L.A. Influential
Michael Rapino runs Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest concert promoter and an inescapable behemoth in live entertainment.
July 7, 2024
Michael Weinstein runs the largest AIDS charity in the world. But now he’s shaking up another critical aspect of Los Angeles life: housing.
June 30, 2024
Michael Schneider was the force behind a ballot measure that aims to level the paved playing field somewhat for cyclists riding on the streets in a car-loving city.
Hollywood Inc.
Voice of legendary play-by-play announcer, re-created using artificial intelligence, will provide daily Olympic updates for NBCUniversal’s Peacock.
June 26, 2024
Dodgers
The Dodgers have become adept at unlocking the potential of relievers cast off by other teams, with Yohan Ramírez, Anthony Banda and Michael Petersen being the latest examples.
June 28, 2024
Michael Flood, the head of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, helps feed L.A. County’s one in five residents who face food insecurity.
June 23, 2024
LACMA Director Michael Govan’s $750-million museum building is one of the highest-profile such projects globally and has been a lightning rod for controversy.
Music
After meeting at a party, singer Michael McDonald and actor Paul Reiser teamed up to write McDonald’s memoir, “What a Fool Believes.”
May 28, 2024
Books
With James Patterson and Michael Crichton, two of publishing’s most popular authors on the marquee, ‘Eruption’ is this summer’s literary version of a blockbuster action movie.
May 31, 2024
A judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by former United Talent Agency partner Michael Kassan against the agency’s legal counsel, Bryan Freedman.
May 22, 2024