Welcome to the Grammys, an awards show fairly new to The Envelope. If like us, you are not fully immersed in this territory, here are a few tidbits to get you up to speed. Voters: Over 13,000 members of the Recording Academy, a Santa Monica-based organization of musicians, producers, recording… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles […]
Blog: Sister Act: On “My Sister, the Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite
DECEMBER 19, 2018 WOE BE TO the novel protagonist that finds out a loved one is complicit in a serious crime. At such a moment, a wonderful gap opens in both the character and reader. This is someone the protagonist cares deeply about, and that someone is in big trouble. Worse, now that the main […]
Blog: Essential California: The doctor at the center of the LAPD’s largest-ever sex abuse investigation
Los Angeles area: sunny, 73, Wednesday; partly cloudy, 74, Thursday. San Diego: sunny, 68, Wednesday; partly cloudy, 71, Thursday. San Francisco area: foggy, 59, Wednesday; cloudy, 56, Thursday. San Jose: partly cloudy, 64, Wednesday; partly cloudy, 62, Thursday. Sacramento: partly cloudy, 62, Wednesday; cloudy, 56, Thursday. More weather is here. Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles […]
Blog: ‘Aquaman’ could beat ‘Mary Poppins’ in a busy holiday box-office battle
In a positive sign for “Aquaman,” critics’ responses have been generally favorable, if not euphoric, indicated by a 69% positive score on Rotten Tomatoes. A $65-million three-day domestic opening would be lower than Warner Bros.’ recent superhero movies that featured more popular DC characters. “Wonder Woman” premiered with $103 million last summer, for example. Source: […]
Blog: How George Tyndall went from USC gynecologist to the center of LAPD’s largest-ever sex abuse investigation
Dr. George Tyndall arrived on the USC campus in the summer of 1989. The university had advertised for a full-time gynecologist for the student health center, and Tyndall, then 42, was an enthusiastic candidate. “My mission will be to do everything I can to help Trojan women avoid the many preventable… Source: latimes.com – Los […]
Blog: Today: ‘Arguably, You Sold Your Country Out!’
As Laverne DeFazio on the TV show “Laverne & Shirley,” Penny Marshall became a household name in the 1970s. As a director, she hit it big with the 1988 movie “Big,” making history as the first woman to direct a film that grossed more than $100 million. More films, such as “Awakenings” and “A League […]