Email Author Gendy Alimurung

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published June 16, 2011

  "Bad Lunch"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Parents, Be Very Nervous"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Coming (Back) to America"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Interview with a Corpse"

• 2012 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published April 12, 2012

  "The Death of Film"

• 2012 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Never Grow Up"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "The Man Who Wants Another 'Life'"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Maggots and Aliens and Clowns, Oh My"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010

  "Giddyup"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

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2011 Stories by Gendy Alimurung

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  Justin Schenck, CSI Corpse, on What It's Like to Play Dead

  published Dec 29, 2011

  The corpse was a video gamer tasered to death by rogue cops. It lay on the autopsy table, trying very hard not to breathe. "There wasn't much time to rehearse," says Justin Schenck, the actor cast i... More >>

• Steve Niles' 30 Days of Night Made It Big. But That Wasn't the End of the Story

  published December 29, 2011

  How the vampires finally got to Alaska is the stuff of comic book legend. For a while, it looked like they weren't going to make it. It... More >>

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  Michael Decker's Anti-Cute Art at Steve Turner Contemporary, Including Disemboweled E.T. Dolls In A Fetal Ring

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Yes, this is art. The standout piece in 29-year old Los Angeles artist Michael Decker's current show at Steve Turner Contemporary is the one with the disemboweled E.T. dolls stuck on a wire ring. It's... More >>

• Peter Archer Rowing Center in Long Beach, Where Injured Vets Learn to Get Moving Again

  published Dec 01, 2011

  He was walking through the combat zone when he slipped and fell. Sgt. 1st Class Rorey Nichols landed hard on his lower back. He lay there for a while. He was alone, which was bad. But it was daytime... More >>

• Erin Cooney's Project Collects 300 One-Minute Videos, All Taken During the Same Minute, at 8 a.m. PST on Nov. 13, 2010

  published Nov 28, 2011

  A day begins at a research outpost in snowy Alaska. The scientist on duty steps out into the darkness, gazes longingly at her warm cabin, then wonders why her sled dogs aren't barking. Elsewhere in... More >>

• A Drinking Game at Molly Malone's: Actors Perform Live Readings of Classic Movies. While Drinking. Chaos Ensues.

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Never let it be said that the actors in A Drinking Game refused to suffer for their craft. A live reading of classic movies turned interactive drinking game, the monthly production features actors ... More >>

• Tony Dominguez's Rock Opera La Muerte Vive With Ginormous Dia de los Muertos Puppets

  published Nov 03, 2011

  Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head... More >>

• Tim DeZarn Discovered His K-11 Film Set at the Sybil Brand Institute Was Haunted, and Decided to Connect with His Deceased Son

  published Oct 27, 2011

  Filming was well under way when news of the ghost began to circulate. They were shooting the final scenes of the movie K-11, a prison thriller, at the abandoned Sybil Brand Institute women's correcti... More >>

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  Crafting With Cat Hair: Grossr Or Awesome!

  published Oct 26, 2011

  Well, it's here. A book about cat fur. Crafting With Cat Hair: Cute Handicrafts to Make With Your Cat is out this month from Quirk Books. The idea comes from Japan (of course). The translator, Amy ... More >>

• Brainworks: Brain Surgeons Give Glimpse of the Inner Sanctum

  published Oct 13, 2011

  When Keith Black was a kid, his mom caught him dissecting a chicken heart by the side of the house. He was 8, and such behavior might have worried some parents. But Black's father, a school principal,... More >>

• Texas Killing Fields: Ami Canaan Mann Interview

  published October 13, 2011

  If you're a cop at a crime scene, don't use black or silver tape — use red. For reasons known only to them, killers love black and silver... More >>

• Shaolin Warrior Monk Shi Yan Fan Operates From an L.A. Storefront

  published Sep 29, 2011

  The Shaolin temple in China is 1,500 years old and one of the nation's most ancient sacred treasures, the source of all martial arts. The Shaolin temple in Los Angeles is 3 years old and is located in... More >>

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  Opera on Tap at Room 5 Lounge: Want a PBR With Your Don Giovannir Check Out Opera in a Bar

  published Sep 22, 2011

  "All you really need to know about Carmen is, one, she's a Gypsy. And two, she's a slut," the singer says before beginning. It's standing room only at the bar, where a staging of the French opera is... More >>

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  Deth P. Sun's Cat Explained (Sort Of)

  published Sep 15, 2011

  Ever wondered about that cat in Deth P. Sun's paintingsr Yeah, me too. The ever-enigmatic Oakland illustrator answered our questions about the mysterious creature that seems to find its way over and ... More >>

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  Teen Party Expo: The Multi-Billion-Dollar Coming-of-Age Industry, From Bat Mitzvahs to Quinceaneras

  published Sep 08, 2011

  The Teen Party Expo came to town recently, and the L.A. Convention Center morphed into what the inside of a young girl's brain must look like: Hot. Bright. Crowded. Confusing. Loud. Sort of like hell... More >>

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  10 Cats Who Eat Better Than You: At The Santa Monica Cat Show

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Does your cat eat better than you dor Some of these kitties at the recent Santa Monica Cat Show do. I asked their respective humans what is the fanciest, tastiest, nommiest thing they feed their cats... More >>

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  Kardashian Kollection Launch: 9 Bitchy Remarks Overheard in the Red Carpet Reporters Pit

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Often, the best (i.e. worst) stuff you hear at red carpet events comes not from the red carpet but from that angry, roiling, elbow-jabbing, toe-smashing little slice of hell known as the reporters' pi... More >>

• SoCal Zombie Walk this Saturday: Some Dos and Don'ts

  published Aug 12, 2011

  Feeling zombifiedr Walk it out. On Saturday, people will be gathering on Hollywood Blvd for the latest SoCal Zombie Walk. Meet at 5:30 p.m. at 1718 N.Cherokee Ave in the courtyard of the parking st... More >>

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  Cedars-Sinai Heart Transplant Recipients Play the Doctors Who Saved Their Lives...in Softball

  published Aug 04, 2011

  Talk about a game with heart. Once a year, a bunch of cardiac transplant patients and the Cedars-Sinai doctors who saved their lives get together to play a friendly game of softball. The patients usu... More >>

• Spirit Hoods: The Weirdest Fashion Startup Ever

  published July 28, 2011

  Somewhere right now in Los Angeles, a hipster is wearing a furry hood with wolf ears. He is at a nightclub, maybe, or a bar.... More >>

• Valerj Pobega: Model Student

  published July 28, 2011

  Valerj Pobega used to be a model. Walking the runway for heavy hitters like Valentino and Alexander McQueen, she'd study the... More >>

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  Fashion Issue 2011: Does L.A. Have a Fashion Identity?

  published July 28, 2011

  It is flip-flops at business meetings, and sweatpants at fancy restaurants. It is jeans with sneakers, but also with... More >>

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  Harry Potter Art at Nucleus Gallery

  published Jul 13, 2011

  If you couldn't handle waiting in line for two hours to get into Nucleus Gallery's recent extremely packed Harry Potter-themed art show, this is the sort of thing you missed. That's a hanging sculptur... More >>

• Calling Afghanistan: L.A. Schoolkids Try to Bridge a Gulf

  published Jul 01, 2011

  Teenagers spend a lot of time talking on the phone. But not too many of them get to call their peers in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. A handful of teens from Windward School, a charter school i... More >>

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  Why Los Angeles Schoolkids Get Lousy Meals

  published June 16, 2011

  At 12:33 p.m., the lunch bell rings at Los Angeles High School. Moments later comes the stampede. Kids — 2,000 of them... More >>