Show must go on in ‘great but very troubled’ Hollywood. But how?
After the wildfires, and amid calls for the ‘glitz’ of the Oscars to be cancelled, the LA entertainment industry is plotting its way forward
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LA fires lay bare the spectre of an uninsurable future
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Pat Kenny’s outrage at imaginary injustices raises his show to jaw-dropping heights
Radio: The veteran presenter grows ever more outraged by imaginary injustices as he highlights potential shortcomings of the new builders’ register
Los Angeles firefighters braced for powerful winds and dry conditions as they battle to keep wildfires under control
Some 6.5 million people in the area under critical fire threat as losses estimated at $275bn, making it the costliest natural disaster in US history
LA fires: I’ve watched movies and TV destroy my hometown for years. Nothing can prepare you for seeing real devastation
On screen, Los Angeles has endured meteor strikes, alien invasions and Sharknados. Now it’s starring in an all-too-real disaster story
LA fires: Firefighters holding the line despite strong winds
Some 8,500 firefighters prevent wildfires from growing for second day in row
The Irish Times view on the Los Angeles fires: drama and terror in the city of angels
Apocalyptic scenes could have come from the storyboard of a blockbuster movie
‘It was on television. I could not bear to watch’: Irish film director’s family ‘loses everything’ in Palisades fire
The family of two adults and three children also lost the family cat and a hamster
Oscar nominations postponed for second time because of Los Angeles wildfires
The film industry’s highest honours will now be announced on Thursday, January 23rd
LA fires: Death toll rises to 24 with dangerous conditions set to return
More than 90,000 under evacuation orders in Los Angeles County as additional water trucks sent to at-risk areas
LA fires: Video and images of the devastation
As the death toll rises, two wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, displacing more than 200,000 people and destroying more than 12,000 homes and structures
‘He was my baby, and he died needlessly’: Former child star Rory Sykes dies in LA fires
Sykes’s mother says ‘all phone lines were down’ and local fire station had ‘no water’
California governor suspends environmental laws to allow rebuilding in fire zones
Gavin Newsom dismisses Donald Trump as ‘delusional’ following criticisms about handling of disaster
LA fires: Stronger winds threaten further destruction as two biggest fires rage on
At least 16 dead and entire neighbourhoods erased as three wildfires continue to burn
Firefighters race to contain LA wildfires as winds forecast to return
Locally strong Santa Ana winds could soon return, national weather service warns
LA fires: New evacuations ordered as largest wildfire expands
More than 35,000 acres of the Los Angeles area have been destroyed, killing at least 11 people
‘I think our building is next’: Dublin man living in LA returns to apartment thick with ash
Irish people impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires give their first-hand accounts of panic, shock, devastation ... and hope
LA fires: Calmer winds help firefighters as death toll hits 10
Fires around city have so far destroyed nearly 10,000 structures, with at least 180,000 residents ordered to evacuate
Devastating fires in wealthy LA areas prove nowhere is immune to climate disasters
Destruction with little warning and no mercy becomes the norm as the world overheats
Irish community in LA pulls together as wildfires rage around it
Irish bar owner says he feared what he had in his bag would be all he would have left in the world as fires neared
Insurers brace for up to $20bn losses from California wildfires
JPMorgan analysts double estimates as blazes continue to rage
LA fires: Some 180,000 ordered to evacuate with death toll of five expected to rise
Palisades fire between Santa Monica and Malibu and Eaton blaze near Pasadena most destructive in city’s history
LA fires in pictures: Homes and businesses destroyed as blazes swarm Hollywood
At least six fires are currently active across the Californian city with five people confirmed to have been killed
‘This is the worst I’ve ever seen’: Ash and flame upend life in southern California
A wind-and-wildfire monster attacked a metropolis of nearly 10 million people, whipping up flames that tore through communities of every stripe
Screen Ireland goes virtual for Hollywood trade mission
Week-long series of meetings with US streamers and studios begins with Disney
‘Mathematics seems too often to be about learning rules’
The ‘Mozart of math’ Terry Tao will deliver this year’s Royal Irish Academy Hamilton Lecture
Do surgical masks guard against viral infection?
At the outbreak of a virus, masks may give a sense of comfort but there is debate over their efficacy, with some medical professionals arguing that regular hand-washing is much more effective
Tokyo flight makes U-turn after passenger boarded in error
Model Chrissy Teigen wonders on Twitter why jet turned around to LA four hours into flight
Lufthansa changes how it awards miles and BA trials biometric boarding
Road Warrior: British Airways launching Dublin-Manchester service in May
Girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman had no idea he was ‘planning violence’
Marilou Danley: ‘He never said anything to me that I understood to be a warning that something horrible was going to happen’
Two dead after powerful storm lashes southern California
Sinkhole swallows two cars as homes evacuated because of potential for mudslides
Ten reasons to take Route 66 to Santa Monica
The Californian city combines a great beach holiday with all the fun of the fair
Audi Prologue concept outlines plot for key future models
LA show concept previews A9 coupe as well as next A6 and A4
Thought-controlled cars as LA concepts looks to motoring’s future
Car firms compete to map out the most forward thinking - and bizarre - future for the motoring world
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