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CBS News Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has penned a book on covering the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year and the implications for the city as it prepares for the Olympic Games.
Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A. will publish on May 12 from Atria/One Signal.
Per the publisher, Vigliotti “brings readers inside the inferno that devastated Los Angeles, weaving on-the-ground reporting with the deeper story of how a century of unchecked development and political mismanagement set the stage for disaster.” The book also will place the fire within the larger history of Los Angeles, and whether the post-fire rebuild in advance of the 2028 Games will address prevention of similar disasters and the “rampant inequities this blaze brought to global attention.”
Jonathan Vigliotti
Vigliotti, based in Los Angeles, joined CBS News in 2015, and his work has appeared on Sunday Morning, Face the Nation and 48 Hours. He was recognized with an Emmy and an Edward R. Murrow Award, and has covered the Syrian civil war, the Mediterranean refugee crisis and Arctic climate change, among other stories worldwide.
Vigliotti is the author of Before It’s Gone: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America, also published by Atria/One Signal.
MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff also is publishing his account of covering the fires, Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster, set to be published in Janaury.
4:30 p.m. — If I want to make it to the next day, I’m going to need some food in my house, so off to the grocery store we go, where I buy ingredients for a few recipes I have in mind, plus a little bouquet of flowers to brighten my home. To be completely honest, grocery shopping is an adulting task that I’m still getting used to. The total amount is a lot, but I justify it because it’ll be cheaper than eating out. And by using my Klarna Card, I can easily track how much I’m spending in the app. And the beauty of this card — and how it differs from other cards — is that I can use it two ways: as a regular debit card wherever Visa or virtual payments are accepted (so, pretty much everywhere) and as a way to plan for a bigger purchase and pay later.
The month-long festivities will take place across the city in cemeteries, theaters, secret locations, and the Hollywood Bowl
Janelle Monáe and the Wondaland Arts Society are bringing back her month-long, city-spanning Halloween bash to Los Angeles.
Wondaween 2025 kicked off earlier this month with Cinespia, which took place at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Oct. 11, and will continue with Monáe Manor at the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride.
Monáe will also host a “spine-tingling evening of creative conversations on horror” alongside guests Danny Elfman, Akela Cooper, and Janelle’s costuming team Sasha Glasser and Alex Navarro at USC’s Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre; a game night at the Spare Room on Oct. 23; and a screening of Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs on Oct. 27 at the Fine Arts Theatre.
The Hollywood Bowl will also feature Tim Burton‘s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert on Oct. 25 and 26 with Elfman singing as Jack, Monáe as Sally, Keith David as Oogie Boogie, Riki Lindhome as Shock, and John Stamos as Lock.
The seasonal spectacle will reach its untimely ending the night before Halloween at a secret location with only 1,000 unfortunate souls allowed entry (if that’s you, sign up at the mailing list at the Wondaween website for your chance to attend). Monáe will lead the night as host and a press release bills the macabre evening as a “costumed celebration with surprise DJ sets throughout the night, unlimited rides, bites, progenys, and vamps from all around the world.” The gathering will most likely also see Monáe reveal her annual costume: In past years she’s played the headless bride, “Flyyyrene” (a reference to the fly that topped Mike Pence’s head during the 2020 debate), The Fifth Element’s Diva Plavalaguna, and E.T.
“Halloween is such a happy space for me. It has been since I was a kid. It opens a larger conversation of how do we become agents of joy? How do we become agents of happy? How do we become agents of imaginations?” Monáe told The Hollywood Reporter last year. “I’m just doing what I want to see more of. Bringing Halloween experiences and creative experiences is heart work, not hard work. I do this because my heart needs it.”
NBA legend Paul Pierce has found himself in legal trouble after being arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of driving under the influence.
According to the California Highway Patrol, officers discovered the former Boston Celtics star asleep behind the wheel of a Range Rover late Tuesday night on the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley. Authorities had been responding to a multi-vehicle crash nearby when they spotted the SUV stopped in active lanes near Lankershim Boulevard.
“When officers approached, they found the driver, later identified as Paul Pierce, asleep at the wheel,” the CHP said in a statement. “Officers noted signs of alcohol impairment and conducted a DUI investigation.”
