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Beth Broderick is a thirty -plus year veteran of stage and screen as well as a writer, model and chef. She is widely known for her portrayal of Aunt Zelda in the long running hit TV series “Sabrina the teenage Witch”. Beth has appeared in over forty seven feature and made for television films including the “The Merry Gentlemen” which recently debuted at No. 1 on NETFLIX and “Holiday Mismatch” a new Hallmark hit. Others include: “Bonfire of the Vanities”, “Stealing Home”, “Psycho Beach Party”, “Christmas Town”, “When I Think of Christmas”, “Revenge of the Bridesmaids” and many others as well the soon to be released Hulu feature, “The Nana Project”. She recently completed filming on “The Prince”. She has also starred in numerous series such as “Heart's Afire”, “Glory Days”, The Five Mrs. Buchanans” and has been a featured recurring character on “Lost” “Under the Dome” “Love and Death” and many others. Beth has an extensive background in fundraising and community outreach. She has was the co-founder of MOMENTUM a program for persons with AIDS in 1985 and has been working with the Good Shepherd Home for women in Los Angeles for over 34 years. She is a major advocate for Los Angeles Metro and was recently featured as keynote speaker for the “On the Move” convention. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of “The Realm Company”. Beth also writes a column on SUBSTACK which boasts over 5 thousand subscribers. “Wit and Wisdom for the Ages from the Aged”. She is a dedicated home cook who also loves to travel and experience new cultures and cuisines. We chat about her love of cooking, recently becoming a model, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The profound experiences from working as an AIDS activist, grief, ego, rejection & moving forward, Substack articles, ageism (thriving with age), graduating early (basically being a genius) + plenty more! Check Beth out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethabroderick/ Substack: https://substack.com/@bethbroderick Twitter / X: https://x.com/BethBroderick ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan

Amy King joins Bill for Handel on the News. Nearly 3MIL ballots cast in California for November election. Boeing factory workers vote to reject contract ad continue 6-week strike. Los Angeles Metro testing new concealed weapons technology. At least 3,000 North Korean soldiers now inside Russia, US says. Los Angeles Times editor resigns after newspaper owner blocked plans to endorse Harris. 19-year-old Walmart employee found dead inside walk-in oven. Tickets to this year's World Series are the most expensive EVER.

This episode was originally published on The Murder Sheet's main feed on October 4, 2024.The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about several cases out of Indiana, as well as a bus hijacking in California and a sheriff accused of murder in Kentucky.The Jasper County Sheriff Office's statement on the possible discovery of bones in Wheatfield, Indiana (their page appears to be down at the moment): https://www.facebook.com/100064415119938/posts/984808703676291/Coverage from ABC News on Lamont Campbell's alleged hijacking of a Los Angeles Metro bus, and the related shooting death of Anthony Rivera: https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-accused-hijacking-los-angeles-bus-charged-murder/story?id=114368619Coverage from the Los Angeles Times on Lamont Campbell's alleged hijacking of a Los Angeles Metro bus, and the related shooting death of Anthony Rivera: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-30/bus-hijacking-victim-family-mourns-suspect-chargesThe News and Review Online's coverage of the murder of Aristide Garcia and the trial of Miguel Ibarguren: https://www.newsandreviewonline.com/articles/february-murder-trial-canceled/The Courier and Journal's coverage of the shooting of Judge Kevin R. Mullins by Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2024/10/01/kentucky-sheriff-mickey-stines-judge-kevin-mullins-video-court/75450419007/Court TV's live footage of a pre-trial hearing in the shooting of Judge Kevin R. Mullins by Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhOp60UxGaM&t=1823sThe Lexington Herald-Leader's coverage of the shooting of Judge Kevin R. Mullins by Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines: https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article292926799.html#storylink=cpyConsider donating to those impacted by Hurricane Helene: https://www.redcross.org/donate/dr/hurricane-helene.html/------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We are more than thrilled to introduce our next wonderful sponsor: The Silver Linings Handbook with Jayson Blair! This is an excellent weekly podcast where Jayson interviews people from all walks of life — these are interesting people engaging in conversations that inspire. Jayson is one of the most compassionate and thoughtful people we've ever met. We've been on Silver Linings Handbook, he's been on The Murder Sheet. The thoughts he's shared with us on the Delphi murders case and true crime in general are just so insightful. We definitely find myself citing Jayson a lot. He makes us believe in the bright side of true crime, the compassionate side, the side that can really make a positive difference in the world. He's really helped us adjust to some of the challenges around reporting on true crime and tragedy — and that is very much in keeping with his show. Listening to the Silver Linings Handbook is very much like getting to sit around a campfire with a fascinating group. It's fun, it's intriguing, it's surprising, it's often about learning and growing from suffering. You get to hear important conversations that can inspire you to consider new perspectives and take action in your own life. You also get to learn so much on mental health, wellbeing, the criminal justice system, religion, and more!Jayson is someone that we think is just a terrific person. He's been through a lot and he's worked on his mental health. He's rebuilt. Those experiences have helped shape him into a truly empathetic person — somebody who gets what it's like to have your world turned upside down. He brings that gift to his interviews. These are unscripted, authentic, engaging talks. Jayson covers true crime, but his podcast gets into so much more. Silver Linings Handbook really makes us have hope for the future and a belief in humanity. If you're into true crime, this is the perfect thing for you — it's human stories that don't shy away from the bad stuff while still being incredibly life-affirming and hopeful. Subscribe to the Silver Linings Handbook wherever you listen to podcasts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Check out the Viper Pit Podcast here or wherever you listen to podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-viper-pit-podcast/id1716200826Support The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A hijacked Metro bus in Los Angeles leads to a police pursuit and standoff early this morning, leaving one passenger dead and the suspect in custody. An Atlanta-based company halts the sale of its nitrous oxide whipped cream chargers amid rising concerns over misuse by young people seeking a quick high. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. UCLA Chancellor: ‘We should have been prepared' to remove encampment. Israeli army finds bodies of 3 more hostages in Gaza. Air brought into Gaza via the US constructed pier is now being distributed following days of delays. Police will patrol Los Angeles Metro transit vehicles amid surge in violence. NOAA predicts record hurricane season for 2024. US sues to break up Ticketmaster and Live Nation in a groundbreaking monopoly lawsuit.

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Click here https://vnsh.com/reasonabletv to enter to win this $80,000 truck and get your VNSH holster $50 off for a limited time! Los Angeles Metro bus drivers staged an unofficial strike to protest poor safety conditions on public transit as staff face violent assaults from unruly passengers. Weekday ridership in the system is only at 80% of pre-pandemic levels despite expansions in service coverage and frequency while car registrations remain steady, suggesting riders who have car access but replaced some car trips with transit before the pandemic are deciding to remain in their cars instead. LA Metro's budget has increased significantly, from $6.6 billion in 2019, to $9.1 billion in 2024. Once accounting for inflation, LA Metro's budget has increased 12%, going towards expanding its rail and bus lines, and decreasing the time between trains and buses during peak transit hours. However, despite notable service coverage and efficiency improvements, ridership is failing to recover as safety concerns continue to plague the beleaguered system. Because LA Metro bus drivers are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the sick-in, or calling in sick to impact service, by drivers is not a union-sanctioned effort. The one-day sick-in came after LA Metro agreed in late April to install full-length safety doors to protect drivers from violent passengers. Just days after the safety door announcement, a transient who refused to pay a bus fare violently attacked a bus driver in a video that went viral, highlighting the challenges faced by public transit drivers in the increasingly lawless city. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/darien-dunstan3/message

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Is it realistic to believe that the construction sites of the future will be completely fossil fuel free? In this episode, we examine the benefits of electrifying construction sites and the challenges of achieving zero-emissions in construction sites.  We visit the first fossil fuel free construction site in Sweden, Slakthusområdet i Stockholm and explore the differences between driving an excavator powered by diesel and an excavator powered by electricity. James Bailey, Executive Vice President for Skanska's West Coast region, USA talks about the experiences and challenges of working with electrical machines in the major transit project, Los Angeles Metro's Purple D Line Extension Project. Dr Ray Gallant, Volvo CE Vice President Sustainability and Productivity Services, USA explains what the challenges are for sites of the future to be completely fossil-free. Volvo CE is the manufacturer with one of the world's largest ranges of electric machines for the construction industry, with the goal of making fossil-free machinery more accessible. 

