Actors Stanley Simons, Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson, who star together as the Von Erich brothers, pose for photos on the red carpet for the world premiere of the movie “The Iron Claw,” at the Texas Theater in Dallas on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.
Diane Lao, a Cal State Northridge student enrolled in the fashion program, is photographed as she looks at her shadow in the parking lot at CSUN’s campus on July 11, 2021. Throughout her life, Lao said she has suffered with body dysmorphia, but wants to use her passion in fashion design to uplift others who also struggle with their image.
Los Angeles Lakers legend and Hall of Fame NBA player James Worthy, center, sits with elementary students after speaking to them about life lessons at the outdoor auditorium at Leona Cox Community Elementary School in Canyon Country, Calif., on Thursday March 17, 2022. Worthy spoke with the upper grade students about the importance of getting an education, learning to say no, and working as a team. Chris Torres/The Signal
Darwin Payne, a former Dallas Times Herald reporter and professor emeritus at Southern Methodist University, was one of the first reporters on scene covering the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 23, 1963. Now, 60 years later, Payne, 86, reflects on his experience being on scene at Dealey Plaza covering that fateful day in his book, “Behind the Scenes: Covering the JFK Assassination.”
Eunice Nyangena poses for a portrait before entering Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.
O’neil Carter, 24, makes music on his keyboard with his cat, Halo, at his apartment in Glendale, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Carter is the lead singer of his band named 'Carter Ace' and have grown from 500 monthly listeners in 2016 to almost 300,000 in 2021.
Azeezat Abiola Amusat, 42, is an award-winning, Nigerian fashion designer and make up specialist who designed pieces for critically-acclaimed films such as Beyonce’s Black is King and Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America 2. Amusat designs ‘gele,’ a fashionable headscarf with unique designs worn traditionally by African women at weddings, birthdays, and religious events.
“Everybody wants to meet the ‘gele’ lady, the Yoruba lady that ties Beyoncé. Once people see me they say, that's her, she did that,” Amusat said. Chris Torres/The Signal
Grover Castro Tiburcio, a CSUN alumnus who majored in music education, traded his original mariachi charro jacket with Dodgers relieving pitcher Joe Kelly in late June. Kelly later wore the charro jacket when the Dodgers visited the White House the following week to commemorate their 2020 World Series Championship win.
Michael Martinez Jr., 9, exchanges punches with Angeles Ibarra, 10 during a sparring session in the boxing ring at Diamond Hill Boxing gym in the Diamond Hill Community Center at Fort Worth on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.
Andrew, 33, and Jessell Martinez, 31, drink coffee in their remodeled coffee bar area in their kitchen at their home in Valencia, Calif., on Monday, April 11, 2022. The Martinez’s, known as The Martinez Casita on Instagram and TikTok, gained thousands of followers on social media by creating DIY home improvement content and was also featured on the Rachael Ray Show and Target’s official Instagram. Chris Torres/The Signal
Naveed, left, and Tamana Shafizada, right, fled Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August 2021. Tamana and Naveed are among the nearly 50 families who have been placed in a hotel in Santa Clarita, following the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. Chris Torres/The Signal
Sixth grader Ian Hounsell, 12, waits for his dad, Scott, to pick him up after school at North Park Elementary School in Valencia, Calif., on Thursday Mar. 3, 2022.
For the last two weeks, Hounsell decided to stop wearing a mask at school to protest the California Department of Public Health and the Los Angeles Department of Public Health’s mask mandate. He has been placed in a separate classroom to complete his classwork separated from his peers and teachers. Chris Torres/The Signal
