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2008 Stories by Nicole Campos

• Ten Reasons We Long For More Deadwood

  published Dec 10, 2008

  It's been over two years since HBO aired the final episode of Deadwood, laying to rest one of its greatest original series in startlingly abrupt fashion.  David Milch's gritty - at times, downrig... More >>

• Last Night: Comedy Is Dead featuring Sarah Silverman @ Hollywood Forever

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Comedy in a cemetery. A novel concept, inspired, even; what's going to stand any chance of waking the dead more than a really good joker  Kind of gives "rolling in his grave" a whole new meaning.... More >>

• Why We're Thankful For 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'

  published Nov 26, 2008

  The holiday season is plentiful - if not bursting - with Christmas films, most of which are heaped upon us in early succession just like everything else tinsel and mistletoe. And you can't say there i... More >>

• Last Night: J.J. Abrams Launches Lost Kubrick Figurines at Meltdown Comics

  published Nov 20, 2008

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• Nudity And Smoke - Lots of Smoke! - at the Getty

  published Nov 17, 2008

  Going on a hunt for nudity seems a bit of a risque stretch for Watson Adventures, the company who organize recreational scavenger hunts at museums and other public institutions, normally of the much m... More >>

• Interview: The Kids In the Hall Storm Vegas!

  published Nov 11, 2008

  This month, The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas returns to inject a major dose of comedy diversity into Sin City, rising above and beyond the mainstream standards for standup on the Strip. Amongst the ... More >>

• 10 Uniquely Noteworthy Posthumous Performances on Film

  published Nov 03, 2008

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• "Thriller" Zombies Descend On Hollywood in Attempt to Hold World Record

  published Oct 26, 2008

  Doing the "Thriller" dance at Hollywood & Highland. Click image for entire slideshow. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/music/Thriller_Zombies_Descend_On_Hollywood_with_video'; Despite a serious lack of... More >>

• Last Night: Amy Sedaris Talks Crafting, Candy and Colbert @ Grove Book Signing

  published Oct 23, 2008

  Amy Sedaris gets naughty with butter. Photo by Erin Broadley. Check out entire slideshow here. A cross-section of enthusiastic crafters and comedy fans -- bespectacled students, gay couples, and hi... More >>

• HuffPo's Top Five Election Season Celebrity Blogs

  published Oct 20, 2008

  digg_url = 'http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/media/huffpos-top-five-election-seas/';In this campaign where the notion of politician as celebrity has become an attack platform, where accusations of po... More >>

• Election Humor Video: Same Bat Candidates, Same Bat Campaignr

  published Oct 17, 2008

  You know, I thought one of the best lines that Barack Obama got in as he and John McCain roasted one another at last night's Alfred E. Smith charity dinner in New York, was the one where he sent up cr... More >>

• When Geeks Inherit The Earth: Box-Office Power Couples

  published Oct 14, 2008

  It's undeniable that with the uptick of box office for Judd Apatow's stable of recent comedies, the rise of the dweeb as a viable leading man in film has arrived. Nothing to scoff at, although more o... More >>

• 2001: A Space Odyssey @ The Edison Downtown

  published Oct 13, 2008

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• Best and Worst Fictional Presidential Speeches on Film + TV

  published Oct 07, 2008

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• Comic-Con 2008 - Wrath of Con Party @ The Hard Rock Hotel

  published Jul 28, 2008

  As you can see from our multiple galleries of Comic-Con 2008 photos, there was much revelry exploding all over downtown San Diego all weekend long. Of course, off the convention center grounds the fe... More >>

• Mondo Diablo!: Cody's Creepy Cuts

  published Jul 20, 2008

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• Mondo Diablo @ the New Beverly!

  published Jul 11, 2008

  The righteous revivals continue at the New Beverly Cinema starting tonight, with another guest-curator series; July's celebrity programmer is Academy Award-winning screenwriter, EW columnist and leopa... More >>

• Bar 107's Sunday Morning Yard Sale

  published Jun 30, 2008

  RUMMAGE! It was a splendid lazy Sunday at 4th & Main's premiere dive bar, with an in house yard sale/silent auction/bake sale, etc. benefitting the excellent School on Wheels, which assists in educa... More >>

• Savage Steve Times Two

  published Jun 22, 2008

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• The Kids In the 'Secret Show' Hall

  published May 08, 2008

  CFIWest / Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood May 7 (l-r) Scott Thompson, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch A line of comedy fans dozens deep snaked around the corner of Berendo and Hollywood Wednesday night ... More >>

• Folking Around

  published Apr 25, 2008

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• Rutling Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

  published Mar 18, 2008

  The Rutles: 30th Anniversary Reunion American Cinematheque March 17th It was here - well, not here, really, but in fact several thousands of miles away in the UK - that, Monty Python alum Eric Idl... More >>

• From BIM to "BOOM!"

  published Feb 26, 2008

  The Apple and Stunt Rock @ The New Beverly Cinema, March 25th Little gives an LA cinephile greater joy than to see the New Beverly Cinema booming at the start of 2008. In light of longtime owner S... More >>

• Uncle George's Diary

  published Feb 13, 2008

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