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There is a lot going on in politics everywhere. On today's show, we begin by discussing Trump's huge victory in Iowa at the beginning of this week. Then, Susan Shelley joins us to talk about the myriad of problems California is currently facing, from unbelievable horrors lurking within Gavin Newsom's latest budget crisis to the $9 billion dollar failure of the Los Angeles Metro. Lastly, we share our views on Davos. Also in this episode, we are introducing a new segment: Candidate Corner. Every week, we're going to bring you one of the candidates that's running for office right here in California, so that you can hear directly from them. Before we get to the individual candidates, Jessica Millan Patterson, chairwoman of the California Republican Party, joins us to give an overview of this election season and share her incredibly encyclopedic knowledge of absolutely every race in California.

During the COVID pandemic, ridership on California's public transit systems plummeted.  Now, ridership levels for one agency – Los Angeles Metro – are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, but there are still big concerns about quality of service, safety and how to deal with drug abuse and homelessness on subways, buses and light rail. The transportation agency is trying to deal with those concerns by putting a friendly face on mass transit. Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report

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This week's episode takes a look back at the career of trailblazing independent filmmaker Robert Downey, father of Robert Downey, Jr., and his single foray into the world of Hollywood filmmaking, Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT   From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today.   On this episode, we follow up on a movie based on a series of articles from a humor magazine that was trying to build their brand name by slapping their name on movies with a movie that was sponsored by a humor magazine trying to build their brand name by slapping their name on movies not unlike the other humor magazine had been doing but ended up removing their name from the movie, and boy is brain already fried and we're not even a minute into the episode.   We're talking about Robert Downey's 1980 comedy Up the Academy.   But, as always, before we get to Up the Academy, let's hit the backstory.   If you know the name Robert Downey, it's likely because you know his son. Robert Downey, Jr. You know, Iron Man. Yes, Robert Downey, Jr. is a repo baby. Maybe you've seen the documentary he made about his dad, Sr., that was released by Netflix last year. But it's more than likely you've never heard of Robert Downey, Sr., who, ironically, was a junior himself like his son.   Robert Downey was born Robert John Elias, Jr. in New York City in 1936, the son of a model and a manager of hotels and restaurants. His parents would divorce when he was young, and his mom would remarry while Robert was still in school.   Robert Elias, Jr. would take the last name of his stepfather when he enlisted in the Army, in part because was wanted to get away from home but he was technically too young to actually join the Army. He would invent a whole new persona for himself, and he would, by his own estimate, spend the vast majority of his military career in the stockade, where he wrote his first novel, which still has never been published.   After leaving the Army, Downey would spend some time playing semi-pro baseball, not quite good enough to go pro, spending his time away from the game writing plays he hoped to take, if not to Broadway, at least off-Broadway. But he would not make his mark in the arts until 1961, when Downey started to write and direct low-budget counterculture short films, starting with Ball's Bluff, about a Civil War soldier who wakes up in New York City's Central Park a century later.   In 1969, he would write and direct a satirical film about the only black executive at a Madison Avenue advertising firm who is, through a strange circumstance, becomes the head of the firm when its chairman unexpectedly passes away. Featuring a cameo by Mel Brooks Putney Swope was the perfect anti-establishment film for the end of that decade, and the $120k film would gross more than $2.75m during its successful year and a half run in theatres.   1970's Pound, based on one of Downey's early plays, would be his first movie to be distributed by a major distributor, although it was independently produced outside the Hollywood system. Several dogs, played by humans, are at a pound, waiting to be euthanized. Oh, did I forget to mention it was a comedy? The film would be somewhat of a success at the time, but today, it's best known as being the acting debut of the director's five year old son, Robert Downey, Jr., although the young boy would be credited as Bob Downey.   1972's Greaser Palace was part of an early 1970s trend of trippy “acid Westerns,” like Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo and Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie. Character actor Allan Arbus plays Jesse, a man with amnesia who heals the sick, resurrects the dead and tap dances on water on the American frontier. It would be the first movie Downey would make with a million dollar budget. The critical consensus of the film at the time was not positive, although Jay Cocks, a critic for Time Magazine who would go on to be a regular screenwriter for Martin Scorsese in the 1980s, would proclaim the film to be “the most adventurous movie of the year.” The film was not a hit, and it would be decades before it would be discovered and appreciated by the next generation of cineastes.   After another disappointing film, 1975's Moment to Moment, which would later be retitled Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight in order to not be confused with the 1978 movie of the same name starring John Travolta and Lily Tomlin that really, truly stunk, Downey would take some time off from filmmaking to deal with his divorce from his first wife and to spend more time with his son Robert and daughter Allyson.   By 1978, Robert Downey was ready to get back to work. He would get a job quickly helping Chuck Barris write a movie version of Barris' cult television show, The Gong Show, but that wasn't going to pay the bills with two teenagers at home. What would, though, is the one thing he hadn't done yet in movies…   Direct a Hollywood film.   Enter Mad Magazine.   In 1978, Mad Magazine was one of the biggest humor magazines in America. I had personally discovered Mad in late 1977, when my dad, stepmom and I were on a cross country trip, staying with friends outside Detroit, the day before my tenth birthday, when I saw an issue of Mad at a local grocery store, with something Star Wars-y on its cover. I begged my dad to give me the sixty cents to buy it, and I don't think I missed another issue for the next decade.   Mad's biggest competition in the humor magazine game was National Lampoon, which appealed to a more adult funny bone than Mad. In 1978, National Lampoon saw a huge boost in sales when the John Landis-directed comedy Animal House, which had the name of the magazine in the title, became an unexpected smash hit at the box office. Warner Brothers, the media conglomerate who happened to own Mad Magazine, was eager to do something similar, and worked with Mad's publisher, Bill Gaines, to find the right script that could be molded into a Mad Magazine movie, even if, like Animal House, it wouldn't have any real connection to the magazine itself.   They would find that script in The Brave Young Men of Weinberg, a comedy script by Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses, a pair of television comedy writers on shows like The Carol Burnett Show, The Sandy Duncan Show, The Bob Newhart Show and The Tony Randall Show, who had never sold a movie script before. The story would follow the misadventures of four teenage boys who, for different reasons, depend on each other for their very survival when they end up at the same military academy.   Now, of all the research I've done for this episode, the one very important aspect of the production I was never able to find out was exactly how Robert Downey became involved in the film. Again, he had never made a Hollywood movie before. He had only made one movie with a budget of a million dollars. His movies were satirical and critical of society in general. This was not a match made in heaven. But somehow, someone at Warner Brothers thought he'd be the right director for the film, and somehow, Downey didn't disagree.   Unlike Animal House, Downey and Warners didn't try to land a known commodity like John Belushi to play one of the four leads. In fact, all four of the leads, Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Joseph Hutchinson, and Ralph Macchio, would all be making their feature debuts.    But there would be some familiar faces in the film.   Ron Liebman, who was a familiar face from such films has Slaughterhouse-Five, Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood and Norma Rae, would play the head of the Academy. Tom Poston, who played Mindy's downstairs neighbor on Mork and Mindy, plays what would now be considered to be a rather offensive gay caricature as the guy who handles the uniforms of the cadets, Antonio Fargas, best known as Huggy Bear on Starsky and Hutch but who had previously worked with Downey on Putney Swope and Pound, as the Coach, and Barbara Bach, who had starred as Anya Amasova in the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.   The $5m film would begin production in Salina, Kansas, on September 17th, 1979, still using the title The Brave Young Men of Weinberg. The primary shooting location would be the St. John's Military School, which was still functioning while the film was in production, and would use most of the 144 students as extras during the shoot. The film would shoot for nine weeks without much incident, and the cast and crew would be home in time to enjoy Thanksgiving with their friends and family.   Unlike Animal House, the makers of The Brave Young Men of Weinberg did attempt to tie the movie into the magazine that would be presenting the film. At the very end of the movie, the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, shows up on the side of the road, to wave goodbye to people and deliver his signature line, “What, Me Worry?” in a thought bubble that leads into the end credits. The person wearing the not quite realistic looking Neuman head gear, fourteen year old Scott Shapiro, was the son of the executive vice president of worldwide production at Warner Brothers.   After the first of the year, as Downey worked on his edit of the film, the studio decided to change the title from The Brave Young Men of Weinberg to Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy. Bill Gaines, the publisher of Mad Magazine, suggested a slightly different title, Mad Magazine Completely Disassociates Itself from Up the Academy, but the studio decided that was too long for theater marquees. But we'll come back to that in a moment.   Warner Brothers set a June 6, 1980 release for the film, and Downey would finish his cut of the film by the end of March. A screening on the Warners lot in early April did not go well. Ron Liebman hated the film so much, he demanded that Warners completely remove his name from everything associated with the film. His name would not appear on the poster, the newspaper ads, the television commercials, the lobby cards, the press kit, or even in the movie itself. Bill Gaines would hate it to, such much in fact that he really did try to disassociate the magazine from the film. In a 1983 interview with The Comics Journal, Gaines would explain without much detail that there were a number of things he had objected to in the script that he was told would not be shot and not end up in the final film that were shot and did end up in the final film. But he wouldn't be able to get the magazine's name off the movie before it opened in theatres.   Now, one of the problems with trying to research how well films did in 1980 is that you really have only two sources for grosses, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, and they didn't always report national grosses every week, depending on outside factors. It just hadn't the national sport it's been since, say, 1983.   So when Up the Academy opened in theatres on June 6th, we don't have a full idea of how many theatres it played in nationwide, or how much it grossed. The closest thing we do have for this Variety's listing of the top movies of the week based on a limited selection of showcase theatres in the top 20 markets. So we know that the film played at 7 showcase screens in New York City that weekend, grossing $175k, and in Los Angeles on 15 showcase screens, grossing $149k. But we also know, thanks to newspaper ads in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times that the film was playing in 11 theatres in the New York Metro area, and in 30 theatres in the Los Angeles Metro area, so those listed grosses are merely a snapshot and not the whole picture.   According to Variety's limited tracking of major market showcase theatres for the week, Up the Academy was the second highest grossing film of the week, bringing in $729k from 82 theatres. And according to their chart's side notes, this usually accounts for about 25% of a movie's national gross, if a film is playing in wide release around the entire country.   In its second week, Up the Academy would place ninth on that showcase theatre listing, with $377k from 87 theatres.    But by the time Variety did bring back proper national grosses in the film's third week of release, there would be no mention of Up the Academy in those listings, as Warners by this time had bigger fish to handle, namely Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Shining, and Bronco Billy, their Clint Eastwood movie for the year. In that showcase theatre listing, though, Up the Academy had fallen to 16th place, with $103k from 34 theatres.   In fact, there is no publicly available record of how many theatres Up the Academy played in during its theatrical run, and it wouldn't be until the 1981 Warner Brothers 10-K annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Up the Academy had earned $10m from American movie theatres. If studios get about 55% of the box office grosses in rental fees, that would put the $5m film in a very good position to be profitable, depending on how much was spent on P&A, prints and advertising. The film wasn't an Animal House-level hit, but it wasn't exactly the bomb many have painted it to be.    After Up the Academy, two of the actors, Wendell Brown and Joseph Hutchinson, would never act in another movie, although, billed as Hutch Parker, the latter would produce six X-Men related movies between 2013 and 2019, including Logan. Tommy Citera would make two more movies until he left acting in 1988. And Ralph Macchio would, of course, go on to play Daniel LaRusso, the Karate Kid, in a career-defining role that he's still playing nearly forty years later.   Robert Downey would make another wacky comedy, called Moonbeam, in 1982. Co-written with Richard Belzer, Moonbeam would feature a fairly interesting cast including Zack Norman, Tammy Grimes, Michael J. Pollard, Liz Torres and Mr. Belzer, and tells the story of a New York cable television station that becomes world famous when they accidentally bounce their signal off the moon. But the film would not get released until October 1986, in one theatre in New York City for one week. It couldn't even benefit from being able to promote Robert Downey, Jr., who in the ensuing years had started to build an acting career by being featured in John Sayles' Baby It's You, Fritz Kiersch's Tuff Turf, John Hughes' Weird Science, and the Rodney Dangerfield movie Back to School, as well as being a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live for a year.   There's be sporadic work in television, working on shows like Matlock and The Twilight Zone, but what few movies he could get made would be pale shadows of her earlier, edgier work. Even with his son regularly taking supporting roles in his dad's movies to help the old man out, movies like Rented Lips and Too Much Sun would be critically panned and ignored by audiences. His final movie as a writer and director, Hugo Pool, would gross just $13k when it was released in December 1997, despite having a cast that included Patrick Dempsey, Richard Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Alyssa Milano, Cathy Moriarty and Sean Penn, along with Junior.   Downey would also continue to act in other director's movies, including two written and directed by one of his biggest fans, Paul Thomas Anderson. Downey would play Burt, the studio manager, in Boogie Nights, and the WDKK Show director in Magnolia. Anderson adored Downey so much, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker would sit down with Downey for a four-part conversation filmed for the Criterion Company in 2013.   Robert Downey would pass away in July 2021, a curious footnote in the history of cinema, mostly because of the superstar he sired. Most of his movies are hard to find on video, and nearly impossible to find on streaming services, outside of a wonderful two disc DVD set issued by Criterion's Eclipse specialty label and several titles streaming on The Criterion Channel. Outside of Up the Academy, which is available to rent or purchase from Amazon, Apple TV and several other streaming services, you can find Putney Swope, Greaser's Palace and Too Much Sun on several of the more popular streaming services, but the majority of them are completely missing in action. You can also learn more about Robert Downey in Sr., a documentary streaming on Netflix produced by Robert Downey, Jr. where the son recounts the life and career of his recently passed father, alongside Paul Thomas Anderson, Alan Arkin, and mega-producer Norman Lear.   Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again soon, when Episode 107, on John Landis's underrated 1985 comedy Into the Night, is released.   Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode.   The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment.   Thank you again.   Good night.

