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Ben Fritz
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West Coast bureau chief for U.S. News . Longtime Hollywood journo. Author of "The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies." ben.fritz@wsj.com
L.A., CA, USAbenfritz.netJoined January 2009

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Sure, two (or three) of the best picture nominees were major box office hits. Which is great .But only one of the movies nominated for best director kind of was. And that category usually reveals the Academy's real top five.
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The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, is also expected to be charged with involuntary manslaughter, while assistant director David Halls has agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation.
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Finally my years covering Hollywood and my current job editing coverage of California politics (among other things) are coming together in the most perfect way
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🚨JUST IN: Boy Meets World actor and unsuccessful 2022 candidate for West Hollywood city council Ben Savage is the latest candidate to file for the Adam Schiff #CA30 seat. twitter.com/CATargetBot/st
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My first job, in the early 2000s, quickly "pivoted" to me being ordered to sell all the office furniture (for cash) and start working from home. Fond memory.
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Twitter is holding an auction for office furniture/decor, and so far bidders say they're willing to pay $16,000+ for giant Twitter bird statues...
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Every time I rewatch Batman Begins, I forget there is a line in which Liam Neeson casually mentions that the League of Shadows... caused an economic depression in Gotham City.
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Shocker: If you produce a video game with a tight, well-written story, fleshed-out characters, and no real narrative choices for the player, it's easier to adapt into a good TV show than Grand Theft Auto.
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The Last of Us is so unlike most video games that all the talk about what the HBO show tells us about the "curse" of video game adaptations is kinda driving me crazy.
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In the past week my son has watched "Spinal Tap," been reading "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," and this morning he told me his new idea for how Starfleet could defeat the Borg. It's time for me to drop the mic as a parent. Clearly this is the peak.
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Imagine you are stuck in an airport, listening to "Sleigh Ride" over and over and over. This is the fresh hell facing thousands of stranded Christmas travelers! wsj.com/articles/chris via @WSJ
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Great example of how the WSJ's coverage of the economy doesn't just mean big banks and tech giants
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Ty Walker pocketed about $60 squeegeeing in two hours on a recent day, fairly typical for a gig he says can yield $400 on good days. “It’s extra money to support my hustle,” he says. But it'll soon be banned at his usual downtown corner. wsj.com/articles/balti via @WSJ
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Nothing better than a walk outside in 65 degree LA weather in between editing stories about the winter storm blanketing the rest of the U.S.
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