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Miranda and Van Dyke, who makes a joyful cameo in the new film, have more in common than their characters. “He went from ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ to ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show,’ which was 32 episodes a year, and he filmed ‘Mary Poppins’ … on the summer break,” he explained. “I’m not close to busy, […]

Led by the Los Angeles Conservancy, the city in June designated the Woman’s Building a Historic-Cultural Monument. The Woman’s Building, dubbed “the capital of cultural feminism” by esteemed art critic Lucy Lippard, operated between 1975 and 1991 on North Spring Street near the L.A. River overpass. Founded in temporary digs in MacArthur Park two years […]

Barge into winter on a trip to Norway aboard a onetime ferry that offers prime views of the northern lights. The vessel, converted into a floating lodge, gives guests a choice: Stay indoors to watch for the aurora borealis or bundle up and step onto the deck to watch the sky fill with colors. The… […]

Opposite Emily Blunt, who assumes the role of the magical Banks family nanny that Julie Andrews won an Oscar for, Miranda plays a lamplighter, or leerie, named Jack, a character not found in P.L. Travers’ writings but derivative of Bert, the charming chimney sweep Dick Van Dyke played in the original film. The new role […]

Led by the Los Angeles Conservancy, the city in June designated the Woman’s Building a Historic-Cultural Monument. The Woman’s Building, dubbed “the capital of cultural feminism” by esteemed art critic Lucy Lippard, operated between 1975 and 1991 on North Spring Street near the L.A. River overpass. Founded in temporary digs in MacArthur Park two years […]

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, Dec. 17, and here’s what’s happening across California: TOP STORIES Dozens of retired Los Angeles employees are collecting such generous retirement pay that they exceed pension fund limits set by the Internal Revenue Service, saddling taxpayers with additional costs, a Times data analysis has […]