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30+ min ago (1226+ words) Traveling near the Warehouse District with Derrek Miranda is akin to riding in a motorcade with an elected official. Under the moniker Whitewallstuntz, Miranda has carved out a name for himself in downtown Los Angeles. On social media, he can be seen cutting through the most downtrodden parts of Skid Row on his white and neon green Honda Grom minibike, almost always in search of a subject to document. He has amassed nearly 300,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. He can be seen letting sparks fly from his tail scraper on the 10 Freeway with a "Los Angeles" tattoo emblazoned across his back, chopping it up with LAPD officers or, most commonly, touring homeless encampments to show, as he puts it, "what real life in L.A. is like." "A lot of people are scared of these human beings because they look at…...

30+ min ago (258+ words) 10 books for your December reading list If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. With apologies to T. S. Eliot, December might be the cruelest month " at least for publishing. As imprints focus on awards season and holiday sales, several of this month's best titles are out as paperback releases. Never fear, readers; these soft-covers deliver great plots and will also leave room in your budget for the best kind of gifts: more books! Happy holiday reading. Casanova 20: Or, Hot World: A Novel By Davey DavisCatapult: 304 pp., $18(Dec. 2) The Definitions: A Novel By Matt GreeneHenry Holt: 176 pp., $18(Dec. 2) Television: A Novel By Lauren RotheryEcco: 256 pp., $28(Dec. 2) House of Day, House of Night: A Novel By Olga TokarczukRiverhead: 336 pp., $28(Dec. 2) Gal'pagos: A Novel By F'tima V'lezAstra House: 208 pp., $22(Dec....

30+ min ago (170+ words) You cannot outrun your life on fire," writes political journalist " and recent tabloid darling " Olivia Nuzzi in the opening pages of her much-anticipated memoir, American Canto." New York magazine Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi was suspended after acknowledging an inappropriate personal relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In a week of scandals " Mark Robinson's porn adventures, Melania Trump's speaking fees " is the tale of a reporter sexting with a presidential wannabe really the scandal we should be focused on? Nuzzi describes the grief she feels over this betrayal, but from a distance, shrouded in verbosity. What she'd experienced, she writes, was a kind of death " one that called for a period of griefless mourning. It was the death of an idea. An idea of self. Not of self itself. Not of myself. But of an iteration of myself." I get it, but…...

30+ min ago (468+ words) Sky is making progress on its Saturday Night Live UK cast. The show that has got the British comedy community talking is taking further steps since Deadline revealed its creative team month, according to Sky unscripted boss Phil Edgar-Jones, who was speaking at Content London. "Casting at the moment is well underway," said Edgar-Jones. "We're looking at writers and have had a great response from the comedy community. This is an opportunity for us to nurture that next generation of comic talent." Sky's briefing document from earlier this year said candidates are being asked to cast each sketch with a potential SNL guest host, with successful candidates needing to be available from mid-January to early April before the show launches later next year. Pressed to give more information on SNL, Edgar-Jones stressed that he needs to remain tight-lipped. "I get…...

37+ min ago (171+ words) Filmmaker Amy Leonard's comedy short Notice Me, exec-produced by Lena Dunham, is among the titles that have been selected to be included in the industry labs at the 2026 Glasgow Film Festival." Glasgow runs three flagship talent development labs: Animatic for animated projects, Funny Features for comedy projects, and the New Talent Mentorship Scheme." Across all three projects, the labs will support the development of 15 feature films, five TV series, and five shorts from filmmakers across the UK. The festival said this is their biggest cohort of filmmakers." Filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Flee), producer Debbie Gray (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), director Julia Jackman (100 Nights of Hero), and Charlotte Regan (Scrapper) are among the names confirmed as mentors across the festival's three industry labs." Scroll down below to read the full lineup of projects." Glasgow runs from 25 February to 8 March…...

50+ min ago (654+ words) The great playwright discovered his Jewishness late in life " and the impact was huge To describe being Jewish on both sides of one's family as "the full catastrophe, one needs to be Jewish. This is one of the funniest lines in Tom Stoppard's final, ultimately tragic play Leopoldstadt. It is a line that a non-Jew would not be able to say or write because they would simply not see the funny side of having thousands of years of persecution inherited like a compulsory heirloom. So if it is ever necessary to answer the question: How Jewish was Tom Stoppard, who died last weekend aged 88? That line provides a clear answer. Very. Up until then he had known that his father Eugen Straussler, a doctor who worked for a manufacturer and was killed during a bombing raid during the war, was…...

58+ min ago (775+ words) The hit Bravo reality series "Vanderpump Rules," which originally chronicled the high jinks of the staff at the stylish West Hollywood restaurant Sur, returned on Tuesday for its 12th season, amid much fanfare and gossip. But things looked a lot different this time: After 11 seasons of working, living, loving and fighting together, the long-running original cast was replaced with a whole new crop of Gen Z servers " or, as they're known to fans, Sur-vers. The appeal of the original cast had proved to be surprisingly durable across the years, aided in recent seasons by a cheating scandal " known as "Scandoval" " that drove a significant ratings bump. The fallout from that scandal, in which the cast member Tom Sandoval was caught cheating on his longtime partner, Ariana Madix, with a co-star, made "Vanderpump" must-see reality TV. In this new season, the show…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago (589+ words) Richard Gadd's Half Man and the Peaky Blinders movie are 2026 drama moments in-the-making. The world of scripted TV drama has, however, been reshaped in a few short years since Covid, and as Executive Chairman of Banijay UK, Patrick Holland's task is making sure those scripted moments work for both the broadcasters and streamers and the Banijay bottom line. In March, Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti told us its scripted revenue will soon top $1B and pinpointed the UK as a hotspot for growth. The exact numbers by genre are not broken down for the UK, but the company says that drama revenue for Banijay UK was up 77% between 2023 and 2025 and will more than double by 2027. "The shows that are moving are the ones where you've got that confluence of great writing, which attracts good cast, and a pragmatic approach; to be able…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (551+ words) A crystal Faberg" egg laced with platinum snowflakes and encrusted with thousands of tiny rose diamonds sold in London on Tuesday for more than $30 million, an auction record for a creation by the famed Russian jeweler. The Winter Egg was created in 1913 for Czar Nicholas II of Russia, four years before the Romanov empire collapsed in the Russian Revolution. It was one of 50 Easter eggs that Faberg" is known to have created for the Russian imperial family between 1885 and 1917. The eggs, with their intricate motifs, enameling and fine jewelry work, came to symbolize the wealth and the extravagance of the Romanovs. And more than a century after their fall, the extraordinary workmanship and scarcity of these eggs still inspire collectors to shell out millions of dollars for a single piece. Here's what to know about Faberg" eggs, starting with the…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (686+ words) Prince Harry couldn't resist taking a cheeky jab at Meghan Markle's cooking in his first speaking cameo on her Netflix series With Love, Meghan. The Duke of Sussex appeared towards the end of his wife's hour-long Christmas special, With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration, which was released on Wednesday. In the festive edition, Meghan, 44, shows viewers how to wrap presents, decorate plates and make advent calendars, crackers and wreaths. Harry was invited on set to try some dishes cooked by Meghan and her guest, chef and restaurateur Tom Colicchio. He greeted Meghan with a kiss and remarked: "Hi, guys. I smelled gumbo." The Duchess of Sussex explained that her mother, Doria Ragland, always makes gumbo on Christmas Eve and saves a fish-free portion for Harry. Meghan made her version with spicy andouille sausage, rather than the turkey sausage her mother uses,…...