The famed photographer has denied the allegations made against him.
Her photoshoot was cut because she “did not fit their market.”
Update: Irvine police tweeted late Sunday that Massih “Fred” Zahedirad has been found and seems to be in good health.
Police in Irvine are asking the public’s help to locate Massih “Fred” Zahedirad, 82, who was reported missing in the Woodbridge community at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14.
“He has Alzheimer’s and needs medication,” a police department announcement said.
Zahedirad was described as 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 170 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray sweater and gray plaid pajama pants, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Irvine Police Department at 949-724-7000.
Indonesia’s stock exchange evacuated people from the vicinity Monday after a floor collapsed during the midday trading break.
The floor collapsed into the ground level of the bourse’s Tower 2, spokesman Rheza Andhika said by phone, adding that it wasn’t an explosion.
Footage aired on local television MetroTV showed several people lying on the ground at the entrance of the building.
The situation remains unclear, with employees still being accounted for, said Friderica Widyasari Dewi, president director at Indonesia Central Securities Depository, which is based at the stock exchange’s building.
The stock exchange building also houses the World Bank’s local office, according to the bourse’s website.
LOS ANGELES — De’Anthony Melton is not forgotten. He’s not gone either.
The day USC announced Melton would be suspended for the whole season, he told Coach Andy Enfield he had an appointment but would be at practice as soon as he could get there. His absence would have been excused by Enfield, but Melton showed up nonetheless.
“And he dominated,” Enfield said. “Then he shot for 45 minutes by himself, just him and a couple of managers..”
At least the Trojans know that the cloud has passed, having already rained on the nonconference part of their schedule.
It isn’t a comfort, but it is no longer a distraction. On Sunday, they resumed the process of finishing what Melton didn’t get to start.
They let Utah score the first six points of the game and then ran the Utes back to the airport, throwing down 3-pointers with frightful consistency. In the first half they had nine 3-pointers, in 15 tries, and only six 2-pointers. They wound up shooting 14 for 29 from deep and, as often happens, their defensive hunger increased with each bucket. They won, 84-67, after they led by 28. They are back to 13-6 overall and 4-2 in the Pac-12.
“Usually there are some shots where I say, ‘No,’ and then ‘Great shot,”” Enfield said. “Today there weren’t many of those. There were some quick ones, but I liked the shots we took It’s the law of averages. We were leading the league in 3-point shooting before we had a couple of bad games.”
Jordan McLaughlin played 30 minutes at the point without a turnover, Jonah Mathews scored 17 off the bench in 24 minutes, and the Trojans hassled Utah into 17 turnovers and led by 22 at halftime.
The only lowlight was the fact that tipoff came at 5 p.m., which meant they had to take the Saints-Vikings game off the videoboard just before Case Keenum found Stefon Diggs.
But that Hail Minny might have jogged unwelcome memories of last Sunday, when Stanford freshman Daejon Davis swished a 55-footer to beat USC just after McLaughlin seemed to have won it with a twisting layup. That’s the only game the Trojans have lost since Dec. 29
“Things are settling down,” Bennie Boatwright said “Defensively we’re ramping it up. We have to make up for De’Anthony as a collective group. He steals, gets rebounds, does everything defensively. It helps somewhat that we know the situation, but it most definitely gives us a cause. It’s tough every day knowing that he’s healthy and he’s not able to play.”
On Jan. 11 USC ruled Melton ineligible for the year, thanks to the aftereffects of an FBI investigation that led to the indictment of ex-assistant coach Tony Bland. There had been moments, particularly in December, when the players were led to believe Melton would come back for specific games. The rug was pulled each time.
There were injuries here and there. There also was the novel burden of being expected to play Top 10 basketball every night because Boatwright, Chimezie Metu and others had passed up the NBA draft last spring.
Shaken and targeted, USC lost to Texas A&M, SMU, Oklahoma and Princeton. Granted, a 3-point loss to Trae Young and the Sooners probably won’t hurt USC with the selection committee, but their best nonleague wins are Middle Tennessee State and New Mexico State.
“That was a rough time,” Boatwright said. “But we all knew that once we got everything together we were going to be tough to beat. We can score on anybody. We can get a lot of shots up, and games like tonight are going to happen. Defensively, we just have to stay consistent for 40 minutes.”
