David Geffen

Breaking: White People Tend to Live Closer to The Beach

No big surprise here. As we bid adieu to our May heat wave, new research has "discovered" that minorities tend to live in hotter communities throughout the nation. Why is this no big surprise to us?

5 Awesome Nostalgic Things to Do in L.A. This Week

It's good to step back from the present-day and look back on the city's -- or your own -- history once a while and this week lets you do just that with events ranging from bizarre to nostalgic. Check out a mid-career retrospective from artist Gary Baseman, an Esoutoric program exploring Tom Waits' ... More >>

The Corner of Heartattack and Vine

Malibu Carbon Beach Access For Public Under Deal With Lisette Ackerberg

Did you know that Carbon Beach in Malibu is not a "private beach." In fact, there's almost no such thing as private beach in California, with a few exceptions, including the coastline in front of Vandenberg Airforce Base in Lompoc. But that hasn't stopped wealthy Malibu residents, including David G ... More >>

Wendy Greuel's Private Sector Job Involved Lobbying At L.A. City Hall

As she campaigns for mayor, Wendy Greuel has repeatedly stressed one thing that distinguishes her from her top two rivals: She has private-sector experience.Indeed, Greuel's resume includes a four-year stint at DreamWorks -- something that neither Jan Perry nor Eric Garcetti can claim -- which says ... More >>

Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?

Why do so many rich men want to buy it? And how did it get to this point anyway?

Beaches Could Be 6 Feet Underwater By Century's End, Says NASA

Turns out there's going to be a little more ocean in the future. For surfers, fishermen (and women) and boaters, that might be a good thing. It might not be so good for beachfront property owners, piers, low-lying areas and Malibu-dweller David Geffen, however:

Malibu Earthquake Measuring 4.0 Rocks Rich People

A 4.0 earthquake struck near Malibu last night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It wasn't a result of David Geffen rattling his saber to ensure that outsiders don't come to the public beach outside his home. Nor was it John McEnroe throwing a tantrum. It wasn't a raucous anti-Semitic festi ... More >>

Malibu, Home of The A-Lister, Gets an F in Beach Water Quality

The annual bible of where to go to the beach this summer and not get sick is out. The place to avoid, apparently, is Malibu. And not just because David Geffen doesn't want you there. Yes, despite the concentration of billionaires, babes and gaudy, Tuscany-villa architecture, the rich folks of Mal ... More >>

Democratic War for L.A.'s Richest

Betsy Butler and Torie Osborn woo the carbon-counting strata of Assembly District 50

Some Southern California Beaches Could be 4 Feet Underwater in 18 Years

Pull back, David Geffen, pull back! Whoever thought it was a good idea to build houses on the edge of the crashing surf in Malibu wasn't thinking long-term. (He was thinking hot tubs and bikinis, obviously. Or, in Geffen's case, infinity pools and man-thongs). A new report from Climate Central says ... More >>

Beaches in L.A. Moving Inland: Rising Seas Via Global Warming Mean Drinking Water Problems

Kim Davies​Why go to the beach when the beach will come to you? Literally. Slowly: A fraction of an inch at a time. A new report says that by the mid point of this decade sea level will be a foot and a half higher. That, in our view, could be devastating to the way-too-close-to-the-beach deve ... More >>

Know Your Rich People, Los Angeles: A List of SoCal's 20 Billionaires

Richboy Slim, worth $74 billion.​Forbes' annual list of "The World's Billionaires" was released this week, and (gasp) a Mexican, Carlos Slim Helu, took the top spot for the second time in a row. The U.S. grip on the billionaire game, and California's too, has been slipping even as the ultra-r ... More >>

What Recession? SoCal's Richest People Measure Their Money In Billions

​Even though the recession allegedly ended in June, 2009, times are still tough. Soup is a staple. Souplantation a luxury. Soup kitchens -- a necessity. But the big wheels keep on turnin'. And the ballers, they keep on ballin'. Southern California's wealthiest people aren't at the tippy top of ... More >>

Today in Artists Sticking It to the Record Industry: Liz Phair Self-Releases Weird New Album, Tom Jones Delivers Christian Hymns Record Instead of "Sex Bomb, Part 2"

