Rick Assad

On Friday, December 18 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his men’s care brand PAPATUI made an appearance at Walmart in the Burbank Empire Center, to surprise kids and families from the YMCA Los Angeles chapters.

Mary Gallagher will tell you she’s “a comic, actor, and writer,” but that doesn’t really cover it. She’s a survivor of Midwestern discipline, a student of chaos, a quiet storm turned loud truth-teller. She’s also a working mother, an educator, a late-night TV comic, a Colbert alum, a voice in the room helping actors find their own voices.

The Bears look good in triumph over the Tornadoes.