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Song of the Forest is a collection of some of the best recent fiction by Ruskin Bond. While it is always a pleasure to read Mr Bond, that pleasure is also accompanied by pangs of inadequacy not just at his writing prowess but at his charmed life or at least the life imagined in this collection. For where else will you come across mysterious encounters in a garden, lost lovers who return, doppelgangers that chase you, pests that keep returning to steal chocolate, apartments frequented by the ghosts of their owners, hare…

“Firework” singer Katy Perry spent her Fourth of July catching heat on social media. During the Monday holiday, Perry composed a confusing post that first seemed to riff off the trending “she’s a 10 but” meme, then shifted into commentary about abortion rights. “‘Baby you’re a firework’ is a 10 but women in the US have fewer rights than an actual sparkler smh,” Perry tweeted. Perry became the latest music personality to speak out against about the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, which rolled…

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and billionaire local developer Rick Caruso are likely headed to a November run-off election for the Los Angeles mayoralty. In early primary results on Tuesday night, June 7, Caruso had a slight edge with just over 41 percent of the vote, while Bass had nearly 38 percent of votes tallied thus far. The top vote getters in the open primary go on to face each other in the general election in November. Their candidacies — which divided Hollywood loyalties during the open primary —…

Clarence Avant, the 91-year-old music-industry titan feted by Barack Obama, Quincy Jones and Clive Davis in the documentary “The Black Godfather,” has thrown his support behind billionaire developer Rick Caruso in the L.A. mayoral race.Caruso, in a statement to The Times, said, “I’ve known and loved Clarence for many years, and I am humbled and grateful to have his support. He is not only a legend, but someone who loves L.A. and has devoted his life to lifting up the city that has provided us all so much.”Avant could not…

Rick Caruso, the billionaire developer and L.A. mayoral candidate, picked up an unexpected supporter on Tuesday — the rapper Snoop Dogg.Caruso, a former Republican (now a registered Democrat) best known locally for building the Grove and Americana at Brand shopping centers, locked down the Long Beach-raised rapper’s endorsement in a recorded Zoom call, first reported by Fox L.A.'s Elex Michaelson. A representative for Caruso’s campaign confirmed the endorsement.“You got my support,” Snoop Dogg said in the call. “We’re a…

With the June 7 California primaries fast approaching, Hollywood already is awash with fundraisers for frontrunners in the Los Angeles mayoral race. “I’ve never seen something crazier in my entire life,” says Rick Caruso supporter Jay Sures. “Hollywood, it’s broken down. You have Rick Caruso supporters. You have Karen Bass supporters, and then you have undecided supporters who are going to end up voting for Rick.” Longtime Bass supporter Ellen Goldsmith-Vein has this take on the issues at play: “Both inside and…