Stuff MagazineNot a Photoshop: The actual Liz Phair​Remember Liz Phair? And Tom Jones? Sure you do--they're both adult artists with a sizable fanbase who still buy records and have the income to pay for concert tickets. They might not be making Bieber or Bublé moolah, but the right record ind ... More >>

50 'Wealthiest Angelenos' Worth $93 Billion

Patrick Soon-Shiong.​The Los Angeles Business Journal's annual list of 50 "Wealthiest Angelenos" hits the streets this week and, despite the economic doldrums hitting the Angel City elite, their net worth is up 14 percent to $93 billion. That's more than the worth of billionaires in some Weste ... More >>

Want Waves In Your Backyard? It'll Cost You -- A Lot

The 'Bu.​It's amazing what backyard sand, water and storm-vulnerability can do for home values. PropertyShark (via Curbed LA) crunched some numbers and discovered that beachfront property in Malibu is worth an average 122 percent more than that on the inland side of Pacific Coast Highway. We ... More >>

Hollywood Backs Boxer, Kaus Fights the Machine

Make no mistake, Hollywood's biggest political players are lining up behind the 2010 re-election bid of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, The Hill has reported.Film director Steven Spielberg​From David Geffen to Barbra Streisand to Steven Spielberg, the liberal/entertainment establishment gave Boxer bar ... More >>

L.A. Billionaires Still Throw Millions at Bill Clinton

Former president Bill Clinton hasn't lost the golden touch when it comes to raising big money in Los Angeles.Former U.S. President Bill Clinton​In 2009, The William J. Clinton Foundation, the former president's non-profit group that fights everything from global climate change to HIV/AIDS, raked i ... More >>

Disney Park Getting Upgrade, But Might Need More Realism

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo today added details to announced plans to upgrade the Disneyland-adjacent California Adventure. The biggest part of the plan is to add a 12-acre theme area, Cars Land, named for the animated hit Cars.A real California adventure: Taco trucks​ W ... More >>

Promote This: The Adler Effect

On the eve of the Sunset Strip Music Festival, Lou Adler and his son Nic talk about the concert business

AFI Fest Grows Up - Finally!

No, Er, Yes, Doubt

Hollywood's Double Whammy: SAG's Big Election and DreamWorks' New Deal

Two major shakeups

Hollywood Is This Summer's Action Film

Myers starts writing, Universal gets pirated, Barker is dumped and Geffen is set to jump

When Hollywood Goes After White Whales

Thar she blows

Chuck Phillips should not resign from being a reporter, but it would be fantastic if the LA Times resigned from being a newspaper

The funniest thing about this scandal is that Philips is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise blighted, stupid, and irrelevant publication.

Big Media, Behemoth Media, Bewildered Media

The best of the week: DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com

Sleuth: Better Home and Garden

But not much else in Kenneth Branagh’s remake

Day of the Dolphin

Grey the Transformer

Paramount Pictures’ chief now obeys his DreamWorks masters

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid

The Sopranos-like takeover of Tribune Co. could mean cement shoes for employees

Take You Higher!

Featuring Prince as Joni, Emo as jock-jam

Goodbye Baquet, Hello O'Shea

The Chicagoan comes out fighting

The Scars of Oscars

Envy and spite will determine Academy Award winners

Brad Grey's Performance Less Than Golden

Mogul earns scorn, not envy at Globes

The Year Blogs Got Lame, Business Got Hip and Nostalgia Was King

Deal or No Deal

Broad, Burkle, Geffen... when it comes to the Times, whose briefcase is bigger?

Baquet's Billionaire Boys' Club

Is Dean of Arc playing a dangerous game with the Times’ integrity?

Moguls Will Be Moguls at Camp Allen

Shareholders get burned around the Big Media campfire

Back to the Garden

The music and mythology of Laurel Canyon

Hollywood Lawyers in Love

How two arch-enemies went from killing each other to kissing up

Celebs to the Slaughter

Why Arianna’s Blog Blows

Driven

In Hollywood, your car is who you are

A Hit for Ovitz

Spoof video takes on the fallen Disney prez

Vanity Too Fair

Michael Ovitz ’s gay problem

Serious Racket

The intersection of art and decibels

Playlist

Songs for Camden Joy

Junkman’s Journey

Beck at the crossroads

1 Hour, 1 Painting

In 1,000 words

Holy Moses!

DreamWorks spins the Bible