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Los Angeles Times
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Diego Cardoso is painting L.A. as it really moves, one street at a time
One afternoon this spring, the artist Diego Cardoso traced the light. We were standing inside his downtown Los Angeles studio as he explained the origin of 'Here Comes the Sun,' a painting of literal and metaphorical intersections. 'These are very old streets in the midst of Lincoln Heights, which was the center of the east side,' he says, tracking his finger up and down the crosswalk in the artwork. 'If there was an East L.A., it was born here.' As with many of Cardoso's paintings, which swell with color and share a gentle wonder in who and how they illuminate, it first stopped me in my tracks, and then asked me to consider its meaning. 'Here Comes the Sun' is a depiction of Los Cinco Puntos, or 5 Points, a cultural core for eastsiders that braids the intersections of Indiana Street, Lorena Street and East Cesar Chavez Avenue. Deep, rich yellows and soft sea-greens overflow across the canvas, resonant in layers of acrylic and oil. Shadows lean forward denoting time passed. One woman stands at the lip of the sidewalk, waiting to cross. East L.A. is where Cardoso, who is 73, came of age as an artist. 'That was the gateway,' he says of the neighborhood. Cardoso was raised in a family of creative professionals. His father was a journalist who co-founded Ondas Azuayas, one of the first radio stations in Cuenca, Ecuador, the city where Cardoso was born. The family later opened a record store that was run by his mother. 'Everything was vinyl,' he says. Art was always in Cardoso's orbit, and much later, as he honed his craft, initially as a photographer before painting captured his eye, he fell into the universe of David Hockney, who became a foundational influence. But where Hockney's L.A. is all about remove and the fantasy of utopia, Cardoso's L.A. lives among the people, places and scenes that drive the city. Points of connectivity are the great theme of his artistic witness. It is a witness informed by his nearly 30 years as a city employee for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Cardoso started out as a project assistant in 1993; by 2022, the year he left, he'd climbed the ranks to executive officer. It was his position from within Metro, helping to expand L.A. into new corridors, that afforded him a special perspective of the city's architectural fabric. In 2022, as Cardoso was set to speak at a community meeting in South Los Angeles about the Slauson Corridor project, he was hit by a car while crossing the street. 'It almost killed me,' he says. During the six months it took to recover, he decided to retire and focus on his art full time. 'I had been painting before the accident, but not at the magnitude that I am now.' Cardoso's paintings are littered with artifacts to L.A.'s past and present: Mission Road, King Taco, LAX, wide stretches of the 101. His touchpoints are framed by spectacular gushes of light and shadow, a near mystical sense of color, all of which negotiate the way we see, and thus remember. In the wholeness of what Cardoso has invited us into, his bright intersections of a city and its people on the move, a profound convergence takes shape. Jason Parham: What is your earliest memory of art? Diego Cardoso: It was of my dad photographing. I was maybe 9 years old. My dad went to university and became a lawyer but never practiced law. He got involved in journalism, and the camera was a part of that. He purchased a Kodak, a film camera. He was not necessarily photographing us, the family or anything like that; his canvas was the city where we lived, Cuenca. That was my first experience with images, and what it meant to focus on them. JP: Los Angeles is a town of images. Hollywood was built on the fortune of what they promise. But they also have the capacity to haunt, especially for locals who grew up here and hold on to a picture of what L.A. used to be. How has the city shaped how you see as an artist? DC: I arrived in L.A. when I was 18 years old. I came because I had uncles that had moved here. My parents and two siblings never migrated. Those were the years of the Beatles. This was 1969. I came here and I said 'Wow, what a place.' I settled in Pico-Union and later Boyle Heights. The area was in transition. At that time it felt more like a suburb of L.A. I loved the cultural experience that I encountered. My relationship to the city changed when I discovered the buses on Wilshire Boulevard that would go to the beach, to Santa Monica, which was paradise to me. I said, 'This is it.' I would take R.T.D. whenever I had a chance. JP: Those bus trips were special to you. DC: They opened the city. To travel from where we lived to get to Santa Monica took about an hour. But the bus went through a lot of neighborhoods: Mid-City, the Fairfax district, sections of Century City, Beverly Hills, UCLA, Santa Monica, and then the ocean. So it was like traveling in many cities. And that was my impression of L.A. — the multicultural, multi-experience of a city. JP: A major theme in your work is mobility. Is that where it comes from? DC: Yes and no. Yes in the sense that I got very interested in how cities work. I got very interested in transportation early on. But when I was studying for a profession, that gave me a more scientific understanding of L.A. I used to work for a city