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Staff writer for the Los Angeles Times; former staff writer for the Hollywood Reporter
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Daniel Miller
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FROM Daniel Miller
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Picasso lithographs mysteriously disappear from LA Times headquarters The Los Angeles Times has been at headquartered at the art deco downtown building since 1935. Now it’s moving to an office park in El Segundo. In the midst of this, five Picasso lithographs disappeared from the community room sometime between 2014 and 2018.
To the Point
Sony Pictures and Cyber Warfare The Los Angeles Times is reporting that two former employees filed a class action suit today against Sony Pictures over the massive computer breach that exposed details about upcoming movies, business deals, juicy Hollywood gossip—and the personal information of thousands of current and former workers. Sony is in major damage control three weeks after what FBI agents call a cyber attack of unprecedented sophistication. Executives are apologizing, but the flow of inside information continues as self-proclaimed hackers Guardians of Peace promise there’s more to come. Nobody knows if it’s really about The Interview, a Seth Rogen comedy about assassinating the leader of North Korea. The big questions are who did it and who might be next. Is every corporate communication system vulnerable to total exposure?
Which Way, L.A.?
Ballistics Tie Suicide Victim to Ronni Chasen Murder The Beverly Hills Police Department said this afternoon that the gun used by a man who committed suicide when confronted with officers last week appears to the same one that killed Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen. Daniel Miller, staff reporter at the Hollywood Reporter , has the details.
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Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?