Mary McNamara is a culture columnist and critic for the Los Angeles Times. Previously she was assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment following a 12-year stint as television critic and senior culture editor. A Pulitzer Prize winner in 2015 and finalist for criticism in 2013 and 2014, she has won various awards for criticism and feature writing. She is the author of the Hollywood mysteries “Oscar Season” and “The Starlet.” She lives in La Crescenta with her husband, three children and two dogs.
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The pro wrestler, who died on Thursday, leveraged patriotism and a demand for dominance to become a self-spun celebrity whose career catalyzed and mirrored the shifting zeitgeist.
It’s great that ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ and ‘Love Island’ have taken steps to try to prevent online hate. But their warnings only illuminate the elephant in the room. A billion-dollar industry is failing to protect the very people who built it in the first place.
The day we stop celebrating and arguing about art is the day we’ll know the bastards have won, writes critic Mary McNamara.
You don’t have to love ‘Love Island USA’ to appreciate that in this increasingly fractured time of TV viewership, it is drawing people together, our columnist writes.
The reboot of HBO’s groundbreaking series ‘Sex and the City’ has failed to mature the women at the center of the show, or their relationships, much to this viewer’s dismay.
Here’s what I’ve learned about marriage after 30 years of road travel with my husband: If you choose to stay in the car, then the only real option is to keep moving forward.
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Commentary: By taming its chaos, ‘The Bear’ bravely shows us what addiction recovery looks like
Audiences loved the bedlam of ‘The Bear,’ but in Season 4 the creators want to show that order is not the enemy of genius and chaos can be an addiction too.
In this week’s Screen Gab, “The Chosen” star George Xanthis discusses the show’s success, plus streaming suggestions for your weekend.
Of all the alarming things that happened in L.A., Dr. Phil hanging out with Trump’s border czar during immigration raids was the weirdest.
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Commentary: A mother’s plea to Trump: If you want to encourage a baby boom, give families a break
With my third and youngest child about to leave the nest, I have a few ideas about how to increase the birth rate — preserving the planet and offering parental leave, for starters.