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Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Monday, November 25, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET **Riley Keough in conversation with Taylor Jenkins Reid discussing the memoir she finished on behalf of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, "From Here to the Great Unknown."** This event is taped on Nov 18 with an audience. TICKETS (**US Orders ONLY**): $50 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to **US addresses only.**) Includes access to watch the event on November 25 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days after. **Born to an American icon and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.** **Riley Keough** is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award-nominated actress. She is known for her work in Daisy Jones & the Six, Zola, and more. She also co-directed War Pony (2022), which won the Caméra d’Or for best first feature at Cannes, and cofounded the production company Felix Culpa with Gina Gammell. She is the eldest daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and sole trustee of Graceland.  **Lisa Marie Presley** was a singer Read More ...

Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET **An Evening with Josh Brolin discussing his memoir, "From Under the Truck"** *This event is taped on November 21 with an audience on Nov 21.* TICKETS: $50 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to US addresses only). Includes access to watch the event on November 26 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days after it airs. Books ship a week after the virtual event. **A funny, uncanny, unforgettable and un-celebrity memoir from Josh Brolin**  **Josh Brolin** was born in 1968 and raised on a ranch in Paso Robles, California. He is a producer, director, writer, and Academy Award-nominated actor. The proud father of four children, he lives with his wife and two youngest in California.  “Josh Brolin’s out to catch his breath between the slant-eyed suggestions and irrefutable evidence of his past. He hears voices, and he listens, reminding us with brutal honesty that our surroundings were never there to be carried, rather woven into the fabric of the freedom to be who we are.” — Matthew McConaughey Weaving a latticework of different strands, moving back and forth through Read More ...

LOSCON is Los Angeles’ longest running Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention, held Thanksgiving weekend by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS). Like all organized SF fandom conventions, Loscon is run by volunteers. Amateurs and professionals join as panelists (and a number of rooms host competing panels). There’s open discussion plus snacks in the con suite, a dealers room, an art show, nighttime parties in hotel rooms, dances, singing, gaming, and other activities.