Vanessa Franko
@vanessafranko.bsky.social
Now: Doing audience things at the L.A. Times
Then: Editing Entertainment and Features at SCNG (The Press-Enterprise, OC Register, +9)
❤️: Plants, music, Ravens, Baltimore
BU alum. She/her
Probably talking loudly about sports and/or power pop.
Then: Editing Entertainment and Features at SCNG (The Press-Enterprise, OC Register, +9)
❤️: Plants, music, Ravens, Baltimore
BU alum. She/her
Probably talking loudly about sports and/or power pop.
You know, my Thanksgiving football experience really peaked with Jack White. (Why do the Ravens hate me when all I do is love them?)
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
You know, my Thanksgiving football experience really peaked with Jack White. (Why do the Ravens hate me when all I do is love them?)
Booooooo. We should have gotten to see the whole Lil Jon performance.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Booooooo. We should have gotten to see the whole Lil Jon performance.
My father apparently has just discovered Jack White via this halftime performance.
Andy Franko: I like him. This is my kind of music.
Me: Of course it is. It has guitars.
Andy Franko: I like him. This is my kind of music.
Me: Of course it is. It has guitars.
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My father apparently has just discovered Jack White via this halftime performance.
Andy Franko: I like him. This is my kind of music.
Me: Of course it is. It has guitars.
Andy Franko: I like him. This is my kind of music.
Me: Of course it is. It has guitars.
And Jack White wins for the best halftime show ever on Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
And Jack White wins for the best halftime show ever on Thanksgiving!
Apparently Tom Brady only thinks dads and uncles play backyard football on Thanksgiving. 😑
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Apparently Tom Brady only thinks dads and uncles play backyard football on Thanksgiving. 😑
My sister is at our parents’ for Thanksgiving this year and I am not. I have encouraged her to send all of her dispatches from the place where I would answer the landline as “Franko House of Baklava and Crazy” as captain’s logs.*
*There was no baklava.
*There was no baklava.
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
My sister is at our parents’ for Thanksgiving this year and I am not. I have encouraged her to send all of her dispatches from the place where I would answer the landline as “Franko House of Baklava and Crazy” as captain’s logs.*
*There was no baklava.
*There was no baklava.
Here’s a tip from your old journalist pal Vanessa: If you are reporting on rumors of say, the sale of a big attraction, you might want to reach out to the representatives of said attraction to get a comment.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Here’s a tip from your old journalist pal Vanessa: If you are reporting on rumors of say, the sale of a big attraction, you might want to reach out to the representatives of said attraction to get a comment.
The Mariachi Rams playing Ozzy’s “Crazy Train” is an unexpected treat tonight at SoFi
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Mariachi Rams playing Ozzy’s “Crazy Train” is an unexpected treat tonight at SoFi
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Actually, have we tried turning the LIONS off and back on again?
Have we tried turning the Ravens off and back on again?
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Actually, have we tried turning the LIONS off and back on again?
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Art critic Christopher Knight is retiring from the @latimes.com at the end of the month. A huge loss for us. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Exclusive: The Huntington acquires Civil War-era Winslow Homer masterwork: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
The Huntington acquires the Civil War-era Winslow Homer masterwork, "The Sutler's Tent"; Robert Therrien at the Broad; and "Dungeons & Dragons" hits the stage at the Montálban.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Art critic Christopher Knight is retiring from the @latimes.com at the end of the month. A huge loss for us. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Kendrick's half time show was THIS YEAR. It's been a long year
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kendrick's half time show was THIS YEAR. It's been a long year
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that turducken is *art*
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
that turducken is *art*
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My hot take is that the nfl should make the cowboys/raiders game an annual tradition during thanksgiving. I even wrote a newsletter all about it featuring prominent paisa scholars like @randradefranco.bsky.social in 2021.
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My hot take is that the nfl should make the cowboys/raiders game an annual tradition during thanksgiving. I even wrote a newsletter all about it featuring prominent paisa scholars like @randradefranco.bsky.social in 2021.
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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Sometimes in L.A., a Marty Supreme blimp flies over your house.
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Sometimes in L.A., a Marty Supreme blimp flies over your house.
SNF does not miss with the music. Pink and then the Roots with Cody Chesnutt. Would love some Dave Hause and/or the Loved Ones to rep Philly.
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
SNF does not miss with the music. Pink and then the Roots with Cody Chesnutt. Would love some Dave Hause and/or the Loved Ones to rep Philly.
Can’t tell who is yelling louder about the Ravens’ terrible O-Line play: Charming Husband in the living room or my mother on the phone from Baltimore.
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Can’t tell who is yelling louder about the Ravens’ terrible O-Line play: Charming Husband in the living room or my mother on the phone from Baltimore.
Mark Andrews now the all-time Ravens receiving leader!!!!!
a man in a ravens jersey holds a football in front of a tunnel
Alt: Mark Andrews spikes a football in front of a tunnel
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Mark Andrews now the all-time Ravens receiving leader!!!!!
Ecstatic that this is the last Sunday I have to wake up at 6 a.m. to panic about my lineup because there’s an international game. (That Jaylen Warren scratch haunts me and I didn’t even have a team with him on it.)
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ecstatic that this is the last Sunday I have to wake up at 6 a.m. to panic about my lineup because there’s an international game. (That Jaylen Warren scratch haunts me and I didn’t even have a team with him on it.)
Had a wonderful night with friends old and new.
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Had a wonderful night with friends old and new.
I love the sunshine, but staying in and listening to my records while I watch the rain is delightfully cozy. Have been in a ‘70s mood so far today.
Started with Billy Joel’s “The Stranger.”
Started with Billy Joel’s “The Stranger.”
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I love the sunshine, but staying in and listening to my records while I watch the rain is delightfully cozy. Have been in a ‘70s mood so far today.
Started with Billy Joel’s “The Stranger.”
Started with Billy Joel’s “The Stranger.”
The dedication my father has to MAC football, particular “Holy Toledo!” warms my heart. He has no personal ties, just loves football.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The dedication my father has to MAC football, particular “Holy Toledo!” warms my heart. He has no personal ties, just loves football.
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The New York Giants QB room was always an allegory for the New York City Mayor’s Race:
A young and potentially reckless savior (Zohran/Dart)
A classic New York Crazy but at least he loves this city/football (Sliwa/Jameis Winston)
BOOOOOOOOOO/GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE (Cuomo/Russell Wilson)
A young and potentially reckless savior (Zohran/Dart)
A classic New York Crazy but at least he loves this city/football (Sliwa/Jameis Winston)
BOOOOOOOOOO/GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE (Cuomo/Russell Wilson)
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The New York Giants QB room was always an allegory for the New York City Mayor’s Race:
A young and potentially reckless savior (Zohran/Dart)
A classic New York Crazy but at least he loves this city/football (Sliwa/Jameis Winston)
BOOOOOOOOOO/GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE (Cuomo/Russell Wilson)
A young and potentially reckless savior (Zohran/Dart)
A classic New York Crazy but at least he loves this city/football (Sliwa/Jameis Winston)
BOOOOOOOOOO/GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE (Cuomo/Russell Wilson)
Doing turrrrible in fantasy but Ravens won and Steelers lost so that’s a W.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Doing turrrrible in fantasy but Ravens won and Steelers lost so that’s a W.
Oh yay Keenan Allen got the record!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Oh yay Keenan Allen got the record!!!!
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me after seeing a TV ad about AI answering fantasy football start-sit questions
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
me after seeing a TV ad about AI answering fantasy football start-sit questions