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A crucial stretch of the 10 Freeway remained closed through downtown L.A. after a major fire damaged the highway early Saturday.Here is what we know:Closures 10 Freeway between East L.A. interchange and Alameda Street.10 Freeway westbound diverted at Alameda Street.5 Freeway north and south transition to 10 Freeway westbound.60 Freeway transition east and west to 10 Freeway westbound.Alameda Street closed in area. I-10 remains FULLY CLOSED until further notice between the East LA interchange & Alameda St due to a…

Image via Marvel Studios What a strange little creature inspiration is; one moment you’re watching Gangs of New York, and the next moment you’re ankle-deep in an idea for a BoJack Horseman spinoff. Enough about my fan fiction back-burner, let’s talk about the eldritch beast that is James Gunn‘s brain. With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 having been effectively chalked up as home-run number six at this point, the world is watching as the rebooted DC Universe prepares to unfold, and if Gunn’s own capacity for…

Fans of Jennifer Lopez have been waiting for news on when Shotgun Wedding would be released, and finally the makers have revealed the release date with a launch of a new trailer of the film.  The romantic action comedy, which also stars Josh Dohamel will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on January 27. The new trailer shows how a happiest day of couple’s life turns into a big nightmare when their destination wedding party is taken hostage by gang of pirates. Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) have gathered…

If you’re the writer, director, editor, and fight choreographer behind one of the greatest action movies ever made and its phenomenal sequel, how do you possibly follow that up given the weight of expectation placed on your shoulders? If you’re Gareth Evans, you confuse the hell out of everyone and make Apostle. The Welsh filmmaker’s pair of bruising Indonesian calling cards put him on the map as one of the hottest directorial talents well worth keeping an eye on, so a period-set folk horror with heavy shades of The…

While doing a soundcheck before a beer garden gig in the back of the Victoria pub in Bathurst, the Whitlams’ Tim Freedman sits at an old Victor piano.“I tell you what, it needs a tune,” he says.To prove the point he runs his fingers over the keys. It sounds like a cutlery drawer pushed off a cliff.Freedman is touring the regions with the Whitlams, Black Stump Band, one of the more unexpected outcomes of the Covid pandemic.The Whitlams – one of the definitive Sydney bands – has gone country.Two days prior, at the Longyard…

In 1939, when popular American novelist Gertrude Stein wrote The World Is Round, it was markedly different from other children’s literature of the time. In its pink pages, Stein wrote about a little girl named Rose who was in search of her individual identity. Rose had a favourite song, that she would only sing in the presence of her big dog Love which went like, “I am a little girl, and my name is Rose. Rose is my name. Why am I a little girl? And why is my name Rose?". Stein isn’t the only famous writer, who despite not…