He was 58.
Arts Aug 28 Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought…