For National Social Work Month in March of 2026, we'd like you to meet three outstanding members of MPTF’s social work team. Carly Castaneda, LCSW, started at MPTF in 2014 in the Community Volunteers department which she found as part of GSWEC (Geriatric Social...
“I’ve loved writing since junior high and high school. My first interest in film was when I saw still pictures move. ‘How do they do that?’ I asked myself.” That’s how J. Rickley Dumm decided to get into the entertainment industry, and if you’re of a certain age...
“That’s why I moved here—community, pure and simple.” So says Robert Ryan, a makeup artist since 1976 (and previously a dancer and university professor!) who moved to the MPTF campus last April. “When I got here, I was the new kid on the block. I started dreaming...
Landman actress Ali Larter stepped out for Paramount's Season of Giving, helping out at a charity bingo event at MPTF and chatting with ET. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyB3lguzOcg
“I learned the fragility of life and how quickly things can be gone, and to appreciate everything and each other.” That lesson was one Jacqueline Craven learned from several life experiences starting with the devastating Malibu fire in 1993. She and her husband,...
A unique community for entertainment industry seniors, MPTF's Wasserman Campus in Woodland Hills features numerous living options and amenities. Take a look with Tom Bergeron and Yvette Nicole Brown, and find out more at mptf.com/residential >...
Award-winning actor Colman Domingo visits MPTF on February 5, 2025 for a Q&A with Chaplain Yvonne Boyd and residents accompanying a screening of Selma, as part of our spotlight on Black History Month....
Producer John Wildermuth and MPTF resident Joe Maltz, Engineering Designer Engineer for ABC for the 1972 Olympics in Munich, discuss the film September 5 on December 3, 2024 at the Louis B. Mayer Theater on the MPTF campus. Find out more at mptf.com/screenings...
“I love the process of writing. I can’t wait to get together with them!” That’s the sentiment felt by retired Local 44 propman and MPTF resident David Quick about The Grey Quill Society, our campus writing group which gathers weekly for residents and volunteers to...
“Everything just fell into place,” said character actor Harvey Goldenberg of the process of moving onto the MPTF campus this summer. “I just fell in love with the place, and the people are so nice. I was in the same place for 36 years, and it’s like taking a great...
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