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Now: Doing audience things at the L.A. Times Then: Editing Entertainment and Features at SCNG (The Press-Enterprise, OC Register, +9) ❤️: Plants, music, Ravens, Baltimore BU alum. She/her Probably talking loudly about sports and/or power pop.
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I am on the opposite coast for a few days, but catching up with what happening on opening night of Beyoncé’s tour with @mikaelwood.bsky.social’s recap. latimes.com/entertainmen...

It is 3:30 on the East Coast and my internal clock is so confused. The Backstreet Boys livestream from Stagecoach isn’t helping. Or is it?

I spoke to Gabriel Luna about the two most recent episodes of “The Last of Us” Season 2. Yes, he knows how you guys have been feeling. Spoilers ahead!

Just flipped the #Stagecoach stream on here at my parents’ house and who do I see joining Luke Combs but fellow Marylanders Benji and Joel Madden. This is giving fever dream. (While I am here I should look for the photo of them at some dance my senior year before the band blew up.)

Still not worse than trading that ‘26 first-rounder.

Another 🔥 Stagecoach recap from @mikaelwood.bsky.social. He’s rolling solo out there but the coverage is so much fun. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Good morning! If you’re headed to the @latimes.com Festival of Books today at USC, come say hello! I will be on the main stage chatting with @jeopardamy.bsky.social at 3:10 p.m. and I can’t wait!

By adding Malaki Starks, the Ravens now have amongst their safeties: - a first rounder - Pro Bowler Kyle Hamilton - UDFA Ar'Darius Washington who showed out last yr - 7-RD Sanoussi Kane, key special teams player - UDFA Beau Brade who got high praise from coaches and teammates

My mom just now: I’M BUYING A STARKS JERSEY (She was yelling so loudly I think she is going to have a sore throat tomorrow.)

Mina knows what she’s talking about. Love this pick.

How will Trump’s tariffs affect the Inland Empire logistics industry? @pressenterprise.bsky.social story by @jeffhorsemanscribe.bsky.social:

I think that was the second time Post Malone stopped the show to make sure a fan was OK

Dear Glenn Danzig, The water at #Coachella is not $20, it’s $2. The lemonade, on the other hand…

Green Day covering Op Ivy is a nice treat this evening for the W2 stream

Flavor Flav as the Green Day rabbit introducing the band is the staged chaos I love at #coachella

Bowen Yang living his best life during this Charli set

My real #Coachella weekend 2 FOMO: Cynthia Erivo doing “Purple Rain” with the L.A. Phil

LA Phil bringing out Cynthia Erivo! #Coachella

If you’re curious what’s actually going down at Coachella this year and don’t want to rely on the algorithm to show you, we’ve put together a collection of all the videos are team has shared during both weekends. 🔗: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjYDgBAX/ #coachella #Coachella2025 @ocregister.bsky.social

Watching Jimmy Eat World on the #Coachella livestream and I am so sad I’m not there but I am happy to just dance around in my living room and not have to worry about ending up a meme, so I got that going for me.

The Go-Go’s are still the coolest.

In this week’s newsletter, I wrote about Ramon Ayala and his farewell tour. Despite his health issues, he’s still got it www.latimes.com/delos/newsle...

Interesting that Reggie Watts is ragging on Coachella but neglecting to mention that he was part of one of those outside activations that are drawing all of the influencers. It was the MuSick event at the Ace and was sponsored by Amazon Pharmacy and Amazon One Medical

Would appreciate if you gave our #Coachella coverage a look! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Support my #Coachella hopes and dreams and check out our live updates from the fest. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Send me your Coachella questions!

This is a really smart way to tell the story of the impact of tariffs.

Perhaps no one is more excited about the reunited Go-Go’s upcoming slate of high-profile gigs than drummer Gina Schock. The band has a few dates on the books, including Coachella and Cruel World.

Friday marks #Coachella weekend No. 26 for me (your girl has been covering it since 2007). I wrote up a FAQ for the festival and also included some of my best tips. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Kind of obsessing over the new Turnstile track

So @mairalg.bsky.social and I brainstormed ways to run our “White Lotus” live blog without revealing spoilers to those who haven’t caught up just yet and I am ecstatic with how it turned out! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

In 2010, Pasadena Playhouse nearly closed for good. But after winning the 2023 Regional Tony Award, and receiving international attention for ambitious productions and artistic excellence, the company was able to work on purchasing the home it lost in bankruptcy decades ago.

Support local media, whether it be LA or El Paso.

This was fun to put together. My favorite response was “a tsunami.” Yes, I read it in Victoria Ratliff’s voice. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

It's an exclusive MYSTERY SOLVED. Guardian Australia figured out why Trump thought Norfolk Island (pop 2,188) has a huge leather shoe export business and penguins on Heard and McDonald Islands are running a secret machinery factory deserving of trade tariffs www.theguardian.com/...

financial advice in a weird time: -- develop a plan -- find friends who support you -- preferably 10 of them -- steal $160 million from the Bellagio, the Mirage, and the MGM Grand -- yes those are Terry Benedict's casinos -- get your wife back -- one of the friends should be Don Cheadle btw simple

Jacoby Shaddix looks back at Papa Roach's smash 2000 album "Infest": "It was a freak-show moment for us."