This week's episode takes a look back at the career of trailblazing independent filmmaker Robert Downey, father of Robert Downey, Jr., and his single foray into the world of Hollywood filmmaking, Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT   From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today.   On this episode, we follow up on a movie based on a series of articles from a humor magazine that was trying to build their brand name by slapping their name on movies with a movie that was sponsored by a humor magazine trying to build their brand name by slapping their name on movies not unlike the other humor magazine had been doing but ended up removing their name from the movie, and boy is brain already fried and we're not even a minute into the episode.   We're talking about Robert Downey's 1980 comedy Up the Academy.   But, as always, before we get to Up the Academy, let's hit the backstory.   If you know the name Robert Downey, it's likely because you know his son. Robert Downey, Jr. You know, Iron Man. Yes, Robert Downey, Jr. is a repo baby. Maybe you've seen the documentary he made about his dad, Sr., that was released by Netflix last year. But it's more than likely you've never heard of Robert Downey, Sr., who, ironically, was a junior himself like his son.   Robert Downey was born Robert John Elias, Jr. in New York City in 1936, the son of a model and a manager of hotels and restaurants. His parents would divorce when he was young, and his mom would remarry while Robert was still in school.   Robert Elias, Jr. would take the last name of his stepfather when he enlisted in the Army, in part because was wanted to get away from home but he was technically too young to actually join the Army. He would invent a whole new persona for himself, and he would, by his own estimate, spend the vast majority of his military career in the stockade, where he wrote his first novel, which still has never been published.   After leaving the Army, Downey would spend some time playing semi-pro baseball, not quite good enough to go pro, spending his time away from the game writing plays he hoped to take, if not to Broadway, at least off-Broadway. But he would not make his mark in the arts until 1961, when Downey started to write and direct low-budget counterculture short films, starting with Ball's Bluff, about a Civil War soldier who wakes up in New York City's Central Park a century later.   In 1969, he would write and direct a satirical film about the only black executive at a Madison Avenue advertising firm who is, through a strange circumstance, becomes the head of the firm when its chairman unexpectedly passes away. Featuring a cameo by Mel Brooks Putney Swope was the perfect anti-establishment film for the end of that decade, and the $120k film would gross more than $2.75m during its successful year and a half run in theatres.   1970's Pound, based on one of Downey's early plays, would be his first movie to be distributed by a major distributor, although it was independently produced outside the Hollywood system. Several dogs, played by humans, are at a pound, waiting to be euthanized. Oh, did I forget to mention it was a comedy? The film would be somewhat of a success at the time, but today, it's best known as being the acting debut of the director's five year old son, Robert Downey, Jr., although the young boy would be credited as Bob Downey.   1972's Greaser Palace was part of an early 1970s trend of trippy “acid Westerns,” like Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo and Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie. Character actor Allan Arbus plays Jesse, a man with amnesia who heals the sick, resurrects the dead and tap dances on water on the American frontier. It would be the first movie Downey would make with a million dollar budget. The critical consensus of the film at the time was not positive, although Jay Cocks, a critic for Time Magazine who would go on to be a regular screenwriter for Martin Scorsese in the 1980s, would proclaim the film to be “the most adventurous movie of the year.” The film was not a hit, and it would be decades before it would be discovered and appreciated by the next generation of cineastes.   After another disappointing film, 1975's Moment to Moment, which would later be retitled Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight in order to not be confused with the 1978 movie of the same name starring John Travolta and Lily Tomlin that really, truly stunk, Downey would take some time off from filmmaking to deal with his divorce from his first wife and to spend more time with his son Robert and daughter Allyson.   By 1978, Robert Downey was ready to get back to work. He would get a job quickly helping Chuck Barris write a movie version of Barris' cult television show, The Gong Show, but that wasn't going to pay the bills with two teenagers at home. What would, though, is the one thing he hadn't done yet in movies…   Direct a Hollywood film.   Enter Mad Magazine.   In 1978, Mad Magazine was one of the biggest humor magazines in America. I had personally discovered Mad in late 1977, when my dad, stepmom and I were on a cross country trip, staying with friends outside Detroit, the day before my tenth birthday, when I saw an issue of Mad at a local grocery store, with something Star Wars-y on its cover. I begged my dad to give me the sixty cents to buy it, and I don't think I missed another issue for the next decade.   Mad's biggest competition in the humor magazine game was National Lampoon, which appealed to a more adult funny bone than Mad. In 1978, National Lampoon saw a huge boost in sales when the John Landis-directed comedy Animal House, which had the name of the magazine in the title, became an unexpected smash hit at the box office. Warner Brothers, the media conglomerate who happened to own Mad Magazine, was eager to do something similar, and worked with Mad's publisher, Bill Gaines, to find the right script that could be molded into a Mad Magazine movie, even if, like Animal House, it wouldn't have any real connection to the magazine itself.   They would find that script in The Brave Young Men of Weinberg, a comedy script by Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses, a pair of television comedy writers on shows like The Carol Burnett Show, The Sandy Duncan Show, The Bob Newhart Show and The Tony Randall Show, who had never sold a movie script before. The story would follow the misadventures of four teenage boys who, for different reasons, depend on each other for their very survival when they end up at the same military academy.   Now, of all the research I've done for this episode, the one very important aspect of the production I was never able to find out was exactly how Robert Downey became involved in the film. Again, he had never made a Hollywood movie before. He had only made one movie with a budget of a million dollars. His movies were satirical and critical of society in general. This was not a match made in heaven. But somehow, someone at Warner Brothers thought he'd be the right director for the film, and somehow, Downey didn't disagree.   Unlike Animal House, Downey and Warners didn't try to land a known commodity like John Belushi to play one of the four leads. In fact, all four of the leads, Wendell Brown, Tommy Citera, Joseph Hutchinson, and Ralph Macchio, would all be making their feature debuts.    But there would be some familiar faces in the film.   Ron Liebman, who was a familiar face from such films has Slaughterhouse-Five, Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood and Norma Rae, would play the head of the Academy. Tom Poston, who played Mindy's downstairs neighbor on Mork and Mindy, plays what would now be considered to be a rather offensive gay caricature as the guy who handles the uniforms of the cadets, Antonio Fargas, best known as Huggy Bear on Starsky and Hutch but who had previously worked with Downey on Putney Swope and Pound, as the Coach, and Barbara Bach, who had starred as Anya Amasova in the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.   The $5m film would begin production in Salina, Kansas, on September 17th, 1979, still using the title The Brave Young Men of Weinberg. The primary shooting location would be the St. John's Military School, which was still functioning while the film was in production, and would use most of the 144 students as extras during the shoot. The film would shoot for nine weeks without much incident, and the cast and crew would be home in time to enjoy Thanksgiving with their friends and family.   Unlike Animal House, the makers of The Brave Young Men of Weinberg did attempt to tie the movie into the magazine that would be presenting the film. At the very end of the movie, the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, shows up on the side of the road, to wave goodbye to people and deliver his signature line, “What, Me Worry?” in a thought bubble that leads into the end credits. The person wearing the not quite realistic looking Neuman head gear, fourteen year old Scott Shapiro, was the son of the executive vice president of worldwide production at Warner Brothers.   After the first of the year, as Downey worked on his edit of the film, the studio decided to change the title from The Brave Young Men of Weinberg to Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy. Bill Gaines, the publisher of Mad Magazine, suggested a slightly different title, Mad Magazine Completely Disassociates Itself from Up the Academy, but the studio decided that was too long for theater marquees. But we'll come back to that in a moment.   Warner Brothers set a June 6, 1980 release for the film, and Downey would finish his cut of the film by the end of March. A screening on the Warners lot in early April did not go well. Ron Liebman hated the film so much, he demanded that Warners completely remove his name from everything associated with the film. His name would not appear on the poster, the newspaper ads, the television commercials, the lobby cards, the press kit, or even in the movie itself. Bill Gaines would hate it to, such much in fact that he really did try to disassociate the magazine from the film. In a 1983 interview with The Comics Journal, Gaines would explain without much detail that there were a number of things he had objected to in the script that he was told would not be shot and not end up in the final film that were shot and did end up in the final film. But he wouldn't be able to get the magazine's name off the movie before it opened in theatres.   Now, one of the problems with trying to research how well films did in 1980 is that you really have only two sources for grosses, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, and they didn't always report national grosses every week, depending on outside factors. It just hadn't the national sport it's been since, say, 1983.   So when Up the Academy opened in theatres on June 6th, we don't have a full idea of how many theatres it played in nationwide, or how much it grossed. The closest thing we do have for this Variety's listing of the top movies of the week based on a limited selection of showcase theatres in the top 20 markets. So we know that the film played at 7 showcase screens in New York City that weekend, grossing $175k, and in Los Angeles on 15 showcase screens, grossing $149k. But we also know, thanks to newspaper ads in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times that the film was playing in 11 theatres in the New York Metro area, and in 30 theatres in the Los Angeles Metro area, so those listed grosses are merely a snapshot and not the whole picture.   According to Variety's limited tracking of major market showcase theatres for the week, Up the Academy was the second highest grossing film of the week, bringing in $729k from 82 theatres. And according to their chart's side notes, this usually accounts for about 25% of a movie's national gross, if a film is playing in wide release around the entire country.   In its second week, Up the Academy would place ninth on that showcase theatre listing, with $377k from 87 theatres.    But by the time Variety did bring back proper national grosses in the film's third week of release, there would be no mention of Up the Academy in those listings, as Warners by this time had bigger fish to handle, namely Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Shining, and Bronco Billy, their Clint Eastwood movie for the year. In that showcase theatre listing, though, Up the Academy had fallen to 16th place, with $103k from 34 theatres.   In fact, there is no publicly available record of how many theatres Up the Academy played in during its theatrical run, and it wouldn't be until the 1981 Warner Brothers 10-K annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Up the Academy had earned $10m from American movie theatres. If studios get about 55% of the box office grosses in rental fees, that would put the $5m film in a very good position to be profitable, depending on how much was spent on P&A, prints and advertising. The film wasn't an Animal House-level hit, but it wasn't exactly the bomb many have painted it to be.    After Up the Academy, two of the actors, Wendell Brown and Joseph Hutchinson, would never act in another movie, although, billed as Hutch Parker, the latter would produce six X-Men related movies between 2013 and 2019, including Logan. Tommy Citera would make two more movies until he left acting in 1988. And Ralph Macchio would, of course, go on to play Daniel LaRusso, the Karate Kid, in a career-defining role that he's still playing nearly forty years later.   Robert Downey would make another wacky comedy, called Moonbeam, in 1982. Co-written with Richard Belzer, Moonbeam would feature a fairly interesting cast including Zack Norman, Tammy Grimes, Michael J. Pollard, Liz Torres and Mr. Belzer, and tells the story of a New York cable television station that becomes world famous when they accidentally bounce their signal off the moon. But the film would not get released until October 1986, in one theatre in New York City for one week. It couldn't even benefit from being able to promote Robert Downey, Jr., who in the ensuing years had started to build an acting career by being featured in John Sayles' Baby It's You, Fritz Kiersch's Tuff Turf, John Hughes' Weird Science, and the Rodney Dangerfield movie Back to School, as well as being a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live for a year.   There's be sporadic work in television, working on shows like Matlock and The Twilight Zone, but what few movies he could get made would be pale shadows of her earlier, edgier work. Even with his son regularly taking supporting roles in his dad's movies to help the old man out, movies like Rented Lips and Too Much Sun would be critically panned and ignored by audiences. His final movie as a writer and director, Hugo Pool, would gross just $13k when it was released in December 1997, despite having a cast that included Patrick Dempsey, Richard Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Alyssa Milano, Cathy Moriarty and Sean Penn, along with Junior.   Downey would also continue to act in other director's movies, including two written and directed by one of his biggest fans, Paul Thomas Anderson. Downey would play Burt, the studio manager, in Boogie Nights, and the WDKK Show director in Magnolia. Anderson adored Downey so much, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker would sit down with Downey for a four-part conversation filmed for the Criterion Company in 2013.   Robert Downey would pass away in July 2021, a curious footnote in the history of cinema, mostly because of the superstar he sired. Most of his movies are hard to find on video, and nearly impossible to find on streaming services, outside of a wonderful two disc DVD set issued by Criterion's Eclipse specialty label and several titles streaming on The Criterion Channel. Outside of Up the Academy, which is available to rent or purchase from Amazon, Apple TV and several other streaming services, you can find Putney Swope, Greaser's Palace and Too Much Sun on several of the more popular streaming services, but the majority of them are completely missing in action. You can also learn more about Robert Downey in Sr., a documentary streaming on Netflix produced by Robert Downey, Jr. where the son recounts the life and career of his recently passed father, alongside Paul Thomas Anderson, Alan Arkin, and mega-producer Norman Lear.   Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again soon, when Episode 107, on John Landis's underrated 1985 comedy Into the Night, is released.   Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode.   The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment.   Thank you again.   Good night.

