COSTA MESA – Police arrested a man early Sunday, May 14, who they said stole car keys from a house and used them to drive away before hitting another vehicle and fleeing the scene.

Costa Mesa police officers were dispatched to the 2000 block of Tustin Avenue around 6:15 a.m. for a reported hit-and-run involving an unoccupied parked vehicle, Sgt. Matt Selinske said.

The driver fled the area on foot. Shortly after, an officer located a possible suspect and detained him. Joshua Thomas Long, 34, whose last known residence was in Costa Mesa, was subsequently linked to the crash and arrested for leaving the scene, Selinske said.

As officers further investigated the incident, they discovered that the residence of the registered owner of the vehicle that was driven had been burglarized and the ignition key of that vehicle had been taken.

Long was arrested without incident on suspicion not only of the hit-and-run, but also residential burglary and auto theft. He did not use weapons, Selinske said.

NOT SO FASHION: Some may think they already know the online style influencer Margaret Zhang, and her eye for photography. After all, Zhang has more than 800,000 Instagram followers and a popular blog called Shine By Three.
A new photo exhibition at Sydney’s Comber Street Studios is showing a different – and more personal – side to Zhang. “Unseen,” a photographic retrospective presented by Vestiaire Collective, features 39 never-before-published photos.
While they may be promoted by the luxury, second-hand e-commerce site, the photos themselves were completely free from any commercial concerns.
Zhang said it’s a chance to express another side of her personality.
“A lot of my photo work is, commercially-speaking, more fashion focused,” Zhang said. On this occasion, “it’s a little more abstract, a little more still life, more landscape. It’s more about talking to the subject, really connecting with them as an individual.”
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In one shot, Zhang shows a girl getting into a pool in Clovelly, one of her favorite beaches in Sydney, while another image was taken on a hiking trek in China. Zhang captures the vibrant colors of the lakes in Jiuzhaigou. The work goes “probably as far back as 2010, when I started publishing professionally,” she said.

Zhang picked up

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Maria Tash is heading to Canada.
The jeweler and piercing specialist will host three pop-up shops in Hudson’s Bay doors in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, where each location will be open for 10 days. The first will bow at the Queen Street location in Toronto on May 18.
Tash, who has worked with celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Olsen, Uma Thurman and Scarlett Johansson, will offer her fine-jewelry collection, as well as piercing and ear-styling services on-site. Earlobes are the most popular, but piercing of ear cartilage, inner ear, nostril, septum and navel will also be available to consumers.
“Department stores need a non-Amazon experience — they all need it. You can’t just have piles of clothing around and compete with Amazon. You need styling and things you can’t get by sitting home in your pajamas,” Tash said in an interview last week. “This is part of the reason I think we’re in demand right now. We have this experience [where] not only are you getting this product, but your’re getting fitted and…getting styled.”
For those unfamiliar, ear styling is largely for customers who have existing piercings and want to be fitted for custom diameter and stud lengths. It’s also a way for

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HEAVY METAL: Balenciaga is on a retail roll, with the second store under creative director Demna Gvasalia’s artistic direction set to open in Paris in September.
It marks the brand’s fourth boutique in the capital and second in its so-called golden triangle, which also counts a store on the neighboring Avenue George V that Balenciaga said it plans to keep.
The boutique, located at 57 Avenue Montaigne, will sport the same metal-based industrial concept unveiled at the recently revamped Rue Saint-Honoré flagship in March, based on a clothing warehouse, and is to house Balenciaga’s full men’s and women’s collections.
In the Saint-Honoré store, clothes hang on industrial conveyor rails similar to those in the brand’s production headquarters in Italy. Adding to the factory feel of the space, ceilings are covered in aluminum foil, the changing room walls are made of cast concrete and the utilitarian benches are covered in synthetic leather. Other industrial touches include silicone changing-room curtains and long, aluminum tables for displaying accessories.
The Kering-owned brand, which has 115 stores worldwide, under its new chief executive officer Cédric Charbit recently revved up its management team for merchandising and retail development.
As reported, Daphné Cousineau, who has held key international sales roles at Céline,

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“It’s a pretty good crowd for a Saturday,” Billy Joel sang during “Piano Man,” the last song of the main set at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on, yes, Saturday, and the crowd cheered, prompting Joel to flash a quick smile in return.

But it’s the rest of that verse — the bit where the manager of the piano bar in Joel’s signature song acknowledges that the customers are there to see him sing and “forget about life for a while” — that really captured the joyful nature of the night.

Because over 2 1/2 hours and nearly 30 songs — a terrific show that included guest appearances by singer Pink and Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses — it was easy to forget about the trials and travails of real life and instead sing along to songs about big shots and uptown girls and all the other characters who’ve populated the songs this 67-year-old entertainer has written over the years.

