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latimes.com > entertainment-arts > books > story > 2026-02-12 > kate-bush-wuthering-heights-literature-songs

Essay: The other Kate Bush banger that deserves a comeback right now

Essay: The other Kate Bush banger that deserves a comeback right now7+ hour, 30+ min ago   (335+ words) As a reader, I'm more of a "Jane Eyre" girl than a "Wuthering Heights" girl. Of course, I first devoured the novels at an age when I was too young to understand the Heathcliff-Catherine ourobouros dynamic; lonely, bookish orphan Jane…...

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latimes.com > entertainment-arts > movies > story > 2025-08-23 > relay-review-riz-ahmed-lily-james-sam-worthington-david-mackenzie

Review: In 'Relay,' a secret fixer will help you disappear — but what if you get lonely?

Review: In 'Relay,' a secret fixer will help you disappear — but what if you get lonely?5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (430+ words) An actor of wide range ('Sound of Metal,' 'Nightcrawler'), Riz Ahmed plays a different kind of tech bro, an anonymous helper who shields corporate whistleblowers. If history has taught us anything, it's that no one is truly safe That gathering…...

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latimes.com > entertainment-arts > story > 2025-08-15 > tiktok-woman-loves-psychiatrist-why-were-obsessed

Commentary: Let’s unpack our toxic fixation with 'the TikToker who fell in love with her psychiatrist"

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (633+ words) Let's unpack our need to unpack the whole "woman on TikTok who fell in love with her psychiatrist" saga. Millions of people tuned in, though the fascination appears to have been less about the alleged actions and motivations of the…...

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latimes.com > entertainment-arts > books > newsletter > 2025-07-19 > how-the-tiktok-algorithm-birthed-new-words-like-unalive

How the TikTok algorithm created new words like 'unalive"

How the TikTok algorithm created new words like 'unalive"6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (942+ words) Adam Aleksic has somehow managed to make linguistics cool. His rapid-fire videos have attracted an audience of millions across the social media universe. In them, the Etymology Nerd explores linguistics topics like the semiotics of dating websites, the social science…...

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LA Times Today: On the Curtis Stone farm at the heart of his growing lifestyle empire

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (94+ words) Watch L.A. Times Today at 8 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99. LA Times Today: On the Curtis Stone farm at…...

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latimes.com > opinion > letters-to-the-editor > story > 2025-05-06 > why-criticism-of-walt-disney-animatronic-seems-a-little-goofy

Letters to the Editor: Criticism of Walt Disney animatronic seems goofy to one reader

9+ mon, 6+ day ago   (163+ words) 'The Disney company is not only honoring one of their own, but is also honoring one of our great Americans,' writes an L.A. Times reader. To the editor: The criticism against the Disney company for the animatronic Walt Disney appears harsh…...