This looks like a Babylon Bee headline: ‘Los Angeles Metro hires Peace Ambassadors to Tackle Soaring Violent Crime', but it's not.  According to local news report: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority celebrated the official launch of its Metro Ambassador Pilot Program on Monday, March 6th, deploying nearly 300 ambassadors throughout the Metro bus and rail system.  Joining Larry Elder to discuss this is Soledad Ursúa, a board member of the Venice, California Neighborhood Council. Three children and three adult staff members at a private elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, were fatally shot on March 27 after a 28-year-old former student at the school opened fire inside the building.  This latest mass shooting renewed the gun control debate yet again. Joining Larry Elder to discuss this is John Lott, president of the crime prevention research center. He argues that assault weapons bans and other gun control measures do not prevent mass shootings. He points out that California, which has strict gun laws, has a high rate of mass shootings. He also notes that those who plan mass shootings do not obey gun laws and target places where guns are not allowed, so gun-free zones can become easy targets, like this private elementary school in Nashiville. Have you heard of the latest hate crime hoax at Kit Carson International Academy in Sacramento, California? While Jussie Smollett's hoax gained widespread attention, similar incidents occur frequently and are not reported by Democrats or the liberal media, as noted by Washington Examiner opinion writer Christopher Tremoglie.  The Larry Elder Show is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: http://larryforgold.com/ ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Everyone has something of value to say in the massive conversation we call 'ART' that has been taking place since humans began. Sometimes though, our perceived flaws, prevent us from finding our voice to express what is inside us, stopping us from participating in this conversation. Being different/flawed is an asset. This is a powerful conversation about how to find our way to seeing our flaws for what they really are, our superpowers, so that we can bust out and be a part of this universal conversation.  We all have the right to call ourselves artists even without degrees - but with that comes a responsibility and Susan tells us what she feels those responsibilities are - this was one of the deepest and most significant explanations of this I have ever heard and I cant wait to hear how it landed for you.Please find the post about her episode on Instagram @kateshepherdcreative or @thecreativegeniuspodcast and leave a comment sharing what came up for you when she said this!Susan speaks directly to the listener who is yearning to take the next step into a life as a full time artist. Practical thoughtful mentoring type things, that are enormously helpful.There is some in depth homework including two weeks worth of FREE WORKSHEETS you can do at home to help you find out what "flaws" are holding you back and what your superpowers actually are so that you can begin to say what you came here to say in this life. Powerful stuff. ABOUT SUSAN LOGORECISusan Logoreci, a wildly successful commercial and public artist, has an eye condition (Strabismus) that almost prevented her from being able to make art at all. And paradoxically, as we'll hear, was the very thing that has led her to be the artist she has become. Her drawings have been seen in Art in America, the Los Angeles Times, Harper's Magazine, as well as many other periodicals. She has drawings in several collections including the U.S. State Department, City National Bank, Creative Artist's Agency, Marriott and Hilton Hotels, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles County Arts Commission and in several law and urban design firms. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.She has also completed several public projects in hospitals, light rail stations and airports. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.Her art comes down to this: she wants the viewer to feel the delight and wonder of places and at the same time be inspired to take care of them and always be making them better. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT -Where creative impulses come from-The conflict between realism and abstraction in art-Intentionally looking for new ways to see things-The eye condition she has (Strabismus) causes her to not see three dimensionally this “failure” to interpret every day life the way the rest of us do led her to not only see the world but also create art in a way that is completely unique to her. The things we think are our impediments, are pointing us to our superpowers-Accessing your ‘inner delinquent' to unleash creativity-seeing differently as an artist is an asset - how can you use it-The way you are different is an asset - and how you can use it. -Accessible tips and suggestions for getting grants and finding your path to becoming a public artist - her absolutely brilliant idea for the person who wants to get into making public art-How she designed her largest public art project a staggering 10,000 square foot with 28 wall pieces in Phoenix airport!-The collective amnesia that happens to us between childhood and adulthood  around creativity. What she thinks are the causes of it, and the ways we can change it.Challenge to all listeners! If you felt a little something inside you perk up when Susan was talking about getting grants to do public art like on the utility boxes - challenge - go Find out how public art is governed in your area and apply! And join the creative genius family on facebook and share your experience, learnings and journey with it