Pierce, 47, was cited for misdemeanor DUI and released from custody. The case will be reviewed by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.
Pierce, known as “The Truth,” was a 10-time NBA All-Star and 2008 Finals MVP with the Boston Celtics.
What are your thoughts on this arrest?
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“One Battle After Another” has already been hailed as a modern masterpiece, but for its opening weekend in Los Angeles, the lines outside the new Paul Thomas Anderson film looked almost tame compared to another pop culture must-attend happening on the other side of town.
Not even Leonardo DiCaprio in limited VistaVision could compete with the most powerful midnight movie ever made as partygoers in full costume emerged across the city to toast “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and celebrate its 50th anniversary at the Academy Museum, the Roxy Theatre, and more L.A. venues, kicking off a particularly festive October for the twisted classic.
“This really is the only good cult in the world,” star Nell Campbell said during an interview at the Sofitel Los Angeles in Beverly Hills. Still sporting that same cherry-red hair — and quick as ever to flirt with her fans — the 72-year-old actress is better known as her character, Columbia. Almost always rocking gold, she’s the feisty groupie Campbell debuted on stage in 1973 and then on film in 1975.
“How grateful do I feel that I was just this happy hoofer at age 19, tap-dancing on the top of a table and in the streets of London,” she said. “They’d planned to have a three-week run, and it’s had this profound effect on four generations now.”
On Friday night in Los Angeles, “Rocky Horror” restoration distributor Disney had trouble finding enough seats for even their honored guests at the cult classic’s special screening inside the Academy Museum.
With sparkly red lips stitched onto her lapel, other “Rocky Horror” bombshell Patricia Quinn, 81, originated her role — the minxy maid Magenta — when she and Campbell were on the West End together over 50 years ago. She joined Campbell, IndieWire, and another of her “Rocky Horror” co-stars, actor Barry Bostwick, for the conversation at the Sofitel.
“I just saw it on a plane recently,” said Quinn. “I thought, ‘Oh God, will I have to watch ‘Rocky Horror?’ And I did, and I still thought it was brilliant.”
Inspired as much by B-movie excellence as by that form’s flaws, director Jim Sharman and writer Richard O’Brien’s campy rock musical stars Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. The domineering yet magnetic actor made the leap from London to the big screen, his sexy mad scientist becoming synonymous with controversy itself.
“I always thought the best part of the movie was when you guys stripped me,” joked Bostwick, who stars as Brad Majors, to his co-stars. (“I was exhausted after that,” said Quinn, noting that Bostwick is over six feet. “He’s so tall!”)
The 80-year-old Bostwick didn’t become Brad Majors until he joined Susan Sarandon’s Janet Weiss and more of the original troupe to make a silly-soulful indie film two years later. Sharman returned to helm the screen version, with O’Brien reprising the gaunt man-servant Riff-Raff he originated with live audiences.
“Rocky Horror” started small, got big, and hit some serious setbacks on Broadway. When the film was released, it didn’t scare up enough interest at the box office. “Rocky Horror” recovered historically between 1976 and 1977 when an April Fool’s Day screening sparked a new weekly tradition that drew repeat customers — and some copycats — who kept showing the movie for years.
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” became a proper midnight movie craze, attended by those who didn’t just like the film but craved a chance to see it in theaters, when the beginnings of its most passionate fanbase realized “Rocky Horror” could help them find like-minded cinephiles out there in the real world.
Boasting killer jokes about necrophilia, and an almost too-good reason to throw around the double entendre “a mouthful of Meatloaf” (R.I.P. Eddie), “Rocky Horror” was nowhere near the Oscars in 1976. Today, repertory screenings still happen everywhere, with international fans sharing what Campbell calls “a universal language of love.”
Live tradition often calls for messy audience rituals, mainly driven by call-backs and props. Think projectile toilet paper, crunched-up water bottles, so-called “wedding” rice (which, thrown fast enough, can cause an injury akin to road-rash?), and even an errant toast point… or two! The harder-to-clean activities were reportedly limited at the sold-out Academy screening by the venue, which had Sins O’ the Flesh (the “Rocky Horror” shadow cast typically found at Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in Santa Monica) and an elaborate light display for the film’s rainstorm to avoid anything getting wet.
