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Month: June 2025

‘Clueless’ director Amy Heckerling looks back on the inspiration for everyone’s favorite scary dad, Mel Horowitz

By Jemal Polson, CNN (CNN) — There are few patriarchs within the teen film genre like Mel Horowitz in “Clueless.” The straight-talking litigator portrayed by Dan Hedaya terrifies everyone in his path – with the exception of his daughter Cher, played by Alicia Silverstone in the beloved 1995 film. He’s a man of multitudes. Direct

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A tumultuous week in Los Angeles illustrates the human toll of the Trump administration’s more aggressive immigration crackdown

By Ray Sanchez, Priscilla Alvarez and Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — Days before immigration raids sparked sometimes violent protests and the deployment of US troops in Los Angeles, Nancy Raquel Chirinos Medina said, her husband received a “strange” text. The message from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement directed the father of two with one on

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‘I was free to recreate myself’: This American woman says that relocating to France at the age of 80 saved her life

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She’d spent most of her life focusing on other people’s needs, so when Carole Carson’s husband passed away four years ago, the then-80-year-old realized it was time to do something for herself. After mulling over the prospect of moving to the Midwest to be near her daughter, Carole decided

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Palm Springs Downtown Park sees over 5,000 attendees in ‘No Kings’ rally

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Local groups from across the Coachella Valley, rallied together Saturday to a “No Kings” protest. They joined over 2,000 other groups across the nation standing against what they call “escalating authoritarianism.” “Let us live our lives,” John Barrowman said. “You can have your lives. You can believe what you want, but

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