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78-710: According to the LA Weekly , there are different perspectives on where the Westside ends and the Eastside begins. Generally, the Westside is the area south of the Santa Monica Mountains and Sepulveda Pass , and west of either: Los Angeles Times readers submitted more than 300 maps, with borders ranging from Lincoln to La Brea and beyond. The most common east/west dividing lines were: Downtown, La Cienega Boulevard (the most common street cited), and

156-688: A Member of the Parliament of Bermuda (MCP), and as commanding officer of the Bermuda Militia Artillery . Douglas is a US citizen by birth in the United States and has Bermudian Status from his mother's birth in Bermuda . His great-grandfather, Thomas Newbold Dill (1837–1910), was a merchant, an MCP for Devonshire Parish from 1868 to 1888, a member of the legislative council and an assistant justice from 1888, mayor of

234-801: A Primetime Emmy Award , the Cecil B. DeMille Award , and the AFI Life Achievement Award . The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill , Douglas earned his Bachelor of Arts in drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara . His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco , for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations. In 1975, Douglas produced One Flew Over

312-805: A Reform Jew . His son, Dylan, had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony and the Douglas family traveled to Jerusalem to mark the occasion. Douglas received the 2015 Genesis Prize , a $ 1 million prize awarded by the Genesis Prize Foundation for Jewish achievement. He donated the prize money to activities designed to raise awareness about inclusion and diversity in Jewish life and to find innovative solutions to pressing global and community problems. Michael Douglas has been involved in various charitable activities, focusing on healthcare, nuclear disarmament, and human rights. Since 1998, he has served as

390-690: A United Nations Messenger of Peace, primarily concentrating on disarmament issues. Douglas has supported the Motion Picture & Television Fund, which aids those in the entertainment industry, and has participated in fundraising efforts for the Jewish General Hospital and the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, where he was diagnosed with cancer. Additionally, he has been involved with

468-421: A cigarette while on holiday that month. A representative declined to comment on the photographs. In November 2010, Douglas' doctors put him on a weight-gain diet due to excessive weight loss that left him weak. On January 11, 2011, he said that the tumor was gone, though the illness and aggressive treatment had caused him to lose 32 pounds (14.5 kg). He said he would require monthly screenings because of

546-666: A "mentor" and someone he "admired and loved deeply". After Douglas left the show, he had a long association with his mentor until Malden's death on July 1, 2009. In 2004, Douglas presented Malden with the Monte Cristo Award of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut for the Lifetime Achievement Award . In late 1971, Douglas received from his father, Kirk Douglas , the rights to

624-722: A Comedy Show. Douglas was also the voice of founding father Benjamin Franklin in Freedom: A History of US , the PBS television adaptation of Joy Hakim 's 10-volume book A History of US . Douglas was approached for Basic Instinct 2 , but declined to participate in the project. In 2006, Douglas was Mr. Thompson in You, Me, and Dupree . The following year, Douglas played Charlie in King of California . In December 2007, Douglas began announcing

702-581: A Word (2001), filmed shortly before his marriage to Zeta-Jones. In 2003, he starred in It Runs in the Family , which featured three generations of his family (his parents, Kirk and Diana, as well as his son, Cameron ). Although a labor of love, the film was not successful, critically or at the box office. Also in 2003, Douglas starred in The In-Laws . Douglas was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award at

780-694: A coastal estate near Valldemossa , Mallorca . In August 2013, People claimed that Douglas and Zeta-Jones began living separately in May 2013, but did not take any legal action towards separation or divorce. A representative for Zeta-Jones subsequently confirmed that they "are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage". It was reported in November, that the couple had reconciled and Zeta-Jones moved back into their New York apartment. In 1997, New York caddie James Parker sued Douglas for $ 25 million. Parker accused Douglas of hitting him in

858-465: A cookie-cutter template for editorial content onto the publication. Belt-tightening in 2009 led to internal cutbacks, resulting in the paper eliminating the position of managing editor, letting go of several staff writers and other editorial department positions, as well as cutting the entire fact-checking department. New Times Media replaced news editor Alan Mittelstaedt with New Times LA editor Jill Stewart . Writers once closely associated with