council member, Richard Alatorre, and I was hired as a planning deputy. I later worked for the M.T.A. I was hired as an assistant to the project manager that was directing the planning of the Red Line extension into East Los Angeles. Rail transit, the subway — that was the emergence of contemporary L.A. JP: How so? DC: L.A. has always been influenced by mobility systems. It's always been the case. In the 1910s and 20s, L.A. had one of the largest trolley systems in the United States. And that system was used to expand the city to make real estate viable for development. And so many of the cities in the county — from Huntington Park, Huntington Beach, Glendale, East Los Angeles, South Los Angeles, Long Beach, you name it — were linked into that trolley system. And over time Southern California became a huge industrial base for the U.S. During World War II, Santa Monica and West Los Angeles had the largest concentrations of engineers and factories that were producing airplanes. Many of the major automobile corporations that existed at that time, from Chevrolet to Ford, had factories in neighboring counties. L.A. has always been a nexus of transportation. JP: That sense of movement is present in your work, whether it's through people, landscapes or the actual representation of vehicles on the freeway. But I also notice what I might call a beautiful tension. The work moves yet there is a stillness to what we see. A calmness. DC: I like to think I am facilitating the view. It may be a beautiful painting on a subject that is not always beautiful, but the fact that when you capture that, you see it, you can say, 'Oh my God, I'm seeing more now.' And that's what brings you peace. JP: 'Iglesia De Dios' gave me that feeling the first time I saw it. I was pulled in by the coloring — the moody, nighttime blues and purples — but also the interplay between light and shadow. What approach do you take when starting out? DC: This was on Venice Boulevard, which at one time had trolleys. That's why Venice is very wide. I saw the storefront with the name on top — you can see that that church is in a building that was never intended to be a church. JP: Right. DC: In L.A. you have a lot of the evangelical elements of religion, which is the signature for immigrants in the city. I thought, the church could be gone in the next two or three years. I was looking at the temporary nature of city buildings. And I integrate that into the art by working with light. Light is a huge element. That's what you see here — the temporary nature of it, but also it's the chemistry of the city. JP: You have this ability to take something very concrete — a church building, a parking lot, the interior of a restaurant — and infuse it with all sorts of meaning. DC: Every painting is like a poem. And the reason why I say poetry is because it needs to be read by someone else. I can never finish a painting if I only did it for myself. It's not possible. Memory is also extremely important in art. If we work toward cultivating our ability to remember, then we extend our lives and we extend our legacy into the future. JP: In a way, your work feels like a natural extension of your career in city government. It's packed with history. DC: I have always been interested in understanding how humans build cities, and how the cities that they build impact the humans that now live there. Los Angeles was growing when it transitioned from the trolleys to the freeways. That was not necessarily a good thing. Even though it opened up areas for people to go to, the freeways did not create more livable communities. It became about the business of real estate. JP: It has. DC: The history of the United States is a history of segregation. It's a history of land use and using that in order to accomplish goals that are not necessarily good for everybody. Transportation doesn't need to be that way. If the planners and the people that work in transportation understand that, then you can use transportation to build a more livable city. You can facilitate accessibility for everybody. That will always be a challenge. Now we have, for example with President Trump, a huge obstacle to trying to understand that the government is not a business. And that the allocation of resources is not about making deals. Public policy is not about playing cards. This experience with President Trump is going to wake people up — in good and bad ways. JP: I wonder, then, if your work is about reclaiming a kind of real estate? DC: I'm recording history here. [Cardoso points to a painting hanging on the back wall of his studio.] That was the worst day of the pandemic. The city had suddenly shut down. I painted it that April. The freeways were empty except for the gardeners that were going to work. And you see that tree right there? That's a ficus tree. In Southern California, in the United States of America, nature is also a conjunction of immigrants. Many trees in the United States are not native trees. I include a lot of that in my work. When people talk about preservation, they forget that there are so many things in our nation, in our city, in our neighborhood, that also migrate and they're not human, but they migrated. We have to be humble and aware of that. Jason Parham is a senior writer at Wired and a documentary producer. He is a frequent contributor to Image.
The Journal
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Journal
Quiz: How well do you know these songs about summer?
