Entertainment & Arts
Conan O’Brien is the 2025 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy, honored ‘not for humor, but for [his] work as a riverboat pilot.’
Television
Jay Leno suffered a broken wrist and an eye injury after falling 60 feet downhill before his Friday show in Pittsburgh. He’s ‘all black and blue.’
With the publication of ‘Carson the Magnificent,’ late-night hosts past and present explain the enduring influence of ‘The Tonight Show’ host from 1962-1992
At the Golden Globes, ‘Anora’ star Mark Eydelshteyn recounts receiving an unsolicited phone number written in lipstick.
Politics
Donald Trump returns to Washington to celebrate with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration.
World & Nation
In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians have marked the first Sunday services since Bashar Assad’s ouster in an air of transformation.
California
Mark Murphy, three-time mayor of Orange, has died. Nicknamed “Mr. Orange,” Murphy was among the city’s fiercest boosters.
First called the Santa Claus Lane Parade, the event has been held every year except 1942 through 1944 during World War II and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
About 200 men, some from the neighboring Twin Towers lockup, attended this year’s Christmas Mass at Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A., celebrated by Archbishop José Gomez.
The 136th Rose Parade kicked off at 8 a.m. PST on New Year’s Day and rolled along 5.5 miles of Pasadena streets before a crowd of hundreds of thousands.