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Los Angeles native AJ Marechal is Variety's TV reporter, covering all aspects of the television industry. She attended New York University, graduating with a degree in Philosophy and Creative Nonfiction in 2010 before transitioning back to her hometown and into the entertainment landscape. Along with Variety, her professional credits including Playboy, Allure and Harper's Bazaar. She also serves as Poshly.com's Editorial Director. She tweets at @Variety_AJM.
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In 'Speechless,' Scott Silveri combines comedy, family & disability Scott Silveri has written and produced sitcoms for more than 20 years. In all that time, he never encountered a TV family that looked anything like the one he grew up in -- with a mom, a dad...and a brother with cerebral palsy. He changed that with his show Speechless on ABC. Silveri tells us about looking to his own past for stories, and why he was determined to make a family comedy and not just a "disability show."
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Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”