Growing up in the Valley, Gina Gershon learned how to steer through toxicity

She admitted she hadn’t quite perfected her performance yet, and kept asking me what I thought – if I was enjoying it. It was amazing to me, considering how long Gershon has been performing – in small indie films, huge Hollywood movies, and even as a singer-guitarist on stage – that she still genuinely cared about my opinion, even if she wasn’t going to change anything based on it. I think that’s probably why she’s had such a long and successful career – she still connects with the audience, and values what they think.

‘R.J. Decker’ and ‘Young Sherlock’ offer distinctive tales of the prisoner-to-PI pipeline

Two new TV series are starting this week. “R.J. Decker” is a typical example of its kind, created with the style of Carl Hiaasen. The other, “Young Sherlock,” is based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle and expanded upon in novels by Andrew Lane. It shows a 19-year-old Sherlock Holmes, so it’s not a traditional detective show, but it explores the origins of the character who would become the famous detective.