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2010 Stories by Nicole Campos

• BACK IN BLOOM

  published July 8, 2010

  The bright outlook of the summer festival season dimmed considerably last year when, due to budget issues, Echo Park's Lotus Festival was abruptly... More >>

• WHO'S YOUR FIBBER?

  published July 1, 2010

  Celebrities can lure us with their glamour, dazzle us with their talent -- and if they play their cards right, make ninnies out of us with their... More >>

• Vampire Weekend

  published June 24, 2010

  Popular culture is now a few years into the current, insatiable vampire craze, with no signs of abating. Of course, plenty of horror fans long for... More >>

• MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL! CHELSEA PERETTI

  published June 24, 2010

  Chelsea Peretti may not yet be a household name, but she's one hell of a prolific comedian and writer; she wrote for and appeared on The... More >>

• IF A TV PILOT NEVER AIRS, DOES IT STILL STINK?

  published June 24, 2010

  We're a few months from the fall television season, bringing the debuts of many new series, which means that the cast-offs from 2010's pilot... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Edgar Wright and J.J. Abrams in Discussion at LAFF 2010

  published Jun 21, 2010

  At this year's Los Angeles Film Festival, there has been plenty for the genre crowd to get excited about, from last week's Christopher Nolan conversation to the upcoming West Coast premiere of The Pe... More >>

• ONLY THE SHADOE KNOWS

  published June 10, 2010

  If you grew up in Los Angeles during the early 1980s, there were few faces as ubiquitous as Shadoe Stevens'. Prior to his national stint as the... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Martians and Superheroes and Nazis, Oh My!: 'Adventure Hour' Thrills Sell-Out Largo Crowd

  published Jun 08, 2010

  Fearless superheroes battling feathered evildoers, male Martians having their egg sacs (!) violated by their disgusted compadres, and pint-sized sidekicks being brainwashed by Nazi vamps to assassina... More >>

• Charm Will Only Get You So Far

  published June 3, 2010

  There are films that must be seen just to bask in the brilliance of a single performance … and then there's The Wrong Guy. Kids in the... More >>

• A WEEK RICH IN FULCHER

  published May 27, 2010

  It's difficult to categorize the comedy of Rich Fulcher without reaching for superlatives — like "bat-shit crazy," for example. There's an... More >>

• A WEEK RICH IN FULCHER

  published May 27, 2010

  It's difficult to categorize the comedy of Rich Fulcher without reaching for superlatives — like "bat-shit crazy," for example. There's an... More >>

• Of Both Shadow And Substance: Gallery 1988 Fetes 'The Twilight Zone'

  published May 21, 2010

  It's timely that, four days shy of national Geek Pride day and two short of the finale of one of the most anticipated genre TV series of the decade, Gallery 1988 would dedicate its latest art-as-pop-h... More >>

• ALL THIS AND GORE!

  published May 20, 2010

  Ah, springtime, when everything abounds: fauna, flora ... bloodletting. Well, in the case of the latter anyway, it's a sure sign that the annual... More >>

• THANK YOU MR. HENSON!

  published May 20, 2010

  There seems to be no end in sight to the generations of children that will be enriched and entertained by the creations of the Jim Henson Company,... More >>

• SNEAK PEAK OF THE WEEK

  published May 20, 2010

  In June, Roadside Attractions will release Winter's Bone, the film adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel about a 17-year-old girl... More >>

• THAT TRACY MORGAN -- HE'LL SAY ANTHING!

  published May 13, 2010

  Tracy Morgan has certainly come a long way since his early days second-banana'ing Martin Lawrence as Hustle Man. The former SNL player and... More >>

• JON HAMM DIGS MEN IN DRAG

  published April 29, 2010

  It remains an all-too rare occurrence in the 80-plus year history of the Oscars that a funny film is nominated for the grand prize, let alone that... More >>

• THE HISTORY OF CHICO AND THE MAN

  published April 29, 2010

  At a time when immigration reform is a hot-button topic in Washington -- and at least in one state, with local anti-immigration punitive laws... More >>

• THE TAO OF D'OH!

  published April 22, 2010

  While gearing up for the spring sweeps period, television fans are keeping score on which series will return in the fall (Hurrah! More... More >>

• THE MELT GOES ON

  published April 15, 2010

  Few local comedy shows in recent years have been as consistently excellent and almost unfeasibly fun as Meltdown Comics' monthly Friday-night... More >>

• Meltdown's Throwdown: Show Us How YOU Kick-Ass, Hollywood!

  published Apr 09, 2010

  Just one week from today, geek brethren: Matthew Vaughn's much anticipated, controversial, madder-than-a-hatter and -- judging by the early reactions -- all-but-assured cult classic adaptation of Mark... More >>

• Nerds Own Largo! The Nerdist Podcast Goes Live with Mythbuster Adam Savage

  published Apr 08, 2010

  That venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts availab... More >>

• WHO NEEDS ELLIOT STABLER WHEN YOU'VE GOT ELIOT NESS?

  published April 8, 2010

  We know that plenty of folks are relying on this year's tax returns for simple tasks like getting ahead of the bills, but when things are tough,... More >>

• WHO'S YOUR MONSTER?

  published April 8, 2010

  No matter how many CGI-created, 3-D-pimped epics continue to hit the silver screen, there will always be a place on celluloid — and in the... More >>

• OINGO TO THIS. YOU TOO?

  published April 1, 2010

  There are cult classics that, though loved, are decidedly products of the time and place of their creation. There are those that have timeless,... More >>