Mike Roe
I cover arts and entertainment, from diversity issues to the latest theme park attractions. That means finding what's worth your precious free time and introducing you to your fellow creative Angelenos. I also host LAist's TV Pilot Club, where we discuss both what's great and what's problematic about our favorite shows.
I was born in California before growing up in the Pacific Northwest. But I'm happy to be back in my home state, working in our newsroom for more than a decade now.
I come from a mixed race background, Hawaiian and Puerto Rican on my mom's side. I work to always remember where I came from, seeking out stories that aren't from the same white-centered perspective we've read, seen, and heard our entire lives.
I love L.A. because it lets me work hard by day while also making creative work myself. After work, I write TV drama screenplays with my wife/writing partner and recently finished writing a book about the TV show 30 Rock. And when I'm not writing, I'm probably grabbing comics and finding a good pizza place to eat from while I read them.
Email: mroe@scpr.org
Twitter: @MikeRoe
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Brittney Griner proved that, despite spending last year in a Russian prison, she’s still a dominant player.
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A motion that could have stopped the project in its tracks was continued from Wednesday's meeting to August.
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The O.C. Marathon takes place this Sunday as runners journey from Newport Beach to Costa Mesa over the 26.2-mile course. If you’re running in it, want to cheer runners on, or want to avoid getting anywhere near it, we’ve got everything you need to know.
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Without writers, late-night talk shows are among the first programs leaving the airways. The same was true in the 100-day strike that took place in 2007. Here's how they handled it.
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“He is creating from a place of lack on so many levels — lack because of color, lack because of his queerness — but he almost takes that and makes that his superpower, at a time when that superpower also got people killed."
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It’s the second round of a previously announced plan to cut 7,000 jobs during the first half of this year.
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He was one of three people charged in the shooting, alongside the film’s armorer and an assistant director — Baldwin was both a star and producer of the film.
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A new exhibition in downtown L.A., Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure, takes an inside look at the man and his work. That’s aided by access to the artist’s personal life — made possible because it’s presented by Basquiat’s estate, run by his sisters Jeanine Heriveaux and Lisane Basquiat.
