Every year in Los Angeles you can find multiple options for learning first hand from your favorite artists, filmmakers, musicians, and TV stars. There are many venues where you can attend several events, such as the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, the Aero Threatre in Santa Monica, The Hollywood Film Academy, The Paley Center in Beverly Hills, and also the Hammer Museum, where I had the chance of meeting JJ Abrams.
There are scheduled screenings and Q&A’s, but be prepared to buy your tickets as soon as possible, because those events use to sold out always very fast.
I met on those events a few iconic people such as Mel Brooks, Alejandro González Iñárritu or John Lasseter, to name just a few.