Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Steven Mikulan: This Friday the 13th won’t be just another day in a Swiss jail for Roman Polanski. By then the director will have sat behind bars, awaiting extradition to Los Angeles, for 48 full days — a significant figure for legal numerologists. Not only is it a longer period of incarceration than Polanski spent in Chino [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
You remember Steven Mikulan ? The widely-respected journalist and editor the LA Weekly canned last month after 25 years on staff? Mikulan was known for his versatility, earning accolades as both a theater critic and trial reporter. He counted Dominick Dunne as one of his many fans. Mikulan's most recent role at the paper was as editor of the LAW news blog, LA Daily. Said...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Dennis Romer o has been hired as news blogger for the LA Weekly . In the month since former blog editor Steven Mikulan parted ways with the paper, Romero has been a regular contributor to LA Daily . Editor Drex Heikes announced to the staff on Tuesday that Romero would join the paper as a full-time staffer. Romero was previously a staff writer at LA CityBeat , Ciudad magazine, and Entrepreneur...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Yesterday would have been Dominick Dunne 's 84th birthday. Friends of the recently deceased journalist gathered last night at the at the Chateau Marmont to celebrate his remarkable life. Steven Mikulan was in attendance, and writes about the memorial on his blog L.A. Noir : Thursday night's toast to Dunne was attended by a mix of the people he knew from Hollywood and the courts, and...
