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October 02, 2004
I've listened to Vin Scully since I was six years old, and nothing I can remember matches the mastery of his call of the ninth... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
I've been busy the last couple of days helping judge entries in the Online News Association awards to be handed out next month. Perusing and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 01, 2004
Maxwell Kennedy, a son of slain Senator Robert F. Kennedy, held a news conference in MacArthur Park yesterday to say that his mother, Ethel, and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Jon Wiener, the UC Irvine historian and KPFK radio host who has been slowly extracting John Lennon's files out of a very reluctant FBI, finally... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 30, 2004
Kirk Douglas, leaning on a cane, spoke the first words to be heard on the stage at the new Kirk Douglas Theatre tonight in Culver... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Last week it was Stacey Grenrock Woods, Daily Show wractress and Esquire sex columnist. Today the other guilty party behind L.A. Innuendo, Richard Rushfield, quips... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Even bloggers do those annual lists now. Blogging.la's favorites for 2004, posted today, tend to the Silver Lake-Los Feliz-Melrose side of things, but not rigorously.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That Moorish-themed building on Beverly Drive just off Wilshire that used to house Fiorucci—and most recently bore an Israeli Discount Bank sign—was the first movie... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Today's LA Weekly runs a follow-up story from Doug Ireland to his piece last week alleging that congressman David Dreier is (gasp) gay, conservative and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 29, 2004
It appears that Shaquille O'Neal had a pretty good reason to curl his lip at Kobe Bryant last season. Thursday's L.A. Times reported that when... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Janet Maslin gives the thumbs up in Friday's New York Times to Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became a National Obsession, the new book... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Ana Marie Cox, the Washington, D.C. writer who blogs about politics with a splash of sex as Wonkette, has signed on to be the keynote... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In this week's New Yorker, Tad Friend's Letter from California gets up close and personal with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom. The headline reads "Going... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In a story today on the Los Angeles Community Colleges, the Daily News quotes elected trustee Michael Waxman praising the job done for the colleges... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
So the Dodgers win another with five in the bottom of the ninth inning (again, amazingly), and should be steeling for the playoffs. Instead, the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 28, 2004
Mayoral candidate Bob Hertzberg was first out of the gate with a website, ChangeLA.com, and a blog. The content has not been scintillating, but since... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
John Montorio continues to tinker with his chess pieces on the features floor at the L.A. Times. Today's it's Bret Israel, the editor of Sunday... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A feature in today's Times on Dodgers co-owner Jamie McCourt opens with her astonishment that L.A. fans head out early for the parking lots even... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Brooks Boliek covers Washington for The Hollywood Reporter and writes today that he's ashamed (sort of) to admit he is a journalist. One doesn't go... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
One of the story lines about Jim Hahn's mayoralty is how the Valley provided his margin of victory — with most Valley leaders endorsing him... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Somehow I missed this: the L.A. city council wants its attorney to draft an ordinance requiring window flaps on dog houses. The Times's Jessica Garrison,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
September 27, 2004
Not much of a surprise that Phil Spector was indicted today in the shooting death of Lana Clarkson.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
PR Week runs a q-and-a today with Richard Kline, the California president of Fleishman-Hillard. They are a mite touchy these days at F-H, so the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
At the end of last week, the editors at LAist posted that the site would be migrating to a new server over the weekend. Always... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Michael Kinsley, The Times' editorial page and opinion über-editor, told Editor and Publisher that if it's up to him, the paper will probably break with... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Architect Thom Mayne had this to say in today's Times Calendar about some of the adverse reaction to his design for the new Caltrans headquarters... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Daily News began popping out an eight-day series on gang violence in Sunday's paper, representing four months of work. It's in the other L.A.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Dennis Ross, the Middle East peace negotiator whose new book is The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace guests... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Third time a charm? Tribune's Distinction magazine has brought on its third editor since launching last summer. It's Holly Palance, until recently the editor of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>