Lorraine Ali
@lorraineali.bsky.social
News, media, culture columnist @LATimes.com. Previously Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Pup ‘N’ Taco. Angeleno Iraqi. Pitbull named Potato.
Pinned
Lorraine Ali
@lorraineali.bsky.social
· Dec 29
Looking forward to another fantastic year in journalism
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
"Addressing Republican Party senators at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said, 'You probably hear the beautiful sound of construction in the back. ... When I hear that sound, it reminds me of money.' At least he was honest." www.latimes.com/entertainmen... via @lorraineali.bsky.social
Commentary: Ballrooms aren't just for Cinderella. Trump wants one, and he's tearing up the White House to get it
The president’s plans to build the kind of venue that most Americans associate with Disney princesses, Von Trapp family soirees and let-them-eat-cake dynasties became a reality this week.
www.latimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"Addressing Republican Party senators at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said, 'You probably hear the beautiful sound of construction in the back. ... When I hear that sound, it reminds me of money.' At least he was honest." www.latimes.com/entertainmen... via @lorraineali.bsky.social
It's here! My book, "No Lessons Learned," covering 24 years of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" via first hand accounts from Larry David, the core "Curb" cast, dozens of guests and the folks who brought the show to life.
Will I ever have this much fun again writing a book? Probably not.
Will I ever have this much fun again writing a book? Probably not.
October 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's here! My book, "No Lessons Learned," covering 24 years of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" via first hand accounts from Larry David, the core "Curb" cast, dozens of guests and the folks who brought the show to life.
Will I ever have this much fun again writing a book? Probably not.
Will I ever have this much fun again writing a book? Probably not.
Escalator and teleprompter humiliate Trump, so Fox News’ Jesse Watters suggests ‘blowing up’ the U.N.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: Escalator and teleprompter humiliate Trump, so Fox News' Jesse Watters suggests 'blowing up' the U.N.
One man’s technical glitch is another man’s conspiracy theory, as Fox News host Jesse Watters showed Tuesday after Trump's very bad day at U.N. headquarters.
www.latimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Escalator and teleprompter humiliate Trump, so Fox News’ Jesse Watters suggests ‘blowing up’ the U.N.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
The new Trump-era cancel culture is here, and this is what it looks like
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: The new Trump-era cancel culture is here, and this is what it looks like
Worried about a free-speech crackdown? As the case involving fired writer Karen Attiah shows, the private sector is stepping up to do that before the state even bothers.
www.latimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The new Trump-era cancel culture is here, and this is what it looks like
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
Fox News doesn’t want to talk about the crude doodle of a naked woman, with its creepy message printed across her breasts and torso, and a signature — “Donald” — in her pubic area.
Column by @lorraineali.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Column by @lorraineali.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Commentary: Fox News is going to extremes not to cover Epstein and that alleged Trump doodle
Questions about President Trump’s shared history with the late Jeffrey Epstein, the nation’s most notorious sex offender, shot to the top of news feeds Tuesday.
www.latimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fox News doesn’t want to talk about the crude doodle of a naked woman, with its creepy message printed across her breasts and torso, and a signature — “Donald” — in her pubic area.
Column by @lorraineali.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Column by @lorraineali.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
This half-hour comedy offered so many great moments of spot-on commentary about the state of legacy journalism that I wasn’t sure if I should weep or laugh.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: 'The Paper' is a spot-on commentary about the sad state of American journalism. But you'll laugh.
Our critics discuss how 'The Paper' compares to 'The Office,' whether the show captures the current state of journalism and, of course, whether or not it's funny.
www.latimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This half-hour comedy offered so many great moments of spot-on commentary about the state of legacy journalism that I wasn’t sure if I should weep or laugh.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
Newsom's all-caps, mean-girls social media posts mocking Trump in Trumpian style have triggered Fox News hosts who never seemed bothered by the original, writes @lorraineali.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Gavin Newsom has driven Fox News completely crazy
Adopting Trump's low-bar social media tactics, the X account of Newsom’s press office has spent recent weeks mimicking the president’s social media style to troll the trollers.
www.latimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Newsom's all-caps, mean-girls social media posts mocking Trump in Trumpian style have triggered Fox News hosts who never seemed bothered by the original, writes @lorraineali.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
‘Fox keeps insisting Newsom’s SnarkPosting is a big fail, but the numbers would suggest otherwise. Since the beginning of August, the governor’s press office account has gained 250,000 followers and more than 225 million impressions.’
Via @lorraineali.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Via @lorraineali.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Gavin Newsom has driven Fox News completely crazy
Adopting Trump's low-bar social media tactics, the X account of Newsom’s press office has spent recent weeks mimicking the president’s social media style to troll the trollers.
www.latimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
‘Fox keeps insisting Newsom’s SnarkPosting is a big fail, but the numbers would suggest otherwise. Since the beginning of August, the governor’s press office account has gained 250,000 followers and more than 225 million impressions.’
Via @lorraineali.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Via @lorraineali.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
As for yesterday, you ask? Fox’s Newsom melt down. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Gavin Newsom has driven Fox News completely crazy
Adopting Trump's low-bar social media tactics, the X account of Newsom’s press office has spent recent weeks mimicking the president’s social media style to troll the trollers.
www.latimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
As for yesterday, you ask? Fox’s Newsom melt down. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Been super busy today writing about big feelings around Cracker Barrel rebrand. Its a national crisis www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Cracker Barrel changes its logo. MAGA flips out. And a pancake is still a pancake
Cracker Barrel upsets MAGA. Could those biscuits be DEI decoys?
www.latimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Been super busy today writing about big feelings around Cracker Barrel rebrand. Its a national crisis www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Ratings are important to Trump. It’s data he’s fond of weaponizing. But what about the president’s ratings? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: If Trump's presidency were a late-night talk show, he'd be collecting unemployment with Colbert
The president was primed and ready to take a swipe at late-night television, hosted programs that he perceives as The Enemy.
www.latimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Ratings are important to Trump. It’s data he’s fond of weaponizing. But what about the president’s ratings? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
‘Quietly,’ like a convict in the night who may or may not hold a president’s fate in their hands.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved out of Florida federal prison
The move, not announced by the Justice Department or Bureau of Prisons, comes as Maxwell seeks a pardon from President Donald Trump.
www.usatoday.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
‘Quietly,’ like a convict in the night who may or may not hold a president’s fate in their hands.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
In memory of the great Flaco Jimenez. RIP.
youtu.be/CXrwwHaBrb0?...
youtu.be/CXrwwHaBrb0?...
Flaco Jimenez - En Vivo (1976)
YouTube video by drcossnuevoleon
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In memory of the great Flaco Jimenez. RIP.
youtu.be/CXrwwHaBrb0?...
youtu.be/CXrwwHaBrb0?...
‘South Park’ season opener puts Trump in bed with Satan and has Paramount on its knees
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: 'South Park' season opener puts Trump in bed with Satan and has Paramount on its knees
'South Park' couldn't have returned at a better time. The season-opening episode is brutal in its treatment of Paramount, CBS and President Trump.
www.latimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
‘South Park’ season opener puts Trump in bed with Satan and has Paramount on its knees
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The mere suggestion of In-N-Out Burger leaving the California triggered a primal fear among Angelenos. Where else were we going to sit in a milelong drive-thru line at midnight waiting for a delicious burger and debatable fries? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Did the state of California turn on In-N-Out, or did the burger chain turn on it?
Southern Californians, we have not been betrayed. In-N-Out Burger is not moving its headquarters out of state, despite panic and outrage over comments by the chain’s owner Lynsi Snyder.
www.latimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The mere suggestion of In-N-Out Burger leaving the California triggered a primal fear among Angelenos. Where else were we going to sit in a milelong drive-thru line at midnight waiting for a delicious burger and debatable fries? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Sometimes good things happen. Jeff Hiller of Somebody Somewhere, one of my fave shows, was nominated for an Emmy! Spoke w him yesterday right after they announced it. Could I
love an actor more? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
love an actor more? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Jeff Hiller of 'Somebody Somewhere' on his surprise Emmy nomination: 'I was truly shocked'
Hiller nabbed a supporting actor in a drama series nomination for his portrayal of Joel in HBO's meditative drama set in rural Kansas.
www.latimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sometimes good things happen. Jeff Hiller of Somebody Somewhere, one of my fave shows, was nominated for an Emmy! Spoke w him yesterday right after they announced it. Could I
love an actor more? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
love an actor more? www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Go Dodgers!
“A line of unmarked white vans and SUVs at Dodger Stadium sparked a wave of speculation online about immigration enforcement at the stadium Thursday, but team officials say the agents were denied entry.”
“A line of unmarked white vans and SUVs at Dodger Stadium sparked a wave of speculation online about immigration enforcement at the stadium Thursday, but team officials say the agents were denied entry.”
Federal agents denied entry to Dodger Stadium parking lot, sparking new outrage over Trump sweeps
It is unclear what operation the federal agents were carrying out or whether anyone in the area was arrested. Images of the government vehicles immediately played out on social media.
www.latimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Go Dodgers!
“A line of unmarked white vans and SUVs at Dodger Stadium sparked a wave of speculation online about immigration enforcement at the stadium Thursday, but team officials say the agents were denied entry.”
“A line of unmarked white vans and SUVs at Dodger Stadium sparked a wave of speculation online about immigration enforcement at the stadium Thursday, but team officials say the agents were denied entry.”
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
BREAKING: Senator Padilla after being thrown to ground and cuffed:
“If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the department of homeland security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers..."
“If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the department of homeland security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers..."
June 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
BREAKING: Senator Padilla after being thrown to ground and cuffed:
“If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the department of homeland security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers..."
“If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the department of homeland security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers..."
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
"I am Senator Alex Padilla" is the first thing he says.
There is nothing the Trump Administration won't lie about.
There is nothing the Trump Administration won't lie about.
June 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"I am Senator Alex Padilla" is the first thing he says.
There is nothing the Trump Administration won't lie about.
There is nothing the Trump Administration won't lie about.
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
Reposted by Lorraine Ali
