Weekly archive
February 1 - February 7, 2015
Saturday, Feb. 7
Initial tabloid reports are that Jenner is going to blame the crash on being chased by paparazzi. Weak excuse for such an old tabloid hand. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Maureen Dowd writes that for NBC, Williams puffing up his exploits "was a bomb that had been ticking for a while." $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, Feb. 6
Items on Antonio Villaraigosa and Kamala Harris, Eric Garcetti and Nury Martinez, Tom LaBonge, the trendy campaign tactic of this year and more. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Feb. 5
We now know the answer to the question of whether Pascal would survive the revelations of her emails during the hacker attack on Sony Pictures. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Turns out that the NBC Nightly News anchor has been using his bogus claim of being shot down in Iraq over the years. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Feb. 4
The other shoe has dropped in political blogger Andrew Sullivan's recent decision to stop blogging. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Memorial service for Rick Orlov set. Janice Hahn may run for Supes. Promotions at KCRW. More politics, media and books notes. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Feb. 3
In the age of smartphones, GPS and Waze, the directional signs remain a staple of Hollywood shoots. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
THR's National Magazine Award comes in the category of special interest. Pacific Standard and Amanda Hess also win. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Colleagues and friends react to the passing of the Daily News' longtime presence at City Hall. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Feb. 2
The Daily News announced this afternoon that Orlov died of diabetes complications. Mayor Garcetti: "City Hall is in mourning." $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The latest issue of LA Weekly takes an interesting approach to the hot topic. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A little politics, media moves and notes, and news of LA the place. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
An editor is needed for the online Antarctic Sun newspaper. Must have good teeth. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Feb. 1
This week's "SoCal Connected" on KCET features the author and founder of Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A very wet "atmospheric river event" is pointed at Northern California with an estimated arrival of later this week. Hey, we'll take it. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Seahawks' Richard Sherman was raised by a veteran city of Los Angeles sanitation driver. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The block in Pacific Palisades is being torn down for Rick Caruso's newest shopping area. But Bob Vickrey remembers. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Saturday was one of those pretty cool LA days. Museums were free and packed, and thousands cruised Broadway on foot. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The producer of "Zero Dark Thirty" and "American Hustle" loves her video store, I guess. $MTEntryExcerpt$>