L.A. Influential
Ellen Stutzman, chief negotiator for the Writers Guild of America during the 2023 writers’ strike, recently was promoted to executive director of the WGA West.
June 30, 2024
David Zaslav’s success or failure turning around Warner Bros. Discovery could dictate the future of the film studio and storied television brands.
Movies
After “X” and “Pearl” transformed the director’s muse, Mia Goth, into a star, the horror filmmaker re-created 1980s Los Angeles to complete his trilogy for A24.
July 2, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Holocaust Museum L.A. has teamed up with Hollywood’s visual effects experts to launch an innovative and immersive AR app about the Sobibor concentration camp.
With a blockbuster in ‘Barbie’ the movie, Ynon Kreiz has solidified Mattel’s turnaround — and charted its future as an entertainment company.
California
The photographer is accused of forcing young men aspiring to be models ‘to submit to sexual assault,’ says LAPD, which has charged him with six felonies.
June 29, 2024
Politics
In the presidential debate, Trump insisted repeatedly that if he had still been in the White House, Russia would not have invaded Ukraine and Hamas would not have invaded Israel.
June 27, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
With Hollywood production activity and employment down while the cost of living rises, some film and TV workers are leaving Los Angeles — and California.
June 25, 2024
Roughly 250 fans lined the sidewalk on the corner of Yucca and Vine streets to be present for the unveiling of Jenni Rivera’s Walk of Fame star. The música Mexicana legend died in a plane crash in 2012.
June 28, 2024
The exodus of film and TV workers might signal the end of Hollywood. But those forced to leave and change course have found purpose and meaning in new, completely different dreams.