First thing Tuesday, 11.1.05
♦ Guess what: all the cameras mounted to catch red-light runners in L.A. were quietly turned off in June. Councilman Dennis Zine
spilled the beans.
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♦ Thinking about the Oscars yet? Me neither. But the Times' new web feature du jour is
The Envelope, which packages stories, features and a trio of blogs all focused on Hollywood's awards season. Really: It's not about movies, celebrity dish, the Industry or insider gossip except where they relate to the Oscars and all the made-for-TV awards shows. The bloggers are Tom O'Neil, Steve Pond and Elizabeth Snead. James Bates of the LAT's business staff contributes a column,
Behind the Screens. The top news story on launch day is a Booth Moore look at Bob Mackie gowns going to auction. At
LAVoice.org, Mack Reed traces it back to a deal with GoldDerby.com and calls it promising as an eyeball attractor.
♦ A California outpost of the gun lobby is
upset that Chief Bratton got a permit to carry a concealed weapon while others are turned down.
♦ My item last week on
Susan Freudenheim joining the Jewish Journal as Senior Editor left out that Howard Blume, the former SE, becomes Managing Editor. Now you know.
♦ Correction of the day, from the
New York Times: "The TV Watch column last Tuesday, about 'The Colbert Report' on Comedy Central, misstated the 'word of the day' invented for the show's feature 'The Word.' It was 'truthiness,' not 'trustiness.'"
♦ NYT baseball columnist
Murray Chass adds his name to those who think Bobby Valentine will emerge as the Dodgers' manager, if not more. He sounds underwhelmed: "Valentine can resume his pursuit of Jimmy Dykes's record of 2,962 games managed without finishing in first place. Even though he managed the Mets to the World Series in 2000, Valentine has never finished first and is second to Dykes with 2,189 games."
1:35 AM Tuesday, November 1 2005
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