Every few months or so we (Los Angeles magazine) get influential folk together over breakfast meats and cups of joe to discuss different issues pertaining to Los Angeles. There have been lively discussions over the years featuring speakers like former LAUSD Sup Ramon Cortines and Law and Order creator Dick Wolf. The latest in the series found our EIC Mary Melton at Bev Hill’s Kate Mantilini moderating a panel with Actor/Writer/Producer/Kick-Ass Amazing Race contestant Mike White, Norman Lear Professor of Entertainment, Media, and Society at the USC Annenberg School Marty Kaplan, and Director, Center for Entertainment, Media and Culture at Pepperdine Craig Detweiler. White brought his dad (and Amazing Race partner) along on his birthday, no less, Rev. Mel White and, considering the topic, it was nice to see another collar in the crowd, Paulist Production’s Prez Rev. Eric Andrews. The chat spanned everything from The Shawshank Redemption to Twilight to the role spirituality plays in White’s HBO series Enlightened. Until next time … Â
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Wakey, wakey (I always seem to order the heartier fare at Kate Mantilinis)
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Val Maki (Power 106), Karen Lewis (Walton Isaacson Agency) and Erika Anderson (Publisher, Los Angeles magazine)
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Marty Kaplan, Mel White, Lyle White and Mike White
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Mary Melton and author Karen Hudson
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Mary Melton, Mike White, Marty Kaplan and Craig Detweiler
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Sheila Hardy (Producer) poses a question for the panel
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The whole scene
