Press Play with Madeleine Brand Director Bryan Singer sued for sexual assault Dec. 08, 2017 Listen 49 min MORE Photo: Director Bryan Singer arrives at a screening of X-Men Apocalypse at a cinema in London, Britain, May 9, 2016. (Hannah McKay/Reuters) From this Episode: In fire-ravaged Ventura, what to do about rebuilding? It’s day five of unprecedented fires in Southern California. Another has broken out in San Diego County. The Thomas Fire in Ventura may not be fully extinguished for weeks. 6 min Director Bryan Singer faces sexual assault lawsuit Cesar Sanchez-Guzman says Bryan Singer raped him at a yacht party when he was 17, and Singer told him he could get a Hollywood career if he kept quiet. It’s not the first... 9 min Is Lavar Ball ruining his sons' basketball careers? LiAngelo Ball had been suspended indefinitely from UCLA’s basketball team after he and teammates got caught shoplifting in China. Now LiAngelo’s dad, Lavar, says he’s... 8 min 'I, Tonya' is like 'Goodfellas' on ice? Our critics review Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” about a mute woman discovering a government lab’s secret sea creature; “Tribes of Palos Verdes,” about a family... 12 min Hedy Lamarr: Hollywood starlet and secret scientist Once considered the most beautiful woman in the world, 1940s film star Hedy Lamarr worked on experiments at night, one of which has become the basis for modern-day... 13 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole