Why "Facsist Groove Thang" got new lyrics: “When we wrote the piece, it was a warning,” recalls Heaven 17's Martyn Ware. “I didn’t, honestly, in my heart, think it would ever happen." variety.com/2025/music/n...
Noma news? "Last night, I heard from a very reliable source that Noma’s Los Angeles outpost will be in Silver Lake — specifically, at the Paramour Estate on Micheltorena Street." (via The Eastside Rag instagram.com/eastside_rag)
Loved exploring the secrets and lore of Hollywood Forever for this story! Who’s your favorite person memorialized there?https://variety.com/2025/film/features/hollywood-forever-cemetery-secrets-david-lynch-ghosts-1236425445/
Thanks @patsaperstein.bsky.social for this fantastic write-up in Variety of the work we do every day!
Help our colleague find this person and his vicious pit bull who killed her dog in Santa Monica! x.com/haleykluge/s...
Last month, I went to the Smoke House in Burbank to talk with Noah Wyle about #ThePitt, one of the very best shows of this TV season. It was a surprising and delightful conversation! variety.com/2025/tv/news...
The Los Angeles Conservancy recently announced this summer’s #classicmovies lineup—screened in downtown's historic theatres! More info on the popular Last Remaining Seats series 🎬 -> www.laconservancy.org/tours-events... #DTLA
Would love to see that exhibit!
How many of the coolest movie theaters in the world have you been to? variety.com/lists/best-m...
Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
When it says Goop Kitchen is coming to Silver Lake, it’s actually coming to the Echo Park ghost kitchen with the nightmarish parking. www.instagram.com/reel/DH32zYE...
With the downturn in production, entertainment workers are turning to new careers - including working in homeless services. I wrote about LAURA, a new program helping connect career-changers with case manager jobs. variety.com/2025/biz/new...
Readers of the @latimes.com have some thoughts about the new AI-generated analysis and labels on "Voices" (née Opinion) pieces.
Writes one reader from Santa Barbara: "Why not just publish a variety of 'Voices' or further empower your qualified human editors?" www.latimes.com/opinion/lett...
And here's the listing in all its pastel-tiled glory www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angel...
Oscar red carpet looks as rooms in a Silver Lake house for sale
@esotouric.bsky.social Question for you - our friends live on the 1400 block of Bank St. in South Pasadena. Didn't your Crime Bus tour stop there? What was the crime?
What do you think is the most beautiful or the most historically significant movie theater in the U.S.? And what's the best overall moviegoing experience?
Echo Park news: Pollo Campero will be taking over the space vacated by Burger King and Umigame Japanese Kitchen will move into strip mall near Hard Times Pizza, theeastsiderla.bsky.social reports.
An infinitely better movie than probably 95 percent of the Valentines Day programming streamers are throwing up. And watch Chilly Scenes of Winter and Between the Lines on the Criterion Channel while you're at it!
jim
I loved "Broken English" when it came out. Marianne was a vital part of that singular era of genius, style and debauchery. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Glad to hear that Superba will be opening a new location in our new offices at the Lumen building on Olympic near Sawtelle! After-work drinks, sorted! www.lifesuperba.com
This by @awalkerinla.bsky.social is really great—not just in terms of "what LAers need to know re AQI/air quality"—but in terms of the sometimes impossible task of getting information, people trying to run counter information and spreading bad info without even realizing it!
The push to bring production back to L.A. has taken on a new urgency with crew members desperately in need of work.
I remember getting so excited hearing about some of these David Lynch movies that never came to fruition! We broke down some of the notable ones. variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Has anyone tried the new Peruvian stand Tiger Milk next to Walgreen's in Echo Park? instagram.com/tiger_milk_l...