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Growing up in Los Angeles, I mostly ignored nature. "I'm a city person" I'd say to anyone who tried to drag me on a hike. But during lockdown, I noticed finches nesting on my balcony. I hung bird feeders and downloaded an app to ID bird calls, hoping for something to keep me away from doomscrolling.
When Hollywood tried to sweep comedy legend, Shelley Berman, under the rug at the MEET THE FOCKERS’ movie premiere, his handler (me) took a stand . . .
Comedian Sandy Hackett Shares Sweet Stories And The Lessons He Learned From His Famous Father . . .
(Closer Weekly)
The beloved actress enjoyed great success and insisted on doing things her way . . .
(Where Traveler Los Angeles Magazine)
Los Angeles might not have the typical winter but that doesn't mean we don't get in the holiday spirit. This month, there's an endless array of festive activities happening all around town. Whether you enjoy singing along to holiday favorites with a professional choir, exploring an immersive light installation, or sipping boozy beverages from Santa mugs, revelers of all ages are destined to find a delightful way to ring in the most wonderful time of the year . . .
My senior dog, Noodle, is sixteen-years-old. A mutt of unknown origin, he has big floppy ears, short legs and is often mistaken for a corgi. When we take him out on walks, he break into a spirited run as if training for the Iditarod. Lately, he's been shakier on his legs and having a harder time with his balance. The good news is, I've managed to find a few great and affordable hacks that have really helped keep Noodle trucking along . . .
(Closer Weekly)
Comedy legend, Don Rickles, famous for hurling blistering barbs at celebs and civilians alike, was a very different man offstage. . .
Bettie Page, the raven-haired pinup queen with signature bangs and va-va-voom curves, ditched her stilettos and disappeared in 1957. Decades later, unbeknownst to her, she’d become a pop culture icon. . .
Whenever friends visit LA, I take them on a mini tour of DTLA hot spots. I highlighted a few of my faves in the October issue of WHERE LA Magazine . . .
It was “love at first song” said Bob Hope of the moment he first spotted Dolores Reade singing Paper Moon in a New York supper club . . .
Niecy Nash-Betts has a lot cooking right now. But when the actress, producer, comedian and TV host sprinkles words into conversation like “spicy” and “a little sauce,” she’s not quoting song lyrics from her karaoke-style game show or talking about her upcoming Jeffrey Dahmer project (we’ll get to all that later). She’s describing Simone Clark, the rebellious FBI trainee she plays on her new ABC series, The Rookie: Feds, and the secret ingredient she brings to the role. . .
(Los Angeles Magazine)
Bob Beticher had big plans for the 100th anniversary of the Motion Picture & Television Fund. There was going to be a glitzy, star-studded gala—years in the making—that he expected would rake in millions of dollars in donations. That money was desperately needed to pay the bills for the organization’s retirement community in Woodland Hills, the one started by Mary Pickford , where, over the decades, hundred of movie industry veterans—Norma Shearer, Mary Astor, Elsa Lanchester, and Hattie McDaniel, to name a few—spent their final years in dignity and security. But then, Covid struck . . .
We earned $51,000 a year on average as Airbnb superhosts before Covid-19. Here’s how we priced and furnished our rental to optimize bookings . . .
When Covid-19 shut down the globe, Beth Wilmurt took on the tricky task of transitioning 100 older adult singers from a live choir to a virtual choir.
Ballet, academe and the theater were Molly Smith Metzler’s stops on the way to Maid, a story of a strong-willed young woman . . .
Annette Davey landed her first big break at the unemployment office — in Sydney, Australia.
I felt confident that, as far as witches go, Amanda was the real deal.
Zeke Nicholson didn’t always consider himself funny. A seasoned scene stealer and scribe on TBS’s Miracle Workers, NBC’s A.P. Bio, NBC’s The Good Place, and Apple TV +’s Loot, Nicholson—whose first name used to be Isaac—discovered his gift for making people laugh after pulling off an epic prank in college.
(Emmy Magazine)
Filmed last summer in Atlanta, Married to Medicine — normally a lighthearted series fueled by castmates throwing shade — took a dramatic turn as the doctors faced the perils of the coronavirus in a city besieged by civil unrest.
Before theme bars and young creatives took over the eastside, Shari and her hard-partying shriner pals ruled supreme…
(Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop Blog)
For the next six months, I avoided anything that could be categorized as "delicious." So long, cheese! Arrivederci, donuts! Au revoir, Boozy Fruit Punch! I ate tons of apples, switched to soy cheese, and consumed enough salad to feed the entire population of Vatican City. When it was time to retake the test, I marched into the lab with the confidence of Charlemagne, certain I had vanquished bad cholesterol.
(Entropy)
“It’s one thing to dream of castles in the air. It’s another to ask me to live in them…”
(Emmy Magazine)
No red carpet? No problem! To create buzz for Space Force, Little Fires Everywhere and Upload, social-media masters came up with the likes of a TikTok space walk, a virtual party with Beyoncé’s mom and postcards from the afterlife.
(Emmy Magazine)
These days, Jan Luis Castellanos is living the dream with roles on Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and Quibi's Don’t Look Deeper. But back in 2018, he nearly gave up acting and headed back to New Jersey.
“21 Cookbooks That Are Actually Worth the Money” (Buzzfeed)
“Essential Cookbook To Get You Through Every Dinner Party, Holiday and Brunch Ever” (Bustle)
(Emmy Magazine)
This exec at a talent-friendly content house finds myriad ways to work during the shutdown.
(Chicken Soup for the Soul: Best Mom Ever)
“She snapped out her daze and shoved me back. Fists and ballet slippers started to fly…”
(Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love)
“I wrote to all my friends that I had found THE ONE. If he would just look in my direction, maybe he’d realize it too…”
2016 Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction
Two old-timers try to fulfill a buddy’s dying wish to be fed to the alligators in the Florida Everglades…