The night opened with “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song),” one of five numbers drawn from 1977’s “The Stranger,” his breakthrough into critical and commercial success — it’s still his all-time best-selling studio album — and the crowd that filled Dodger Stadium was on its feet, singing the story of Anthony and Mama Leone and the rest of the gang from the old neighborhood.

As Joel played a bit of Bach’s “Ode to Joy” as an intro to “My Life,” a hit from 1978, his grand piano slowly rotated so that instead of facing left field he was facing right in the stadium where his boyhood team from Brooklyn settled decades ago.

“So this is where the Dodgers ended up?” he said at the close of that number. “They used to play at Ebbets Field. Then they left and I became a freakin’ Yankees fan.”

The crowd booed and Joel grinned, continuing to talk about how overwhelmed he felt to be playing the stadium all these years after his early days in L.A. playing piano bars, and eventually clubs such as the Troubadour.

The city where the Long Island transplant struggled in his early days as a musician was a focus throughout the night, as Joel shared stories about seeing his now good friend Elton John at Dodger Stadium in the ’70s “when he had that Donald Duck outfit on,” or of living in a friend’s home in Malibu Canyon and dreaming about scoring a Western, an idea that only came to fruition as the song “The Ballad of Billy the Kid,” which he performed early in the set.

“I was still living here when I wrote this song,” he noted by way of introducing “The Entertainer.” “I was wrong when I wrote it, I was cynical. But I like to do this one because it reminds me what an (annoying person) I was.”

Joel hasn’t released an album of new songs since 1993’s “River of Dreams” so there wasn’t an unfamiliar song in the set Saturday, though he did dip into past albums for less-obvious choices, sometimes letting the audience pick, as he did when he asked whether they’d rather hear “Just the Way You Are” — a huge single off “The Stranger” — or “Vienna” — an album track, which by applause (or Joel’s whim, who can really know?) was then played.

For the jazzy ballad “New York State of Mind” Joel brought out the singer Pink to perform, the two of them trading verses, Pink leaning on Joel’s piano as this early highlight of the night unfolded. She then stayed onstage to sing her own hit “Try” while Joel took a quick break off stage.

After a few more numbers, including the ballad “She’s Always a Woman,” the night’s second guest, Axl Rose, arrived on stage to sing AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” — didn’t see that coming did you? — while Joel played guitar down by the front row of fans.

“River of Dreams” came with a mid-song interlude of the Eagles’ “Take It Easy” — Joel typically drops in a song from a significant local act —  before he wrapped things up with “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” a pop song in three movements, and “Piano Man,” which had a deafening chorus of practically everyone in the stadium singing along.

There are, of course, some music fans who put down Joel — he’s arrogant and full of himself, he’s corny and sentimental — and you may know some of them. But what they’re missing is that in his heart he’s an old-fashioned show, an entertainer who’s there to show you a good time.

The encore, which added five songs to the night, drove home that point in quick order. “Uptown Girl” opened it up with its upbeat doo-wop vocal harmonies. Rose came out again to sing “Big Shot,” one of the harder-rocking numbers in Joel’s catalog, and while he seemed a little hesitant in the lyrics it was nonetheless a fun run through that song.

And while most of this crowd had been singing along throughout the night, the final pairing of “Only the Good Die Young” and “You May Be Right” surely had everyone on their feet, belting out the choruses.

Having fun, and there’s no need to apologize for enjoying that.

Billy Joel

Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

When: May 13

Main set

Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) / My Life / Your Song (Elton John abbreviated cover) / Vienna
(fans choice over Just the Way You Are) / Zanzibar / The Entertainer / The Lion Sleeps Tonight (the Tokens cover) / The Longest Time (fans choice over An Innocent Man) / The Magnificent Seven Theme (Elmer Bernstein cover) / The Ballad of Billy the Kid / Don’t Ask Me Why / New York State of Mind (with Pink) / Try (Pink song sung by Pink) / Allentown / She’s Always a Woman / Say Goodbye to Hollywood / Sometimes a Fantasy / Highway to Hell (AC/DC cover with Axl Rose) / We Didn’t Start the Fire / The River of Dreams (With the Eagles’ Take It Easy) / Nessun Dorma (Giacomo Puccini cover sung by guitarist Mike DelGuidice) / Scenes From an Italian Restaurant / Piano Man

Encore

Uptown Girl / It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me / Big Shot (with Axl Rose) / Only the Good Die Young / You May Be Right

Three people were injured in a two-car traffic collision in Irvine early Sunday morning, May 14, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Dohman.

It took firefighters 25 minutes to extricate a male driver trapped inside a mangled car. He was transported by ambulance to UCI Medical’s trauma center in Orange.