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE a classic summer tune when the sun is out. This weekend, we basked in sun across the country, and it looks like the bright weather is here to stay for a little longer. We've almost hit the summer! Advertisement Whether your choice of location to enjoy the good weather is a beach, beer garden or barbeque, the songs are essential – so let's see how well you know your summer-themed songs. How many times is the word "sun" used in the Beatles hit Here Comes the Sun? Alamy Stock Photo 6 12 17 25 In what year did Katrina and the Waves release "Walking on Sunshine" Alamy Stock Photo 1981 1983 1985 1991 Who sang the hit song 'In the Summertime'? Alamy Stock Photo Mingus Jones Dorcas Wesley Mungo Jerry Everly Whitmore Summer Nights was a duet between Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) in the movie Grease. How many lines in the song were delivered by other characters from the film? Alamy Stock Photo None 3 5 7 Everybody knows where Bryan Adams got his first real six-string in Summer of '69. But can you name the two 'guys from school' who had to leave the band in the song? Alamy Stock Photo Jimmy and Jody Johnny and Jack Joey and Jason Jamie and Jacob Which of the following popular sports did the Beach Boys reminisce about doing in All Summer Long? Alamy Stock Photo Surfing Frisbee Mini golf Football The Beach Boys have an impressive collection of songs about summer. How many times did the band appear on Billboard Magazine's list of Top 30 Summer Songs? Alamy Stock Photo 4 6 1 Never In what year did Lana Del Rey release Summertime Sadness? Alamy Stock Photo 2010 2011 2012 2013 Which band is behind 1999 hit Steal My Sunshine? Youtube Ben Ken Sen Len Complete this lyric from a lesser-known but catchy track by The Corrs: "In the heat of summer sunshine..." Alamy Stock Photo I miss you I need you I miss you I am sunburnt Answer all the questions to see your result! You scored out of ! Chart Connoisseur You're the kind of person others rely on to set the perfect seasonal soundtrack. Share your result: Share Tweet You scored out of ! Poolside Prodigy You're familiar with many of the big summer songs, and it's clear you enjoy the feel-good vibes they bring. Share your result: Share Tweet You scored out of ! Semi-Seasoned Listener You've got a solid awareness of summer's signature songs — the ones that define road trips, garden parties and long, light-filled evenings. Share your result: Share Tweet You scored out of ! Casual Summer Enthusiast You enjoy the feeling summer music brings, even if you're not always sure who sings what. Share your result: Share Tweet You scored out of ! Ice Cream Dropper Share your result: Share Tweet Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Olivia Culpo's glamorous baby shower: Christian McCaffrey, NFL WAGs, and a parisian-inspired celebration in Rhode Island
When Christian McCaffrey and announced they were expecting their first child, fans couldn't wait to celebrate with them. And this past weekend, the couple gave everyone a reason to cheer with a breathtaking baby shower that was every bit as glamorous as their love story. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Hosted in the beautiful Castle Hill Inn in Newport, Rhode Island , the celebration was a picture-perfect mix of luxury, style, and heartfelt moments. Olivia Culpo's dreamy 'Bébé McCaffrey' baby shower with parisian elegance and Teddy Bear florals Olivia Culpo, 33, who's already captured the hearts of millions as a model and former Miss Universe, hosted a stunning baby shower on Sunday, May 4, and it was nothing short of magical. The theme, 'Bébé McCaffrey,' turned the venue into a Parisian wonderland, complete with towering teddy bear floral displays, a honey jar station, and a dessert bar overflowing with macarons. Guests even sipped on espresso martinis and iced lattes, adding a touch of chic sophistication to the entire event. Three of McCaffrey's San Francisco 49ers teammates' wives—Claire Kittle, Kristin Juszczyk, and Sarah Taylor made the journey to Rhode Island to show their support for the mom-to-be, joining in on the festivities with plenty of smiles and laughter. Culpo shared her joy with her 5.4 million Instagram followers, giving fans an inside look at the lavish event, while the Beatles' 'Here Comes the Sun' played in the background, setting the perfect tone for this celebration of new beginnings. Olivia Culpo Expecting BABY NO. 1 With Christian McCaffrey! Looking radiant in a plunging sage green Marchesa gown, paired with Saint Laurent platforms and sparkling Bvlgari jewelry, Culpo couldn't hide her excitement, saying, 'This is insane!' She also reflected on the significance of celebrating in Rhode Island, sharing with Vogue that the state holds a special place in her heart, especially as it's where she grew up and where her family still resides. It was a full-circle moment for Culpo, who had just been inducted into the Rhode Island Hall of Fame before the shower. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The couple, who first met in 2019 and got engaged in 2023, have opted to keep the baby's gender a surprise, and the shower's color scheme, deliberately gender-neutral, added to the excitement and anticipation. Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo celebrating their journey into parenthood While the baby shower was undeniably a luxurious affair, it was also a deeply personal one, with friends and family surrounding Culpo and McCaffrey during this exciting time in their lives. As the couple gears up for the arrival of their little one, this is just the beginning of their beautiful journey into parenthood. Also Read: From designer gowns to heartfelt memories, the McCaffreys are giving us all a front-row seat to their growing family, and it's a show we can't wait to watch unfold.
