Movies
Filmmaker Leigh Whannell directed 2020’s intriguing “The Invisible Man,” but his latest classic monster redux is a shaggy mess that should have been curbed.
Awards
Michael Lembeck talks about directing the Emmy-winning ‘Friends’ episode with guest stars Julia Roberts and Brooke Shields, and how Jean-Claude Van Damme and Andre Agassi’s bad behavior complicated the set.
California
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas stood with more than 20 lawmakers to announce a slate of new and forthcoming bills aimed at wildfire recovery.
Mayor Karen Bass selected developer and civic leader Steve Soboroff to lead Los Angeles’ recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of the Palisades fire.
Bass has faced widespread outrage over her whereabouts after returning to Los Angeles from Ghana on Wednesday, 24 hours after fires ignited.
Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, wants to rescind Gov. Gavin Newsom’s open call for a constitutional convention on gun safety.
It remains unclear how much the city and its mayor will ultimately be to blame for the explosive horror of the Palisades fire.
President-elect Donald Trump named Harmeet Dhillon to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
Entertainment & Arts
Davone Tines and Julia Bullock, leading singers of their generation, infuse theatricality into recitals centered on Paul Robeson and the Messiaen song cycle ‘Harawi.’
“As a culture, we’re endlessly curious about complicated men. Don’t powerful women, before they’re dismissed as difficult or unlikable, deserve our curiosity, too?” asks the writer in an essay.