California
USC has named its general counsel, Beong-Soo Kim, as the incoming interim president after Carol Folt’s resignation. He will temporarily oversee a campus grappling with budget cuts and threats to higher education by the Trump administration.
About 200 men, some from the neighboring Twin Towers lockup, attended this year’s Christmas Mass at Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A., celebrated by Archbishop José Gomez.
Awards
Carol Kane really wanted to work with Jason Schwartzman. Then she found out about the director’s unusual approach to filmmaking.
Entertainment & Arts
New York City Center Encores! production of ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ starring Sutton Foster, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre direct from Broadway.
USC Sports
Looking at the impending retirement of USC president Carol Folt and the legacy she leaves behind with Trojan athletics.
Movies
Also this week: David Chase’s “Not Fade Away” in 35mm black and white, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” in I.B. Technicolor and a Pablo Larraín triple-bill.
Hollywood Inc.
Carol Lombardini, who represented the major studios during last year’s Hollywood strikes, is stepping down as president and chief negotiator of the AMPTP.
Folt will retire in July after cleaning up scandals and expanding student access but drawing dissatisfaction over her handling of pro-Palestinian protests.
Some of ‘Palm Royale’s’ funniest moments involve the veteran performer struggling to speak upon waking from a coma.
USC President Carol Folt, who has drawn praise for expanding student programs and boosting athletics but criticism for her handling of pro-Palestinian protests, has received an extension to her five-year contract by university trustees.