Dawn M. Burkes

At the Met Gala, women performed the dandy at its best — twisted, contorted and pumped From Zendaya’s creamy white Louis Vuitton suit to Whoopi Goldberg looking like a Victorian-era dandy intellectual, this was masculinity as posturing, as provocation and as protection.

Preach.
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Who's gonna do a remix with a hard beat?

The. Man.

Hmmmm...

Whew!

That one is my absolute favorite! So grim!

Hollywood Forever's new mausoleum is a high-rise for the dead: 'This is the future of cemeteries' Two Silver Lake firms, Lehrer Architects and Arquitectura y Diseño, designed the Gower Court Mausoleum as a monumental, garden-filled alternative for a city moving away from in-ground burials.

Hollywood Forever’s new mausoleum is a high-rise for the dead: ‘This is the future of cemeteries’
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Winds whip Southland, fuel Malibu fire: Where SoCal Edison has shut off power A rare December Santa Ana wind event has prompted Southern California Edison to shut off power to thousands of customers.

An extreme wind event has prompted Southern California Edison to shut off power to tens of thousands of customers in L.A. and Ventura counties and the Inland Empire.

Here are the areas currently without electricity and which are under warning for further outages⬇️

The @latimes.com wildfire map has the latest fire information for the #franklinfire. Evacuation areas are updated hourly.

With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.

Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.

Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.

The daughters of Malcolm X sue the CIA, FBI and NYPD over the civil rights leader's assassination Three daughters of Malcolm X are accusing multiple law enforcement agencies in a $100 million lawsuit of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader.

Three daughters of Malcolm X are suing the CIA, FBI, the NYPD and others, accusing them of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader

New LAPD chief says people aren't calling the police enough — and that needs to change Newly sworn-in LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell voiced concern about the perception of disorder in the city and said crimes are going unreported because people believe nothing will be done.

Police say people aren’t calling the police enough 🤯

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Report: Quincy Jones' cause of death
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What's up?!

Do it!

Daughter (14!) refuses to watch any movie made after 2010. Tonight's main attraction is Don Q: Son of Zorro, which she has declared is much too silly to be considered a proper sequel (to the main attraction two nights ago) #movie #silentmovie #movienight

Two minutes on the ground, and I knew I was back in Texas. You can't even find an empty stool at the airport bars! You see what time it is. 😅

Focus. Build the wardrobe again with fundamentals first, things you know you're going to wear. Then branch out to some fun stuff. Find your color again. And organize the new clothes by color to see what you've missed. Good luck!

Very excited about Fillion! Love that Edi gets another go at a franchise! Mr. Terrific!!!! Swoon. If Hawkgirl (yay, Isabela!) is in, does that mean John Stewart won't be far behind? You see, I have JLI on the brain. All the time. ☺️

Sign o' the times. (I could never say it better than Prince, so why try.) 💜🦦 I mean, they are considered predators.

Diaspora Baby: What makes U.S. Latinos so hard to define? An exploration of marketing terms like "200%" and how that's shaped our identity

Like many U.S.-born Latines/children of immigrants, I’ve been too much and never enough — to family, to total strangers, to Hollywood industry people.

In my new column, I’m going to explore what it means to be us!

https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-09/latinos-marketing-the-200-percent