Новости за 29.02.2016

We are left with much to ponder after the 88th-89th Academy Awards on Sunday night, a show so long that it officially qualifies as two telecasts.

An analysis of more than 1.3 million Twitter messages sent to airlines over the last holiday season found the phrase “thank you” was more common than any other.

They reached into their tuxedo pockets and Chanel purses and rummaged for cash as they sat before the Oscars stage. Waving $20 bills, they flagged down a squad of intrepid Girl Scouts who took full advantage of their star-studded audience.

CITY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wednesday at North Hollywood

Girls' Division V: #5 Community Charter vs. #2 Academia Avance, 5 p.m.

Boys' Division V: #2 Middle College vs. #1 Central City Value, 7 p.m.

Thursday at Roybal

Girls' Division IV: #9 Northridge vs. #2 Los Angeles Kennedy, 5 p.m.

Boys'...

Bengie Molina’s father was 58 when he died of a heart attack in 2008. The former Angels catcher, who helped the team win its only World Series title in 2002, had two uncles and a grandfather who also died of heart attacks at age 58.

Jack Lindquist, a longtime Disney executive who became the first president of Disneyland, died of natural causes at his home in Anaheim Sunday. He was 88.

The Vanity Fair Oscar party has long been recognized as the most exclusive Hollywood bash of the year. But until you actually pass through the event's hallowed doors, it's hard to understand what all the fuss is about.

During a comedy bit at the 88th Academy Awards Sunday night, Chris Rock said he trekked to a Compton movie theater to interview black moviegoers about largely white Oscar contenders.

The Griffith Park Teahouse, which mysteriously appeared on a peak in Griffith Park in June, surreptitiously installed by a collective of anonymous artists, is set to make its first public appearance today after being removed by the city. 

Former Masters Tournament champion Fred Couples has put his desert home in a gated La Quinta community on the market for $3.95 million.

The Diaz brothers undoubtedly test the theory that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, yet they continue to find themselves in big fights.

Chino Hills had to turn away a group of fans who had tickets for Friday's basketball playoff game against Santa Ana Mater Dei at Ayala and plans to offer refunds to those who failed to gain entrance, according to Athletic Director Phil Garcia.

Despite an Academy Award ceremony focused on addressing issues of diversity in Hollywood, Asian Americans expressed outrage on social media after two jokes that poked at stereotypes. The comments, one by host Chris Rock during a skit and another by comedic actor Sacha Baron Cohen under his Ali...

As Kobe Bryant plays out his 20th and final season with the Lakers, The Times has reached out to players, coaches and broadcasters for recollections about his career.

At the Academy Awards Sunday night, Chris Rock and a local Girl Scout troop raised more than $65,000 in sales from cookies.

USC announced Monday that spring practice will begin on March 8 and will conclude April 16 with a game at the Coliseum.

Cinco lomitas separaban a Julio Urías y José De León mientras afinaban su puntería en un entrenamiento la semana pasada. Se espera que los dos lanzadores jóvenes empiecen la próxima temporada jugando en ligas menores. Pero el nuevo mánager de los Dodgers, Dave Roberts, dijo que le encantó la oportunidad...

The contentious legal dispute over media mogul Sumner Redstone's mental competency will be allowed to proceed, a judge said Monday.

Oscars night is all about getting excited over Hollywood -- except at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Academy Awards Viewing Party, where it's also about giving back.

The fiery crash on Interstate 5 early Saturday that left three dead is the latest incident tied to street racing.

All of the Oscars were handed out last night, but the results for another celebrity competition just came in: Oscar night's most popular Instagram post.   Overall, 19 million accounts posted 64 million 'grams related to Oscar night. Unsurprisingly, the most popular Instagrams featured celebs getting...

Anticipation of Chris Rock's no-holds-barred commentary at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony did not boost to the overnight ratings for Sunday's telecast on ABC

Police were asking for the public’s help Monday in finding a man who they believe was involved in a bloody melee with a group of Ku Klux Klan members at an Anaheim park over the weekend, authorities said.

More than 100 years ago, inventor Hiram Percy Maxim created two almost identical products to accomplish the same goal in two very different industries. The divergent ways we treat those products today reveals the irrationality driving our national firearms debate.

Anyone who bet that American Airlines would turn its attention to its AAdvantage frequent-flier program after completing its merger with US Airways wins that bet.