Malia Mendez began writing for the Los Angeles Times in 2023. A previous summer intern on the Entertainment and Arts Desk, she graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s in journalism. Mendez got her start in journalism at the Stanford Daily, where she worked as managing editor of the newspaper’s Arts & Life section. Her byline can be found in Los Angeles Magazine, the Orange County Register and the Peninsula Press. She is from Irvine.
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USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for ‘James,’ a retelling of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ from the character Jim’s point of view.
‘The Voice’ loses another contestant as Mor Ilderton (Team Gwen Stefani), exits a week after Tanner Frick’s departure from Team Michael Bublé.
Elton John’s musical ‘Tammy Faye’ announces its Dec. 8 closing date less than a week after a weak opening on Broadway. The show was a hit in London’s West End.
Jay Leno suffered a broken wrist and an eye injury after falling 60 feet downhill before his Friday show in Pittsburgh. He’s ‘all black and blue.’
Country singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson is arrested on suspicion of drug possession and speeding in Tennessee days after releasing his first album in a decade-plus.
A Betty White postage stamp based on a 2010 photo of the ‘Golden Girls’ actor will be released in 2025, the U.S. Postal Service said Friday.
The family of Cole Brings Plenty says there is still no an explanation for the ‘1923’ actor’s death, months after police ruled out foul play.
My Chemical Romance will perform its seminal 2006 album ‘The Black Parade’ in its entirety on a 10-stop stadium tour next summer.
Karol G addressed the backlash surrounding lyrics from her song ‘+57’ which some say promotes the sexualization of minors: ‘A mamacita since 14.’
Megan Fox is pregnant with Baby No. 4, her first with Machine Gun Kelly, after a previous miscarriage: ‘Nothing is ever really lost.’