Emily St. Martin

Omg a Backstreet Boy just tweeted my article.

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT (who left us 19yrs ago today) was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

Rest In Peace Chuck Norris 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Chuck Norris, the legendary martial artist and “Walker, Texas Ranger” star, has died at 86 after a medical emergency in Kauai, Hawaii. By @ByEmilyStMartin latimes.com/entertainment-…

At long last, the interview I’ve been chasing for years… I spoke to @shakira about her historic nomination to the @rockhall! 🐺

@brettdl Thanks Brett!

@ByEmilyStMartin Welcome back!

🚨📰Some news! After nearly 2 years at the Southern California News Group, I’m bidding the paper(s) and my lovely colleagues adieu. Today is my first day back at the Los Angeles Times, where I’ll be back on the entertainment beat! Excited for what’s ahead. ❤️

@jonahmv Thanks Jonah!

@ByEmilyStMartin congrats emily! you had such a prolific run at scng. so excited to see what lat 2.0 will bring💫

Personal news: I left @latimes in December after 11 years + joined L.A. Material — a new, soon-to-launch local news outlet. We have a small but mighty team and our site is up! No stories yet but I’m excited to show soon what we’ve been working on. lamaterial.com

Catherine O'Hara & Eugene Levy performing "A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow" from A MIGHTY WIND at the 2004 Oscars🌈💔

My confidence going into 2026:

Just watched the Stranger Things finale and . . . that was an intense way to find out how much I love Steve Harrington

@HexPositive This sounds amazing

When I was 12 I wrote this epic Linkin Park + Harry Potter fanfic that I wish I could find now The band played a music festival at Hogwarts and I just ~incidentally~ charmed Chester Bennington into falling in love with me

"Just because I'm from Fucktucky, doesn't make me a knuckle-dragging chucklefuck" -- @mechachandler while arguing with me over film taste.

Catherine Goetze, aka AskCatGPT on socials, announced she was throwing a no-phone Y2K throwback party. Four days later, the Los Angeles venue El Cid was overflowing with one-night Luddites. The result, according to Goetze, was “amazing.” dailynews.com/2025/11/13/ins…

@grantrindner @Playboy Fantastic!

i am preposterously honored to announce that i’ve joined the @playboy team as an editor for the print magazine. writer friends, please reach out to me with any pitches!

I spoke with journalist and convicted murderer John J. Lennon about the cost of true crime, identity & whether we can be more than our worst acts. (Huge thank you to my fabulous, trusty editor @erikpedersen for supporting me so thoughtfully on this.) dailynews.com/2025/10/01/jou…

Jimmy Kimmel thanks the conservatives who defended him against Brendan Carr, "I never would have imagined, like, Ben Shapiro, Clay Travis, Candace Owens, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul. Even my old pal Ted Cruz, who believe it or not, said something very beautiful on my behalf... it takes courage for them to speak out against this administration, and they did and they deserve credit for it." Getting emotional, he adds "It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don't -- I don't think there's anything funny about it. I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed sending love to his family and asking for compassion and I meant it and I still do. Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of it-- it was a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make, but to some, that felt ill timed or unclear or maybe both, and for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you're upset. If the situation was reversed, there's a good chance I would have felt the same way. I have many friends and family members on the other side who I love and remain close to, even though we don't agree on politics at all. I don't think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone, this was a sick person who believed violence was a solution, and it isn't."

The latest from Trump on the Jimmy Kimmel saga:

What a cover. The New Yorker’s September magazine cover.