Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Meet the former diplomat and soap opera producer who wants to be California's chief film ambassador

    by Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times Aug 07, 2019 4 minutes

    SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - On a sweltering July afternoon, Colleen Bell strolled through an alley that had been transformed into a grimy, urban skid row for the CBS police drama "S.W.A.T."

    The rusty garage doors, dusty lamps and worn building facades resembled downtown L.A. But Bell was about 40 miles away from the alley's inspiration on the Santa Clarita set of "S.W.A.T.," which was prepping its third season.

    "Look at that - amazing," said Bell, marveling at the alley's transformation. "Wow."

    As a veteran TV producer, Bell could appreciate such detail. The former U.S. diplomat, who was appointed executive director of

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times4 min readCrime & Violence
    Robin Abcarian: Criminalizing Homelessness Is Unconscionable, But Is It Unconstitutional?
    On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a small Oregon city can cite and prosecute homeless people for sleeping in public places when they have nowhere else to lay their heads. If the case reveals nothing else about the state
    Los Angeles Times8 min read
    Bit By A Billionaire's Dog? Or A Case Of Extortion? A Legal Saga From An LA Dog Park
    LOS ANGELES -- A dog-bites-woman story usually isn't much of a story at all. But an incident in one of L.A.'s wealthiest enclaves has become something else entirely. What began in a Brentwood park on a summer day in 2022, when a dog owned by billiona
    Los Angeles Times5 min read
    Kevin Baxter: How Former Galaxy Player Eddie Lewis Became A Soccer Training Tech Innovator
    LOS ANGELES — Eddie Lewis played his final soccer game at the age of 36, old for a midfielder but young for just about everybody else. So with more than half a lifetime ahead of him, he had plenty of time to build a new career. Yet like many former p

    Related Books & Audiobooks