Larry Mantle’s L.A.: The beloved radio host reflects on 40 years of ‘AirTalk’

Picture this: It’s summer 1985. You’re sitting in morning traffic on the 101. Aretha Franklin’s “Freeway of Love,” a top 10 hit that year, plays, ironically, in the background. When it cuts to commercial, you turn the dial — because there were dials back then — to 89.3 KPCC-FM and a new show called “AirTalk.” … Read more

‘Long Bright River’ allowed Amanda Seyfried to go inside a cop’s mind with its creator

NEW YORK — Amanda Seyfried’s face contorts into a grimace. I had just asked Liz Moore, the author of “Long Bright River,” the novel on which Seyfried’s new show is based, about what it’s like to have an actor bring to life a character whose first-person voice she had in her head for so long. Seyfried … Read more