"Birdman" also wins at the Producers' Guild and suddenly has best picture momentum for the Oscars.
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"Birdman" also wins at the Producers' Guild and suddenly has best picture momentum for the Oscars.
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Steve Harvey's occasional observations from around Los Angeles and beyond.
Native Intelligence
Ron Rapoport spent a lot of time with Banks in the final years of his life, often in Marina del Rey.
Overheard in the next booth.
Media people
With a documentary on him debuting at Sundance, the restaurant reviewer says he will no longer pretend that no one knows it's him.
Politics
Willie Brown urges the birthday boy not to run. The national media is on the Villaraigosa beat now. Plus Gloria Molina.
Here in Malibu
Not pi day -- PIE day. Of course there's an American Pie Council, and if they had any real lobbying...
Media future
The magazine will turn to freelance and I guess contract photographers. Here are the final six SI photogs.
Books
The depth of reporting by LAT reporter makes 'Serial' resemble a book of poetry, says the reviewer.
Native Intelligence
Wooster Group production exposes something profound about the life and lives of Shaker women.
Native Intelligence
I understand Mayor Garcetti's desire to create more pedestrian-friendly development in Hollywood, but that's not what happened.
Don Shirley
One of two musicals that opened over the weekend lives up to the expression "gotta sing, gotta dance."
Politics
Billionaire environmentalist says it was a hard decision, but climate change is his key fight -- it "will define the success or failure of our generation."
News
City National Bank sold, Southwest Museum, more Villaraigosa and Boxer, and Thom Mayne on Bradbury's house.
Gary Leonard
Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular weekly feature of LA Observed.
Media people
Stacey Leasca has been the LAT social media editor since last March. Today's her last day.
Oops
Top of the LAT website carries an ad for "Fire without the Fuss" beside a photo gallery on the Da Vinci apartment blaze.
Editor's note
A memorial for Al Martinez will be held Feb. 8 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica.
News
Politics, media, place and some tweets of the day. Plus: The Villa Carlotta in Hollywood.
Books
Books by the two former LA Times journalists are finalists for the prestigious American literary awards for 2014.
Politics
The former mayor sups with Eric Garcetti and Kamala Harris as he tests his prospects for 2016. Many links inside.
Christensen and Gold
The water conservation battle is joined! Santa Monica has pledged to reduce citywide water use 20 percent by December 31, 2016. As you may recall, Mayor Garcetti has already set a Los Angeles goal for a 20 percent reduction by January 2017.
Media
Mara Shalhoup takes over Feb. 16. "LA has countless stories to tell…we're gonna have fun."
PR
The former Daily News managing editor and head of Fleishman-Hillard in LA, now 66, has one client and some friends.
History
Three more of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches in the Los Angeles area are in the news this MLK Day.
Media people
The KPCC politics reporter will split time between City Hall and working on "innovative ideas on how the paper can get its news out to readers."
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Native Intelligence | Don Shirley
Two musicals opened here last weekend. One lives up to the expression "gotta sing, gotta dance." Don Shirley reviews
Christensen & Gold column
How LA and Santa Monica will cut water use by 20 percent in two years. Column
Norms La Cienega
Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular weekly feature of LA Observed. Gary's archive.
Three King speeches in the news, including UCLA in 1965.
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