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I Still Love LA: In Reverie With a Veteran Fire Survivor | Guest Column
With eight evacuations in her rearview, A.L. Bardach knows that wherever you go in SoCal, the one thing you can’t escape is fire
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Still Outnumbered, Hollywood Conservatives Wave Their Flags a Little Higher as Trump 2.0 Begins | Analysis
The start of a second Trump Administration appears to have encouraged his entertainment-industry supporters, while tech CEOs and billionaires still occupy center stage
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Hollywood & Politics
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Will Your AI Agent Be Your Friend or Lover Too? | Commentary
Instead of an assistant that feels like a travel agent, maybe a friend (or romantic partner) is the most likely experience.
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AI
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Will Trump’s Attacks on Comedians — and Their Bosses — Send a Chill Through Late Night? | Analysis
NBC’s Seth Meyers and Comcast are the latest targets of the president-elect’s criticism
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TV
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The Remains of Malibu: Ashes and Embers in the Sand
A photo essay, WaxWord visits Malibu days after the ferocious Palisades Fire
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Waxword
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Pacific Palisades Is Gone. Up Close and on the Ground It’s Even Worse
A photo essay covering the gut-wrenching devastation of flattened neighborhoods and charred storefronts
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Waxword
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Truthbombs of 2024: Media Is Over, Antisemitism Is Cool, DEI Is Kaput
The shifting landscape of 2025 follows reversals of 2024
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Blake Lively Bombshell Turns Hollywood Against Justin Baldoni, Raises PR Questions
“This is not a traditional crisis plan,” said a PR executive. “This is on another level”
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Movies
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What Is Sora For? | Commentary
OpenAI’s new video generator is high on cool factor but low on utility, at least for now.
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Enterprise AI is Moving Fast, and Other Takeaways From a Week With Amazon
We may not get an AI phone anytime soon, but generative AI is solving real business problems, a promising sign for the technology’s future.
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Power Women Summit: Advocating for Women When It Feels Hard
I’ve been re-setting my expectations for a long time, expecting a new normal. Time to re-set, again
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Waxword
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MSNBC Stays in Its Bubble and Celebrates SpinCo as Viewers Flee
An insider tells TheWrap that MSNBC and CNBC throw off $1 billion in profit, leaving dry powder for the new company to invest
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Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting To Change That. | Commentary
Stanford University has 300 GPUs. Microsoft will have 1.8 million. Here’s what’s needed to make academia relevant in AI research.
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Tech
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Me and Ray, Part II: Finding Common Ground With a Trumper
Guest Essay: “I liked Ray and felt a strong need to intervene,” writes screenwriter-turned-trucker Zeke Richardson
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Politics
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Me and Ray: A Hollywood Screenwriter Discovers Trump Country From the Cab of a Truck
Guest essay: After 30 years in Hollywood, Zeke Richardson needed a new source of income. He found more than a career in becoming a truck driver
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Hollywood & Politics
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