For Enfield, Melton was a queen on the chessboard defensively, the type of 1-through-5 stopper that allowed the coach to rope-a-dope some weaknesses. He also thinks the injury implications were overlooked.
“It was very challenging because we didn’t have our roster,” Enfield said. “We were very hopeful every game De’Anthony would come back, but we were also missing Bennie, Jonah and Derryck Thornton. It hurt us early in the season not having him on defense. But now I think we’ve been playing great team defense.
“But knowing De’Anthony is out, that’s not the reason we’re playing well. The guys feel for him deeply.. In the last few days he’s been spectacular. He still has a smile on his face, still continues to amaze me.”
The seismic forces that sidelined Melton are a different, and much larger, issue in college basketball. For now, the Trojans are just trying to lengthen a season, for a teammate whose clock has stopped.
SANTA ANA — A fire Sunday evening, Jan. 14, caused major damage to a house, ending with the safe rescue of a person who was reported to be trapped inside, authorities said.
Photo courtesy OCFA
Firefighters responding to the 6:25 p.m. report of a residential fire on the 1300 block of North Custer Street found the house fully involved in flames, said Capt. Stephen Horner of the Orange County Fire Authority.
Firefighters entered the home and battled the flames, locating a female of unknown age and carrying her outside to safety, Horner said.
Firefighters discovered that two other people who initially had been reported to be trapped inside had been able to get outside safely on their own, Horner said.
Some 40 firefighters from OCFA and the city of Orange fought the fire, and they extinguished the flames within 18 minutes, the agency reported.
The person rescued was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, Horner said. There were no reported injuries to firefighters or to anyone else.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
HONOLULU (AP) — Patton Kizzire outlasted James Hahn in six extra holes to win the Sony Open to become the first multiple winner on the PGA Tour this season.
Kizzire, who won the OHL Classic in Mexico last fall, closed with a 2-under 68.
That turned out to be the easy part.
Hahn shot 62 in the final round Sunday and got into a playoff with Kizzire at 17-under 263.
They matched two pars and two birdies on the par-5 18th. They matched pars when they went to the par-3 17th. It ended on the par 3 along the Pacific Ocean when Hahn putted from right of the green to about 8 feet, and his par putt caught the lip.
“It wasn’t pretty,” Kizzire said. “I’ll take it any way I can get it.”
Hahn, who won both his PGA Tour events in playoffs at Riviera and Quail Hollow, had birdie putts from 10 feet and 6 feet on the par-5 18th hole at Waialae Country Club that would have won it. He made a 6-foot birdie another time to extend the playoff.
Kizzire had to get up-and-down from a bunker for par on the first extra hole, making a 7-footer to stay alive.
This was the longest playoff on the PGA Tour since Bryce Molder won the Frys.com Open in 2012 in eight extra holes.
It nearly was the most exciting tournament of the year (it’s only the second week) that no one saw. Union workers for video and audio production at Golf Channel events walked out Sunday over a labor dispute, and the network had to scramble to provide limited coverage. They had enough cameras to at least cover the final three holes and the entire playoff, with commentary coming from headquarters in Florida.
Missing from the playoff was Tom Hoge, who did everything right in his bid to win for the first time on the PGA Tour except for one swing. He had a one-shot lead when he was between clubs on the 16th hole, and opted to hit a draw to the back-left pin. He turned it too much and it found the bunker. His next shot got hung up in the shaggy rough, he chipped that to 12 feet and missed to make double bogey to slip one shot behind.
Hoge gave himself two good chances with putts of about 7 feet. Both burned the edge. He shot 70 and had to settle for third place, his best finish on the PGA Tour.
“This sets me up a lot better for the rest of the year, and hopefully made the FedEx Cup playoffs,” said Hoge, a 28-year-old from North Dakota who hasn’t kept his full card his previous three years on tour. “More so just the confidence I had to play in the final group and play well today.”
Brian Harman, who played in the final group at both Hawaii events, was two shots behind after a tap-in birdie at No. 12. But he three-putted for bogey from long range on the 13th, took two shots to get out of the bunker left of the 16th green and had to settle for a 70. He tied for fourth.
