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Section of PCH Closed Due to LA Wildfires, Floods, Partly Reopened

Ross A. Lincoln
.February 20, 2025

Though Los Angeles continues rebuilding from the devastating wildfires that gutted several local communities in January, a positive milestone was reached on Thursday when a second of Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu was partly reopened.As of 6:00 a.m. Thursday morning, residents of areas in Santa Monica, Mal...

Steve Bannon Gives Apparent Nazi Salute During CPAC Speech, Mirroring Elon Musk | Video

Ross A. Lincoln
.February 20, 2025

If once is a mistake and twice is a coincidence, then on Thursday Republicans got this much closer to a pattern when, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), former Donald Trump adviser and convicted felon Steve Bannon made a gesture that is identical to a Nazi salute.You can see the moment Bannon made the gestur...

‘Severance’ Season 2, Episode 6 Ending Explained: What’s the Deal With Outie Burt’s Husband?

Jacob Bryant
.February 20, 2025

Note: This story contains spoilers for “Severance” Season 2, Episode 6.“Severance” finally introduced outie Burt’s (Christopher Walken) husband Fields (John Noble), and in typical fashion for the show it raised as many questions as it answered.The trio had a tense dinner and Burt and Fields home mere days after Irving was bangin...

‘Law & Order: SVU’ Star Octavio Pisano Explains How Velasco Finally Earns Benson’s Approval

Sharon Knolle
.February 20, 2025

This article contains spoilers for the Feb. 20 episode of “Law & Order: SVU.”In Thursday night’s episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Detective Joe Velasco, played by Octavio Pisano, learns the only way to catch a local rapist is to connect with his neighbors in Washington Heights, who don’t exactly trust the police.H...

‘Liberation’ Off Broadway Review: Bess Wohl’s New Play Is as Good as New York Theater Gets

Robert Hofler
.February 20, 2025

Only a few weeks into the New Year, and 2025 has already delivered its first great new play. That sentence is written in the same blunt spirit of the sobering, funny, provocative and totally engaging play that is Bess Wohl’s “Liberation,” which had its world premiere Thursday at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre. As playwrights go...

‘Jury Duty’ Renewed for Season 2 at Prime Video

Jose Alejandro Bastidas
.February 20, 2025

“Jury Duty” will be back for Season 2 sooner than we think. The Amazon Freevee comedy, which became a surprise hit for the platform and migrated over to Prime Video after the sibling streamer’s shuttering, already produced its next installment, according to media reports. Amazon representatives declined to comment for the story....

MLB to End ESPN TV Partnership After Current Season

Sharon Knolle
.February 20, 2025

Major League Baseball and ESPN have “mutually agreed” to let their partnership of more than 35 years expire at the end of the year.In a memo from baseball commissioner Rob Manfred that was obtained by The New York Times on Thursday, Manfred wrote the league has “not been pleased with the minimal coverage that MLB has received on...

Robert De Niro Says His TV Debut ‘Zero Day’ Was Like Doing ‘3 Feature Films Back to Back’

Lucas Manfredi
.February 20, 2025

Robert De Niro has officially made his first big foray into television in the Netflix political thriller “Zero Day,” which premiered on Thursday. The Oscar-winning actor known for films like “Raging Bull,” “Goodfellas” and “The Godfather Part II” said that the opportunity to jump into the TV space and meet showrunner Eric Newman...

Pro-Trump ‘SNL’ Alum Says She Didn’t Criticize Tom Hanks Over ‘SNL50’ MAGA Character

Jacob Bryant
.February 20, 2025

Victoria Jackson is denying that she slammed Tom Hanks over the recurring “Black Jeopardy” character that pokes fun at MAGA supporters he brought back for the “Saturday Night Live” 50th Anniversary special.The SNL alum – and noted Donald Trump supporter – took to her social media to clarify writeups that she went after Hanks for...

‘Mythic Quest’: Charlotte Nicdao’s Pregnancy Changed the Course of Season 4

Kayla Cobb
.February 20, 2025

Spoilers ahead for “Mythic Quest” Season 4, Episode 5.It sounds like a “Mythic Quest” opener, but it all started with an omniscient dream from Rob McElhenney.“I messaged [Rob McElhenney] to be like, ‘Hey, do you have time to jump on the phone today?’ And he called me back in the middle of his Thanksgiving lunch and he was like, ...