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Craig Nakano

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Assistant managing editor for entertainment @latimes

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined January 2009
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Tracy Brown@tracycbrown4 Aug 2023
this is what happens when you say "TMNT is my Barbenheimer" where your editor can hear it. I have loved every collab I've been able to do with our data/graphics team and this one might be my favorite latimes.com/projects/teenage…
Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle are you? Take our quiz

Which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle are you? Take our quiz

We watched as many onscreen depictions of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' as mutantly possible to get to the truth about each Turtle. Answer our series of questions to determine which member of...

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Woohoo! Here we gooooooooo!
Joshua Rothkopf (@joshrothkopf) profile pictureJoshua Rothkopf@joshrothkopf31 May 2023
Happy to share some professional news: I've joined the Los Angeles Times as their senior film editor, working to extend and expand their already excellent coverage. It's a dream team, and I'm humbled and thrilled to become a part of it. latimes.com/about/pressrelea…
L.A. Times names Joshua Rothkopf as film editor

L.A. Times names Joshua Rothkopf as film editor

He brings an eagerness to understand the changing nature of moviegoing in L.A. and a commitment to ensuring The Times continues to lead the conversation about film and film culture.

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From Cannes, some early and mixed thoughts on Martin Scorsese's KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Cannes: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ grips, disturbs — and disappoints

Cannes: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ grips, disturbs — and disappoints

The searing, sprawling 'Killers,' which premiered Saturday at Cannes, is both like and unlike anything its director has ever done.

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On Jonathan Glazer’s THE ZONE OF INTEREST and Steve McQueen’s OCCUPIED CITY, two of my favorite movies here at Cannes: latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
With two essential films, Cannes finds haunting new prisms on the Holocaust

With two essential films, Cannes finds haunting new prisms on the Holocaust

The British-born filmmakers Jonathan Glazer ('The Zone of Interest') and Steve McQueen ('Occupied City') have made two of this year's essential Cannes Film Festival titles.

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Exhibit No. 473,279 of why @marymacTV is so damn good. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Column: It's hard to watch a 4-hour documentary on Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. That's the point

Column: It's hard to watch a 4-hour documentary on Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. That's the point

With 'Occupied City,' filmmaker Steve McQueen adapts his wife's house-by-house, street-by-street guide to the city's history under German occupation.

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Jessica Gelt@jessicagelt1 Mar 2023
Now hiring! Low-profile art world family seeks personal assistant: “The candidate must be dedicated to a single-minded goal: Make life slightly less Dickensian for us in every way possible.” latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Commentary: Now hiring! Low-profile art world family seeks personal assistant

Commentary: Now hiring! Low-profile art world family seeks personal assistant

That viral job posting from a New York 'Art World Family' seeking an executive assistant? I think I'll apply! But then I'll need my own assistant.

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Welcome to the team!
Maira Garcia (@mairalg) profile pictureMaira Garcia@mairalg21 Feb 2023
It’s official! I can now share that I am the new TV editor ⁦@latimes⁩. I am beyond thrilled to join the team and to make L.A. our home in the coming months. latimes.com/about/pressrelea…
L.A. Times names Maira Garcia as television editor

L.A. Times names Maira Garcia as television editor

She'll work with The Times’ talented team to direct reporting and criticism about a medium in the midst of creative and economic transformation. 

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Thrilled to announce that Maira Garcia (@mairalg) is the next television editor of @latimes, where she'll lead our brilliant team of TV journalists to yet more great coverage of an endlessly fascinating, often head-spinning beat. latimes.com/about/pressrelea…
L.A. Times names Maira Garcia as television editor

L.A. Times names Maira Garcia as television editor

She'll work with The Times’ talented team to direct reporting and criticism about a medium in the midst of creative and economic transformation. 

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The story that made me lose two more effing hours to TikTok. Thanks a lot, @cmonstah! latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
TikTok's addictive anti-aesthetic has already conquered culture

TikTok's addictive anti-aesthetic has already conquered culture

TikTok's design encourages manic performance and a false sense of intimacy — all of it obscuring the power of its invisible algorithms.