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936-412: A high chance of recurrence within three years. In June 2013, Douglas told The Guardian that his type of cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus transmitted by cunnilingus , leading some media to report this as well. His spokesman denied these reports and portrayed Douglas' conversation with The Guardian as general and not referring specifically to his diagnosis. Although Douglas described

1014-515: A new film production company, Douglas/Reuther Productions, in partnership with Steven Reuther . In 1994 Douglas and Demi Moore starred in the hit movie Disclosure focusing on the topic of sexual harassment with Douglas playing a man harassed by his new female boss. Other popular films he starred in during the decade were Falling Down , The American President , The Ghost and the Darkness , The Game (directed by David Fincher ), and

1092-717: A relationship that lasted nearly six years. In March 1977, Douglas married Diandra Luker, 12 years his junior and the daughter of an Austrian diplomat. They had one son, Cameron , born in 1978. In 1995, Diandra filed for divorce and was awarded $ 45 million as part of the divorce settlement. In March 1999, Douglas began dating Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones . The pair married on November 18, 2000. Zeta-Jones says that when they met in Deauville , France, Douglas said, "I want to father your children." They have two children, son Dylan Michael (born August 8, 2000) and daughter Carys Zeta (born April 20, 2003). The family has

1170-743: A remake of Alfred Hitchcock 's classic – Dial M for Murder – titled A Perfect Murder . In 1998 Douglas received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . On November 19, 1997, Douglas formed his fourth film production company, Furthur Films . In 2000, Douglas starred in Steven Soderbergh 's critically acclaimed film Traffic , opposite Benicio del Toro and future wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones . Douglas and

1248-449: A successful producer and actor, he describes himself as "an actor first and a producer second". He has explained why he enjoys both functions: I love the fact that on one side, with acting, you can be a child—acting is wonderful for its innocence and the fun ... On the other side, producing is fun for all the adult kinds of things you do. You deal in business, you deal with the creative forces. As an adult who continues to get older, you like

1326-676: A troubled marathon runner in Running . In 1979, he both produced and starred in The China Syndrome , a dramatic film co-starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon about a nuclear power plant accident (the Three Mile Island accident took place 12 days after the film's release). The film was considered "one of the most intelligent Hollywood films of the 1970s". In June 1979, Michael appointed Jack Brodsky Executive Vice-president of Bigstick Productions. Douglas' acting career

1404-530: A wide range of disciplines. With an approximate enrollment of 28,000 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students, UCLA is the university with the largest enrollment in the state of California and the most popular university in the United States by number of applicants. Other post-secondary schools in the Westside are as follows: Other regions of Los Angeles County 34°02′30″N 118°25′31″W  /  34.04153°N 118.425392°W  / 34.04153; -118.425392 LA Weekly LA Weekly

1482-428: A wide range without giving up all my moral values. I think that same chameleonlike quality can transfer into films. I think if you can remember the reason you got involved with it in the first place and try to keep that impulsive, instinctive feeling even when you're being beaten down or exhausted or waylaid, you'll be successful." After the filming of Summertree in 1971, Douglas began dating actress Brenda Vaccaro ,

1560-928: Is Darrick Rainey, the Music Editor is Brett Callwood, the Culture & Entertainment Editor is Lina Lecaro, the Arts Editor ;is Shana Nys Dambrot and the Food Editor ;is Michele Stueven. The Publisher and CEO is Brian Calle. In June 2022, the Los Angeles Press Club awarded news reporter Isai Rocha Journalist of the Year for print publications under 50,000 circulation at the 64th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. The judges said, "Whether exploring issues of diversity, pandemic inequities, or homelessness, Rocha delivers

1638-679: Is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles , California. The paper covers music, arts, film, theater, culture, and other local news in the Los Angeles area. LA Weekly was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin (among others), and he served as the publication's editor from 1978 to 1991, as well as its president from 1978 to 1992. Jay Levin put together an investment group that included actor Michael Douglas , Burt Kleiner, Joe Benadon, and Pete Kameron. Levin's co-founders included Joie Davidow , Michael Ventura , and Ginger Varney. Levin

