Beanie Feldstein brings the best friend to center stage in ‘Lady Bird’

“When I read ‘chubby girl who loves theatre and is a loyal friend,’ I was like, ‘yep that’s me,’” Feldstein told The Daily Californian in an interview.
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“When I read ‘chubby girl who loves theatre and is a loyal friend,’ I was like, ‘yep that’s me,’” Feldstein told The Daily Californian in an interview.
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Berkeley Police Department released a Nixle alert early Saturday morning informing community members that it had located a missing person at-risk.
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Berkeley Police Department found a missing person named Xavier Smith-Wilson, according to a Nixle alert issued Thursday.
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Several social media posts of a possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, raid were proven false by Berkeley Police Department.
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“Lady Bird” is an accomplishment — no line, no look is wasted, if not made vital. It’s also the first film for which Greta Gerwig is solely credited as both writer and director.
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“For me, writing is a process of learning things you didn’t know you knew,” Gerwig said. “I had to write my way into discovering who Lady Bird was.”
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UCPD is seeking a suspect in relation to an assault resulting in greatly bodily injury Friday about 9:25 p.m. near People’s Park, according to a Nixle alert.
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A man allegedly jumped out a of vehicle and stole the laptop of a male victim on the 2100 block of Oxford street Saturday evening at about 7:45 p.m., according to a Nixle alert.
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With just 70 days remaining until Jan. 1, when the state of California will legalize the sale and taxation of recreational marijuana, the city of Berkeley and state policymakers are still ironing out the details of cannabis regulation.
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A robbery involving a rock as the weapon occurred about noon Wednesday in People’s Park, according to a Nixle alert issued Friday morning.
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