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So that you know meals waste ought to keep out of the landfill for the nice of us all, however what in case your jurisdiction doesn’t have a program in place but, and also you don’t have house for a conventional compost pile or backyard?

By no means worry. Listed below are some choices for small-space composting:

Worm composting

Vermicomposting — a.ok.a. worm composting — is a compact option to flip your meals scraps into worm castings (worm poop), a moist, crumbly soil modification referred to as backyard gold as a result of it gives essential vitamins to vegetation whereas serving to them combat off illnesses and pests.

As soon as settled of their new dwelling, a pound of pink wiggler worms (roughly 800 to 1,000 Eisenia fetida) can devour a pound of your fruit and vegetable scraps, eggshells and low grounds every day.

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Discover a spot that’s protected against direct solar (temperatures over 85 or below 40 levels Fahrenheit may be deadly to the worms) and, after just a few months, you can begin amassing the castings.

Prepared-made worm bins may be bought on-line for round $135 from Huntington Seaside-based Enrecos (worms price an extra $45) or on Amazon, the place the Worm Manufacturing unit bin prices about $130. L.A. County’s Good Gardening program sells worm composting bins for $65, full with worms, and has how-to movies on-line. Or you may make your individual worm bins out of opaque plastic tubs for lower than $50 (how-to guides abound on-line, akin to these by Homestead and Chill and Plant Abundance).

Pink wiggler worms are difficult to search out regionally. Hunt down worm composters on social media or name native bait outlets or pet shops. Composting guide Lynn Fang mentioned she’s additionally had good luck ordering from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm in Pennsylvania, which sells about 1,000 worms for $55.

Bokashi

Bokashi is an Okinawan technique of fermenting kitchen scraps utilizing a few lidded buckets and a particular combination of wheat bran, microbial liquid, molasses and water. Mainly, you drill holes within the backside of 1 bucket, drop it inside one other bucket to seize any fluids after which begin filling the bucket with kitchen scraps, together with meat, dairy and cooked merchandise, masking every addition with the “bokashi bran.”

When the bucket is full, cowl it with a tight-fitting lid and let it sit in a darkish place for a few weeks, till the meals scraps have fermented right down to a white-fungus-covered substance that may be buried within the backyard or a compost pile to counterpoint the soil. You too can add it to containers crammed with soil or donate it to a neighborhood backyard or buddy’s backyard.

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Hiro’s Bokashi Membership in Little Tokyo gives detailed directions on-line, in addition to occasional lessons in making bokashi bran and bokashi composting.

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A information to every part it’s worthwhile to learn about eliminating these desk scraps.

Be a part of a compost co-op

Wish to assist however don’t wish to compost? Then associate with a company that allows you to drop off meals scraps, akin to a neighborhood backyard compost pile (try choices on the L.A. Group Backyard Council web site) or composting hubs or cooperatives. Some organizations will even choose up your compostable waste at dwelling, for a price.

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You will discover a starter checklist of locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties beneath. Know of others? Electronic mail jeanette.marantos@latimes.com.

Los Angeles County
L.A. Compost is a nonprofit that manages regional composting hubs and dropoff areas with farmers markets and different neighborhood companions. Its web site has a map of 34 composting websites open to dropoffs, with one other 20 websites to change into accessible within the subsequent 20 months, says founder Michael Martinez.

Compost Co-ops (through L.A. Compost), presently at GrowGood City Farm in Bell, Sow Collective Yard Farm in Arleta and Fremont Wellness Heart and Group Backyard in Florence permit members to drop off meals waste 24/7 and choose up completed compost for private use. Membership is free however individuals should signal a contract agreeing to volunteer on the co-op for a minimum of 4 hours a 12 months.

Group Compost Hubs are dropoff websites solely. Members perceive their meals waste will go to enhance the soil and develop meals on the location. The one hub presently accessible is at Cottonwood City Farm in Panorama Metropolis.

Compostready L.A., a women- and BIPOC-owned firm that’s one among L.A. Compost’s companions, gives a pickup service for compostable meals waste at your own home. Charges begin at $30 to $45 a month for biweekly or weekly service and a sealable container. Subscribers can acquire compost for his or her private use twice a 12 months. The service space contains a lot of Los Angeles; an inventory of particular neighborhoods is out there in its FAQ part on-line.

