Camille on Oscar

from The Hollywood Reporter Camille Paglia on Oscar Glamour Then and Now: “Grandeur of Old Hollywood Is Gone” (Guest Column) by Camille Paglia Terry O’Neill/Getty Images; Peter Kramer/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images Faye Dunaway, shown after her...

The Bombing Of The L.A. Times

from KCET Infernal Machines: The Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and L.A.’s First ‘Crime of the Century’ by Hadley Meares Bombed-out building of the Los Angeles Times at First Street and Broadway, 1910 | Security Pacific National Bank Collection,...

Old Venice

from KCET The Lost Canals of Venice of America by Nathan Masters Secreted away from the hustle and bustle of the famous boardwalk, the picturesque canals of Venice, California, are one of the seaside community’s hidden charms. But in Venice’s early years,...

Arrivederci Yellow Spaghetti

from TimeOut LA Say goodbye to LACMA’s beloved yellow spaghetti installation By Michael Juliano While droves of visitors are busy posing in between the lamp posts of “Urban Light” or pretending to hold up the 340-ton “Levitated Mass” for...

Rural Hollywood

from KCET L.A.’s Lost Valley: When Hollywood Was ‘the Pride of the Cahuenga Valley’ by Nathan Masters Panoramic view of Hollywood showing Orchard Street and Orange Drive, circa 1905. Courtesy of the USC Libraries – California Historical Society Collection....

The Farmer’s Daughter

from LAist How A Seedy Motel Called The Farmer’s Daughter Became A Boutique Hotel BY JULIET BENNETT RYLAH “Flying Bacon” by Jessie Azzarin (Photo via Farmer’s Daughter Hotel) The farmer’s daughter, in fiction, is an attractive,...