met pharrell at a lego brand activation; ended up talking about how the world is a colonial snow globe latimes.com/entertainment-…

talked w billie eilish & finneas about —whether billie is a grown-up (they disagree) —avril lavigne —fame = face tattoo —their dad’s hair-loss journey (sorry to their dad) w cameos by charli xcx & bernie taupin (first time ever in same story??) latimes.com/entertainment-…

talked to the very quotable carly pearce about douchebags at concerts, pop stars going country and the desire (or not) to get remarried “I wore the white dress. I had the party. I wore the ring. And it didn’t mean anything.” 😳 latimes.com/entertainment-…

spent an hour in the court of mariah carey and laughed for most of it latimes.com/entertainment-…

talked w david foster about —trying to get one (indeed getting one?) by berry gordy —pissing off the members of chicago —hogging all the grammys in the year of nirvana —why to do a sax solo (“why not?”) latimes.com/entertainment-…

interview with sting started out great latimes.com/entertainment-…

“backstabs and broomsticks” 🥹

talked w randy newman about a bunch of things, including that backstage pic of him w bob dylan, lou reed & tom petty latimes.com/entertainment-…

talked w laufey about —ryan gosling in “la la land” (“He’s a great reflection of a lot of guys I’ve dated”) —theater kids —olivia rodrigo (“She just texted me out of nowhere”) —F-bombs & —why she doesn’t claim to be a jazz singer latimes.com/entertainment-…

prob should’ve put wings higher tbh

talked w lady gaga about surf punk and doom jazz how she “didn’t want to just be the wife” in “die with a smile” latimes.com/entertainment-…

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talked w stephen stills & graham nash tl;dr = woodstock? meh latimes.com/entertainment-…

can appreciate the purity with which raphael saadiq regards the end of d’angelo’s “untitled” latimes.com/entertainment-…

talked with lucy dacus latimes.com/entertainment-…

talked w sammy hagar about —whitney houston —recording drums in a meat locker —the time he flew on the concorde —flip-flops & —whether van halen was a pop group latimes.com/entertainment-…

a fave moment among many at sunday’s gathering of queens: patti labelle spritzing the front row with perfume during “on my own” 📷 by Carlin Stiehl latimes.com/entertainment-…

talked with the man whose brooding christian love song made drake mad latimes.com/entertainment-…

that’s dr. bailey zimmerman to you latimes.com/entertainment-…

talked with ashlee simpson about letting the beast out, un-reality tv & teaching her nieces to do front handsprings latimes.com/entertainment-…