‘Shrill’ Boss on Annie’s Season 2 Confidence, Fictionalizing a Goop Festival

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“Shrill’s” version of this event was “a little more everyday people” than the “polished Santa Monica event like Goop,” Rushfield adds. This allowed the show to broaden the scope of the story out from West’s experience of feeling like “she was the lone fat person at that thing,” Rushfield relays, to explore “all women being ...
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Support Grows for Unionizing Video Game Industry, Survey Finds

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In March last year, reports of a sexist and hostile culture emerged at Riot Games, which resulted in the Santa Monica-based video game company hiring a chief diversity officer to lead new efforts in diversity and equality. They later settled a lawsuit over discrimination and sexual harassment. Efforts to improve diversity, in particular ...
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Why Top Hollywood Producers Are Choosing to Work in L.A.'s Historic Filipinotown: It's "a Community of Color"

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When Snapchat came to Venice Beach, taking over a slew of buildings, it triggered a yearslong revolt against the messaging app until the company was forced to pick up and move to Santa Monica. Meanwhile, downtown L.A.'s Arts District has struggled to find the right mix of established companies and startups. Carl Choi, founder of experiential ...
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9 Big Brands That Are Headquartered Where You Least Expect

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and when it debuted on the New York Stock Exchange in 2017, its IPO was the biggest in L.A. history. In 2018, it moved the majority of its employees from Venice to nearby Santa Monica, where it leased a 300,000-square-foot office space. It’s also helped change the ecosystem for tech companies in Los Angeles— China-based TikTok runs its ...
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San Francisco e-scooter company expands in Phoenix, launches in Tempe

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San Francisco-based electric scooter company Spin is adding to its fleet in Phoenix and launching in Tempe on Friday. Spin, a unit of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), is tripling its black-and-orange scooter fleet in Phoenix to 900 scooters from the initial 300 it launched in September.
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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The New York Times reported in July 2018 that Paltrow’s Goop company was worth $250 million. The company is based in Santa Monica and hosts summits where tickets cost $500 to $4,500. Those $4,500 tickets can include stays at Casa del Mar and two dinners with Paltrow. To reach more customers, she set up pop-up Goop stores across the country ...
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