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1716-657: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts . His father was Jewish and was born Issur Danielovitch . Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chavusy in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus ). His mother was from Devonshire Parish, Bermuda , and had English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Belgian, and Dutch ancestry. Douglas' uncle was politician Sir Nicholas Bayard Dill , and Douglas' maternal grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Melville Dill , served as Attorney General of Bermuda, as

1794-646: The City of Hamilton from 1891 to 1897, served on numerous committees and boards, and was a member of the Devonshire Church (Church of England) and Devonshire Parish vestries. Thomas Newbold Dill's father, another Thomas Melville Dill, was a sea captain who took the Bermudian-built barque Sir George F. Seymour from Bermuda to Ireland in thirteen days in March 1858, but lost his master's certificate after

1872-724: The David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America. In 2011, Douglas voiced Waylon on Disney Channel 's cartoon Phineas and Ferb and starred in the dramatic thriller Haywire . He was also honored that year by the French Minister of Culture with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres with the rank of Commandeur. In 2012, Douglas was honored with

1950-792: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Michael Douglas has also raised awareness about the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and oropharyngeal cancer, citing medical evidence and his diagnosis to promote public health education and preventive measures. He was featured in the "100 Influential Celebrities in Oncology: The 2023 Edition" by OncoDaily for his contributions to public awareness. In 2018, journalist and author Susan Braudy alleged on Today , an NBC morning news show in

2028-546: The Golden Globes in 2004. Michael and Kirk Douglas are the only father and son pair to have both been awarded this recognition. He then starred in and produced the action-thriller The Sentinel in 2006. During that time, he also guest starred on the episode " Fagel Attraction " of the television sitcom Will & Grace as a gay cop attracted to Will Truman ( Eric McCormack ); the performance earned Douglas an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in

2106-828: The HBO film Behind the Candelabra , he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie . Douglas starred as an aging acting coach in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method (2018–2021), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy . He has portrayed Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , beginning with Ant-Man (2015). Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism. He sits on

2184-675: The University of California, Santa Barbara in 1968, where he was also the honorary president of the UCSB Alumni Association . He studied acting with Wynn Handman at The American Place Theatre in New York City. His first TV breakthrough role came with a 1969 CBS Playhouse special, The Experiment —and it was the only time he was billed as "M.K. Douglas". On November 24, 1969, Douglas formed his first independent film production company, Bigstick Productions, Limited. Michael Douglas started his film career in

2262-585: The Village Voice Media name in October 2005. At that point, Village Voice Media owned a chain of 17 alternative weeklies with a combined circulation of 1.8 million. Some former employees complained about personnel moves after the sale. For instance, Harold Meyerson , once the Weekly 's political editor, charged in a departing email to Weekly staffers in 2006 that the new owners had grafted

2340-452: The Weekly but let go by the paper's management during that period included Meyerson, theater critic Steven Leigh Morris, film critic Ella Taylor , and columnist Marc Cooper . Management said staff cuts were necessary owing to poor economic conditions. However, some of the cuts were likely attributable to philosophical differences with the paper's then-owners (who have since sold the chain). Former staff writer Matthew Fleischer said at

2418-421: The groin with an errant golf ball , causing Parker great distress. The case was later settled out of court. In 2004, Douglas and Zeta-Jones took legal action against stalker Dawnette Knight, who was accused of sending violent letters to the couple that contained graphic threats on Zeta-Jones' life. Testifying, Zeta-Jones said the threats left her so shaken she feared a nervous breakdown . Knight claimed she

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2496-530: The 405 freeway (the most common answer). The Times analyzed the results and no one definition approached a majority. Ultimately, the Los Angeles Times Mapping Project settled on a definition comprising 101.28 square miles (262 km), encompassing not only districts in the city of Los Angeles but also two unincorporated neighborhoods, plus the cities of Beverly Hills , Culver City , and Santa Monica , but excluding all of

2574-829: The Cannes Film Festival and the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India in November 2023. In 2024, he starred in the Apple TV+ miniseries Franklin , portraying Benjamin Franklin during the eight years that he spent in France attempting to convince King Louis XVI to support the burgeoning United States in the American Revolutionary War . According to film historian and critic David Thomson , Douglas