His female passenger and the male driver of the second vehicle were taken to Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana. No other passengers were inside the cars.

Dohman said that all three patients are in their late twenties and early thirties.

The cars collided at about 2:46 a.m. near the intersection of Warner Avenue and Culver Drive, Dohman said.

The Irvine Police Department will handle the investigation.

The first major box office flop of the summer movie season has arrived.

Studio estimates Sunday say director Guy Ritchie’s “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” opened to a bleak $14.7 million from more than 3,700 locations against a costly $175 million production budget.

The gritty reimaging of the Excalibur myth starring Charlie Hunnam as Arthur debuted in third place behind box office leader “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and “Snatched” at No. 2.

Warner Bros. was unsurprisingly disappointed at the poor showing for “King Arthur” but hopeful for the rest of its summer slate, including “Wonder Woman” and Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk.”

“Snatched” surprised analysts by beating “King Arthur” on the charts. The raunchy R-rated Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn comedy from Twentieth Century Fox opened with $17.5 million.

Marvel and Disney’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” collected $63 million and has earned $246.2 million domestically in just two weeks.

It was down just 57 percent from last weekend and is proving to be the only film in theaters capable of drawing mass audiences.

Rounding out the top five were holdovers “The Fate of the Furious,” with $5.3 million, and “The Boss Baby” with $4.6 million.

“The newcomers definitely had a tough time … For most general audiences, ‘Guardians’ remains the go-to movie,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore. “It has incredible staying power.”

Neither “King Arthur” nor “Snatched” were well-received by critics, and audiences weren’t all that enchanted either, giving “King Arthur” a B+ CinemaScore and “Snatched” a B.

“Snatched” also lagged behind Schumer’s “Trainwreck,” which opened to $30.6 million in July 2015.

Dergarabedian, however, noted that the success of “Trainwreck” was more of an anomaly than a precedent and echoed the studio in categorizing “Snatched” as a solid start for the film that cost $42 million to make.

There was a clear gender divide, too, between the two major new releases this weekend. “Snatched” audiences were heavily female — an estimated 77 percent according to Fox — while 59 percent of the audience for “King Arthur” was male.

Results were mixed for the newcomers with more limited releases.

The sniper drama “The Wall,” starring WWE fighter John Cena as an American soldier, took in a tepid $891,590 from 541 locations. Better off was BH Tilt’s East Los Angeles car culture drama “Lowriders,” with Eva Longoria and Demian Bichir, which opened in only 295 theaters and still managed to take eighth place on the charts with $2.4 million. The studio said audiences were primarily Hispanic.

Next weekend, Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Covenant” will aim to scare “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” out of first place.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” $63 million ($52.2 million international).

2. “Snatched,” $17.5 million ($3.2 million international).

3. “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,” $14.7 million ($29.1 million international).

4. “The Fate of the Furious,” $5.3 million ($13.6 million international).

5. “The Boss Baby,” $4.6 million ($8.7 million international).

6. “Beauty and the Beast,” $3.9 million ($7.5 million international).

7. “How to Be a Latin Lover,” $3.8 million ($3.7 million international).

8. “Lowriders,” $2.4 million.

9. “The Circle,” $1.7 million ($810,000 international).

10. “MET Opera: Der Rosenkavalier (2017),” $1.7 million ($1.5 million international).

Live updates from Game 2 of the Ducks-Predators Western Conference Finals playoff series. Reporters Eric Stephens, Elliott Teaford and columnist Mark Whicker contributing.
Schedule: Predators at Ducks, 4:30 p.m., Sunday, May 12, NBCSN

Since 1998, KIIS FM’s Wango Tango has been the biggest night in pop music, giving fans a chance to see 10-14 of their favorite Top 40 artists on a single stage. Think Mariah Carey, the Spice Girls and *NSYNC all on one bill — or Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado and Pink. It’s a mega-screen, pyrotechnic-filled, super-concert sprinkled with appearances by B-level celebrity guests and KIIS FM radio personalities. In other words, it’s pop-heaven, and the super-lineup that hit the stage of the sold-out StubHub Center in Carson on Saturday — including Katy Perry, Machine Gun Kelly, and Zedd — did not disappoint. The sun was shining, the music was loud, and the party didn’t stop until well into the night.

Here are some highlights.

Wango Village

While waiting for the StubHub doors to open at 4, attendees were free to wander Wango Village, a pop-up area featuring a giant Ferris wheel, food trucks, games and sponsor booths filled with free stuff. Some of the swag up for grabs included Coca Cola sunglasses, Fujifilm Instax backpacks, technicolored Otter Pop merch and even a few Chevy cars. The village also had its own stage, treating fans to free performances by Aaron Carter, Olivia Holt, Jordan Fisher and more.

