Matt Pearce
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Key takeaways from Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography
Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk distilled, from fierce mood swings and Ukraine intervention to his 'dumb' Pelosi tweet and that time he had the 405 repainted. → Read More
Commentary: Sorry, TikTok. There's no such thing as a social media app America should love
Is America a freer place with TikTok, or without it? → Read More
Commentary: Go ahead and major in English. You'll be fine!
The English major on college campuses is dying, but English majors remain alive and well. → Read More
Roald Dahl's books have been edited to stop calling people fat so much
Offensive words and phrases have been edited out of new Puffin editions of Roald Dahl's children books like "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach." → Read More
Kelly Scott, former Times arts and culture editor with a cool reserve and critical eye, dies at 68
Kelly Scott, former Los Angeles Times culture editor, dies at 68 → Read More
KPCC is changing its name to LAist 89.3
L.A.'s most popular public radio station, KPCC, is changing its name to LAist 89.3. → Read More
Chris Rock to star in Netflix's first livestreamed comedy show
"Chris Rock: Selective Outrage" will be "the first-ever Netflix live streamed global event." The show will be filmed in Baltimore and run at 7 p.m. Pacific on March 4. → Read More
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ keeps drenching the box office competition
Director James Cameron's sci-fi sequel "Avatar: The Way of Water" dominates at the box office for a second straight week. → Read More
L.A.'s Black comedy scene reeling from the death of Boogie B
Comedian Brandon Montrell, known as Boogie B, has been fatally shot in New Orleans while visiting family for Christmas. He was a fixture in L.A.'s comedy scene. → Read More
Is ChatGPT a marvel or a farce? We interviewed the chatbot to find out
We interviewed ChatGPT, a chatbot that has garnered widespread attention for its ability to mimic human conversation. Then we brought in experts in artificial intelligence and the arts to analyze ChatGPT's responses. → Read More
There were no Jedi, and other reasons 'Andor' was great
Times writers Tracy Brown, Matt Pearce and Jamil Smith talk about why 'Andor' is one of the best 'Star Wars' stories ever made. → Read More
Commentary: Bob Iger, Disney and the inevitability of the comeback
Bob Iger is back as CEO of the Walt Disney Co. It was a destiny of his own making. → Read More
$44 billion can buy Twitter, but it can’t buy respect
Twitter has always been a weird place, but things have gotten more feral the last couple of weeks thanks to the service's off-putting new owner, Elon Musk. A role model in the worst way, his trolling and despotic workplace practices have set the tone for a grass-roots insurrection inside the internet's so-called town square. → Read More
Commentary: $44 billion can buy Twitter but not respect
Twitter's biggest problem used to be the human nature of its own users. Elon Musk has changed that. → Read More
Why 'The Good Fight' is TV's best show about liberal politics
Veering between idealism and cynicism, the series brilliantly captured — and skewered — the liberal crisis of self-confidence that followed the 2016 election. → Read More
Inside the L.A. County Fed: Humbled by racist leak, fearful more tapes might be out there
Despite the turmoil, few political observers expect the situation to substantially affect the 'Fed's power in local and state politics. → Read More
Using Los Angeles as a canvas, Walter Thompson-Hernández remaps narrative art
Writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández went from journalist to artist and filmmaker. His mission — exposing the hidden lives around us — never changed. → Read More
Commentary: The midlife crises of Twitter and Elon Musk finally meet
In internet years, Twitter is a graybeard. Is erratic billionaire Elon Musk the one who can make it feel young again? → Read More
Latino media grapples with how to cover the Nury Martinez scandal
Latino journalists are reporting on Nury Martinez's racist comments in nuanced and candid ways. → Read More
The mystery behind L.A. racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?
With Los Angeles still reeling from a leak revealing prominent elected officials making bigoted and racist remarks, much about the recording remains a mystery: Who made it? And how? Who leaked it? And why? → Read More