Email Author Libby Molyneaux

Awards

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 26, 2007

  "A Scary Home Companion"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "What Would Jesus Do This Week?"

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2009 Stories by Libby Molyneaux

• Talking the Pith Out of Kathy Griffin

  published November 13, 2009

  Though her TV reality show, My Life on the D-List, is on hiatus after its fifth season, Kathy Griffin’s pushing... More >>

• UNFORTUNATELY, "CORN FLAKES" IS NOT A EUPHEMISM FOR ANYTHING

  published November 5, 2009

  As anyone who has ever reviewed a rock show knows, it's not easy to take copious notes while drinking beer. That was never the case for Robert... More >>

• DEAR JOHN HODGMAN, CALL ME!

  published November 5, 2009

  John Hodgman has way more on his mind than the rest of the horn-rimmed attention-seekers out there. Like: Why didn't Drew Barrymore choose him... More >>

• SUPER-FREAKY PICK OF THE WEEK!

  published November 5, 2009

  From this week's Doing-My-Job-For-Me-While-I-Keep-the-$40-Dept., here's Kate Flannery of The Lampshades (and, of course, The Office), who,... More >>

• YOU CAN'T SPELL LAUGH WITHOUT "L.A."! THAT WAS SO NOT FUNNY

  published November 5, 2009

  Our city is in the thick of the impressive and ambitious Los Angeles Comedy Festival. It's really two festivals in one: live acts from New York,... More >>

• PROJECT DEADWAY

  published October 29, 2009

  The only Day of the Dead celebration to actually take place on All Souls Day is the renowned Self Help Graphics & Art's 36th Annual Dia de los... More >>

• FRIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

  published October 29, 2009

  Arty pants can enjoy the first-ever Halla Galla, "an evening of fantasy, fashion and fun to benefit the Santa Monica Museum of Art." Come dressed... More >>

• Come On and Take a Hayride


  published October 29, 2009

  The Haunted Hayride isn't your cheapest option for Halloween thrills, but can you really put a price on have the bejesus scared out of you? And... More >>

• THAT'S SO BURBANK

  published October 29, 2009

  Beware of Burbank. The city leaders here encourage residents to dress their dogs in costume for Halloween. What do they call this howl-arious... More >>

• STREET SCREAM

  published October 29, 2009

  Downtown Long Beach throws open its doors for Halloween on Pine, where a costume contest takes over the streets while DJ spins monster mashes amid... More >>

• LADIES AND GENTLEMEN . . . LIZZIE BORDEN!

  published October 29, 2009

  Here's a great deal for spooks and yucks. Laura Kightlinger hosts The Late Show With Lizzie Borden, with co-host Dead McMahon. Ms. Borden,... More >>

• TIPTOE THROUGH THE GHOUL LIPS

  published October 29, 2009

  The haunted house known as Reign of Terror was featured on FEAR.net's Route 666: America's Scariest Haunted Haunts, so you know the chills... More >>

• WE-HALLOWEEN!

  published October 29, 2009

  What will be the hot Halloween costume for 2009? Octomom? Balloon Boy? The Snuggie? Michael Jackson? Kate Gosselin and that god-awful possum... More >>

• WHAT GOOD IS SITTING ALONE IN YOUR TOMB?

  published October 29, 2009

  The day after Halloween and you're still hungry for ghoulish fun. Thank Lili Barsha, mistress of "L.A.'s longest running Halloween macabaret" for... More >>

• Fun With Johnny Cakes

  published October 29, 2009

  There's a whole lotta WTF?! going around town right now. The highly eclectic WTF?! Festival in the name of the Actors Gang continues with All... More >>

• THERE'S SOMETHING CREEPY ABOUT MARY

  published October 29, 2009

  Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water: The Queen Mary becomes "the Most Terrifying Place on Earth" for Shipwreck 2005. Tiptoe... More >>

• THIS'LL HAVE YOU IN STITCHES

  published October 22, 2009

  Art of Bleeding founder The Rev. Al would like to set something straight about his medical gore-fest. "People get confused by the name. It's more... More >>

• HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MACKENZIE?

  published October 22, 2009

  She was a badass before you were a badass. When Mackenzie Phillips first appeared onscreen in a small but unforgettable part as a mopey teen... More >>

• Meeting of Minds

  published October 22, 2009

  If you don't remember who Steve Allen was, here's a primer: The bespectacled writer, radio personality, TV talk and game show host (he was the... More >>

• "BENINCASA" IS A FUNNY NAME FOR AN AGORAPHOBIC

  published October 22, 2009

  New York-based writer, comedian and radio-talk show host Sara Benincasa hits town with her one-woman show, Agorafabulous! Like a crazier... More >>

• DOUG STANHOPE? WHERE THERE THE HELL ARE YOU?

  published October 22, 2009

  The thinking douchebag's Doug Stanhope, Joe Rogan's prone to say things like, "Apartment living is tough action. Just the whole idea that you... More >>

• SARAH VOWELL AND THE CONSONANTS

  published October 15, 2009

  Had you been an English colonist, would you be more of a Plymouth Puritan or a Massachusetts Puritan? Writer Sarah Vowell can tell you the... More >>

• MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNYBOY!

  published October 15, 2009

  "I'm addicted to Facebook. I check it compulsively. I have come to believe that all anyone should write in their status update is,... More >>

• Doug Benson is Rude

  published October 15, 2009

  Watch Doug expertly interrupt comics. Yes, he was raised in a barn. Psst: his comic pals are big names. Mon., Oct. 19, 9 p.m., 2009 More >>

• WHY DO MAGICIANS SEEM SO ARROGANT?

  published October 15, 2009

  Is magic cool again? Was it ever cool? Heck yeah, we say. The crusty gents who hold court at the Magic Castle are consummate pros, but there are... More >>