Inside the elaborate, competitive L.A. book club taking immersion to the extreme

Inside: Lively and Baldoni reach a settlement,‍ best looks from the 2026 Met Gala,‍ Bess Wohl's 'Liberation' wins Pulitzer  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­   ADVERTISEMENT May 5, 2026 | View in browser Entertainment Inside the elaborate, competitive L.A. book club taking immersion to the extreme From Ukrainian delicacies in a Venice Beach kitchen to 18th century mansions in La Jolla, go inside “The Booked Babes” — an ultra-exclusive, high-production L.A. book club where six best friends turn literary discussion into a competitive art form of elaborate costumes, custom scents and tablescapes. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni resolve bitter legal dispute ahead of trial Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have reached a settlement, ending a sprawling legal fight tied to “It Ends With Us” just weeks before a trial was set to begin in New York. Read More The best looks from the 2026 Met Gala This year’s abstract dress code, “Fashion Is Art,” encourages guests to treat the body as a canvas and “to express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form.” Read More ADVERTISEMENT Bess Wohl’s ‘Liberation’ wins Pulitzer for drama. Could a Tony be next? Bess Wohl won the 2026 Pulitzer for drama, awarded for her play “Liberation,” which premiered on Broadway in 2025. Read More John Williams returns to North Hollywood High, which honors him with new performing arts center John Williams cut the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art performing arts center named for him at his alma mater, North Hollywood High School, where he honed his craft in the 1940s. Read More Keep up with California Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times. Subscribe Now Holocaust Museum LA will reopen as part of the new $70-million Goldrich Cultural Center After a nearly eight-month closure and a $70-million campus expansion, the Holocaust Museum LA will reopen as part of the Goldrich Cultural Center, featuring an expanded vision in Pan Pacific Park. Read More It’s time to set sail with the ‘Yacht Girls,’ L.A.’s coolest book club on a boat Aloni Ford created the inclusive boat, brunch and books-centered event to offer women a space for authentic conversation and self-care. Read More Jack Thorne’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ is a timely, engrossing miniseries true to novel Jack Thorne, the co-writer of “Adolescence,” admirably adapts William Golding’s 1954 novel about boy castaways into a miniseries for Netflix. Read More This historian dug into old records and found a lost chapter of Chicano L.A. music culture Community historian Ruben Molina’s discovery of 1950s rhythm & blues records with handwritten tags inspired “The Dreamy Side,” a book documenting overlooked Chicano youth culture. Read More Dolly Parton says her immune and digestive systems ‘got all out of whack,’ creating health concerns Dolly Parton is being treated for medical issues that arose last fall related to her immune and digestive systems. She has also called off her Las Vegas residency. 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 © 2026, Los Angeles Times 2300 E. Imperial Highway, El Segundo, CA 90245 1-800-LA-TIMES latimes.com