Mandalit
@radioactive22.bsky.social
NPR correspondent, mom, Los Angelina
@mdelbarco@npr.org
@mdelbarco@npr.org
Hollywood seeks a comeback: a roundup of my latest NPR stories: www.npr.org/2025/05/17/n...
Amid global competition for production business, Hollywood is hurting
Hollywood's plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California.
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May 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hollywood seeks a comeback: a roundup of my latest NPR stories: www.npr.org/2025/05/17/n...
Sundance is moving to Boulder! 2027. My newsflash:https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342419/sundance-new-home-boulder-colorado?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0tClKQyXKumhaRATl5iVfANObevvK9s2R_laJ6o9Wp8nBBnbiYQwH5KXk_aem_95K5JdMfmi-1ISo0hAGDcQ
March 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Sundance is moving to Boulder! 2027. My newsflash:https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342419/sundance-new-home-boulder-colorado?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0tClKQyXKumhaRATl5iVfANObevvK9s2R_laJ6o9Wp8nBBnbiYQwH5KXk_aem_95K5JdMfmi-1ISo0hAGDcQ
What I reported today: Hollywood filmmaker arrested and indicted on charges he swindled Netflix for $11 million. www.npr.org/2025/03/20/n...
Hollywood filmmaker charged with defrauding Netflix of $11 million
Director Carl Erik Rinsch sold Netflix a sci-fi series. Instead of finishing it, prosecutors allege he spent some of the streamer's money on his own investments, luxury rentals, five Rolls-Royces, a F...
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March 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
What I reported today: Hollywood filmmaker arrested and indicted on charges he swindled Netflix for $11 million. www.npr.org/2025/03/20/n...
Miami Beach theater screening Oscar-winning doc”No Other Land” is threatened. My NPR story : www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
March 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Miami Beach theater screening Oscar-winning doc”No Other Land” is threatened. My NPR story : www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...
more red carpet moments
March 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
more red carpet moments
some red carpet moments last night...
March 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
some red carpet moments last night...
R.I.P. Joseph Wambaugh. I profiled him for NPR years ago. Take a listen! www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Joe Wambaugh: The Writer Who Redefined LAPD
Wambaugh, who spent years on the force, wrote the best-selling book The Onion Field in three months during a leave of absence from the department. Over the decades, his realistic and multidimensional ...
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March 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
R.I.P. Joseph Wambaugh. I profiled him for NPR years ago. Take a listen! www.npr.org/transcripts/...
My NPR story on Anora's Yura Borisov; "Is my character a gopnik?" www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
How 'Anora' breakout star Yura Borisov crafted a sensitive 'brute'
Borisov, who plays the hired henchman Igor in Anora, is the first Russian actor to be nominated for an Oscar in decades. The film has a total of six nominations, including for best picture.
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March 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My NPR story on Anora's Yura Borisov; "Is my character a gopnik?" www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
My NPR story on Questlove and his Sly Stone doc. I’ll be writing up a longer digital version, which will post tomorrow. www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...
February 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My NPR story on Questlove and his Sly Stone doc. I’ll be writing up a longer digital version, which will post tomorrow. www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...
Interviewed KCRW DJ Novena Carmel about her dad, Sly Stone!
My NPR story will run on 2/12
My NPR story will run on 2/12
February 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Interviewed KCRW DJ Novena Carmel about her dad, Sly Stone!
My NPR story will run on 2/12
My NPR story will run on 2/12
Heading out to Sundance. So is the filmmaking team behind a new zombie apocalypse movie premiering there. They are victims of the LA wildfires too. Take a listen to their story. www.npr.org/2025/01/22/n...
January 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Heading out to Sundance. So is the filmmaking team behind a new zombie apocalypse movie premiering there. They are victims of the LA wildfires too. Take a listen to their story. www.npr.org/2025/01/22/n...
My NPR story on fashion designer Jonathan Anderson: www.npr.org/2024/12/26/n...
December 27, 2024 at 12:55 AM
My NPR story on fashion designer Jonathan Anderson: www.npr.org/2024/12/26/n...
Spent a glorious day in my old stomping grounds, at UC Berkeley. I used to sit on Sproul Plaza for hours, people watching, chronicling the latest protest, interviewing everyone for The Daily Cal…
December 1, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Spent a glorious day in my old stomping grounds, at UC Berkeley. I used to sit on Sproul Plaza for hours, people watching, chronicling the latest protest, interviewing everyone for The Daily Cal…
“Rust” premiered at a film festival in Poland, 3 years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally killed on set. My NPR story:https://www.npr.org/2024/11/20/nx-s1-5147832/rust-movie-premiere-alec-baldwin-shooting-halyna-hutchins
November 21, 2024 at 3:00 AM
“Rust” premiered at a film festival in Poland, 3 years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally killed on set. My NPR story:https://www.npr.org/2024/11/20/nx-s1-5147832/rust-movie-premiere-alec-baldwin-shooting-halyna-hutchins
Hello! Nice to see you here! This is Marina when she was a baby. Isn’t she adorable? I hope this site always celebrates kittens.
November 20, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Hello! Nice to see you here! This is Marina when she was a baby. Isn’t she adorable? I hope this site always celebrates kittens.