CBS News
03-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Warren Buffett announces he'll step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, says he wants Greg Abel as replacement
Here Comes the Sun: Warren Buffett and more Here Comes the Sun: Warren Buffett and more Here Comes the Sun: Warren Buffett and more Investor Warren Buffett told thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders Saturday he plans to step down as CEO. Buffett, who has been leading Berkshire Hathaway for 60 years, said he will step down at the end of the year. He had previously said he didn't want to retire because he enjoys figuring out where to invest Berkshire's money too much, and that he planned to continue working until he dies or becomes incapacitated. Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaway's board that Greg Abel should become CEO at the end of the year. "I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the Chief Executive office of the company at year end," Buffett said. The 94-year-old remains in good health, though he does use a cane, and he shortened the meeting's question-and-answer period this year by a couple of hours. Abel has been Buffett's designated successor for years, and he already manages all of Berkshire's noninsurance businesses. But it was always assumed he wouldn't take over until after Buffett's death. The announcement came as he warned that the United States shouldn't use "trade as a weapon" and anger the rest of the world like President Trump has done with his tariffs that roiled global markets. "It's a big mistake in my view when you have 7.5 billion people who don't like you very well, and you have 300 million who are crowing about how they have done," Buffett, 94, said as he addressed the topic on everyone's mind at the start of the shareholders meeting. While Buffett said it is best for trade to be balanced between countries, he doesn't think Mr. Trump is going about it the right way with his widespread tariffs. He said the world will be safer if more countries are prosperous. "We should be looking to trade with the rest of the world. We should do what we do best and they should do what they do best," he said. America has been going through revolutionary changes ever since its birth and the promise of equality for all, which wasn't fulfilled until years later, Buffett said. But nothing that is going on today has changed his long-term optimism about the country. Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, attends the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2019. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images "If I were being born today, I would just keep negotiating in the womb until they said, 'You could be in the United States,'" Buffett said. Tariffs were the top subject that shareholders asked about in the questions they sent ahead of time to the CNBC reporter who will grill Buffett and his top two managers throughout the day. But investors will also be looking for him to explain why he is sitting on $347.7 billion in cash at Berkshire. Buffett said he just doesn't see many attractively priced investments that he understands these days, but he predicted that one day Berkshire will be "bombarded with opportunities that we will be glad we have the cash for." The meeting attracts some 40,000 people, including celebrities and well-known investors. Hillary Rodham Clinton was in attendance this year. Clinton was the last candidate Buffett backed publicly, before backing away from politics and other controversial topics for fear of hurting Berkshire's businesses. Shareholders wait in line outside CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. Rebecca S. Gratz / AP Attendee Haibo Liu traveled from China and camped out overnight outside the arena to be first in line Saturday morning. "He has helped me a lot," said Liu. "I really want to express my thanks to him." Liu said he worries that this year could be the last meeting for Buffett, so he made it a priority to attend.
IOL News
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Egg-citing tunes: jazz up your Easter with our top holiday playlist
To infuse a contemporary flair into your Easter playlist, turn to popular Christian music. Image: Pexels/Vaneesa As Easter approaches, many of us are preparing for a season of joy, reflection, and festive celebration. Beyond the chocolate eggs and family gatherings, music plays a central role in amplifying our holiday spirit. Whether you're hosting a festive brunch, decorating eggs with loved ones, or simply soaking in the daytime vibes, a carefully curated playlist can add that special spark to your celebrations. Here are some of the top songs that can jazz up your Easter holiday. A modern twist on classics Nothing evokes the feeling of nostalgia quite like our favourite classic tracks - add a fresh twist by incorporating contemporary covers or remixes. Artists like Pentatonix bring harmonic brilliance to songs such as 'How Great Thou Art', inviting listeners to experience timeless hymns in a new light. Meanwhile, Lauren Daigle's soulful rendition of traditional gospel songs can create a serene atmosphere, perfect for reflection and gratitude during this meaningful holiday. Uplifting tunes to energise your gatherings Easter is a time of rebirth and renewal. To celebrate this feeling, why not boost the energy levels with feel-good hits? Songs like 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles and 'Best Day of My Life' by American Authors radiate positivity and are sure to uplift spirits. For a South African flavour, don't miss out on 'Ukhona uJesu' by Lungelo Hlongwane, which perfectly melds rhythm and an uplifting message, resonating with the essence of hope and vitality inherent in Easter. To infuse a contemporary flair into your Easter playlist, turn to popular Christian music. Image: Pexels/Vanessa Modern Christian hits for a fresh vibe To infuse a contemporary flair into your Easter playlist, turn to popular Christian music. Artists such as Hillsong Worship and Joyous Celebration have produced inspiring tracks. Their songs convey messages of hope and love, making them ideal for uplifting spirits and uniting everyone in celebration. Celebrate with family-friendly anthems For those Easter brunches filled with families and children, catchy and playful songs are the way to go. Tracks like 'Let It Go' from Disney's Frozen and 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams are sure to have everyone singing along, while also creating a joyful ambience. Introducing beloved animated movie soundtracks not only entertains the younger audience but also creates shared moments among generations.
