It was all glitz and glam at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles Sunday night as stars convened for the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The ceremony was hosted by Glee’s Jane Lynch and featured 25 major categories. The competition in the Outstanding Drama Series category was especially fierce, with shows like Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, [...]
A study done over 20 years by researchers at Tel Aviv University reinforces what we all secretly knew: your co-workers are responsible for your health and happiness in the workplace. But did you know they could be responsible for your early death, too? Read the Full Story at KPCC Blogs
Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon to discuss this week’s films including Drive, The Lion King 3-D, Straw Dogs, Contagion and more. Plus, critic Peter Rainer calls in to discuss his account of the Toronto Film Festival. TGI-FilmWeek! Read the Full Story at KPCC Blogs
What font does KPCC use on its website? And why does it use that font? Simon Garfield, author of <i>Just My Type: A Book about Fonts</i>, probably knows the answer. Fonts may seem trivial but the role they play in our lives is large: from billboards to album covers to greeting cards, each font is [...]
Despite its significant following and its high-profile adherents like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, the ins and outs of Scientology remain for the most part a well-kept secret. Rolling Stone journalist Janet Reitman spent five years researching the organization to uncover what lies behind its fortress of mystery. In her new book “Inside Scientology” she [...]
The beginnings of a high stakes battle of the sweeteners entered a Los Angeles court this week, as a cadre of sugar farmers and the C&H Sugar Company mounted a legal offense against makers of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Read the Full Story at KPCC Blogs
During the 1963 March on Washington, folk, blues and gospel singer Odetta unleashed her melodic and powerful voice for the cause of civil rights. She is just one of the many artists who have used music as a force for social change. Billie Holiday’s 1939 recording “Strange Fruit” was a groundbreaking statement against the horrors [...]
What does a seizure look like? How can you self- vaccinate in an outbreak? Which is the correct way to pipette liquid nitrogen? Those are just some of the questions scientists were called in to consult on during the making of last weekend’s box office winner “Contagion.” Read the Full Story at KPCC Blogs
Even given the progress which has been made in American race relations, there is still a tangible quality which affects not only society as a whole, but microcosmic interactions between members of different ethnic groups as well. For the first time in this country’s history, the man serving as President has acutely experienced racism both [...]
Have you ever taken your pet to the vet for what you expect will be a simple procedure only to be hit with an astronomical bill on your way out? Read the Full Story at KPCC Blogs
