Who’s winning the LA majoral campaign’s hotly contested fundraising race, revealed

Although former reality star Spencer Pratt may have bested his rivals with his $539K fundraising haul in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, city council member Nithya Raman emerged as the preferred candidate of Hollywood’s creative class based on the Friday’s financial disclosure of the top mayoral candidates.  Raman raised $531K from donors that included filmmakers Ed Zwick and Nick Stoller, stars Adam Scott and Colin Jost, and…

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Distinctive Assets Honors Hollywood’s Leading Moms

Celebrating Mother’s Day with Fabulous Gifts LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Distinctive Assets, the LA-based entertainment marketing company credited with launching the promotional craze of celebrity swag twenty-six years ago, will once again be producing and distributing its annual “Mother’s Day in Hollywood” Gift Bags to twenty-five showbiz moms.  All-star mommies on this…

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Elsevier’s AI in higher education newsletter

More or more creative researchers? While research innovation and research impact are not the same, the similarities in the analyses discussed above indicate a strong connection between the two. The reason for their shared decline is less evident. Economist Daniel Susskind speculates that research may be getting harder because we have now picked all the…

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