Christie D'Zurilla

Christie D'Zurilla has more than 20 years' journalism experience in Southern California, and a high tolerance for inappropriate behavior.

She is a dog person and, coincidentally, can do math better than the average journalist.

Contact Christie at cdz [@] latimes.com. All e-mail is read, some of it is answered. Publicists: Don't bother with the phone. Never at the desk. The "D" is silent.

She's @dzurillaville on Twitter. Blog is @LATcelebs. Dog is @theChiweenie, but he's been pretty quiet lately because his paws are a little to bulky to work the iPad with any accuracy.

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