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Groundbreaking producer Greg Berlanti will receive the Television Academy’s 2024 Governors Award, which will be presented during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast on Sept. 15, it was announced Thursday. Berlanti, a film and TV creator, writer, producer and director, is being recognized for his “significant impact on television and culture by depicting the underrepresented in film and in such iconic series as `Dawson’s Creek,’ `Riverdale,’ `All American,’ `The Flight Attendant’ and `You,”’ according to the Television Academy. Berlanti is currently the executive producer of “Brilliant Minds,” a new NBC series premiering this fall, which features the first single gay lead in a U.S. medical drama, the academy said. “Greg is an extraordinary creator who consistently delivers characters and stories that are in dialogue with the real world,” Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego said in a statement. “From the beginning of his career, his commitment to representing three-dimensional LGBTQ+ characters in particular has paved the way for greater cultural understanding and acceptance of a community that is often under attack in both social and political discourse. For seizing the power of television to move our

In her daring directorial debut, “Blink Twice,” actor turned writer-director Zoë Kravitz doesn’t flinch once — not even when her film might be served by looking away. She maintains a steely gaze in this caustic social-horror fable, laced with black comedy, which has nods to Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” while Kravitz chooses to aim her artistic weapons at sexual politics, not necessarily race. Co-written with E.T. Feigenbaum, “Blink Twice” is a big, bold swing, even if its message becomes muddled along the way. It’s clear Kravitz wants to make a statement with this film. What’s less clear is what exactly that statement might be. “Blink Twice” opens with a dead-eyed scroll in a dingy bathroom; our protagonist, Frida (Naomi Ackie), thumbs her phone screen on the toilet catatonically, observing the lives of others on Instagram, before she and her roommate Jess (Alia Shawkat) rush to work, serving champagne and canapés at a swanky gala hosted by a disgraced tech mogul, Slater King (Channing Tatum). Yearning to feel a part of something bigger, the cater waiters slip into slinky gowns and join the party themselves, warmly

A business owner whose West Hollywood bike shop has been burglarized three times in the past three weeks is offering a reward to anyone who can find the thieves. Bikes and Hikes LA Tours is a popular shop located on the 7700 block of Santa Monica Boulevard. Unfortunately, it has also become a popular target for thieves, and owner Danny Roman is sick of it. Roman is now offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects. Surveillance video provided to KTLA shows thieves breaking into a bike shop in West Hollywood. The most recent break-in occurred Tuesday morning when two thieves were seen on surveillance video using a hammer to gain entry into the shop. The suspects got away with an estimated $25,000 in merchandise but also left behind a vape pen and a lock Roman is hoping can be used as evidence. He told KTLA that he has been in contact with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department asking for increased patrols and a detective to review the security footage. Roman said he plans to buy a more sophisticated

Two men who hid 770 pounds of cocaine in the hull of a boat and tried to escape arrest by swimming away have been convicted after an investigation by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency. Bruce Knowles, 55, of Dereham, and Ferhat Gumrukguoglu, 31, of the Netherlands, were arrested in June after the rigid-hulled inflatable boat they were on was intercepted in Suffolk. A video released by the Crime Agency shows Gumrukguoglu jumping from the vessel and swimming toward the beach as Knowles restarted the engines and attempted to flee. Authorities in the UK have released footage of two cocaine smugglers trying to elude capture in June. (NCA/Border Force /TMX) After a brief pursuit, the boat ran aground on the beach, and officers arrested Knowles after he also jumped overboard in a bid to escape. The boat was towed to a harbor in Lowestoft, where NCA officers found the drugs, valued at an estimated £39 million, or $49 million, hidden under a tarpaulin. Both men were charged with importing a controlled drug and pleaded guilty to the offense at Ipswich Crown Court.

A man was shot during an argument with three other men in Hollywood early Thursday morning. The man, whose identity has not been released, was walking on Lexington Avenue near Cherokee Avenue a few minutes before 4:15 a.m. when he was approached by the trio of attackers, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. After they began arguing, one of the three men pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and shot the victim, police said. He was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. The three other men fled in a vehicle headed west on Lexington Avenue. No arrests have been made, and police said it’s unknown if the attack was gang-related. Alexis Lewis contributed to this report.

This news will sting for anyone planning to stay in Joshua Tree National Park anytime soon, but one of its campgrounds is currently closed due to the emergence of some unwelcome visitors. The Cottonwood area, including its visitor center, parking area, bathrooms and 62 campsites, was closed on Tuesday according to the National Parks Service. The reason? Increased bee activity. According to the NPS, the closure was necessary to curb the amount of water moisture that the bees seek during the sweltering summer heat in the desert. Like other wildlife, the service said, bees seek water as temperatures increase. Due to their size and mobility, however, they can gain access to that water through condensation from air conditioners, sweat and bathrooms, which can result in swarms throughout the park. As of Thursday morning, the Cottonwood area, located near the southern end of the park, remained closed. There was no word on a potential reopening.

Two years ago, cases of the infectious viral disease mpox were rapidly increasing in cities across the globe — particularly in the U.S. — causing a scramble for vaccine doses to help contain the outbreak and ease the virus’ uncomfortable symptoms. That strain of mpox was rarely deadly; even still, officials soon declared it a worldwide public health emergency in July 2022. In the months that followed, the spread of the virus steadily fell, though cases have never completely gone away. But last week, a much more concerning variant of mpox, previously called monkeypox, has once again prompted such a global health alert. This outbreak is primarily affecting Central African countries, but officials warn that it appears to spread more easily than the 2022 strain — and is significantly more deadly. Where is mpox a concern right now? The World Health Organization has deemed this clade, or variant, of mpox the latest global health emergency. The majority of these mpox Clade I cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there have already been 14,000 cases and 524 deaths this year, according