Everything you need to know about Tyra Banks' new theme park, Modelland

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The 21,000-square-foot attraction in Santa Monica, California, will be “a new world of storytelling and adventure in a grand, fantastical, physical place where all expressions of beauty are celebrated,” according to a press release about the project. The experience “invites all visitors to redefine what a model really is and for people to ...
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Tyra Banks' theme park, Modelland, is opening soon — and VIP tickets cost $1,495

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Tyra Banks is launching a theme park and entertainment experience called Modelland. The supermodel and entrepreneur announced the news on Twitter in February 2019. Tickets went on sale Monday for the attraction that opens May 1.
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Cinematic storytelling that resonates

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The roster includes several shorts, one of which will premiere at the Lake Travis Film Festival on Saturday. The Alejandros, who live in Santa Monica, Calif., will screen five of their short films followed by a Q&A as part of a two-hour panel. “The festival was kind enough to honor the work we’ve done in the last few years,” Leslie ...
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How Northgate became L.A.’s best Mexican supermarket — and how it plans to stay on top

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They don’t need to try to become Whole Foods.” Travis Hayden, chef de partie at Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica, had never heard of Northgate until his Mexican coworkers started bringing in its produce and baked goods for the staff’s before-service family meals. Intrigued, he stopped in to the Culver City location. “I ended up doing my ...
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Canadian EV startup ElectraMeccanica plans U.S. assembly plant, technical center

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In January it said in a note to investors that it plans to open more retail kiosks in the United States. The automaker in November 2019 opened a kiosk in the highly trafficked Westfield Century City Shopping Mall on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. The Solo features a 100-mile range, has the ability to cruise at highway speeds and can ...
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Don't call the Lucid Air a Tesla killer

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The interior color palettes are named for four California locales at certain times of day: Santa Cruz at 12:09 p.m., Lake Tahoe at 7:01 p.m., the Mojave desert a minute before midnight, and Santa Monica at 5:11 a.m. Rawlinson is clear that he's going after the Mercedes S-Class customers and other German luxury car owners, not the Tesla crowd.
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