A.J. Clemente

Pity the F-Bomb-Dropping Newscaster

My first reaction to the unfortunate debut of A.J. Clemente on a TV newscast was to cringe. Then I laughed. Clemente is the young television anchor in North Dakota who …


Charles Latibeaudiere

TMZ’s Charles Latibeaudiere

Charles Latibeaudiere is co-executive producer of TMZ and a co-host of TMZ’s television show. Before participating in a panel on infotainment and journalism, he talked about his dream TMZ scoop, …


The spies of Homeland

Thank You, Hollywood, For the Bumbling Spies

First, the bad news. That debonair, whip-smart, multilingual, trained-in-martial-arts, computer-code-writing Ivy League grad who works around the clock to hunt down terrorists and defuse bombs just seconds before they explode? …


Huell Howser

The Darkness Beneath Huell Howser

Huell Howser has retired after nearly 30 years of producing and hosting programs for KCET, ending his career in Garbo-esque disappearance within almost ubiquitous presence. California’s Gold, California’s Green, Downtown, …


Danny Chun at The Prince

Danny Chun

When Daniel Chun first arrived in town a decade ago, Los Angeles Magazine highlighted The Prince, a West 7th Street bar across from Ambassador High in Koreatown, as one of L.A.’s …