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2011 Stories by Sarah LaBrie

• 5 Most Fashion-Forward Muppets (Sorry, Miss Piggy)

  published Nov 22, 2011

  As you know, in fashion, one day you're in and the next day you're out. How then to explain the cheerful ubiquity of Miss Piggyr Last August, the porcine mop/puppet turned up at Opening Ceremony to... More >>

• Mike Edison's Book Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Five Dirtiest Secrets of the Porn Mag Industry, From Hugh Hefner to Larry Flynt

  published Nov 11, 2011

  At first, the idea of a three-hundred page cultural history of dirty magazines seems quaint, like somebody writing a book-length ode to the telegram. After all, it's been a long time since Playboy st... More >>

• John Waters: Interviews: Top Five Favorite Quotes From the Cult Film Director's New Interview Collection

  published Oct 12, 2011

  Hide your kids. Hide your wife. John Waters has escaped from Baltimore. On Friday, Waters will appear at the University of Southern California for a discussion and screening of his classic Pink Fla... More >>

• Patrick DeWitt, Screenwriter Behind Terri, On Literature, Hollywood, Booze and Fiction Writing in L.A.

  published Oct 05, 2011

  To many, Patrick DeWitt is best known as the screenwriter behind this year's critically-acclaimed portrait of adolescent angst Terri. Literary types may know him as of author of the much-lauded novel... More >>

• Roger Ebert's Life Itself: Five Sexiest (Yes, Really) Passages in His Amazing New Autobiography

  published Sep 23, 2011

  In America's favorite film critic's bestselling new memoir, Life Itself, we learn more about the former Siskel and Ebert host than we maybe strictly wanted to know. We meet Ebert the Catholic Schoolb... More >>

• 5 Acid Nightmares Disguised as Children's Movies

  published Aug 19, 2011

  This weekend, John Mauceri leads his orchestra in a rousing production of Fantasia at the Hollywood Bowl. The event promises clips from the film, never-before-seen animated segments and fireworks to... More >>

• Battle For Brooklyn: Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley's Documentary Has Echoes in L.A.'s Football Stadium Controversy

  published Aug 19, 2011

  There's a moment towards the end of Battle for Brooklyn when Prospect Heights resident Daniel Goldstein peers through a fence at a construction site teeming with workers and cranes. The area was rece... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published August 18, 2011

  Thurs., Aug. 18 Evan Glodell's apocalyptic, controversy-stirring festival darling Bellflower... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published August 11, 2011

  Thurs., Aug. 11 Stop by Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills for rooftop cocktails at 7:30 p.m., followed by an outdoor... More >>

• 5 Reasons to Check Out Sion Sono's Cold Fish at Cinefamily This Weekend

  published Aug 05, 2011

  Remember the J-horror trend of the early 2000sr You know, the one that brought us all those movies with ominous sounding single-word titles like the Ring, Pulse and The Grudger Yeah, you've got Si... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published August 4, 2011

  Thurs., Aug. 4 Sean Penn will be at the Aero at 7:30 for a 10th-anniversary screening of his... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published July 28, 2011

  Thurs., July 28 Christian Marclay's 24-hour film The Clock, recently acquired by LACMA,... More >>

• David Robert Mitchell's Myth of the American Sleepover: A Truffaut-Inspired Teen Sex Comedyr

  published Jul 27, 2011

  Best Coast's retro garage-band sound on the radio and pre-1980's-style balances in our bank accounts are the latest evidence that we're living in the era of the throwback. It's only natural that Dav... More >>

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  The Dude's Abode: The Big Lebowski's Venice Bungalow Up For Sale

  published Jul 25, 2011

  Are you one of the (many, many) people who can't engage in conversation without dropping a line from the Coen Brothers' seventh movier Are you also looking to mover Well, we found you a place! You'r... More >>

• Sapphire's The Kid: Push Author Discusses Sex, Violence and Child Abuse in her New Novel About Precious' Son

  published Jul 21, 2011

  Fans of Sapphire might be surprised to discover that The Kid treads even darker waters than Push, the basis for 2009's Academy Award winning film Precious. In The Kid, Sapphire's stream-of-consciousn... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published July 21, 2011

  Thurs., July 21 The Honeymoon Killers, librettist Leonard Kastle's sordid true love story... More >>

• The Dark Knight Rises: The Trailer

  published Jul 19, 2011

  The Dark Knight Rises won't hit theaters until July 2012, but this teaser surfaced on Facebook yesterday, sending the Internet into a tizzy. We have to admit, we're a little confused about why. If y... More >>

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  Renegade Craft Fair: Ten Things That Made Us Want to Take Up Knitting (Again)

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Did you leave town this weekend to avoid Carmageddonr Haha, sucker. Those of us not afraid of a little gridlock spent Saturday weaving through the sunny maze of booths at downtown's Renegade Craft Fa... More >>

• Five Noir Films To Remind You Why You Heart L.A.

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Yes, we love this place, but that doesn't mean it doesn't get exhausting explaining to everybody else what it is, exactly, that we're doing here. Particularly in summer when the fake tans, overpriced... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published July 14, 2011

  Thurs., July 14 1991 box office bomb Hudson Hawk gets a second chance tonight at 7:30 at the Aero's... More >>

• Jason Zinoman's Shock Value: Five Astounding Revelations About the Horror Movies You Love

  published Jul 13, 2011

  "I think horror fans are like crack addicts," says New York Times theater critic Jason Zinoman, whose rigorous history of the horror movie, Shock Value, arrives in bookstores tomorrow. " As you get o... More >>

• 4 Steps to Enlightenment Brought to You by Andrew W.K.

  published Jul 05, 2011

  The crowd that filed into the Silent Movie Theater on Saturday night included a kid handing out free weed cookies, a woman with a T-Rex skeleton tattoo wrapped around one calf, and a middle-aged man c... More >>

• Conan O'Brien ('s Writing Staff) Kicks Off Everything Is Festival at Cinefamily

  published Jul 01, 2011

  When you hear the name Conan O'Brien, you probably picture the man who single-handedly rallied America's youth against Jay Leno, revenge after Leno took back the Tonight Show gig that, only nine mont... More >>

• Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

  published June 30, 2011

  Fri., July 1 Todd Haynes' creepy suburban eco-thriller Safe, about a housewife (Julianne... More >>

• 5 Movies To Keep You From Destroying Your Relationship This Summer

  published Jun 29, 2011

  It's almost July, which means its time to give up on any semblance of productivity at work and start plotting your escape. If you're half a couple, this list should guide you in your quest to make yo... More >>