2652-764: The Cuckoo's Nest , having acquired the rights to the Ken Kesey novel from his father. The film received critical and popular acclaim, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture , earning Douglas his first Oscar as one of the film's producers. Douglas went on to produce films including The China Syndrome (1979) and Romancing the Stone (1984), for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy , and The Jewel of

2730-752: The Los Angeles Press Club's nod for "Journalist of the Year". In November 2017, the publication was sold to Semanal Media LLC, whose parent company is listed as Street Media. In December 2017, it was revealed that the new owners of Semanal Media LLC included "David Welch, a Los Angeles-based attorney with ties to the cannabis industry; philanthropist Kevin Xu, an investor with biotech firm Mebo International; attorney Steve Mehr; boutique hotelier Paul Makarechian; real estate developer Mike Mugel; and Southern California investor Andy Bequer", all residents of Orange County, California . The new operation manager

2808-408: The Los Angeles music scene. Davidow produced a comprehensive calendar section and explored undiscovered fashion districts, discovering new designers. In 1985, LA Weekly launched a glossy magazine, L.A. Style , which Davidow edited. L.A. Style was sold to American Express Publishing in 1988 (it merged with BUZZ magazine in 1993). By 1990, LA Weekly had a circulation of 165,000, making it

2886-725: The Me generation," and says "greed is good" in the movie; in Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile, he played an idealistic soldier of fortune; in The Star Chamber (1983), he was a court judge fed up with an inadequate legal system, leading him to become involved with a vigilante group; and in Black Rain (1989), he proved he could also play a Stallone -like action hero as a New York City cop. Having become recognized as

2964-473: The Monte Cristo Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center for his "monumental achievements and contributions to the American and international theater community." Douglas collaborated with Steven Soderbergh again on the 2013 film Behind the Candelabra , playing Liberace , opposite Matt Damon as Scott Thorson. The film dramatizes the last 10 years of the pianist's life and

3042-736: The Nile (1985). Douglas received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone 's Wall Street (1987), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor (a role he reprised in the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in 2010). Other notable roles include in Fatal Attraction (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Basic Instinct (1992), Falling Down (1993), The American President (1995), The Game (1997), Traffic (2000), and Wonder Boys (2000). In 2013, for his portrayal of Liberace in

3120-604: The Nile , which he also produced. Bigstick Productions was then partnered with Mercury Entertainment, a company backed by producer Michael Phillips in 1986 to produce independently financed features. In the 1980s, Douglas formed a new film production company, The Stone Group (later renamed Stonebridge Entertainment) with partner Rick Bieber. In 1987, Douglas starred in the thriller Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close . That same year he played tycoon Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone 's Wall Street for which he received an Academy Award as Best Actor. He reprised his role as Gekko in

3198-609: The action thriller Unlocked . In 2018, he starred with Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method , playing Sandy Kominsky, an aging acting coach. He received a Golden Globe Award for his performance. The same year, he starred in a Chinese film , Animal World , based on the Japanese manga series Kaiji . In 2018, Douglas received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Starting in 2019, Douglas voiced

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3276-473: The actor's medical condition after numerous American specialists failed to do so. Douglas has since participated in fundraisers for Montreal's Jewish General Hospital , where he was diagnosed, and the McGill University Health Centre with which the hospital is affiliated. Douglas attributed the cancer to stress , his previous alcohol abuse , and years of heavy smoking . In July 2011, Star magazine published photographs which appeared to show him smoking

3354-460: The adult risks. It's flying without a net, taking chances and learning. I was never good in economics or business—had no business background, you know, and I like it. I think I'm a chameleon. I think it's something that I possibly inherited early on as a child going back and forth between two families. I know that whether it's right or wrong, I have an ability to sort of fit into a lot of different situations and make people feel relatively comfortable in

3432-553: The announcement came immediately before Douglas' promotional tour for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps . Douglas was born to a Jewish father and an Anglican ( Church of England ) mother. His cousin, the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill , is the bishop of the established Anglican Church of Bermuda . Douglas was not raised with a religious affiliation but stated in January 2015, that he now identifies as

