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Stephen King’s “Carrie” returns in a new TV adaptation, now streaming on Prime, from filmmaker Mike Flanagan, who revisits the story of a bullied teenage girl discovering her telekinetic powers amid social media, viral humiliation and a culture of normalized cruelty. Starring Summer H. Howell as Carrie White and Samantha Sloyan as her mother Margaret, the series offers a contemporary take on King’s 1974 novel. When the homeschooled Carrie attends public school for the first time, her classmates turn a vulnerable moment into a viral spectacle, showing how online harassment can follow someone long after they leave the classroom. The series also explores the TK gene, connecting Carrie to a lineage of powerful women, and every episode Flanagan didn’t direct was helmed by a woman: Kate Siegel, Axelle Carolyn, Hiromi Kamata and Kyra Sedgwick. Both Flanagan and Stephen King were skeptical about revisiting the author’s first novel, until King saw the plan. “Actually, I really like this,” Flanagan recalls him saying. “I think this could be very, very relevant.” https://t.co/qbs4gmSvlm

LAWeekly's tweet photo. Stephen King’s “Carrie” returns in a new TV adaptation, now streaming on Prime, from filmmaker Mike Flanagan, who revisits the story of a bullied teenage girl discovering her telekinetic powers amid social media, viral humiliation and a culture of normalized cruelty.

Starring Summer H. Howell as Carrie White and Samantha Sloyan as her mother Margaret, the series offers a contemporary take on King’s 1974 novel. When the homeschooled Carrie attends public school for the first time, her classmates turn a vulnerable moment into a viral spectacle, showing how online harassment can follow someone long after they leave the classroom.

The series also explores the TK gene, connecting Carrie to a lineage of powerful women, and every episode Flanagan didn’t direct was helmed by a woman: Kate Siegel, Axelle Carolyn, Hiromi Kamata and Kyra Sedgwick.

Both Flanagan and Stephen King were skeptical about revisiting the author’s first novel, until King saw the plan. “Actually, I really like this,” Flanagan recalls him saying. “I think this could be very, very relevant.”

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@EmmaHeming offers support to caregivers at a one-of-a-kind book retreat at the @zibbyowens bookshop. https://t.co/5b1fxG1MZq

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@artcenteredu's My Eyes Are My Lens, an exhibition showcasing work by faculty members of ArtCenter’s renowned Film, Photography and Imaging program, opens today https://t.co/ukOWgpDBkY

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Pee-wee Herman fans rejoice! @JuliensAuctions is putting up more than 400 items from the Estate of Paul Reubens for grabs on Wed. Oct. 28 https://t.co/Vp7nxpYiqP

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my new EP, Painted Pout, comes out tomorrow 10/2, and i spoke to @LAWeekly all about it 💋 https://t.co/5vWkCX9d04

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For Alison Wonderland, slowing down has never really been part of the plan. The Australian-born, Los Angeles-based producer and DJ has spent more than a decade building a career in dance music, while raising two kids, touring globally and running her own label, FMU Records. Now, she’s entering a new chapter: releasing music entirely independently and reclaiming ownership of her creativity. “I’ve never been able to own my own music,” she says. “It would be really nice to have ownership of my creativity again.” That independence comes with pressure, but Alison Wonderland says she knows what she wants, and what she doesn’t. After years of fighting to be taken seriously, she’s still driven by the same restless instinct that has pushed her career forward. “I’m sick of trying to prove myself. That’s probably my biggest insecurity.” https://t.co/aXjbllmAK1

LAWeekly's tweet photo. For Alison Wonderland, slowing down has never really been part of the plan. The Australian-born, Los Angeles-based producer and DJ has spent more than a decade building a career in dance music, while raising two kids, touring globally and running her own label, FMU Records.

Now, she’s entering a new chapter: releasing music entirely independently and reclaiming ownership of her creativity.

“I’ve never been able to own my own music,” she says. “It would be really nice to have ownership of my creativity again.”

That independence comes with pressure, but Alison Wonderland says she knows what she wants, and what she doesn’t. After years of fighting to be taken seriously, she’s still driven by the same restless instinct that has pushed her career forward.

“I’m sick of trying to prove myself. That’s probably my biggest insecurity.”

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The Dialog Cafe is back, plus a seafood festival in Santa Monica - Here's What's Popping Up https://t.co/Fnr3bRkILo

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Isaiah Rashad has spent the past decade being asked to explain who he is, where he fits and what comes next. These days, his answer is simpler: “I’m just a dude.” In between legs touring his new album “It's Been Awful” he returns to Los Angeles for The Anniversary Show at YouTube Theater, next Tuesday, Sept. 29, honoring 10 years of his studio debut “The Sun’s Tirade” and celebrating over a decade of music, growth and devoted fans. At 35, Rashad is continuing to figure out what he’s learned along the way. He talks about the pressure of being put on a pedestal, sobriety, fatherhood, Chattanooga, Los Angeles and the role of family in keeping him grounded. He also explains why these days he’s more interested in making a table, cooking a meal or finding somewhere with fireflies than building a mythology around himself. https://t.co/HCvIx1ovP7