“It’s necessary now to show this film again, and for people to see it and to embrace its thoughts and its vision,” said Bostwick. He attended with Campbell, Quinn, and Curry (who appeared himself for a Q&A before the film and spoke candidly about the aftermath of his stroke from 2012).
“I think we’re going backwards society-wise,” said Bostwick. “I have a greater appreciation for our differences in terms of personality, sexuality, and people who can be considered outcasts or the other.”
The actor has reservations about the word misfit (“What? They just don’t ‘fit’ anywhere?“), but Bostwick looks back on playing the heel (in heels!) for “Rocky Horror” as a crucial lesson in empathy.
To this day, he’s never learned “The Time Warp,” the beloved line-dance that serves as “Rocky Horror” 101 for most of the film’s so-called “virgins.” Brad was firmly outside the mansion’s mysterious aura of cool during that now 50-year-old scene, so Bostwick just hangs out with other fans if he gets lost.
“At a charity thing years ago, they brought us all up on stage,” he said. “Everybody was doing ‘The Time Warp,’ and I just had to look around and see. I didn’t know whether it was a step to the right, or a step to the left.” (Note: It is a step to the right, and a “jump“ to the left, and if you’re ever caught with your pants down at “Rocky Horror,” remember the instructions are the lyrics, Barry!)
“I personally love the songs in ‘Jaws,’” Bostwick quipped out of left field when asked about the music. “Can’t get enough of ’em. I think that’s one of the reasons why our movie has stayed where it is in terms of the zeitgeist — because the music is so great.“
Also released in 1975, Spielberg’s watery monster movie (you know, about three nerds getting drunk on a boat?) was Best Picture-nominated and won three Oscars. Although not promoted as a double feature, cheeky “Rocky Horror” press materials from that summer positioned the fiendish musical and “Jaws” as the Barbenheimer of their day — under the punny copy “A DIFFERENT SET OF JAWS.”
“But fans of Jaws are very different, aren’t they?” Campbell laughed. When the trio’s eventual smash-hit film came to theaters in the U.S. that summer, shark jokes followed the shuffling pansexuals everywhere. Still, Campbell sees the many coincidences and oddities of “Rocky Horror” as part of its magic.
“‘Rocky Horror’ changes people’s lives, always it seems, for the best,” she said. “I’m hugely grateful that I was in something that … continues to mean so much to people. It doesn’t date.”
“Yes, we were doing sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll,” said Quinn. “We weren’t setting out to change anybody’s lives, and that’s how we began at the Royal Court, too. Richard O’Brien is the first person to say that ‘Rocky Horror’ is like a ‘Hansel and Gretel’ story. [Brad and Janet] go to the house of the wicked witch, and that’s what [Richard O’Brien] was writing. But how it’s proceeded and what it’s done to change lives since then is something else that’s happened along the way.”
Campbell, Quinn, and Bostwick share a sense of wonder about the effervescent “Rocky Horror” community. On Saturday, a massive fan event — known as RockyCon — took place inside the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, where the live show haunted the stage with Curry performing there in 1974.
“I thought I knew everything there was to know about ‘Rocky Horror,’” said Quinn. “Until I started doing these tours, and I realized I didn’t know anything. I knew nothing about the fandom of it. It was beyond belief, the amount of people.” She gushed that she’s a big fan of her fans’ “ledging.” That’s sticking your hand under your chin to nail your finest Magenta pose, mimicking the wide-eyed look she gives, leaning over that wall in the first number.
Headlining a new spoken-word cover album for “Rocky Horror” (available on October 1), Quinn kicked off a tour through 55 U.S. cities with the celebration in Los Angeles. Bostwick, Campbell, and more will appear on some stops, and ribbing Fox’s 2016 TV rendition of the musical starring Laverne Cox, Bostwick cracked, “I saw that on a plane, so I couldn’t walk out.”
RockyCony went from the morning into the night, attended by dozens of Eddies, Janets, Dr. Scotts, Frank-N-Furters, and Curry, who chatted with fans for yet another Q&A. Across town at the Nuart, the Sins O’ Flesh weren’t back on yet, but director Linus O’Brien appeared at a screening of the 2025 documentary “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror.” He spoke about growing up with Riff-Raff as a dad and answered questions about making the deeply personal doc.