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Ashley Lee@cashleelee1 Jan 2023
2022 tried me. for many, many reasons, everything i thought i knew how to do in this job felt just that much more difficult. here are some favorite things i wrote anyway, thanks to patient editors, generous sources and art that invigorated my love for these forms:
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The first edition of our free newsletter L.A. Goes Out is here! We've got a historic landmark reopening, magic and more! Check out our weekend recommendations. And if you're looking for more SoCal happenings, I’ve got more coming your way. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
To see now: Watts Towers Arts Center reopens after a five-year renovation

To see now: Watts Towers Arts Center reopens after a five-year renovation

Must-see magic, an immersive art installation and profoundly moving music — welcome to our newsletter shortlisting the best places to go and things to do.

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Andy Lewis@andyblewis28 Sep 2022
This is a great piece and also a reminder that @latimesbooks under @Borisk has been a beacon of great book coverage at a time when other papers have really cut back
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Review: A young debut novelist, unlike Sally Rooney, tells the truth about art and money buff.ly/3RmVCbU
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🗣COLLEGE JOURNOS! Looking for a spring or summer internship? Apply to the Los Angeles Times. The application is now open and the deadline to apply is Nov. 15th. To learn more: click link below 👇🏽 latimes.com/internship
Los Angeles Times Internships

Los Angeles Times Internships

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Ruthanne captures him beautifully: "reasonable, articulate and kind" -- a combination that can be so rare in the chaos of a newsroom. I'm grateful to have benefited from his generous spirit. latimes.com/california/story…
Henry Fuhrmann, Times editor and 'word nerd' who fought for fairness in grammar, dies

Henry Fuhrmann, Times editor and 'word nerd' who fought for fairness in grammar, dies

A skilled and sensitive practitioner of the written language, former Times editor Henry Fuhrmann has died after a brief illness, his family announced.

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Big developing story. Updates to come ... latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Getty to return illegally excavated Orpheus sculptures, some great antiquities, to Italy

Getty to return illegally excavated Orpheus sculptures, some great antiquities, to Italy

After learning that the Orpheus sculptures were illegally excavated, the Getty has taken them from public view. They'll be sent to Rome next month.

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Glad I made the drive down to @ljplayhouse for Moisés Kaufman's extremely stirring "Here There Are Blueberries." latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Review: The banality of evil is central to a disturbingly resonant 'Here There Are Blueberries'

Review: The banality of evil is central to a disturbingly resonant 'Here There Are Blueberries'

"Here There Are Blueberries," based on the story of a photo album from Auschwitz sent to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, world premieres at La Jolla Playhouse.

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Tracy Brown@tracycbrown9 Aug 2022
got to talk to Tatiana Maslany about SHE-HULK, Orphan Black, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more 💚 #SheHulk latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Tatiana Maslany wants to use her powers for good. Including within Disney

Tatiana Maslany wants to use her powers for good. Including within Disney

The star of Marvel's “She-Hulk” isn't afraid to use her clout to support trans rights, VFX artists facing “incredibly difficult” conditions and more.

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In interviews with The Times, the Black former employees said they were hired and touted publicly as signs of a newly diversified Long Beach Opera, but within the organization..they were marginalized by white leadership and ultimately sidelined as artists.latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Arts groups raced to be more diverse. How one L.A.-area company tripped along the way

Arts groups raced to be more diverse. How one L.A.-area company tripped along the way

Black artists citing 'racial tokenism' quit Long Beach Opera, one of many arts groups nationwide facing scrutiny over their commitment to inclusion.

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Teresa Watanabe (@TeresaWatanabe) profile pictureTeresa Watanabe
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I was so inspired by the young scholars at this @LASchools HS who have braved many challenges to stay focused on getting into college. They're the new generation of Californians reshaping the face of higher ed. lat.ms/3ExcJ4w
The unentitled kids — California's new generation of star college applicants

The unentitled kids — California's new generation of star college applicants

The students in this high school are the children of mostly low-wage immigrant workers. But they're pursuing big college dreams as a new generation that's reshaping the face of higher education.

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