Carlos

LAFC has never started an MLS season without Carlos Vela on its roster.That could change Saturday afternoon when the reigning Western Conference champions face the Seattle Sounders at BMO Stadium since Vela, the team’s longtime captain and all-time leader in goals and assists, remains unsigned.But there’s still hope. Because not only has Vela failed to move on, he hasn’t even moved out.“He still has his locker there with all his stuff,” defender Aaron Long said Thursday at the team’s training site. “Maybe there’s…

Tinsel, tiaras, and Carlos filled the air as Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck unveiled their star-studded Christmas wonderland to Hollywood's A-listers. The Christmas bash occurred at the newlyweds’ Los Angeles home. Barbie fame Margot Robbie, Lily Rabe, and Michael B. Jordan are just a few names who joined the star couple for a dazzling spectacle. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck attend the 2023 Eastern Congo Initiative Poker and Blackjack Tournament hosted by TAO Group Hospitality at LAVO Restaurant & Nightclub…

South African jazz has taken a maximal turn in recent years. Artists such as the collective Spaza and drummers Tumi Mogorosi and Asher Gamedze have each released records that channel free jazz to produce a collective cacophony of sound. It is a social statement as much as a sonic one, an effort to connect with a sense of Black community consciousness through the emotive openness of improvisation.Thandi Ntuli with Carlos Niño: Rainbow Revisited album artwork. Photograph: Shabaka HutchingsPianist and vocalist Thandi Ntuli…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It was a crushing day for Novak Djokovic (and ASICS), but one to celebrate for Carlos Alcaraz, who took home his first Wimbledon title while sporting a pair of NikeCourt Air Zoom Vapor Pros. It was a match that had tennis lovers on the edge of their seats as Djokovic and Alcaraz went back and forth with ties for the 282-minute match. Djokovic, who holds 24 grand slam…

“Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage. “I don’t like to coast. I don’t like to rope-a-dope,” Santana says. “I want to get in the middle of the ring and knock the sucker out. That way the referee can’t steal the fight from me.” Santana, 75, can still whip a crowd into a frenzy like few others. He’s been doing it since he stormed onto the San Francisco scene in the late ’60s. He left the Woodstock audience dazed and stunned before the first Santana record came…

Carlos Santana is speaking out about the person he says sexually abused him in his youth.In an interview with People magazine, the 75-year-old guitarist reflected on how he has processed the “hurt” of his past. “I learned to look at everyone who ever went out of their way to hurt me, demean me or make me feel like less, like they’re 5 or 6 years old, and I’m able to look at them with understanding and compassion,” he said. Santana first revealed he was molested from age 10 to 12 while speaking with Rolling Stone in 2000.…

Speculations are swirling about a potential romance between Lewis Hamilton and Shakira, and Formula One driver Carlos Sainz is believed to be the cupid behind it all. Shakira enjoying relaxing trip with Lewis Hamilton in Miami. (Image Credit: RM/MEGA) The Colombian singer and British racing star have been spotted spending increasing amounts of time together over the summer, fueling speculation about their relationship status. Public outings, including a boat trip in Miami and dining together with friends in…

The ProvinceThe figureof tallwhite grassby the cinder-bankkeeps its alignmentfaultlessly.Moves!in the brilliantchannelsof the windShines!its polishedshafts and featheredfrondsensconced therecolorlessbeyond all feelingThis isthe principleof the godly,fluted, astatuetall and pale— lifelesssave only inbeauty,the kernelof all seeking,the eternalWilliam Carlos Williams (1883-1963) writes with an intriguing combination of physicality and abstraction in The Province. From his 1948 collection, The Clouds, Aigeltinger, Russia, it…

In 1959, Carlos Lyra’s musical partner and lyricist Ronaldo Bôscoli said that bossa nova is a state of mind. Lyra thought he was talking nonsense. “Today, I’m actually agreeing with him,” he reflects more than six decades later, while vividly narrating a flashback of the genre’s early days in 1950s Rio de Janeiro. “With our guitars and bottles of homemade drinks, we used to go to the beach at sunset and stay singing through the night. The next day, we would do it all over again. It was a joyous, carefree atmosphere.”Lyra,…

Exploring the Impact of Encoding Protected Attributes on Fairness in MLLady Justice at dawn from UnsplashWe will explore the world of categorical attribute encoding and its implications for machine learning models in terms of accuracy and fairness. Categorical attributes, such as country of birth or ethnicity, play a crucial role in determining the presence of sensitive information in data. However, many machine learning algorithms struggle to directly process categorical attributes, necessitating the use of encoding…