Defending champion Justin Thomas closed with a 68 and tied for 14th. Jordan Spieth finished with eight straight pars for a 66 and tied for 18th, ending his streak of seven consecutive top 10s dating to the PGA Championship in August.
Kizzire, starting the final round one shot behind Hoge, made all pars on the front nine until his fortunes turned on the short par-4 10th. From the rough behind a bunker just to the right of the 10th green, his chip was running hot and looked as though it might not stay on the green until the hole got in the way and it dropped for eagle. Then, he holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 11th for his first lead of the round.
Hahn finished nearly an hour ahead of the last group. He ran off seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch starting at No. 8 to reach 17 under, only to make three pars coming in, including the par-5 18th.
Kizzire saved par from behind the 17th in regulation and could have won with a birdie on the final hole. But from short of the green in two, his chip ran about 15 feet by the hole and he missed it on the low side to take par.
Six more holes later, he had no complaints.
The American Midwest and punk — the clash between these two inspirations was at the core of Palm Angels’ fresh and energetic collection, which was deeply rooted in a contemporary, street-savvy aesthetic.
“As always, I wanted to present my personal take on unconventional aspects of American culture,” said creative director Francesco Ragazzi backstage.
The designer created an interesting mashup of contrasting elements, such as cowboy shirts and classic five-pocket jeans rendered in signature white, red and yellow punk tartan patterns. These were also splashed on Palm Angels’ signature tracksuits, while colorblocked leather perfecto jackets were embellished with metal spikes.
A reproduction of the iconic “American Gothic” painting by Grant Wood unexpectedly popped up on pants, jackets and hoodies, while a gray suit featuring a suede insert on the jacket was printed with a micro floral motif.
The irreverent, rebellious look of the men’s collection, highlighted by the studded balaclavas worn by the models, was translated into a range of women’s looks. These included mini tartan and leather skirts worn with halter-neck tops, crochet-inspired vests and latex polo shirts. The brand’s tracksuit silhouette informed the shape of a dress with ergonomic cuts while a strapless evening gown was cinched at the waist with a Western
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MAN UP: With Paris Men’s Fashion Week set to kick off Tuesday, management at Maison Margiela has confirmed that the house on Friday will present the first men’s collection entirely created and developed under the direction of John Galliano.
The show will take place in the Salle Turenne of the Musée de l’Armée in the Hôtel des Invalides, a complex of buildings in the city’s 7th arrondissement containing museums and monuments relating to the military history of France.
Since joining the OTB-owned house in October 2014, Galliano has had no official involvement in the men’s collection, according to Riccardo Bellini, the house’s chief executive officer. It’s been a step-by-step process for the designer.
“Creating a new aesthetic language rooted in the maison’s couture spirit has always been at the core of Mr. Galliano’s creative vision for the future of the house. Rather than curating the past we have chosen to look at the future and John Galliano’s vision represents a forward-thinking view on the maison and its DNA,” he said. “This collection will offer an elevated and powerful new foundation for men’s wear, strongly positioned within the luxury arena.”
For men’s, the brand counts about 60 direct stores and around 400 multibrand and department stores worldwide.
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NEW ROLE: Actress Ariane Labed has been named the face of the upcoming Chloé fragrance, due out in March.
Labed, who was born and raised in Greece, began her film career in “Attenberg” in 2010. She then starred in movies such as “Before Midnight,” “Fidelio,” “L’Odyssée d’Alice,” “Assassin’s Creed” and “The Lobster.”
Her film projects currently in the works include a role in “Mary Magdalene,” opposite Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix, and “The Souvenir: Part 1,” starring Robert Pattinson.
Of the new Chloé advertising, Labed said in a statement: “The woman depicted in this new campaign is free-spirited, strong and adventurous. She takes on the world, its beauty and is curious about everything it has to offer. In that sense she is very inspiring to me.”
“Ariane combines different cultures and displays multiple talents,” said Geoffroy de le Bourdonnaye, chief executive officer of Chloé. “She loves to cross new frontiers and encounter the world.”
The next Chloé fragrance is meant to introduce a new facet of the Chloé woman’s personality, according to Simona Cattaneo, chief marketing officer at Coty Inc., which is the brand’s fragrance licensee. “Spontaneity, openness to the world and freedom are the values she lives by,” said Cattaneo.
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