Billboards in Los Angeles; Eartha Kitt Passes Away; FilmWeek; FilmWeek continued
Billboards in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council last week approved a three-month moratorium on new billboards so that city officials can work on a new law regulating where traditional and electronic signs can be posted. Some groups are pushing for an outright ban on billboards. Others would like limitations put on electronic billboards specifically. What would you like the billboard policy of the City of Los Angeles to be? Larry takes calls from listeners.
Eartha Kitt Passes Away
The self-proclaimed "sex kitten" entertained fans with her singing, dancing and acting into her seventies. She won two Emmys and was nominated for several Tony awards and two Grammys. In addition to her high-profile work on the stage and screen, Eartha Kitt was also active in the civil rights and anti-war movements in the 60's and 70's. She died yesterday of colon cancer at a hospital in Connecticut at age 81. Larry talks about Kitt's life and legacy with Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Author and President of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle talks with KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, Wade Major of boxoffice.com and CityBeat, and Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for amazon.com about the week's new releases including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road, and Valkyrie.
FilmWeek continued
FilmWeek continues with reviews of Bedtime Stories, Marley & Me, The Spirit, Waltz With Bashir, Last Chance Harvey, Ciao, Defiance, and Good.