“It’s never meant to bang you over the head with a message,” O’Brien said of inclusivity and the “Rocky Horror” legacy. More than a movie, it’s an essential safe space for fringe and queer movie lovers. “At its core, it’s about joy and having fun. The other things that you get from that is up to you to a degree.”
“Don’t dream it,” said both Nell and Curry throughout the weekend. “Be it, man. Be it.”
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a 4K restored release of the film, which will be available via digital & Blu-Ray by Disney on October 7 — as well as shown in 55 cities on a national tour with each stop headlined by Quinn, with appearances from Bostwick and Campbell. It will also be at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery as part of the Cinespia screening series on October 4.
‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,’ has been a cultural staple for over a century now, ever since the phrase was first coined by author Elbert Hubbard in 1909. And it’s easy to see why; it’s a simple, concise phrase that communicates the value of an optimistic outlook even amidst the follies of life. In Hubbard’s analogy, a lemon is an adverse event in your life, and lemonade is the positive outcome that you can squeeze from those negatives.
In conjunction with this larger cultural connotation of the phrase, the term ‘lemon’ came to represent something that was passed off as a good product but was ultimately substandard. This originated from British slang in the early 1900s, and was influenced both by Hubbard’s writing and the sour taste of the fruit itself, despite its pleasing appearance.
While you’d be hard-pressed to find many people casually using the term ‘lemon’ to describe other products today, the word and its usage are still very much alive and well in the world of automobiles. When you buy a car that appears to be in good condition but ultimately proves to have significant failings, it can be legally labeled as a ‘lemon,’ and provide you with benefits under California’s Lemon Law.
To this end, understanding your rights under California’s Lemon Law is essential if you’re dealing with a defective vehicle. Drivers in Los Angeles can benefit from specialized legal help from a Los Angeles lemon law attorney to resolve lemon law claims efficiently.
The lemon law is a law that protects the average American consumer from being taken advantage of by big companies [DCA, 2025]. It specifically safeguards people who buy or rent a vehicle, only to find out it has serious, unfixable problems. If the new or rented vehicle stays defective after a reasonable number of repair attempts, you’re entitled to protection. Under the lemon law, you might even be eligible to have your vehicle repurchased or replaced.
Common Lemon Law triggers include persistent issues after multiple repair attempts, dangerous defects affecting drivability or safety, and manufacturer or dealership delays in addressing the problem. All of these factors are considered, but to properly tap into the potential benefits available to you via the lemon law, you will need a reliable and experienced attorney to help you navigate this legal landscape.
California’s lemon law regulations protect both new and used vehicle buyers. The purpose of the law was to provide legal recourse for anyone who spends their hard-earned money on a large purchase like a new vehicle only to find out that the vehicle is destined to be useless.
It doesn’t matter whether you bought or rented your new car if it’s giving you trouble; what counts is that the warranty was in effect at the time. Even if the warranty has expired, the key factor is whether it was still active when you started trying to fix the main issue.
Whether the car is new or a few years old, the lemon law applies if it’s having unexplained problems and is still under warranty. If you think your car might qualify, it’s crucial to keep a record of the problems and repairs, notify the manufacturer or dealer, and get legal help early on.
A local attorney will have unique knowledge of and insight into California-specific legal nuances. Additionally, an attorney who has been working within the state’s legal sector for years will have an established familiarity with local courts and precedents that no amount of money can buy.
In this way, you will have an experienced legal professional offering you personalized guidance through arbitration or litigation. The lemon law has many details that must be adhered to for you to reap the full potential benefits, and an experienced local attorney can help to make sure you get every cent of what you deserve.
Q: How do I know if my car qualifies under California’s Lemon Law?
A: If your vehicle has been repeatedly repaired for the same issue or has been out of service for an extended time, it may qualify.
Q: Do I need to pay upfront to hire a lemon law attorney?
A: Many lemon law attorneys in Los Angeles operate on a contingency basis, meaning you don’t pay unless you win.
Q: Can used cars qualify under California Lemon Law?
A: Yes, but they typically must still be under the original manufacturer’s warranty to be eligible.
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