‘You are our angels’

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The Santa Monica youngster nearly died last year when his kidneys failed due to foodborne E. coli infection. Toxins in the E. coli bacteria ruptured Judah’s red blood cells, leading to massive blood loss. His platelets — critical to clotting and preventing hemorrhage — plummeted to 13,000. A healthy person’s platelet count is 250,000 to ...
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Black Pumas talk busking, Grammys and Prince ahead of the Current birthday bash

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The soul-rock duo is up for a best new artist Grammy but hardly inexperienced (see: Prince). Much like their toughest competition Lizzo, the co-founders of Texas soul-rock band Black Pumas find the “new” part of their best new artist Grammy nomination to be a bit of a misnomer.
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‘Desert X AlUla 2020’: Cultivating new audiences for contemporary art

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The participating line-up of illustrious artists are: Lita Albuquerque (US, based in Santa Monica); Manal AlDowayan (Saudi Arabia, based in Dubai); Zahrah AlGhamdi (b.1977, Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah); Nasser AlSalem (Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah); Rashed Al Shashai (Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah); Gisela Colon (Canada, based in Los Angeles ...
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Ousted Grammy CEO’s attorney: ‘We will expose what happens when you “step up” at the Recording Academy’

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Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan, who was placed on administrative leave, said through her lawyer: “What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told.”
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The Woman Behind The Massively Popular Instagram Account About Trader Joe’s Said It’s All Just A Hobby

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(She was using voice-to-text to respond, so please excuse any typos.) During a typical week, Natasha will make at least one trip to a TJ’s in Santa Monica to “go up and down the [aisles], checking out if anything new has dropped.” Naturally, she is well known at her store. Natasha said she has no working relationship with TJ’s.
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Giada De Laurentiis Reveals This Is Her Go-To Olive Oil, Plus Her Other Favorite Italian Groceries

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What’s Giada De Laurentiis’ favorite olive oil? Taking to Instagram, De Laurentiis recently took fans on a tour of her favorite grocery store in Santa Monica called Bay Cities Italian Deli. In the clip, the Food Network star revealed which Italian groceries she reaches for first, including her favorite brand of oil olive. What is most ...
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Gwyneth Paltrow's 'The Goop Lab' is a glossy infomercial for woo-woo wellness

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That was the moment I allowed myself to utter the words aloud, "What in the living fuck?" "I had an exorcism," Elise Loehnen, chief content officer at Goop, told CEO and founder Gwyneth Paltrow in a shiny, pastel room in Santa Monica. Loehnen did not have an exorcism, just to be clear. The Goop staff had been trying out "energy healing ...
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