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Orange County
Orange Compost prices $20 a month to choose up meals waste biweekly from residences in Anaheim, Fullerton, Orange and Santa Ana.

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Here are the winners of the 2025 Golden Globes

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Zoe Saldaña accepts the award for best supporting actress in a motion picture at the Golden Globes Sunday night for her role in the film Emilia Pérez.

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Demi Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Kieran Culkin and Adrien Brody all took home awards Sunday night at the 82nd Golden Globes.

Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the event in Beverly Hills, California.

The queer musical-thriller Emilia Pérez led the night in wins from the film categories, taking home four awards of their ten nominations, including a supporting actress award for Saldaña and the Golden Globe for best motion picture, musical or comedy. The Brutalist ended the night with three awards, including the Golden Globe for best motion picture, drama, and a best actor win for star Adrien Brody. On the television side, FX’s Shōgun took home four awards, winning in every category the show was nominated for, including acting awards for stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano. Hacks and Baby Reindeer also took home two awards apiece.

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This year’s ceremony comes after years of Golden Globes turmoil: In 2021, the Los Angeles Times reported that there were no Black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which founded the awards in 1944. NBC cancelled the 2022 awards telecast and studios and stars boycotted the ceremony in protest. Longtime Globes producer Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries, a holding company, acquired the awards in 2023. (Dick Clark Productions is owned, in part, by Penske Media Corporation, which publishes a number of outlets including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Rolling Stone.) An expanded voting body of 334 entertainment journalists from around the world now vote on the awards.

Below are 2025 Golden Globes nominees, with winners marked in bold.

Best motion picture, drama
Winner: The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5

Best motion picture, musical or comedy
Winner: Emilia Pérez
Anora
Challengers
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked

Best motion picture, animated
Winner: Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

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Best motion picture, non-English language
Winner: Emilia Pérez
All We Imagine as Light
The Girl With the Needle
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Vermiglio

Best director, motion picture
Winner: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

Best screenplay, motion picture
Winner: Peter Straughan, Conclave
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best actress in a motion picture, drama
Winner: Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Kate Winslet, Lee

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Best actor in a motion picture, drama
Winner: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Winner: Demi Moore, The Substance
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Zendaya, Challengers

Demi Moore accepts the award for best actress in a musical or comedy film for her role as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance.

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Best actress in a supporting role in any motion picture
Winner: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Best actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
Winner: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Yura Borisov, Anora
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

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Best actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Winner: Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Gabriel LaBelle, Saturday Night
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell, Hit Man

Best original score, motion picture
Winner: Challengers
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
The Wild Robot

Best original song, motion picture
Winner: Emilia Pérez – “El Mal”
The Last Showgirl – “Beautiful That Way”
Challengers – “Compress/Repress”
Better Man – “Forbidden Road”
The Wild Robot — “Kiss the Sky”
Emilia Pérez – “Mi Camino”

Cinematic and box office achievement 
Winner: Wicked
Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator 2
Inside Out 2
Twisters
The Wild Robot

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On the TV side 

Best television series, drama
Winner: Shōgun
The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Slow Horses
Squid Game

Best television series, musical or comedy
Winner: Hacks
Abbott Elementary
Only Murders in the Building
Nobody Wants This
The Bear
The Gentlemen

Best limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Baby Reindeer
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country

Best actor in a television series, drama
Winner: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
Donald Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman

Best actress in a television series, drama
Winner: Anna Sawai, Shōgun
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon
Maya Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Keri Russell, The Diplomat

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Best actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Ewan McGregor, A Gentleman in Moscow
Andrew Scott, Ripley

Best actress in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Sofía Vergara, Griselda
Naomi Watts, Feud: Capote vs. the Swans
Kate Winslet, The Regime

Best actress in a television series, musical or comedy
Winner: Jean Smart, Hacks
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along

Best actor in a television series, musical or comedy
Winner: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Best actress in a supporting role in a TV series
Winner: Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Dakota Fanning, Ripley
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country

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Best actor in a supporting role in a TV series
Winner: Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses
Diego Luna, La Máquina
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Best performance in stand-up comedy on television

Winner: Ali Wong, Single Lady
Jamie Foxx, What Had Happened Was
Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die
Seth Meyers, Dad Man Walking
Adam Sandler, Love You
Ramy Youssef, More Feelings

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See Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and More at W Magazine’s Golden Globes Party

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In the movie “The Substance,” Demi Moore plays an entertainer in her 50s so intent on hanging onto stardom that she signs up to take a potion that will restore her youth, but at a horrific price.

