Executive Producer, 'Huge'
TV and Broadway writer: TV writer-producer of Thirty Something, Once and Again, and creator of My So-Called Life; author of the book for the musical, Wicked; Executive Producer of the ABC’s Huge; mother of fellow writer and television producer Savannah Dooley
Mr Hollywood Goes to Washington; Oscar Rollercoaster We talk to the head of the Motion Picture Association of America about what he hopes to accomplish with a cavalcade of producers, directors and moguls he's unleashing on the nation's capital this week--and we'll ask a seasoned Washington lobbyist what he thinks of their efforts. Plus, the sixth conversation in our series on the business of writing.
Farewell LA freeways, Peter Shire is back Angelenos don't want more freeways but we seem not to want mass transit either. Metro has killed the 710 freeway extension, and bus and train ridership is down across the region. What's the future of getting around in LA? And, Peter Shire is having a comeback. What attracts a new generation to his playful ceramics and furniture?
George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bardo (Part I) Lincoln in the Bardo dramatizes a grieving President Lincoln as he visits the grave of his beloved son Willie, who died at age eleven. In the novel, the buried dead believe they're not dead -- "they're sick and refer to their coffins as "sick boxes."
Gov. Jerry Brown: California and China will fight climate change together President Donald Trump reportedly wants the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, and he’s expected to announce a decision soon. California Governor Jerry Brown heads to China to strengthen climate and clean energy ties.
Trump says goodbye Paris Accord: What does it mean for U.S. and the planet? President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, the landmark international agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Trump was to renegotiate a new deal, but will that happen?