The stylish guests, many of whom dressed as detectives or femmes fatales, raised more than $620,000 for TheatreWorks at the event, held May 17 at the Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club.
The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.
Tornado warning sirens blared in Illinois and Indiana, and all flights were stopped by late morning at Chicago's two major airports.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Aug. 2026
The booming, 10-inch speaker device is intended to connect with drivers who, in the view of law enforcement, are yielding less frequently to emergency sirens.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2026
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