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Food
For John Cleveland, who runs Post & Beam in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza with wife Roni Cleveland, Thanksgiving season begins with his mincemeat cookies.
Awards
Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ won the best picture Oscar nearly 24 years ago. With the sequel now out, it’s time to think about its place at the Academy Awards.
Movies
Director Ridley Scott returns to the site of one of his greatest triumphs with a belated sequel that follows the same beats, giving Denzel Washington a forum to scheme.
Rams
Veteran safety John Johnson III has been designated to return from injured reserve after injuring a shoulder in the second game of the season.
Hollywood Inc.
Universal Pictures’ ‘Wicked’ and Paramount Pictures’ ‘Gladiator II’ post impressive numbers at the domestic box office this weekend.
Music
The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.
Books
The acclaimed novelist and historian runs Mexican government publishing house El Fondo de Cultura Económica.
World & Nation
Conservators uncovered eight angels in a Boston church that counted Paul Revere as a bell ringer and played a pivotal role in the Revolutionary War.
Ridley Scott is back with a sequel to his best picture-winning “Gladiator,” and if it wins the top prize come Oscar night, he will have finally won a statuette of his own as a producer of the film, something he wasn’t on the original 2000 release starring Russell Crowe.
Sharks? Maybe not. But sea battles, semi-aquatic creatures and plenty of other eye-popping spectacles were part of the real-life games at the ancient Roman Colosseum.