LOS ANGELES — Stan Lee, the co-founder of Marvel Comics and the man behind Marvel superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man and Black Panther, died Nov. 12 after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from his Hollywood Hills home. He was 95. Paramedics where dispatched at 8:34 a.m. to a Hollywood Hills…
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LOS ANGELES — A statue of explorer Christopher Columbus that has stood for 45 years in downtown’s Grand Park was ceremoniously removed Nov. 10. “The statue of Christopher Columbus rewrites a stained chapter of history that romanticizes expansions of European empires and exploitations of natural resources and of human beings,” said County Supervisor Hilda Solis,…
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HOLLYWOOD — A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Nov. 9 honoring Emmy-winning comedian Sarah Silverman. Silverman was joined in speaking at the late-morning ceremony in front of the Hollywood Toy & Costume Shop by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and actor John C. Reilly. Silverman and Reilly both supplied voices in…
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