Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor arrives at the premiere of Fox Searchlights’ “12 Years A Slave” at the Directors Guild on October 14, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. ; Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Larry is joined by KPCC critics Henry Sheehan and Lael Loewenstein to review this week’s releases, including 12 Years a Slave, The Fifth Estate, [...]
God loves Uganda The documentary, God Loves Uganda, explores the American evangelical movement in Uganda that is focused on fundamental biblical teaching. Many of the evangelicals have been instrumental in providing schools, and hospitals in needed areas of the country. At the same time the movement has been noted to promote religious bigotry especially against [...]
“Johnny Carson” By Henry Bushkin Johnny Carson was the late night king from 1962 until 1992 with his popular show, “The Tonight Show.” At his peak, he was one of America’s highest paid entertainers. But what was he really like behind closed doors? His long time lawyer and close confidant, Henry Bushkin was there for [...]
A new NBC/Esquire poll found that Americans aren’t as politically polarized as it seems; most fall in the center. Where do you stand?; Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It’s day 15 of the federal shutdown in D.C. and lawmakers are still duking it out over various proposals to fund and reopen the government by Thursday’s deadline. [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.; Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Broadcasters on Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear their suit against Aereo. Aereo is an online service that allows paying members to watch live over-the-air programming. The Second Circuit court decided in favor of Aereo and now broadcasters are taking their fight to [...]
A Monarch butterfly is in a flower in Los Angeles, California. The Monarch is famous for its southward migration and northward return in summer in the Americas which spans the life of three to four generations of the butterfly. ; Credit: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images Monarch butterflies may be a common sight much of the year [...]
Actors Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi arrive at the premiere of Columbia Pictures’ “Captain Phillips” at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on September 30, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. ; Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Larry is joined by KPCC critics Tim Cogshell, Wade Major and Charles Solomon to review this week’s releases, [...]
Journalist Malcolm Gladwell attends Tropfest New York 2013, the world’s largest short film festival, at Prospect Park on June 22 in Brooklyn. ; Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Tropfest Malcolm Gladwell cheers on the underdog in this new book, “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants.” Many are familiar with the [...]
David and Goliath ; Credit: NC Malcolm Gladwell cheers on the underdog in this new book, “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants.” Many are familiar with the David and Goliath legend, but Gladwell goes deeper and looks at the balance between the weak and the powerful. Using examples from sports, [...]
; Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images USC and Occidental College have admitted to underreporting the number of rape cases on campus in recent years, reports the Los Angeles Times. USC officials said that they did not report 13 cases of sexual assaults to federal officials for 2010 and 2011, while at Occidental, 24 cases went unreported during the [...]