“This is more joyous,” Ms. Moore said of the beautification process leading up to W Magazine’s Golden Globes party held on Saturday evening, the night before the ceremony, in a top floor suite of the Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood.

She was decked out in a black and white polka-dot dress from Nina Ricci as she stood in a tented area where the smell of cigarette smoke was surprisingly strong and household-name celebrities and fellow Globe nominees were everywhere.

The party, co-hosted by W’s Magazine’s editor in chief Sara Moonves, and its editor at large, Lynn Hirschberg, was celebrating the magazine’s annual Best Performances issue, and the walls were covered with enlarged photographs of the featured celebrities.

On one side of the room, the real-life Nicole Kidman stood underneath a giant image of the actor Daniel Craig, nominated for a Globe for his role in the movie “Queer.” On the other side, the real-life Mr. Craig, in a pair of tinted glasses, a black shirt and wide trousers, stood beneath a giant image of Ms. Kidman, who was nominated for her part in the film “Babygirl.”

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“Not a bad year,” someone said to Ms. Kidman as she made her way through the crowd with her daughter Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban.

“Not a bad year, indeed,” Ms. Kidman said as a DJ played Blondie’s Rapture while Sabrina Carpenter and Cynthia Erivo shimmied by.

Did Ms. Erivo, who is up for a Globe for the film “Wicked,” have an outfit picked out for the next evening?

Of course she did.

“LV,” she said, by which she meant Louis Vuitton. Nicolas Ghesquière, the artistic director women’s collections at the brand, happened to be out on the terrace, a few yards from Ms. Moore and within spitting distance of Angelina Jolie, a nominee for her performance in the film “Maria,” in which she plays the opera diva Maria Callas.

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She seemed to be the only attendee who had a handler stopping photographers from taking pictures of her. But a moratorium on her moratorium took place when Ms. Moonves ambled over to say hello and to politely make it clear that, for history’s sake, the moment would be captured.

Kevin Mazur, a celebrity photographer for Getty Images, raced through the crowd with his camera. The pop stars Charli XCX and Ms. Carpenter huddled together with the model and actress Cara Delevingne.

By 10 p.m., the place was so crowded that the designer Christian Louboutin realized he was going to have to leave the penthouse suite for his room elsewhere in the hotel.

But only for a moment.

“I have to pee!” he said.

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“You can get in but you can’t get out,” said Pamela Anderson, who was by the door, hoping to make an exit.

And who could blame her?

After all, Ms. Anderson is featured in the magazine’s issue and is nominated for a Globe for her role in the film “The Last Showgirl.”

Clearly, she had a full weekend ahead of her, although so did the celebrity stylist Law Roach, who seemed to have no interest in leaving.

What was his client Zendaya, nominated for the movie “Challengers,” wearing to the awards the next evening?

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“Vuitton,” he said, adding that the jewelry would be Bulgari and that the whole look would be inspired by Joyce Bryant, the glamorous Black singer of the 1940s and ’50s who broke racial barriers in nightclubs.

A few feet away, Eddie Redmayne, nominated for his role in the television series, “The Day of the Jackal,” was hanging out with Andrew Garfield, who is scheduled to present at the Globes.

Colman Domingo, nominated for his part in the movie “Sing Sing,” mingled with Tilda Swinton, nominated for her role in the film “The Room Next Door,” and then headed to the dance floor around the time that DJ Ross One began pumping Shannon’s “Let the Music Play.”

Around 11:30 p.m., the party was still going strong. Waiters paraded around the room with chocolate truffles and French fries.

Kevin Bacon, with his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, was by one of the sofas inside the suite wearing a blazer and a vintage Iron Maiden T-shirt. It was one of only a few outfits not selected by a stylist.

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“My son got it for me for Christmas,” he said.

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