Moms

With the event taking place on the eve of Mother’s Day, it was only right that the night was filled with nods to everyone’s mama. After Katy Perry’s opening set, Ryan Seacrest brought out his mom, explaining that it was her first Wango Tango and adorably high-fiving her after she introduced Noah Cyrus. Cyrus concluded her set by bringing mother Tish onstage to celebrate her birthday. Big sis Miley rolled out a birthday cake, and all of StubHub — significantly made up of tweens and youngsters with their own moms — joined in on “Happy Birthday.”

Hailee Steinfeld’s recovery

“Rock Bottom” songstress Hailee Steinfeld took to the stage in disguise, blending in with her dancers in a hooded jacket that concealed her face. The audience loved her big reveal, but as soon as the hood came off, the music stopped. A confused Seinfeld looked around desperately before resignedly saying, “I guess this stuff happens sometimes.” Poor Steinfeld continued to have issues, struggling with her mic pack during “Starving” and getting her jacket stuck as she tried to take it off after “You’re Such A.” With the crowd behind her, she managed to recover well, rallying with confident renditions of “Love Myself” and “Most Girls.”

Two members of One Direction

Niall Horan received the highest-pitched screams and performed one of the mellowest sets, playing a quiet cover of the Martin Garrix/Dua Lipa song “Scared to Be Lonely,” a dancey, Maroon 5-esque song off his upcoming album, “On the Loose,” and his sexy new single, “Slow Hands.” Taking in Horan’s performance was his One Direction band mate, Liam Payne, whose unscheduled appearance during a between-sets interview sent a shockwave through the audience — the thought of one-half of the Zayn-less One Direction being under one roof was too much for the crowd to handle. Payne explained that he was there to see Horan as well as Zedd, whom he collaborated with for his upcoming album.

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus took to the stage as a special guest, playing an abbreviated set of three songs, including the balloon-filled, first-ever performance of her breezy new single, “Malibu.” Cyrus’ radically toned-down appearance — as well as her decision to cover Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” as she tossed flowers to the crowd out of a very country-looking basket — served as a full display of the stylistic 180 she’s making with her new music. She looked genuinely happy to be going back to her roots, giving one of the most enjoyable performances of the evening.

Maroon 5 covers Prince

Adam Levine and company showed their Wango Tango veteran status with an expertly executed set packed with hits. “Don’t Wanna Know,” “Moves Like Jagger,” “This Love,” “Harder to Breathe” and a particularly infectious performance of “Sugar” got the whole StubHub audience on its feet — but it was their cover of Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” that stole the show. Levine deftly handled the holy pulpit opening as well as the guitar theatrics, bringing his axe out onto the runway to shred. The crowd ate it up — with all the “Voice”-watching moms giving the loudest shrieks of approval.

Backstreet’s back

Closing out the night was a blast from the boy-band past. The Backstreet Boys hadn’t been on the Wango Tango stage since 2001, but that didn’t stop them from stealing the show with classics like “Larger Than Life,” “The Call” and “As Long As You Love Me.” Folding-chair dancing that was straight out of 2001? Check. Matching white outfits whose subtle differences showed off each guy’s personality? Got it. Palpable waves of butterfly-clip, flip-phone nostalgia hitting the crowd during “I Want It That Way?” You better believe it. People started to trickle out — mostly parents with children who weren’t even born when the Backstreet Boys were on the radio — but those who stayed were treated to a good-old-fashioned display of POP. Backstreet’s back. All right!

1102.7 KIIS FM’s Wango Tango

Where: StubHub Center, Carson
When: May 13

KYOTO, Japan — Call it a friendly takeover.
On Sunday night, Louis Vuitton privatized Shinbashi Street in the heart of Kyoto’s medieval district to celebrate its cruise 2018 collection. Guests including Michelle Williams, Isabelle Huppert, Laura Harrier and Sophie Turner mingled with gaggles of geishas by lantern light, and top city officials gave speeches to mark the occasion.

Geishas at the cocktail party hosted by Louis Vuitton. 
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“This event really pushes the limits, I think. You have taken a public road and turned it into a party — this has never been done before,” said Keiji Yamada, the governor of Kyoto Prefecture.
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“I’ve been to Japan before and I’ve been to Kyoto before, but I’ve never been on this street, somehow,” said Jennifer Connelly as she soaked up the atmosphere. “It’s really remarkable — it’s so beautiful. It’s very special. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Michelle Williams, Nicolas Ghesquière and Jennifer Connelly 
Stephane Feugere/WWD

In an unprecedented move, Vuitton took over 15 of the street’s historic restaurants to host its guests. The evening before, it had booked three of the city’s temples, including the prestigious Sennyū-ji temple, which Emperor Akihito often visits and which had never before hosted

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