Fluctuating American tariff policy is keeping industries on their heels — Hollywood very much included. Plus, the president enters mediation with Paramount.
This week, Michael Sandel , professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and author of “ The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?
China to limit US film imports: Big financial hit to Hollywood?
China says it’s limiting U.S. films being released there, in response to Trump’s tariffs. Hollywood has already been hit by worker strikes, streaming wars, and COVID shutdowns.
Harvard stands up to Trump. Will other universities follow?
Harvard will not comply with sweeping demands from the Trump administration targeting pro-Palestinian organizing. Can other universities afford to join them?
Actor Jeff Bridges releases new collection of old songs
In the 1970s and 80s, Jeff Bridges recorded songs with his childhood buddies in his West LA neighborhood. Now those songs are in the new album “Slow Magic, 1977-1978.”
Homeland Security agents denied entry to 2 LAUSD elementaries in South LA
The agents were looking for five students they claim are undocumented. School officials turned them away in a test of LAUSD’s policy of noncooperation with ICE.
