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The complex is expected to be completed by 2024. (Rendering courtesy of David Engleman)
HOLLYWOOD, CA The Actors Fund Thursday broke ground on the forthcoming Hollywood Arts Collective, which seeks to be a communal living and working space for aspiring artists. The $120 million facility will include 151 affordable housing units for artists, along with art galleries, rehearsal studios, and non-profit office space.
The development will also include an 86-seat Glorya Kaufman Theater, named after the philanthropist who has also funded arts programs at USC, UCLA and the Julliard School. The Actors Fund expects the project to be open and in operation by 2024.
we have seen deals he has negotiated. if he can do that, if he can use this desire by putin for respect, i think he can get a lot of things from him. putin has many chinks in his armor. he is in desperate financial trouble at home. he has an election re-election coming up next year, believe it or not. he does not want the same kinds of demonstrations that he said hillary clinton had basically ginned up for his last election campaign. so really, trump has points of real pressure on putin. he has leverage is what you are pointing to out. he has leverage, exactly. and that s what that s very important to understand abuse we have so many things we want from the russians. we want the russians to let us back into the middle east, believe it or not, where we should be. but they have basically shoved us to the periphery. he can make use of all of this very effectively if he uses it adroitly. john, what do you think, the leverage that david talks about, about using it adroitly and
joining me now, david engleman, editor emeritus at the world policy journal. also, john rizzo, former jen wall counsel to the cia and the author of company man, 30 years of controversy and crisis in the cia . gentlemen, welcome. the backdrop to all of this, donald trump is still in a battle with his own country s intelligence chief, still refusing to condemn four days after his briefing a declassified report which definitively points its finger at putin pooutd. john to you, how dangerous is this refusal? it s con disconcerting, brooke. for the life of me i don t understand why this is so hard for him to acknowledge and accept the unanimous findings of what will be his intelligence community. i just keep i continue to hold out hope that once he gets
in the oval office, once he has his own people at the heads of these intelligence agencies he will come around. but they say, i just find it puzzling. he can t seem to bring himself to accept what is a clear and strong consensus. he can t. he can t, so far. david, we know that trump tweeted this, quote, having a good relationship with russia is a good thing, not bad thing. only stupid people or fools will think that is bad. you wrote this piece on cnn.com where essentially you are saying if trump and the team were to turn the tables, could put putin at a disadvantage, explain how. both want the same thing basically. they want respect. each wants respect not only from the other but from a broader commune that we can make that trump can make use of. if trump is officially we know he is a great negotiator.