They say “you don't know what you have until it's gone.” Dawn talks the importance of gratitude and what it looks like. Find out what Dawn has to say about no longer having her car and taking the Los Angeles Metro, the conversations she's had with those experiencing homelessness and how we're all one decision away from a completely different life. Follow us on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VitaminDDawnDaiTwitter: https://twitter.com/VitaminDDawnDaiInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/vitaminddawndai/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vitaminddawndai/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBzQ7dI9sBbBK_OogN1xjiQFanbase: https://fanbase.app/vitaminddawndaiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Interlinks, we're going to check in on some of the major global regions, namely Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, to see what is going on and what is topical in supply chain in summer 2022. We're also going to touch on what companies are doing more generally to overcome the challenges posed by inflation and the shortages of human resources that are generalized across the major regions at the moment. To discuss these topics, I'm joined by two of my colleagues from the supply chain special interest group from the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC), Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting Group from the Los Angeles Metro area and David Ogilvie, principal at David Ogilvie Consulting in Brisbane, Australia. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us this week on an elevator, a bus, and a train as we explore the wonders of the Los Angeles Metro services, with your host Keanu Reeves. Public transportation has never been so exciting. That's right, we're watching Speed! Starring Ash Blodgett, Bret Eagleston, Samantha Willson, and Pat Edwards.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Robert Rangel is the author the book the “Red Dot Club”. It describes his experience and the experience of other police officers who have been shot. He worked for the LA Sheriff's Department and most recently as a civilian background investigator for LAPD conducting pre-hire investigations. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Patrick Jordan is the Division Chief of the East Patrol Division LA Sheriff. Former Chief of Police & Security for the Los Angeles Metro. Retired.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Patrick Jordan is Division Chief of the East Patrol Division LA Sheriff. Former Chief of Police & Security for the Los Angeles Metro. Retired. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: The Local Malibu Editor in Chief, Cece Woods, started her career in publishing in 2013 with the launch of 90265 Magazine. In late 2014, after noticing a void in local investigative journalism with the departure of Surfside News founder Ann Sobel, Woods started The Local.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Patrick Jordan is Division Chief of the East Patrol Division LA Sheriff. Former Chief of Police & Security for the Los Angeles Metro. Retired. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: The Local Malibu Editor in Chief, Cece Woods, started her career in publishing in 2013 with the launch of 90265 Magazine. In late 2014, after noticing a void in local investigative journalism with the departure of Surfside News founder Ann Sobel, Woods started The Local.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Patrick Jordan was the Division Chief of the East Patrol Division LA Sheriff. Former Chief of Police & Security for the Los Angeles Metro. Retired. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Editor in Chief, Cece Woods, started her career in publishing in 2013 with the launch of 90265 Magazine. In late 2014, after noticing a void in local investigative journalism with the departure of Surfside News founder Ann Sobel, Woods started The Local.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Patrick Jordan was the Division Chief of the East Patrol Division LA Sheriff. Former Chief of Police & Security for the Los Angeles Metro. Retired. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Editor in Chief, Cece Woods, started her career in publishing in 2013 with the launch of 90265 Magazine. In late 2014, after noticing a void in local investigative journalism with the departure of Surfside News founder Ann Sobel, Woods started The Local.

