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Monsters at 3 a.m.: From Stefan Bucher's Ink Puddles, a World of Exhilarating, Well-Heeled Creatures
His Daily Monster Web site features 200 videos that track him as he draws
By Gendy Alimurung
The last monster comes to life in the wee hours of the morning. Stefan Bucher squirts a dab of black ink onto paper. He hits it with a blast of compressed air. Twists the paper here and there. Soon, he sees it. A jawbone. He starts to draw… Keep Reading »
Monsters at 3 a.m.: From Stefan Bucher's Ink Puddles, a World of Exhilarating, Well-Heeled Creatures
His Daily Monster Web site features 200 videos that track him as he draws
By Gendy Alimurung
The last monster comes to life in the wee hours of the morning. Stefan Bucher squirts a dab of black ink onto paper. He hits it with a blast of compressed air. Twists the paper here and there. Soon, he sees it. A jawbone. He starts to draw… Keep Reading »
Ninth Circuit Court Retreats to Idaho
Legal insiders point everywhere but at themselves during a sun-filled non-examination
By CYRUS SANAI
IN A PROFESSION THAT IS supposed to be about listening to competing points of view, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over the past few days seemed mostly interested in listening to itself or lawyers invited from large law firms, as the West’s most influential judges and lawyers… Keep Reading »
Understanding Carla Bozulich
Evangelista: "Hardcore pony princes on a different dirty throne every night in a different dirty town"
By JOHN PAYNE
I can arrange to unscrew your fucking heart and let it see past the confines of your bloody finite chest for a while if that’s what you want. … Keep Reading »
Holyfuckingshit: When Animals Attack — Revenge of the Food Chain
Man is an endangered species in Cinefamily's series of classics
By Sam Sweet
Don’t assume that… Keep Reading »
Philippe Petit and James Marsh: Men on Wire
Standing on top of the world with the director and subject of a remarkable new documentary
By ROBERT KOEHLER
Il nous faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace ... Kevin Scanlon (Click to enlarge) … Keep Reading »
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By MAX TAVES
Mayor sought a study saying East and South L.A. are booming. They're not
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By MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN
State turns instead to manufacturing ships, suits, even diapers
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He lawyers up, while the panel investigating the porn dustup has yet to begin
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Legal insiders point everywhere but at themselves during a sun-filled non-examination
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¡Ask a Mexican!®
The Tights Club
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Also Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer and more
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The performance curator, with the likes of UCLA Live's David Sefton, makes all the world his stage
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For Those Who Stand Long . . . A Led Zeppelin Reunion?
By RANDALL ROBERTS
Checking out the rumors at the Sunset Marquis' Gibson Through the Lens reception
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By ADAM GROPMAN
San Francisco landscape architect takes the indoors outside in L.A. neighborhoods
Dogtown Days: Memory of a Skateboarding Youth
By JAMIE BRISICK
I was 10 years old and Dogtown-obsessed. And though I’d yet to actually step…
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Fan Fiction Friday: Utter Insanity in "The Erotic Vampire Curse"
Fri, Aug 8, 3:05 pm
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Stan Lee Is No Longer Discriminating In His Projects
Fri, Aug 8, 1:01 pm
Oh, Stan. Stan. How could you? Are you really so hard up for cash that you'd make a superhero cartoon with the epitome of all […]
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By Randall Roberts
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By Siran Babayan
What to do in L.A., August 8-14
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By GENDY ALIMURUNG
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Already a Web hit, Winfrey's monster series prepares to attack kid TV
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By Gendy Alimurung
His Daily Monster Web site features 200 videos that track him as he draws
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By ROBERT KOEHLER
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Our national endowment brings boobalicious "gravitas" to E! reality show
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R.I.P. Bernie Brillstein
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Bob Nuchow: Screen Gem
By MEL YIASEMIDE
Bob Nuchow busted his way into the film industry by creating his own jobs.…
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