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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Downtown L.A.'s Graffiti Towers Featured in New Tony Hawk Video Game Remake
Downtown L.A.'s most infamous unfinished skyscrapers have found an unexpected second life — as a backdrop in a video gameOceanwide Plaza, the trio of half-built towers next to Arena, appears to be making a digital cameo in the upcoming Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4. According to Time Out, in a newly released video promoting the game's Los Angeles level, a graffiti-covered high-rise looms in the real Oceanwide Plaza was supposed to be a $1 billion luxury complex with condos, hotels, and high-end shopping. Construction started in 2015 but stalled in 2019 after the Chinese developer ran out of funding. Since then, the towers have sat unfinished The towers gained national attention in 2023 when about 27 floors were tagged with graffiti. While city officials initially promised to remove the tags, the graffiti remains more than a year later, turning Oceanwide into an accidental the game, the towers appear as part of a larger digital homage to L.A., which also includes a recreation Miracle Mile's El Rey Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, which launches July 11, will be previewed during a livestream event hosted at the El Rey on May 8. The invite-only THPS Fest will feature performances by Danny Brown, Lupe Fiasco, Adolescents, and Urethane. Whether Oceanwide Plaza will be cleaned up, demolished or left untouched by the time the 2028 Olympics arrive in Los Angeles remains to be seen. For now, the towers remain standing, and now, part of the Tony Hawk universe. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 releases July 11 across a variety of video game platforms, including Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Steam.
Time Out
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
You can step inside LACMA's new building months before opening during this Kamasi Washington performance
We've just crossed the year-to-go mark until the opening of LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries, and as promised, the Miracle Mile museum is offering a pretty unique opportunity to step inside the building's empty interior. L.A. native, Kendrick Lamar collaborator and all-around saxophone wizard Kamasi Washington will headline three performances inside the new building this June—months ahead of its artwork-filled April 2026 opening. But he won't be alone: More than 100 musicians will be scattered across 110,000 square feet of vacant gallery space. Washington's performances on June 26, 27 and 28 will tackle Harmony of Difference, a six-movement suite that he released eight years ago—but that's never been performed live in its entirety. 'I wrote Harmony of Difference in 2017 to celebrate the beauty of humanity's diversity through a metaphor of music,' Washington said in a statement. 'In music it is the combination of different notes, chords and rhythms that create beautiful songs. The same is true in life; most of humanity's greatest achievements came from the combined efforts of people of different backgrounds with different knowledge and abilities.' Washington goes on to elaborate on the Geffen Galleries' unique acoustic properties; visitors will hear both the direct sounds from nearby musicians as well as the 'spirit' of other farther-away groups of performers. If you want to check out the performance inside the Peter Zumthor-designed building, LACMA will release limited batches of tickets in three waves: – May 2 at 10am ($60, LACMA members $48) – May 22 at 10am ($75, LACMA members $60) – June 12 at 10am ($100, LACMA members $80) This won't be the only opportunity to step inside the empty galleries, though you'll need to be a LACMA member to take advantage of the others. The museum will hold a series of sneak peaks divided up by membership tiers: a reception for Partner-level members on June 29; Friend, Supporter and Partner-level on June 30; Individual and Dual-level on July 1; all levels from July 3 through 5; and NexGenLA members on July 6—that's the free membership tier for kids 17 and under (and an accompanying adult). Back to the Harmony of Difference preview: I'll just add that it's worth seeing Washington perform live in just about any setting, but I happen to think stepping inside an empty museum—before walls and artworks forever alter the interior—is a one-of-a-kind experience for art and architecture lovers. A decade later, I still look back fondly on a sound-and-video installation staged inside the Broad months before it officially opened.
News.com.au
22-04-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
2025 Nullarbor: Champion trainer Gary Hall Sr says tough draw means Swayzee can't beat Minstrel at Gloucester Park
Champion stayer Swayzee will have to do something he has never done before to win Friday night's $1.25 million Group 1 Nullarbor at Gloucester Park. For all his greatness, Swayzee has been able to bludgeon his way to the front for the five biggest wins of his stellar career. From barrier 10, as the lone back row runner and with local star Minstrel drawn so well, Swayzee won't be able to find the lead this time. The three times Swayzee hasn't found the lead in a 'major', he has been beaten. He ran third in the 2023 Inter Dominion final, second in last year's Blacks A Fake and a luckless fourth in last month's Miracle Mile. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Since the draw, Swayzee's odds have drifted from $2 to $2.80. He's been replaced as favourite by Minstrel at $2.40. Champion WA trainer Gary Hall Sr, who has won more major Gloucester Park races than anyone else, said the draw had ruined Swayzee's chances. 'With Minstrel drawn to lead, Swayzee can't beat him around this (Gloucester Park) track now,' he said. 'I'm not sure anything can beat Minstrel now.' Minstrel will start from gate four and driver Deni Roberts will almost certainly work forward and take the early lead. The winners of the two Nullarbors run so far – Betterzippit (2023) and Catch A Wave (2024) – both drew gate four. ðŸ�† He came, he saw, he conquered! Swayzee is in contention to win the $1million Carnival of Cups bonus after winning the 2024 Cherry City Cup at the Young Carnival of Cups tonight. We caught up with driver Cam Hart after the success ðŸ'‡ — Harness Racing NSW (@HRNSW_Harness) November 8, 2024 Hall Sr admits his own runner, the exciting Mister Smartee, faces a huge task now from a wide draw (gate seven). 'I'm not sure we can win either. Our only chance is if Swayzee comes around and declares Swayzee on and we can stalk them and be the last horse standing,' he said. Ryan Bell, who has outsider Waverider drawn gate three, is also strongly in the Minstrel corner: 'It's Minstrel's race to lose, now.' But Swayzee's ever confident trainer Jason Grimson doesn't see barrier 10 as a major hurdle. 'I actually like it. We're the only horse off the second row and it wouldn't surprise me if we landed in front of a few of our main dangers after the start,' he said. 'He's good enough to go around and sit outside them and win, so the draw doesn't bother me. 'Sure, if he's drawn better he might have got around the field quicker, but he's got enough time (in a 2536m race) to get around and bully them.' Grimson, who won the inaugural Nullarbor with Betterzippit and had Hot And Treacherous run seventh last year, can't wait to unleash Swayzee. 'I've brought a different horse across this year, he's a superstar,' he said. ðŸ�† ID24 We caught up with driver Deni Roberts today who reflected on Minstrel's #ID24 heat win at Newcastle last night. Check it out ðŸ'‡ — Harness Racing NSW (@HRNSW_Harness) November 30, 2024 The gruelling staying trip is certainly Swayzee's biggest plus. The seven-year-old has raced 11 times beyond 2500m for seven wins, two seconds, a third and a fourth. Those wins include two NZ Cups, the Hunter Cup and a Blacks A Fake. Interstate raiders have won both Nullarbors so far. Swayzee and defending champion Catch A Wave are the only two runners from outside WA this year.