3510-425: The board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , is an honorary board member of the anti-war grant-making foundation Ploughshares Fund and he was appointed as a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 1998. He has been married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000. Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey , the first child of actors Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) and Diana Dill (1923–2015). His parents met at

3588-473: The brunt of female anger because of real or imagined sexual slights". These themes of perceived male victimization are seen in films such as Fatal Attraction (1987) with Glenn Close , The War of the Roses (1989) with Kathleen Turner , Basic Instinct (1992) with Sharon Stone , Falling Down (1993), and Disclosure (1994) with Demi Moore . For his characters in films such as these, "any kind of sexual contact with someone other than his mate and

3666-413: The cancer as throat cancer, it was publicly speculated that he may have been diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer . In October 2013, Douglas said he suffered from tongue cancer, not throat cancer. He announced it as throat cancer upon the advice of his physician, who felt it would be unwise to reveal that he had tongue cancer given its negative prognosis and potential for disfigurement, particularly because

3744-426: The cast of Traffic were awarded a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. That same year he also received critical acclaim for his role in Wonder Boys , as a professor and novelist suffering from writer's block . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role . Douglas starred in Don't Say

3822-440: The character Guy-I-Am in the Netflix animated series Green Eggs and Ham (TV series) . In 2023, Douglas again played Hank Pym in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). The Ant-Man films were directed by Peyton Reed and starred Paul Rudd . Douglas reprised the role, voicing Hank Pym in the animated series What If... (2021-2023). In May 2023, Douglas was honored with an Honorary Palme d'or for Lifetime Achievement at

3900-402: The city of West Hollywood – even areas west of La Cienega Boulevard. According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the Los Angeles Times the Westside includes all of the below neighborhoods that are part of the city of Los Angeles: In the 2000 census , the Westside (as defined by the Los Angeles Times Mapping Project ) had a population of 529,427. In 2000, non-Hispanic whites made up 63% of

3978-408: The film. In December 1976, Michael and his brother Peter became head of their father's film production company, The Bryna Company , though Michael would depart by 1978 to focus exclusively on producing through his own Bigstick Productions. After leaving The Streets of San Francisco in 1976, Douglas played a hospital doctor in the medical thriller Coma (1978), and in 1979 he played the role of

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4056-453: The goods by putting into sharp relief situations and issues many—including city officials and politicians—would rather ignore or keep in the dark. His work is commendable and deserving of recognition by both the public and his peers." Michael Douglas Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades , including two Academy Awards , five Golden Globe Awards ,

4134-441: The introduction to NBC Nightly News . Howard Reig , the previous announcer, had retired two years earlier. That same year, Douglas received the Career Achievement Award from the National Board of Review . In the late 2000s, Douglas starred in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt , and Solitary Man . In 2009, he was honored with the American Film Institute 's Lifetime Achievement Award and

4212-416: The job quickly went to Drex Heikes, formerly of the Los Angeles Times . When Heikes left in 2011, he was replaced by Sarah Fenske. In 2009, former Los Angeles Times food writer Amy Scattergood became food blogger at LA Weekly ' s Squid Ink, and was later promoted to food editor. In late 2009, the paper hired Dennis Romero, formerly of Ciudad magazine, as a full-time news blogger. Following

4290-467: The label with record producer Richard Rudolph , who became the company's president and CEO. Among the acts signed to Third Stone were Saigon Kick and Nona Gaye . That same year, Douglas had another successful starring role when he appeared alongside Sharon Stone in the film Basic Instinct . The movie was a box office hit and sparked controversy over its depictions of bisexuality and lesbianism . In March 1994, Douglas announced that he had formed

4368-455: The largest urban weekly in the U.S. Co-founder Jay Levin stepped down as president in 1992 to pursue other ventures. Co-founders Michael Ventura and Ginger Varney left the publication in 1993. The founding team was succeeded by Michael Sigman as publisher and Kit Rachlis as editor. LA Weekly was sold to Stern Publishing, owner of The Village Voice , in 1994. New Times Media acquired Stern Publishing (and LA Weekly ) in 2004, assuming