En la década de los 80 má de 120 mil cubanos llegaron en barco a Estados Unidos, en los 90 fue el auge de los balseros y ahora la ruta preferida por los habitantes de la isla es por tierra. Te contamos lo difícil de la ruta y la cantidad de días que les lleva lograr el cometido... si no mueren en el intento.Oscar de la Hoya en líos legales por supuesto abuso sexual y violencia de género. El ex boxeador se defiende pero su oscuro pasado le juega una mala pasada.Los usuarios del metro de Los Ángeles no se sienten seguros ni dentro de los vagones, ni en las estaciones. Acoso sexual, asesinatos y mucha delincuencia tienen que soportar a diario. Escucha terribles testimonios y lo que hace el gobierno de esa ciudad para controlarlo.Una novia y la organizadora de la boda enfrentan cargos criminales por darle a los invitados a la fiesta, comida mezclada con marihuana. Varias víctimas fueron hospitalizadas y la mayoría presentó síntomas de mareos y malestar. 

Bill Handel is accompanied by Wayne Resnick and Jennifer Jones Lee for the Early Edition of Handel on the News. The three of them discuss news topics that include: Feds will appeal the mask ruling, but only if a mandate is still needed, the Los Angeles Metro has dropped its mask mandate for riders as face coverings become only 'strongly recommended', and Russia is putting pressure on what remains of the Mariupol resistance amid their focus on Eastern Ukraine.

#OTD Arthur Winston, a Los Angeles Metro employee for over 76 years best known for being named the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee of the Century, was born in rural Oklahoma. Radio personality Tyrone DuBose narrates.

Capítulo 024: On this episode of Ocu-Pasión we are joined by Dancer, choreographer, and instructor and Founder of 3-19 Dance Art, Beatriz Eugenia Vasquez. Listen in as we discuss the beauty of dance, the mission of 3-19 Dance Art company, and forging a new path for inclusivity in Ballet. Born in Bogota Colombia (South America), Beatriz studied with Internationally world known teachers and at The Joffrey Ballet School in NY. She has danced with Ballet 2000, The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Green Stage Alliance/Stage of the Arts, Casa 0101, Central Avenue Dance Ensemble, Pacific Standard Time, Comfort Disturb Troupe, Mojacar Flamenco Dance Company, and Los Angeles Fusion Dance Theatre. Beatriz has worked as a model for Visual Artists: Tiger Munson, Eva Montealegre, and Petra Eiko. Beatriz also dances for world famous Tap dancer Chester Whitmore with whom she has toured and performed at the Musical International Museum in Arizona, The Ford Theatre, and Los Angeles Metro. Beatriz is the founder and director of 3-19 Dance Art (Where Magical Realism meets Dance). Her works have been performed at some of Los Angeles most prestigious venues, UCLA, USC, California Plaza, Bach in the Subways/ Union Station, Highways Performance Art Space, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Pico Rivera Sports Arena, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles Festival of Books. Beatriz has worked as choreographer for The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Teatro Akabal, Casa 0101, The Watts Village Theatre Company, Macha Theatre, Cabaret Tango, Guadalupe Radio's production of Cristo Vive 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 directed by award winner theatre director Denise Blasor, and most recently as choreographer and dancer for the stunning production of “I am Frida Kahlo” Created and directed by Froylan Cabuto. Beatriz has also choreographed for music videos with artists such as Archer Black, Arnold G, JD Mata and Leopold Nunan. In 2019 her acclaimed full length production of “Bewitched Writing”based on the life of World renown writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez had its sold out premiere at the Wille Agee Playhouse in Inglewood CA for 6 consecutive performances. In 2020 Beatriz was chosen by the Los Angeles Public Library to portray Dolores Del Rio in their exhibition “Historical Portraits of Los Angeles History” and later that same year she was a featured artist in Artists of Los Angeles in “Look What SHE did” a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the mission to inspire women and girls to greatness by bringing to light stories of remarkable women who changed the world. Beatriz is the recipient of 2 awards, and 2 recognitions from the City of Los Angeles. The International GVII Award for promoting the classical arts in the Latin communities of Los Angeles and The excellence award by Festival De La Calle 8. Her most recent works as choreographer and dancer can be seen in the music videos Lo Teniamos Todo and Te Vas a Acordar by the great singer/song writer Poetender. And in the short Film Two Dancers One Love which is in postproduction and will be released towards the end of 2022. Beatriz is passionate about sharing her love for dance and the arts with kids and seniors in her community, she is proud to say she is an instructor for the City of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation. Beatriz is an alumni of the prestigious Directors Lab West 2016. For more info you can visit her website: www.beatrizeugenia3-19danceart.com Facebook page: 3-19 Dance Art Follow Beatriz:https://www.instagram.com/3_19danceart https://www.instagram.com/Ballet_at_the_park https://www.instagram.com/beatrizeninaFor more info you can visit her website: www.beatrizeugenia3-19danceart.com Facebook page: 3-19 Dance Art  

Michael W. Streed is an award-winning, internationally recognized, Forensic Facial Imaging Expert based in the Los Angeles Metro area. For 42 years, he's combined his extensive law enforcement experience and artistic skills to help law enforcement agencies solve their toughest cases. Michael is also the owner of SketchCop Solutions, where he provides remote services and consultancy, access to products and training to a variety of law enforcement agencies and select clients worldwide. Join us as we ask Michael about how Forensic Facial Imaging makes a contribution to Forensic Investigations.Originally aired on Jan 27, 2022

The combination of bikes and public transit with Netherlands “bike train guru,” Roland Kager https://www.dutchcycling.nl/en/network/members/item/roland-kager and Brett Atencio Thomas, Principal Transportation Planner at Los Angeles Metro https://www.metro.net/riding/bike-transit/. Lindsay Sturman, Bike Talk cohost, interviews. Edited by Kevin Burton.

Comedy for Good was a unique fundraiser for The Salvation Army's programs in the Los Angeles Metro area. The virtual event featured three veteran comedians and the legendary Fritz Coleman as host. Viewers enjoyed entertainment from comedians Monique Marvez, Kevin Jordan and Robert G. Lee. The broadcast also highlighted The Salvation Army's efforts in the Los Angeles community throughout the pandemic including housing the homeless, feeding those affected by food insecurity and caring for seniors. The virtual event raised over $145,000 to support The Salvation Army!  

California Assembly Bill AB371 would require $1 million insurance for city bike shares, bike stores, and co-ops that rent bikes, and kill them all; with Dave Snyder, Calbike Executive Director. https://www.calbike.org/ Capitalism doesn't like bikes, and people on Twitter jump on this topic; with Chris Jones, author of a viral tweet at: https://twitter.com/PickledEntropy/status/1403018235277201408 Bicycle Transit Systems, which runs Los Angeles Metro bike share, began implementing weekly mandatory anti-union meetings to stop its members from organizing; Angelo Cucuzza, Transport Workers Union Organizing Director, on where we go from here. https://twitter.com/acuzz11228

In the 1990s, Rick Cole presided over the update of Pasadena's general plan, which led to the development of one of the most recognizable transit-oriented developments in the United States (recognizable to planning nerds, at least): the Del Mar Transit Village on Los Angeles Metro's Gold Line. At the time, the city was a hotbed of New Urbanism thought, of which the Del Mar Transit Village was a prime example. Despite the high profile of New Urbanist ideas, and of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Del Mar remained a relatively isolated example of the ethos and the aesthetic.  In the ensuing decades, Cole moved on to serve as city manager in Azusa and Ventura (where he collaborated with CP&DR Publisher Bill Fulton), and in the past decade he served in the Los Angeles Mayor's Office and, most recently, as city manager in Santa Monica, from 2015 to 2020. The consummate Californian and longtime proponent of New Urbanist is now taking on a formal, national role, as the leader of the Congress for the New Urbanism itself. Cole official became CNU's executive director in May.  CP&DR's Josh Stephens spoke with Cole about New Urbanism's influence on California, California's influence on it, and its prospects here and around the country now that it has gone from a radical upstart theory to a motivating force among many progressive planners, designers, and developers. 

