Dana Goodyear

Leshem, who specializes in Jewish subjects, is tall, and he wore a khaki blazer, a polka-dot pocket square, and a jockey cap; Harris had on big sunglasses, bluejeans, and a T-shirt that read “Bring Them Home Now.” Leshem is an Israeli citizen; his cousin’s two adult children were killed at a music festival that was a target of the attack. In the weeks since, he and Harris, along with many of their colleagues in the entertainment industry, have felt a sense of urgency. “Half my day is spent triag…

Warshaw has written extensively about surf culture and history. Ten years ago, he started the online Encyclopedia of Surfing. It now has some five thousand posts, covering the waterfront from A-frame (a peaky wave that breaks left and right) to zinc oxide. “I’m probably not going to say anything,” Marc said. Marc, Warshaw said, was the entire reason he was there. Marc had cajoled him to leave his computer and go surfing; it was Warshaw’s first surf trip since the encyclopedia had gone live. Wars…

“There’s a lot of history,” Bay Nimoy, an exuberant eighty-year-old, said. “I called Jane Fonda and asked if she would come to the press opening, because her mother, Frances, funded the theatre.” More history: during the Second World War, newsreels played at the theatre; “Dr. Strangelove” had its first L.A. screening there, in 1964. Two decades later, when Disney managed the theatre, “Three Men and a Baby” was the opening film. Leonard was the director; Bay Nimoy accompanied him to the première.…

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From the daily newsletter: reflecting on the anniversary of the Palisades wildfires.

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