Movies
Filmmaker Leigh Whannell directed 2020’s intriguing “The Invisible Man,” but his latest classic monster redux is a shaggy mess that should have been curbed.
Awards
Michael Lembeck talks about directing the Emmy-winning ‘Friends’ episode with guest stars Julia Roberts and Brooke Shields, and how Jean-Claude Van Damme and Andre Agassi’s bad behavior complicated the set.
Television
In Netflix’s thriller premiering Thursday, Robert De Niro, in his first TV role, plays a former president asked to lead an investigation into a countrywide cyberattack.
California
The centers offer a one-stop location where affected individuals can access relief funds, get help with job placement and training, obtain temporary employment and apply for small business loans.
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas stood with more than 20 lawmakers to announce a slate of new and forthcoming bills aimed at wildfire recovery.
The politicians’ private texts highlight an increasingly fractious relationship between two of the most powerful women in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that checkpoints into the Palisades fire zone will remain in place indefinitely, with Gov. Gavin Newsom offering additional resources to ensure the area “remains secure while freeing up LAPD to focus on the public safety needs of the entire city.”
Books
Georgia Hunter’s debut novel about a Polish Jewish family that survived the Holocaust was turned into a Hulu series. Her second novel, ‘One Good Thing,’ revisits WWII Europe but is a more conventional work.
Bass signed an emergency executive order to help the city prepare its burn areas.
Opinion
In Jeff Hobbs’ work of reconstructive journalism, working mother Evelyn navigates Section 8, domestic abuse, ‘the system’ and her own bad decisions.