4446-437: The late 1960s and early 1970s, appearing in little known films such as Hail, Hero! , Adam at 6 A.M. , and Summertree . His performance in Hail, Hero! earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer. His first significant role came in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco from 1972 to 1976, in which he starred alongside Karl Malden . Douglas later said that Malden became

4524-446: The median income of the neighborhood was about $ 96,300. The Westside is home to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a public research university in the Westwood neighborhood. It is the second-oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California system. UCLA is considered a flagship campus of the University of California system, along with UC Berkeley . It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in

4602-419: The mother of his children is destined to come at a costly price." Edelman describes his characters as the "Everyman who must contend with, and be victimized by, these women and their raging, psychotic sexuality". Conversely, Douglas also played powerful characters with dominating personalities, including Gordon Gekko , in the Wall Street franchise, who was described as the "greedy yuppie personification of

4680-439: The novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , which had been purchased by Bryna Productions in February 1962. Michael went on to produce the film of the same name with Saul Zaentz . Kirk Douglas hoped to portray McMurphy himself, having starred in an earlier stage version, but the director, Milos Forman, went with Jack Nicholson , who won the Academy Award for Best Actor . Douglas won the Award for Best Picture for producing

4758-620: The population. The areas within the city of Los Angeles that Los Angeles Almanac recognized as part of the Westside had a population of 413,351. Fifty-three percent of West Los Angeles residents aged 25 and older had earned a 4-year degree (or higher) by 2000, according to Census Bureau figures quoted by the Los Angeles Times. They included 89,620 people with master's degrees or higher and 117,695 with bachelor's degrees . In addition, 95,187 people in that age range had some college experience. There were 46,823 with high school diplomas but 40,451 who had dropped out before graduating. As of 2019,

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4836-431: The publication's recent notable writers are Pulitzer Prize -winning food writer Jonathan Gold , who left in early 2012; and Nikki Finke , who blogged about the film industry through the Weekly 's website and published a print column in the paper each week, leaving in June 2009 after the blog she founded, Deadline Hollywood Daily , was acquired by an online firm. In the 1990s, LA Weekly co-founder Michael Ventura

4914-402: The recession, in 2012, the paper added food critic Besha Rodell, a James Beard Foundation Award nominee and former food editor of Atlanta 's Creative Loafing . In 2013, the paper named Amy Nicholson its lead film critic. In 2016, LA Weekly named multimedia journalist and Emmy -winning producer Drew Tewksbury as managing editor. As of 2022, the Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director

4992-473: The relationship he had with Thorson. His portrayal of Liberace received critical acclaim, which resulted in him receiving the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards . He also won SAG and Golden Globe Awards for the performance. Also that year, he starred in Last Vegas , a comedy also starring Robert De Niro , Morgan Freeman , and Kevin Kline . In 2014, Douglas starred alongside Diane Keaton in

5070-410: The romantic comedy, And So It Goes and he produced and starred in Beyond the Reach . He played Hank Pym , the Marvel Comics superhero, in the films Ant-Man (2015), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). In 2016, Douglas received his second Cesar d'Honneur for Career Achievement from the French Cesar Awards; the first was in 1998. In 2017, Douglas starred in

5148-479: The sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps in 2010, also directed by Stone. Douglas starred in the 1989 film The War of the Roses , which also starred Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito . In 1989 he starred in Ridley Scott 's international police crime drama Black Rain opposite Andy García and Kate Capshaw ; the film was shot in Osaka , Japan. In 1992, Douglas founded the short-lived Atlantic Records distributed label Third Stone Records. He founded

5226-641: The story of the " Grim Sleeper " serial killer. At the 2009 Los Angeles Press Club Awards, the Weekly won six first-place awards, including three by staff writer Christine Pelisek, who was honored in the Investigative Reporting, Hard News, and News Feature categories. In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed Voice Media Group . The paper won journalism awards before and after this transition, with two of its news writers, Patrick Range McDonald and Gene Maddaus, winning

