Alexi McCammond, named the new editor in chief of Teen Vogue earlier this month, has parted ways with publisher Condé Nast amid fallout from tweets she posted a decade ago.
McCammond, who used anti-Asian and homophobic terms in the tweets, made the announcement in a statement Thursday. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“My past tweets have overshadowed the work I’ve done to highlight the people and issues that I care about," she wrote. “I should not have tweeted what I did."
“I was 15, a high school sophomore. I’d been burned before, but not like this. This was 'Gossip Girl'.” latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
“I spent the month auditioning, again and again, to play Jenny Humphrey on the iconic show," writes @sarahramos
"For weeks, I was the favorite. Then I didn’t get the role.” latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
"Not getting “Gossip Girl” sucked in a very specific way."
It sucked like…
A Times’ review of police and city attorney records found that journalist Lexis-Olivier Ray was the only person among the hundreds in the streets after the Dodgers’ victory who the LAPD sought to have charged with failing to disperse.
The decision by the LAPD to bring a case against Ray to the city attorney’s office for prosecution has drawn scrutiny among free press advocates, who worry the journalist was singled out as retaliation for a viral video he recorded of LAPD officers.
“It seems to us, based on what we know and the general tenor of these things, this can’t help but have a severe chilling effect on his future reporting,” said Joel Bellman, the advocacy committee chair for the Greater L.A. chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
The number of streaming service subscriptions passed 1 billion worldwide for the first time in 2020, according to a report by the Motion Picture Assn. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The report, released Thursday, reflects the staggering effect that COVID-19 has had on the entertainment industry.
Meanwhile, global box office sales experienced a stunning downturn. The numbers: latimes.com/entertainment-…
Breaking: Xavier Becerra was narrowly confirmed as the Health and Human Services secretary on Thursday on a party-line vote. latimes.com/politics/story…
The Senate voted in favor of Becerra, who will become the first Latino to lead the agency once he’s sworn in.
Less-than-ideal workstations, long hours and poor posture have led to a rash of ailments for remote workers — and opportunities for companies offering solutions.
Last spring, the chiropractic association polled its members and found that 92% of respondents said they’d seen an increase in musculoskeletal conditions such as back and neck pain as a result of patients working from home. latimes.com/business/story…
The mass migration of workers away from their cubicles has created an unexpected opportunity for furniture makers.
“Office chairs — they’re selling like hotcakes right now,” said a spokesperson for the chiropractic association. latimes.com/business/story…