Monica Bushman
The best part of my job is getting to peel back the curtain on the creative processes of incredibly talented people who work in arts and entertainment.
Since our newsroom's entertainment show, The Frame, went on hiatus during the pandemic, I've been working with our local broadcasts on 89.3 KPCC of Morning Edition and All Things Considered and filling in as a producer on AirTalk, our public affairs call-in show. I contribute often to the daily news you read here on LAist. I was previously a producer on KPCC's Take Two, and prior to that worked on NPR shows like Talk of the Nation and Morning Edition. I got my start in radio as a producer for PRI's America Abroad in Washington, DC.
When I moved back to Southern California after living away for several years, I had to overcome my fear of driving on the freeway (think Cher in "Clueless"). I've mostly mastered the driving part, but am still working on the ability to give out directions like "The Californians" on SNL.
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A final report is in the works but we hear from participants in the city's first guaranteed income program about how it impacted them -
Look at the credits of almost any visual effects-heavy film, or at the Academy Award nominees, and it's clear that visual effects teams are dominated by men.
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The union's contract expired at the end of September.
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A day after Jaqueline Avant was shot in her Beverly Hills home, police have arrested a 29-year-old man.
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Mamie Mitchell says that she was "in the line of fire" on the day Halyna Hutchins was killed on the New Mexico movie set.
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Members voted to ratify a new contract after months of negotiations and threat of strike.
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What led to the accidental shooting? What was firearm safety like on the Rust set? Here's what we know about those questions and more.
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The armorer in charge of the weapons on the film Rust has spoken out for the first time since actor/producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set.
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There are new questions about whether the gun that killed Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was inspected carefully on the set of "Rust."
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A new UCLA report that examined 461 scripted shows in the 2019-2020 TV season found that people of color posted gains in nine of 12 job categories in front of and behind the camera relative to their white counterparts from the previous season.
