The Pros and Cons of Stargazing in L.A.

We Angelenos can be jaded when it comes to stars, with America’s hot new thing squeezing fruit across the aisle in the supermarket or standing in front of you at the Chinese takeout window.

“Married . . . With Chutzpah” (Aug. 18), Kent Black’s article on Kenneth Branagh and his wife, Emma Thompson, pointed out one of the wonderful, often-forgotten things about Los Angeles.

There aren’t too many cities where one has a chance to run into Branagh trying his California accent while getting popcorn. Just living here can be the best show in town.

STORMY S. KNIGHT

Shadow Hills