Rarest of all, however, is the architect who designed the modular property for his former employer, Henry Salzman. The onetime Johnnie Burke was a Texas transplant who SoCal-reinvented himself as Craig Ellwood, snatching his new moniker from L.A.’s Lords & Elwood liquor store. – Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2020 Read More Image Source: All…
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Is A Film Degree Necessary To Become A Director?
“So, if you want to succeed in this very tough industry, you have to work twice as hard as the next guy trying to make it. You have to get really good at what you do. It’s brutal. And it doesn’t get easier. Every film is like starting a new business from scratch.” – Gavin…
Eric Bullard Named Dean of Continuing Education and UCLA Extension
Eric Bullard, a veteran educator with more than 19 years of experience in continuing education, distance education, outreach and engagement, has been named the new dean of Continuing Education and UCLA Extension. Bullard, who currently serves as the associate vice president of international programs and global engagement and dean of the College of Professional and…
sHEROS: How Davina Ferreira is Helping to Empower the Latinx Community in the U.S.
“I had no capital, no business plan, but a very clear and designed vision of what ALEGRIA would look and feel like and a huge passion in my heart.” – Davina Ferreira – THRIVE GLOBAL, November 7, 2019 Read More Image Source: Courtesy of THRIVE GLOBAL
’90s Neon Wonderland or ‘Ominous Parallel Universe’? How CityWalk Became a Polarizing L.A. Landmark
CityWalk, after all, is a hallucinogenic facsimile of the ’90, a fever dream where a shopping center meets a Nickelodeon sound stage. And while some locals surely hate the place and what it represents, many go out of their way to bask in its fluorescent glow.” – Los Angeles Magazine – November 26, 2019 Read…
Kate Braverman, Who Wrote of Women on the Margins, Dies at 70
“Ms. Braverman possesses a magical, incantatory voice and the ability to loft ordinary lives into the heightened world of myth,” Michiko Kakutani wrote in her New York Times review of “Palm Latitudes” (1988), a novel about three women in a Los Angeles barrio, including La Puta de la Luna, the most famous prostitute in the neighborhood. – New York Times, October…