5304-442: The time that "as part of the company's 'plug-and-play' management strategy, editors, writers, and ad directors were moved from city to city within the chain, without regard for local knowledge. Any old-school Village Voice Media manager who resisted the metamorphosis was denounced as a 'lefty,' a 'throwback,' and worse. They were fired or simply fled." Despite this upheaval, the paper won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006, and in 2009 broke

5382-742: The wreck of the Bermudian-built Cedrine on the Isle of Wight while returning the last convict laborers from the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda to Britain in 1863. The current (installed on 29 May 2013) Bishop of Bermuda , the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, is a cousin of Michael Douglas. Douglas has a younger brother, Joel Douglas (born 1947), and two paternal half-brothers, Peter Douglas (born 1955) and Eric Douglas (1958–2004), from stepmother Anne Buydens . Douglas attended The Allen-Stevenson School in New York City , Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts , and The Choate Preparatory School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut . He received his B.A. in dramatic art from

5460-469: The writers he had earlier brought to the Los Angeles Free Press , and installed Davidow as editor of the arts and entertainment section. LA Weekly 's first issue featured a group of female comedians, including the then-little known Sandra Bernhard , on its cover. Subsequent issues featured exposés on the Los Angeles basin's air quality and U.S. interventionism in Central America. The paper also quickly became notable for its coverage of independent cinema and

5538-419: Was Brian Calle. In August 2018, David Welch sued the other co-owners, alleging "they've pillaged the company." Street Media also owns The Village Voice , Irvine Weekly , Marina Times , and The Laker/Lutz News . In 1979 the paper established the LA Weekly Theater Awards , which awarded small theatre productions (99 seats or less) in Los Angeles. In December 2014, LA Weekly announced that it

5616-459: Was announced on August 16, 2010, that Douglas was suffering from throat cancer (later revealed to have been tongue cancer ), and would undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment . He subsequently confirmed that the cancer was at stage IV , an advanced stage. Douglas credits the discovery of his cancer to the public Canadian health system when a doctor in Montreal , Quebec diagnosed

5694-443: Was capable of playing characters who were "weak, culpable, morally indolent, compromised, and greedy for illicit sensation without losing that basic probity or potential for ethical character that we require of a hero". Critic and author Rob Edelman points out similarities in many of Douglas' roles, writing that in some of his leading films, he personified the "contemporary, Caucasian middle-to-upper-class American male who finds himself

5772-538: Was discontinuing the awards, citing the publication's desire to focus on events that would promote its profitability. From 2006 to 2009, LA Weekly hosted the LA Weekly Detour Music Festival each October. The entire block surrounding Los Angeles City Hall was closed off to accommodate the festival's three stages. Since 2008, LA Weekly has hosted a food and wine festival, now dubbed The Essentials, that draws sizable crowds. Some of

5850-746: Was formerly the publisher of the Los Angeles Free Press . The majority of the LA Weekly 's initial staff members came from the Austin Sun , a similar-natured bi-weekly, which had recently ceased publication. The group were inspired to create the LA Weekly by their work at the Sun as well as other alternative weeklies such as the Chicago Reader and Boston's The Real Paper and The Phoenix . Levin also retained many of

5928-422: Was in love with Douglas and admitted to the offenses, which took place between October 2003 and May 2004. She was sentenced to three years in prison. In 1980, Douglas was involved in a serious skiing accident which sidelined his acting career for three years. On September 17, 1992, the same year Basic Instinct came out, he began a 30-day treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction at Sierra Tucson Center. It

6006-399: Was propelled to fame when he produced and starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy Romancing the Stone . It also reintroduced Douglas as a capable leading man, giving director Robert Zemeckis his first box-office success. The film also starred Danny DeVito , a friend of Douglas' with who he had shared an apartment in the 1960s. It was followed a year later by a sequel, The Jewel of

6084-746: Was the recipient of the USA PEN award, the Los Angeles Press Club Award, and the Upton Sinclair Award given by the Liberty Hill Foundation . On June 1, 2009, the paper announced that Editor-in-Chief Laurie Ochoa , who began helming the paper in 2001 (before the New Times acquisition), was "parting ways" with the Weekly . Though some speculated that Jill Stewart was a shoo-in for the position,

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