When she was a child, her family moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, where her father attended medical school before they returned to South Africa. At 16, she entered the Sisters of Notre Dame in England and began religious life as Sister Michael. Later, as an act of humility, she reclaimed her given name. She didn’t like […]
Blog: Would an all-L.A. Super Bowl hurt game’s luxurious luster? – Yahoo Sports
The Los Angeles Rams are 12-3. The Los Angeles Chargers are 11-4. The Rams project to be the No. 2 seed in the NFC and the Chargers have a shot, albeit remote, at the No. 1 seed in the AFC heading into the final weekend of the regular season. As such, there is a possibility […]
Blog: 2 Egyptian ex-presidents appear in same courtroom as Hosni Mubarak testifies against Mohamed Morsi
In June 2015, the Cairo Criminal Court issued sentences of death and life imprisonment against Morsi and other key figures in the Muslim Brotherhood. However, in November 2016, the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s final recourse for appeals in criminal cases, annulled the sentence and ordered a retrial of the defendants. Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles […]
Blog: Source: Galaxy reaches agreement with Argentine manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto to become new coach
Earlier this month, the Galaxy appeared close to signing Caleb Porter, who led Portland to the 2015 MLS Cup, as it new coach — with Porter joining Te Kloese, team president Chris Klein and Dan Beckerman, CEO of Galaxy parent company AEG, courtside at a Lakers game. That deal blew up days later, however, partly […]
Blog: The Road to Roxbury: On Linda Gordon’s “Inge Morath: Magnum Legacy”
DECEMBER 26, 2018 ACCORDING TO Linda Gordon’s biography of Inge Morath, once, when Morath was photographing presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson (I’m guessing in the early 1960s, though the book doesn’t specify), she got down on the floor to find a better, more unusual angle, at which point the other photographers, all male, literally walked all […]
Blog: Related Companies picks up Hollywood office for $72.1M
Related California CEO William Witte, Souferian Group founder Behzad Souferian and 1800 N. Highland Avenue in Hollywood Related Companies is the new owner of 1800 N. Highland Avenue in Hollywood. Related paid the Souferian Group $72.1 million for the 92,000-square-foot office building, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal. Souferian Group purchased the building from […]