‘No more comfy consensus’

from Deadline Peter Bart: Finding Movies That Will Galvanize America Has Become A Tough Bet By Peter Bart Even as Ryan Gosling launched his “Hail Mary” and Super Mario re-discovered his “Galaxy,” the bets were piling up on Kalshi: Which movie would win the summer? Or...

AlphaPussy

from the Los Angeles Times Growing up in the Valley, Gina Gershon learned how to steer through toxicity By Cat Woods In “AlphaPussy,” Gina Gershon’s real-life stories deal with “themes of manipulation, survival, and moving around and being able to stand on your own...

Saving The Canals

from SF Gate The coastal California community banding together to try and solve a tragic mystery The Venice Canals have been rocked by a spate of dog illnesses and deaths this summer By Paula Mejía, Contributing LA Culture Editor Not long after Ramón J. Goñi moved to...

The Last Tycoons

from The Hollywood Reporter The Incredible Shrinking Studio Chief High-flying execs are dropping like flies right now — at Amazon MGM, and possibly at Warner Bros. — turning what was once the most coveted job in Hollywood into one of the riskiest.  BY PETER...

Palisades Art Disaster

from the New York Times Art Collector Says He Lost Warhols and Harings to L.A. Fire by NYT As the flames grew closer and closer to his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and his teenage daughter pleaded with him over the phone to evacuate, Ron...

Guerrillas Take LA

from artnet After 40 Years as the Conscience of the Art World, the Guerrilla Girls Finally Get Their First L.A. Show The survey, “Laugh, Cry, Fight,” got its name before the election, but it serves just as well in its aftermath, says a founding member. by...