We've been summoned to Squid Games

DECEMBER 6TH, 2023

WEDNESDAY

Ahh, Wednesday…
Halfway to Friday, LA

TRENDING 🚀 

• 🚨BREAKING: Hollywood actors voted last night to approve the deal that ended the strike, providing relief for both union leaders and Hollywood

• SQUID GAMES: THE TRIALS 🔲 Many of us will be summoned to the Squid Games, starting today. We will be challenged in a one-of-kind immersive experience, where six games will test our character and our will to win. Surprises will lurk around each corner, challenging even the most capable of contestants. Are you ready?

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LOCAL

EATS

• THAT NEW NEW 🚀 The folks over at TimeOut visited seventy-five restaurants this year. And the result? Their list of the best ten new restaurants of 2023

• THAT GOOD GOOD 😋 TimeOut also curated a list of the twelve best Los Angeles dishes from their LA 2023 surfeits and reviews

• JUST THE BEST EATS 💯 The Best 101 Restaurants in Los Angeles, according to rankings from the Los Angeles Times

• BEVERLY HILLS 💎 Bacari, a Mediterranean restaurant, is opening it’s seventh location on Brighton Way in Beverly Hills

• MORE BEVERLY HILLS ⭐️ Washington D.C.’s two-starred Michelin Restaurant, Jônt, is opening in Beverly Hills

• SILVER LAKE 🕺 Everything that we need to know about Donald Glover’s Silver Lake Boba Shop, Jellyman

• BEST DRINKS 🥂 Coffee, tea, wine, sake, and mezcal: Los Angeles Times’ places to order the best Los Angeles drinks

• NEW IN MELROSE HILL 🇮🇹 Eltra is Los Angeles’ moodiest new Italian restaurant in Melrose Hill

DEVELOPMENT

• MARINA DEL RAY ✅ A 230-unit proposed development has cleared obstacles for an apartment complex on Del Ray Avenue

• VEGAS 🎲 Brightline West has been awarded three billion in federal funds to zip us all from LA to Vegas

• DEMAND 🚇️ LA Metro is increasing train frequency to address the growing demand

• BANKING 🏦 Banc of California, which just acquired rival PacWest, is set to relocate their headquarters from Santa Ana to LA. In addition, the bank is donating one million dollars to help small businesses

• VENICE 🚴 Protected bike lanes have been proposed for 3.1 miles, i.e., a 5k, along Venice Boulevard

• SANTA MONICA 🎡 New offices rise on 14th Street in Santa Monica

EVENTS

💸 Free.

• 💃 7:00pm Dove Cameron Hollywood Forever Cemetery

• 🎸 7:00pm Big Wreck Troubadour

• 🎸 7:00pm Amber Wild with Hardcastle The Echo

• 🎸 7:00pm Jenny Lewis The Observatory

• 👢 7:00pm Line Dancing Desert 5 Spot 💸 

• 🪄 7:00pm Burning Witches Whisky A Go Go

• 📚️ 7:30pm Autopsicografia Reading Night Wönzimer 💸 

• 🎵 7:30pm Sofar Sounds: Culver City Secret Location

• 🎸 7:30pm Healing Gems, Ora Cogan, Pink Trash Can Zebulon Cafe

• 👑 7:30pm King Mala Echoplex

• 👅 8:00pm Neffex The Roxy Theatre

• 🎸 8:30pm Nico Vega LODGE Room

• 🤠 9:00pm Cowboy Karaoke Desert 5 Spot 💸 

• 🥁 9:00pm Petey The Fonda Theatre

• 💯 A master guide: karaoke, trivia, comedy + poetry, contains 💸

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CULTURE

ACTIVITIES

• THE GRINCH 🎁 Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas starts today at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre. The shows run until December 17th, tickets are currently available!

• HOLIDAY ROAD 🎄 An immersive experience in Calabasas that the whole family can attend is Holiday Road. It consists of larger than life holiday installations, thousands of lights, Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Elves, candy canes, holiday cheer, and much more! 

• WRESTLING 🤼‍♀️ The Women of Wrestling will slam into the ropes of The Belasco Theatre from December 11th - 14th

• SHOWROOMS 🧑‍🎨 Los Angeles Times’ best showrooms of 2023

COMMUNITY

• GAS BILL 🔥 SoCalGas provides those that qualify with the opportunity to segment their gas bills based on income and other financials

• CHRISTMAS TREE 🎄 The most outrageous Christmas Tree in Los Angeles history

• SAN FERNANDO 🤝 Community meetings throughout the San Fernando Valley for the dates of December 4th - December 11th

• WEHO 🐶 A West Hollywood man has been reunited with his English bulldog

• UCLA ⚕️ A grant of $9.1m has been awarded to UCLA for cancer research

BUSINESS

• STREAMING BUNDLES 🍿Verizon collaborates with both Netflix and HBO, offering an exclusive ad-tier $10 per month bundle for VZW’s myPlan

• DARIUS RUCKER 🤠 The answer to our trivia question on Monday, ‘Who is set to receive their Hollywood Star today [Monday]?’ was country singer Darius Rucker

ENTERTAINMENT

• ZAC EFRON 🧑‍💼 Actor Zac Efron will be honored with Hollywood’s 2,767th Star on the Walk of Fame this upcoming Monday, December 11th

• DECEMBER MOVIES 🎞️ The five most anticipated movies of December, according to Rotten Tomatoes:

  1. Godzilla Minus One

  2. The Boy and the Heron

  3. Wonka

  4. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

  5. Poor Things and Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire

SPORTS

• CALEB WILLIAMS 🏈 USC Head Coach Lincoln Riley stated on a Monday morning Zoom that QB Caleb Williams will sit out in the Trojan’s bowl game against Louisville, December 27th. Williams has elected to enter the NFL draft next year

• HEISMAN 🏆️ This year’s Heisman Trophy Finalists are: Jayden Daniel (QB, LSU), Marvin Harrison Jr. (WR, Ohio State), Bo Nix (QB, Oregon) + Michael Penix Jr. (QB, Washington). Daniels is considered huge favorite

GOOD VIBES ON THE DAY