Yorgos Lanthimos, the controversial critics’ favorite who directed “Poor Things,” lives by the statement “Sometimes you just need to be ridiculous in order to achieve what we’re trying to achieve.”
The trip’s working mission was a fact-finding one: to expose American leaders to the lingering devastation wrought by the brutal Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, and to brainstorm about methods to counter the rise in antisemitism here at home.
She received a $10,000 award for her outstanding service over the past year, which was presented by Janis Black Warner, on behalf of the Stanley and Joyce Black Family Foundation and Lillian Raffle, President of the Rotary Club of Beverly Hills.
Organized by the Jewish communities of Los Angeles and the Persian American Civic Action Network (PACAN), the event took place on May 31 at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library.
The first place winner, title of “Best Tasting Pie in Beverly Hills” and $200 Farmers’ Market money was awarded to Xander Eisen for his Chocolate Banana Cream Pie.
The awards recognized Division 1 athletes from BVMS’s volleyball, football, cross country, basketball, soccer and track and field, sportsmanship and academic teams.
On June 1, three Beverly Hills Explorers graduated from the South Bay Regional Explorer Academy, an intense 12-week-long training program that simulates the police academy for high school students.
The recent criminal verdicts against former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden highlight once again how diametrically opposed our thinking can be from our neighbors.