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L.A.’s infamous Cecil Hotel, now housing homeless, for sale

Now searching for a new owner: Downtown Los Angeles high-rise rich in colorful anecdotes from its history, albeit most quite haunting. Offers units overlooking Skid Row, many stubbornly vacant. Best known for the Netflix series about the dead body found in a water tank on its roof. The building is the infamous Cecil Hotel, which was transformed in recent years into a privately funded supportive-housing complex for the formerly homeless. A new owner wouldn’t technically acquire the property at 640 S. Main Street but would…

Cecil, A Goldendoodle From Pennsylvania, Devours $4,000 In Cash From His Owners’ Counter

Cecil, a money-motivated goldendoodle from Pennsylvania, USA, went viral for devouring $4,000 in cash, leading his owners to a smelly quest.Clayton and Carrie Law, who had set an envelope of money aside for a contractor, managed to recover most of the shredded bills from Cecil’s droppings and vomit, piecing it together with only $450 still missing.The four-legged family member’s veterinarian had reportedly told the couple their greedy pet would be ok. Clayton and Carrie’s dignity? That’s another story.Cecil, a…

Golden Globe Awards 2023: Eddie Murphy feted with Cecil B. DeMille Award

Hollywood Actor-comedian Eddie Murphy has been lionised with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe award which are currently underway at the Beverly Hills in California. As he walked to the stage, the theme music from his 1984 film `Beverly Hills Cop` was played in the background. During his acceptance speech, Eddie said, quoted by `Variety`, "I`m going to wrap it up and say something to all the new, up-and-coming dreamers and artists that are in the room tonight." Also Read: Golden Globes Awards January…

‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Star Eddie Murphy To Receive Cecil B. Demille Award- Deets Inside!

Eddie Murphy To Be Feted With Cecil B. DeMille Award At Golden Globes(Photo Credit –Facebook) ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ star Eddie Murphy will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the upcoming 80th annual Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced. The 61-year-old actor previously earned six Golden Globe nominations, including new star of the year back in 1983 for the film ’48 Hrs’, reports People magazine. His other acting nominations came for the movies ‘Trading Places’, ‘The Nutty…

Eddie Murphy to be feted with Cecil B DeMille Award

Eddie Murphy will receive the Cecil B DeMille Award at the upcoming 80th annual Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced. The actor, 61, previously earned six Golden Globe nominations, including new star of the year back in 1983 for the film 48 Hrs. His other acting nominations came for the movies, Trading Places (1983), The Nutty Professor (1996), Dreamgirls (2006), and Dolemite Is My Name (2019). “We’re honoured to present this year’s Cecil B DeMille Award to the…

Amid homelessness crisis, why is L.A.’s Cecil Hotel mostly empty?

It’s not much — a bed with a mattress, a small nightstand, a dresser, a closet and some assorted appliances in a 160-square-foot room.Some of those rooms have bathrooms, but most don’t. Several floors of the 14-floor building were sweltering over the summer, as residents waited for the AC to turn on. The kitchen is all the way on the bottom floor.Still, the Cecil Hotel represents an opportunity for its formerly homeless inhabitants to have a room of one’s own — one that comes with 24-hour security and the freedom to come…

Today’s Headlines: Why 600 rooms at the Cecil Hotel for L.A.’s unhoused are mostly empty

Hello, it’s Tuesday, Dec. 13, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:TOP STORIES The Cecil Hotel rooms for L.A. unhoused are still mostly emptyThe historic Cecil Hotel, with its haunted reputation and 600 rooms, reopened in December 2021 as a privately funded permanent supportive housing project. It’s open to any of the thousands of unhoused Los Angelenos with a government-funded voucher. Many viewed the project as a promising new model in L.A. because of its size and flexibility.And yet, a year later,…

Cecil Castellucci talks SHIFTING EARTH

https://madcavestudios.com/Heat waves, record-breaking temperatures, forest fires, diminishing biodiversity, rampant viruses, resource scarcity – and a heap of anxieties for what the future may hold. It is easy to despair yet Cecil Castellucci, Flavia Biondi, and Fabiana Mascolo have channeled those anxieties into an intriguing parallel worlds story with Shifting Earth, from Dark Horse Comics’s Berger Books imprint. Beatster Dean Simons chatted with writer Cecil Castellucci about the genesis and themes of the story…