Even before the L.A. fires, Hollywood jobs were hard to find

Inside: What we lost in the fires; appreciating David Lynch and more.‍  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­   ADVERTISEMENT January 19, 2025 | View in browser Entertainment Even before the L.A. fires, Hollywood jobs were hard to find. Will the work ever come back? As Hollywood goes through vast technological, financial and global change, the state's cornerstone entertainment industry and its workers face a hard reality: Lost jobs may never come back. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Fire charred two L.A. music utopias. Will they ever recover? In a cruel coincidence, the Palisades and Eaton fires wiped out two neighborhoods with unique significance in L.A.'s music industry. Read More Column: Fire is part of L.A.'s ethos. But this Angeleno is asking, 'Is it time to go?' After evacuating from the Eaton fire, our columnist wonders if climate change, the insurance crisis and other factors have made remaining, or rebuilding, too risky. Read More ADVERTISEMENT A treasure house of composer Arnold Schoenberg's music destroyed in Palisades fire Ninety years after composer Arnold Schoenberg fled the Nazis and moved to Los Angeles, the publishing company established by his heirs was destroyed in the Palisades fire. Read More Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' illuminates an existential truth revealed by the Los Angeles fires Theater critic Charles McNulty writes on how Shakespeare, and "The Tempest" in particular, is helping him bear witness to the scale of loss caused by the Los Angeles wildfires. Read More Keep up with California Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times. Subscribe Now How Altadena became the L.A. dream for Gen X and millennial artists, writers, musicians For a particular creative community, Altadena represented one of the last great affordable places in L.A. to raise a family. The Eaton fire left those homes in ashes, and destroyed one vision of the L.A. dream. Read More Appreciation: Long live the wizard, David Lynch The filmmaker invited us to open our minds to the impossible, with movies such as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" that defined an American surrealism. Read More Steven Soderbergh decided to make a ghost story. He also wanted to play the ghost Often the camera operator on his own films, the Oscar-winning director of "Traffic" had an idea for a first-person horror movie, one that required some stamina. Read More Why Zane Lowe and Apple Music are betting on live radio in an on-demand era The streaming platform just introduced three new radio stations at a moment when its competitors are relying on playlists and AI. Says Zane Lowe: "Music doesn't get event-ized enough." Read More Billy Bob Thornton unpacks 'Landman' finale, details his hopes for Season 2 Thornton, who stars as the fixer for a Texas oil company in the hit Taylor Sheridan drama, breaks down the season finale and discusses the prospects for Season 2. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Thank you for reading Entertainment Digest from the Los Angeles Times Sign up for more L.A. Times newsletters. Sign Up You received this email because you opted to receive email communications from L.A. Times. Unsubscribe | Manage marketing email preferences | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell My Personal Information | CA Notice of Collection   Advertisers have no control over editorial decisions or content. Place an ad or classified.   Copyright © 2025, Los Angeles Times 2300 E. Imperial Highway, El Segundo, CA 90245 1-800-LA-TIMES latimes.com