Plus, Hollywood’s worst summer in decades, our weekly film reviews, and Evan Kleiman on where to get the best walnuts, and what to make with them.

Plus, a court throws out the redrawn Congressional map in Texas and Democrats are taking a victory lap, and cartoonist R. Crumb delves deep into conspiracy theories in his first comic book in decades.

Plus, the prospects for peace in Gaza after the UN Security Council approves the American peace plan, and the Netflix series Boots follows a gay teenager who wants to become a Marine.

Plus, Mr. bin Salman goes to Washington, a federal judge says a prosecutor may have botched the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, and how to find new music in your fifties.

Plus, the impact of the LA City Council tightening rent increases, our weekly film reviews, and Evan Kleiman has suggestions for spots offering takeout or dine-in Thanksgiving.

Plus, what Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes to get out of the COP30 climate conference, Inspector General Max Huntsman on LA County jail conditions, and what to see (or skip) on TV this fall.

Plus, an oral history of D-Day and the veterans who stormed the beaches of Normandy in 1944, and a new documentary sheds light on Hitler’s favorite filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl.

Plus, the latest legal fight over SNAP benefits and cases the Supreme Court will (and won’t) take up, travel chaos continues at airports, and how criticism is changing as legacy media cuts back.