Awards
The director took the best picture Oscar for his 2013 drama ’12 Years a Slave.’ Can he do it again?
California
Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire businesswoman and widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, just paid $94 million for an oceanfront spread in Malibu’s Paradise Cove.
Sports
Steve Kerr, coach of the Warriors and the U.S. Olympic basketball team, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz.
Tom Brady calls NFL games on Fox, but as part owner of the Raiders, he can’t criticize other teams or game officials, or attend broadcast production meetings to prepare for games.
Steve McQueen set out to bring the ‘ghosts’ of wartime London to light in ‘Blitz,’ a movie centered on the love between a single mother and her son.
World & Nation
Manhattan prosecutors brought the case against Bannon after Donald Trump pardoned him in a similar federal prosecution that was in its early stages.
Letters to the Editor
In running for Senate, Steve Garvey ‘took the field with no glove, no warm-up or even any training or awareness of the game,’ says a reader.
Dodgers
The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Steve Garvey and former Dodgers teammate Tommy John are two of eight candidates on this year’s Classic Baseball Era ballot.
Adrian Wojnarowski is leaving about $20 million in salary with ESPN to join the St. Bonaventure basketball program. NBA insider Shams Charania or Chris Haynes may succeed Woj.
Politics
Tuesday night, Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey will hold the only debate for one of the most coveted jobs in California politics, a U.S. Senate seat.