A review of the 2015 Oscars red carpet fashion, impacts of the affordable healthcare tax form flub, is there an appetite for the NFL in LA?
Do Angelenos really care if the NFL comes to LA?
Los Angeles has been without an NFL team for two long decades now. So every time buzz of a new team coming to town starts to build, many football fans are pretty skeptical. Nonetheless, news last week of a potential Raiders/Chargers shared stadium in Carson has some excited about the prospect of, not one team, but two.
Is it possible even two teams could be too little, too late? Do Angelenos still care if a team comes here - or which team it is at this point?
Bill Sanders teaches sports marketing at UCLA Anderson Center for Management of Enterprise in Media, Entertainment & Sports. He told Take Two that the appetite for a professional football team is still strong in the City of Angels; and he thinks it's inevitable that an NFL team will move to LA.
Covered California sent wrong tax info to 100,000 households
Doing your taxes can be difficult enough without incorrect tax forms making things even more complicated. But that's exactly what 800,000 taxpayers nationwide are dealing with. Late last week they were told to hold off on on filing their taxes late last week because they were provided erroneous information from the federal government.
But the problems don't end with the federal healthcare exchange. Covered California is also working to fix thousands of tax forms (called 1095-A forms) that were sent out with incorrect information on them.
Southern California Public Radio's health reporter Elizabeth Aguilera joined Take Two to explain what went wrong and what to do if your form is incorrect.
The fate of Homeland Security and is Scott Walker ready for prime time?
It's Take Two's look at the upcoming week in news, and the important stories you should know about.
This week our guests are Jamelle Bouie from Slate and Robin Abcarian from the LA Times.
Deal reached on West Coast ports; backlog could last weeks
The impasse at West Coast ports may be over after sides reached a tentative deal, but it may not mean the end of contentious issues.
On The Lot: Politics and funny moments at the Oscars
Neil Patrick Harris in his underwear, the incarceration of African Americans in America and the disparity in pay between men and women in Hollywood. These three things came up during the 2015 Academy Awards ceremony.
The Los Angeles Times' Rebecca Keegan is on with A Martinez to talk about it all. She reports on the entertainment industry and she joins us every week for On The Lot, a peak behind the scenes of Hollywood.
The winning looks at the 2015 Oscars
"Birdman" may have won the big prize at the Oscars, but there were many more winners on the red carpet.
Michelle Dalton Tyree, founder of Fashion Trends Daily, highlights some of the best looks and her predictions of what styles will make it onto the racks in stores near you.
What's at stake in the upcoming LA elections
When polls open in Los Angeles next week, turnout is expected to be low. In fact, the city has charted some of the lowest rates of participation of U.S. major cities in recent years.
That's a troubling trend, according to Jessica Levinson, professor at Loyola Law School and vice president of the L.A. Ethics Commission, especially when it comes to the small number of people who cast votes.
"In a word: pathetic," said Levinson, of the voter turnout. "We had 23 percent last time when we had an open seat for mayor."
But there's lots of reasons to get involved, said Levinson.
City council seats, school board positions and influential measures that could alter how elections take place are all up for grabs. Without participation, much of this could be determined by a fraction of the eligible electorate.
"It ultimately comes down to [whether] you want a role in shaping the government that you live in," said the Loyola law professor.
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PBS 'American Denial' documentary explores implicit bias
A new documentary on PBS Monday night explores the unconscious racial prejudices we all have - what is known as implicit bias.
"American Denial" looks back on the work of Gunnar Myrdal, a Swedish sociologist who compared the American ideals of equality and democracy with the reality of life for African-Americans in the South in the late 1930s.
More than 70 years since Myrdal's work was published, what role does implicit bias play in society today?
Christine Herbees-Sommers, one of the producers of "American Denial," explains more.
Oscars check-in: Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria
How is L.A.-based Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria faring one year after getting national attention during the Oscars? We find out from a co-owner of the business.
'The DUFF' author Kody Keplinger explains the origins of the term
The new film "The DUFF" stars Mae Whitman as a high school student named Bianca. She's a somewhat ordinary looking girl whose two best friends are good-looking and popular. All is well until she's told one day that she's a "DUFF," a "designated ugly fat friend."
The film is based on the debut novel from author Kody Keplinger, who wrote the book when she was just 17.
Keplinger joined Take Two to talk about how she got the idea for the book, why we're all DUFFs in some way, and what it's been like to see her book translated into a film.