The Chrises reunite on their one year anniversary for a Saint Paddy's Day corn beef and cabbage special. After a ceremonial exchange of stationary gifts, the Chrises give updates on their whereabouts and whats-it-dos. @ChristopherGardinier reveals how he has become the Uno King of Wisconsin and @Ay_Cjay shares how he captures dragon's blood in the Los Angeles Metro area.The Chrises get back to the hard hitting news with a special edition of MTV News “You Heard it Here First” where the two confirm that firecracker popsicles do in fact taste like the color blue. The Chrises then dive into the @Disney universe quandary of whether it is better to be the Genie or the bottle. With a new schedule moving forward, The Chrises will be coming atcha live every day that ends in Wednesday aka Hump Day. Catch The Chrises next Wednesday for their First Ever “The Chrissys” Award ceremony on YouTube. Submit your vote for favorite guest now!

This episode of the #RockstarsRocking podcast features my rockstar friend, Amy Evans, President, Colibri Insurance Services, Founder, AlignWomen, and Host, AlignWomen Podcast, out of the Los Angeles Metro, CA, area. Amy’s the president of a boutique insurance agency and prides herself on simplifying employee benefits for employers of the Southern California market. She’s also the founder of ‘AlignWomen’, which is ...

Kimberly Small has over twenty-five years of experience in education. She started her career as an elementary teacher for Compton Unified School District. Kimberly taught for Compton USD for two years before moving on to teach for Los Angeles Unified School District for eight more years. After which she moved to the private sector working as a School Director for a nonpublic school for students with special needs owned and operated by Catapult Learning, Inc. (formerly Specialized Education Services, Inc.). During her tenure at Catapult Learning, Kimberly moved up the ranks serving first as Outreach Director, Business Development Specialist and ending her time with Catapult as Director, Strategic Initiative. Kimberly currently serves as Executive Director for NFTE Los Angeles Metro. NFTE (Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship) activates the entrepreneurial mindset and builds startup skills in youth from under-resourced communities to ensure their success and to create a more vibrant society. Over the past ten years, NFTE has worked with over 60,000 students in the Los Angeles Metro area, 600,000 nationwide. Kimberly is a Teach For America alum. She holds a Masters of Science in Educational Administration, Masters of Art in Education from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, and a B.A, from the University of Southern California located in Los Angeles, CA.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

By Air, Land, and Sea: Navigating the Climate Future Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Nov. 17 Ports Leading the Way on Mitigation and Resilience Nov. 18 After COVID: A Lower Carbon Future for Commercial Aviation Nov. 19 The State of Play for Public Transit Overview of the transportation series A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing series on climate mitigation and adaptation in the transportation sector. The series will cover ports, aviation, and public transit. Public transit systems across the country have seen major declines in ridership due to COVID-19. In spite of this and other challenges brought on by the pandemic, many transit systems have not wavered on their climate and sustainability commitments. Dr. Cris Liban of Los Angeles Metro, Kammy Horne of VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, Texas, and Erik Johanson of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will discuss the current state of their climate mitigation and adaptation work, and look ahead to share the economic, health, equity, and community benefits of investing in transit.

By Air, Land, and Sea: Navigating the Climate Future Find out more about the briefings in this series below: Nov. 17 Ports Leading the Way on Mitigation and Resilience Nov. 18 After COVID: A Lower Carbon Future for Commercial Aviation Nov. 19 The State of Play for Public Transit Overview of the transportation series A live webcast will be streamed at 12:00 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to join us for a briefing series on climate mitigation and adaptation in the transportation sector. The series will cover ports, aviation, and public transit. Public transit systems across the country have seen major declines in ridership due to COVID-19. In spite of this and other challenges brought on by the pandemic, many transit systems have not wavered on their climate and sustainability commitments. Dr. Cris Liban of Los Angeles Metro, Kammy Horne of VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, Texas, and Erik Johanson of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will discuss the current state of their climate mitigation and adaptation work, and look ahead to share the economic, health, equity, and community benefits of investing in transit.

Welcome to the technology blog and podcast, podcast 346. Last podcast was at the end of May, and a lot has been going on around here health wise. I'm definitely feeling better, and I've got quite a bit for you. At the end of May, beginning of June, Transit App was announced to be the Los Angeles Metro app of choice, changing the landscape of $240,000 in costs. Here is the blog post that I wrote which also links to Los Angeles Metro's blog as well. Let me know your thoughts on this one! What does Capital One have to hide when it comes to their breach? After my health issues, I've been thinking about what to put in to the podcast, and I thought this would be good to talk about. This blog post links to an article that goes in to detail about this intriguing case. We already know Capital One was at fault, why are we continuing to hide it? I recently penned an article asking about the state of Antivirus after someone emailed asking me to put Eset's web site in a 2017 blog post. Instead of doing that, I mention Eset and several good antivirus products in this blog post where I quote an email that Shaun Everess wrote in a forward talking about 2004's Windows 10 version. He's not wrong in his thoughts in the comments, but I still think we're at a disadvantage. Michael in Indiana has every reason to get mad at TNO. TNO stands for Trust No One, and he had no idea an app he used was this way. I also leave my thoughts. Finally, hot off the presses, a blog talking about another Government web site. The DHS has to be ashamed of itself! It links to an article recently penned by Brian Krebs about a web site called everify. We should be passed this ordeal when building web sites, should we not? Do you have anything you want to comment on? Please get in touch by contacting me. The web site and blog have contact info, so please utalize it. I hope you enjoy this podcast, and I hope to get back in to podcasting more regularly.

Viral London Tube Singer Charlotte Awbery Performs ‘Shallow,’ Mark Wahlberg Invites Andy to an Intense Workout, Kristen Bell Tells Us How Dax Accidentally Flirted with Her Mom and Andy Zenor Tries to Find Talent on the Los Angeles Metro.Watch The Ellen DeGeneres Show weekdays! Check your local listings.

This week on the Construction Record podcast, Journal of Commerce digital media editor Warren Frey and staff writer Russell Hixson take a look first at some of the stories Russell's been working on, including an interview with outgoing BC Building Trades executive director Tom Sigurdson, who reflects on a long career advocating for labour, women in trades and apprenticeship. Russell also talks about stories he's worked on recently involving Oxford Properties development of a multi-level industrial site to maximize available space. Warren was recently in Toronto for the Canadian Council of Public-Private Partnerships annual conference, and he talked to City of Edmonton Valley Line LRT project director Brad Smid about the timeline and challenges surrounding the procurement process for the line. Warren also spoke to Rick Meade, the senior executive officer for the Los Angeles Metro about the large-scale expansion to the city's light rapid transit system as the approaching 2028 Olympic Games create a pressing deadline. Meade also explained how different models will be used for different parts of the system, including a project development agreement model which brings private firms in at the environmental stage to develop alignments and modes of travel. JOC News Service

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro), built an engagement layer into their regional transit card’s backend system that opened up new service options in a dynamic environment.

In this Podcast we sit with Frank Ching; Deputy Executive Officer, Countywide Planning and Development (Parking & Share Mobility Management) at LA Metro. Listen is we talk through his back story through the private and public sector.

Hey guys! Welcome to Episode 9 of Crushing it in Real Estate. This week we have Jason Hsiao, a meet up host and a Real Estate Developer in both the Bay Area and the Los Angeles Metro. Join us this week as we discuss with Jason about the fundamentals of Real Estate Development and how to get started! Check out Jason's Glendora Public Market project! http://glendorapublicmarket.com/ Info: /www.investwithshaw.com https://jasonhsiao.com/

The Lionel SHIPman $HAPE YOUR FINANCES Show is a financial & life empowerment show focusing on our lives around money & finances. The show aims to educate and motivate people to improve their financial outlooks and empower them to take charge of their lives and to live life to the fullest. Guest: Keyonna Monroe She is the CEO & Executive Director of Pretty2Me.org, a nonprofit organization that teaches young girls and women the benefits of loving themselves first. Keyonna is a survivor of human trafficking as a pre-teen growing up in South Central Los Angeles. She has worked with the Los Angeles Police Department, City of Long Beach and Los Angeles Metro to educate staff on how to recognize someone who is being trafficked. She also often speaks about preventing/Identifying/Healing in terms of Human Trafficking.  As a survivor, Keyonna brings a much-needed voice to an issue that largely remains hidden. An alum of both Spelman College and USC, she worked in marketing & advertising before making her way to major television networks as an editor and journalist. Keyonna has been recognized as a woman with a high level of positive influence by Congressman Lowenthall, Black Business Leadership Hall of Fame, LA5 Rotary, DCFS and others. She is passionate about supporting the next generation of young women, and is honored to teach, guide, support and assist them with the use of her personal and professional advice as they embark on their future careers. Currently working with schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Keyonna has seen the change she has made in the lives of many girls. She has spoken on empowerment panels at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES), Hawthorne High School, Washington Prep High School, and Santa Monica College. In addition to being a mother, Keyonna is a published children's book author.

