Jeezy on ‘Adversity for Sale; and Atlanta’s Strip Club

[ad_1] The southern rap renaissance has several architects, but the story can’t be told without mentioning Jeezy, a dealer turned rapper who, along with producer Shawty Redd, innovated trap music and the second wave of coke rap in the early 2000s. Over chilling, Carpenter-esque dirges, and in his unique ghostly rasp, Jeezy would go into… Continue reading Jeezy on ‘Adversity for Sale; and Atlanta’s Strip Club

Commentary: Complaining that Tropical Storm Hilary was overhyped? Welcome to the club, L.A.

[ad_1] We’ve found it: The one trend where the Californians are the late adopters. Now that Tropical Storm Hilary has washed over Southern California and the major population centers aren’t underwater, the time-honored East and Gulf Coast traditions of second-guessing meteorologists, local officials and the media made a second landfall as clouds cleared Monday. “As… Continue reading Commentary: Complaining that Tropical Storm Hilary was overhyped? Welcome to the club, L.A.

Christian Cooper brings ‘Better Living Through Birding’ to L.A. Times Book Club

[ad_1] Christian Cooper, who gained fame as the Central Park Birder after a racially charged run-in with a dog walker, joins the L.A. Times Book Club Aug. 16 to discuss his memoir, “Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World.” You can watch Cooper in a livestreamed conversation with Times… Continue reading Christian Cooper brings ‘Better Living Through Birding’ to L.A. Times Book Club

HaHa Comedy Club celebrates 35 years of funny business

[ad_1] On paper, Jack and Tere Assadourian seem an unlikely couple to run an L.A. comedy club. They’re immigrants — an Armenian man from Lebanon who grew up selling handbags and managed restaurants after moving to the U.S. and a woman from Mexico City who never set foot inside a comedy club before becoming the… Continue reading HaHa Comedy Club celebrates 35 years of funny business

Jennifer Lopez da show improvisado en club nocturno de Italia

[ad_1] Jennifer López bailó recientemente toda la noche en un club nocturno en Capri, Italia, donde invitó a los invitados a una presentación sorpresa de “I Will Survive” de Gloria Gaynor. El popular club, Taverna Anema e Core, compartió un video el sábado en Instagram de JLo cantando el tema disco estilo karaoke mientras los… Continue reading Jennifer Lopez da show improvisado en club nocturno de Italia

Why Emma Seligman Decided to Make a Movie About a Queer Fight Club

[ad_1] The Canadian director Emma Seligman was only twenty-four when she shot her first feature film, the 2020 comedy “Shiva Baby.” In the movie, which is based on a short that Seligman submitted as her thesis project in N.Y.U.’s film program, an adrift college student named Danielle, played by Rachel Sennott, attends a pressure cooker… Continue reading Why Emma Seligman Decided to Make a Movie About a Queer Fight Club