Usually, when songwriters are as wickedly intelligent as Thao Nguyen, they tend to write morbidly gloomy and/or overly serious anthems of great meaning and purpose. That's not to say the Virginia native doesn't have her grand and heavy mood swings -- sometimes every few seconds in the same... More >>

Tough-guy character actor Tom Sizemore's mind-boggling devotion to the fine art of self-destruction has long been legendary. With his new tell-all memoir, By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There, Sizemore details his life as a meth-head so resolute that in 2006 alone he managed, while living in... More >>

March Madness isn't just for basketball or crazy people anymore -- now comedians are getting in on the action. Tonight is the final championship in the seventh annual March Comedy Madness tournament, or, you know, the one elimination competition in March that actually matters. Hosted by... More >>

Can I get a hallelujah? Because after far too long — their last LP together was in 2009 — the twin world-class rock & rollers Mark Sultan (aka BBQ) and King Khan are finally back together and doing an extended U.S. tour as the band that made us love them. (“Did they hate each... More >>

Though iconic Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe's story has been examined and re-examined from almost every possible angle over the years, Marilyn: My Secret, Odalys Nanin and Willard Manus' take, treads ground yet unworn as it explores the star's bisexuality and lesbian affairs. Just after... More >>

The Weeds star and former SNL standout does hilarious standup on a weekly basis, with bits on fatherhood and other touchstones of modern-day living. More >>

A fresh round of gallery exhibitions opens at the Pacific Design Center's Blue Building this week, with curious crowds ascending to its second floor for a rare Tuesday-night group of receptions (pushed up a few days to make room for this year's West Week events). Highlights of the March crop... More >>