20 episodes!!! They said we wouldn't make it but what do our families know. Join the crew as they reminisce over their favorite moments from the past 20 episodes, Bryan explains how Los Angeles Metro stole his car and they Thank all their past guests in song. Make sure to share, follow, subscribe!

This episode was partially inspired by my oldest daughter who asked the question "Daddy, did Nipsey Hussle go to heaven?" Although, this may be a controversial subject, it is one that needs to be addressed nonetheless.  Salvation vs. "Our" righteousness has been a much debated issue among people. Especially, when they do not  believe the Bible is the final authority on everything.  In this episode we hope to answer many of the questions people have surrounding the subject.  Nipsey Hussle was an American Rapper who was of Aretrian descent. He grew up in the Los Angeles Metro and that is also where he sadly was gunned down by a man while standing in the parking lot of a shopping center he bought to help give back to the neighborhood where he grew up.  Our condolences go to the family who lost a man who seemed to be coming into his own with a positive contribution to the world in many ways that he started to manifest. We pray that through understanding certain things surrounding his death that many will come to know Jesus as their Savior. 

EP26: Culver City is a small five square mile town that’s part of the Los Angeles Metro. Here you can have the freshest produce, incredible tacos, and one incredibly strange museum. Show Notes: Food and Drink Tender Greens Best spot for a fresh and interesting salad in Culver City Tocaya Read more... The post Destination Eat Drink – Culver City & LA appeared first on Radio Misfits.

California real estate radio presents the meeting of the FED last week kept the interest rates the same and sent a calming effect over the California housing market as a whole. It has been a while since this calming and warmth has been felt by those of us in the Top Tier real estate housing markets. We are in Los Angeles Metro - in a Stand-Alone city or area known as Santa Clarita Valley. Being on the forefront in California real estate is telling, especially when I'm digesting all of the State to gather intel for our California real estate radio show. San Francisco and San Jose are the highest real estate market besides when looking at the Platinum Triangle - Beverly Hills, Bel Aire and Holmby Hills. Of course, each market has it's "higher than median" priced areas. So hence the platinum triangle. Foreclosures - bank owned covered on today's showThe FED meeting and what a change to interest rate meansPUBLIC service announcement about Buying a New Home from a New Home Builders agent.Loans and Lending - what you need to watch out for in junk feesSomething that comes up during our show and during the times when we publish new California real estate housing and market updates is how we refer. What happens when you want to hire a real estate agent somewhere in California to represent you as a home buyer or as a home seller? Once you start asking the online search engines, you are going to start getting a ton of spam if you give up who you are. This happened way too many times to our real estate clients, therefore - I changed the game. I opened up our referral network to those of you wanting to get referred to a top real estate agent in California, free of charge, that has the same core values, mission statement and client care view that I do with my own real estate business. Get on the Show or be referred to a BEST California real estate agent - HousingRadio.com - fill out the form an I will do the research and make the referral for you.

with Stephen Box, Public Information Officer of Empower LA, Scott Epstein, Chair of the Mid City West Community Council, Leyna Lightman, recipient of a Vision Zero Artistic Intervention grant from the City of Los Angeles, and Luke Klipp, Budget Analyst for the Los Angeles Metro

Hour 1: Sarah Huckabee Sanders fields one of the dumbest questions that Pat has ever heard …Vermont trans-woman Christine Hallquist becomes the first transgender individual to receive a major party nomination for governor …Colorado Civil Rights Commission simply won’t stop targeting the owner of Masterpiece Cakes … British transgender rights activists select the lobster emoji as the symbol of their cause …Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is doing all kinds of damage to the Democrats with her radical progressive platform …How concerned is Ted Cruz about the rise of Beto O’Rourke? We'll find out from the man himself very soon. Hour 2: How many times do we have to outline the basic protections for freedom of religion? …Let us revisit the case of Oregon bakers who lost their business and $137,000 in one of these cases …Callers offer some great ideas for how to trigger liberal bakers into denying service to conservatives …The median house price in the Bay Area has reached $909,000 – And this region isn’t alone when it comes to insane costs of living …Need to pee on the streets of Paris? We have the solution …Los Angeles Metro has installed full-body scanners to detect weapons – But it’s all voluntary, right? …It’s National Lemon Meringue Pie Day! But Keith dropped the ball (again) …Gas isn’t so cheap in Venezuela, anymore. Hour 3: We should probably tell Californians that Texas is awful so that they don’t move here …Caller suggests that revenge isn’t the answer – We should all buy cakes from Masterpiece Cakes …A research team has identified 31 specific microaggressions commonly directed towards atheists …Chinese authorities have purchased a radio station near the US-Mexico border to broadcast propaganda into America …An alarming number of Democrats now have a favorable view of socialism …Chelsea Clinton attributes economic recovery in the 1970s to, wait for it, Roe v. Wade …Train a generation of school shooters? Get out of jail on signature bond – But don’t think of taunting a Yellowstone bison …Peter Strzok is getting a ton of support from “friends” online ...Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) can’t name her biggest “win”. Tune in to "Pat Gray Unleashed" weekdays from 12-3p.m. ET on TheBlaze TV! Twitter @PatUnleashed LISTEN https://omny.fm/shows/pat-gray http://www.theblaze.com/radio-shows/pat-gray-unleashed/ https://soundcloud.com/patgrayshow https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-blaze-radio-network/pat-gray https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pat-gray-unleashed/id1280961263?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radio host Tyrone DuBose celebrates Arthur Winston, a Los Angeles Metro employee named "Employee of the Century" for the 20th century

Radio host Tyrone DuBose celebrates Arthur Winston, a Los Angeles Metro employee named "Employee of the Century" for the 20th century

In this episode, Mike and Torya discuss their trip on the Los Angeles Metro and the insane people they ran into along the way. This one is loaded with great stuff!

Jessica Lesaca is a social media content creator.  She currently freelances across several social media platforms such as Instagram, Vine, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat and Facebook. She began her career in social media in 2013, making videos on Vine. Her content was branded as situational comedy and humorous dance videos. Jessica was able to grow a Vine following of over 300K, which allowed her to grow her other social media platforms. Today, she has a collective following of over 660K and because of her following, she has been approached by brands and agencies who commission her as a content creator for their advertisement campaigns. Some of the companies she has worked with are the Los Angeles Metro, E! Entertainment, Nordstrom, Juicy Couture and Warner Bros. It's hard to believe that Jessica was once a shy and quiet person.  Jessica shares show performing was an outlet she used to grow her confidence, be her true self and also allow her to live life more freely.  Check out her episode to listen to her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Jessica's episode, Jessica's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Colin Marshall sits down at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law with Ethan Elkind, an attorney who researches and writes on environmental law and the author of Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail System and the Future of the City. They discuss the reason visitors and even some Angelenos express surprise at the very existence of the city's subway; the roots of the assumption that Los Angeles would always have a 1950s-style "car culture"; why something as essential as a rail system has required a "fight"; the persistent Roger Rabbit conspiracy theory about the dismantling of Los Angeles' first rail transit network; why so may, for so long, failed to consider the city's inevitably dense and increasingly less car-compatible future; Los Angeles' long-standing anxiety about joining the ranks of "world-class" cities, and how the absence of a subway fueled it; how Californian rail systems, Los Angeles' especially but the San Francisco's Bay Area's BART as well, physically embody the compromises of consensus-based politics; what some Angelenos mean when they talk about "Manhattanization"; the similarity between a city's expectation that its citizens all own their own cars and an expectation that they all own their own power generators; how much the conversation about rail in Los Angeles has to do with, simply, density in Los Angeles; why Metro pretends not to know about its own problems and resorts to "corporate PR-speak"; whether those who lament the limitations of Los Angeles rail can blame individuals (such as Henry Waxman); whether anyone can change the minds of Angelenos who want the city to return to 1962; the demoralizing effects of such far-flung completion dates as 2036 for the Purple Line subway to UCLA; and how every voter can come to consider the Los Angeles Metro rail system "a precious thing."

Jeff Wood and Tanya Snyder are back with episode 8 of the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about the Los Angeles Metro's decision not to extend light rail all the way to LAX (and what they're doing instead), plus some analysis of what rail can really do in a city as spread-out as LA. Then we head east to Princeton, New Jersey, where we debunk the thesis that low sales of luxury condos somehow equates to a rejection of walkability. And finally, back west to Seattle, which finds itself with a similar problem to LA: how to bring more density to settled single-family areas? You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes -- and please give us a listener review while you're at it.