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The Best TV Writer Panel Ever?

When the invitation went out from the Writers Guild of America, It seemed too good to be true. Norman Lear, Carl Reiner, James L. Books, Steven Bochco, and more, all on the same panel? And yet last night at the WGA Theater in Beverly Hills, to celebrate the organization's 101 Best Written TV Series ... More >>

Restaurant Dishes: More Calories Than Fast Food?

The average meal at an average sit-down restaurant chain contains a belt-busting 1,128 calories -- more than half of the Food and Drug Administration's recommended 2,000 calories a day for a healthy adult, according to a study by University of Toronto researchers. In contrast, the average fast food ... More >>

Miraval Rosé 2012: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Wine Sells Out in 5 Hours

Do you love rosé wine? Do you love Brad Pitt? Do you love Angelina Jolie? Do you love ALL THREE of those things at the same time? Well, hopefully you were among the lucky people who bought one or more of the approximately 6,000 bottles of Miraval Rosé 2012 that went on sale this morning -- and sol ... More >>

'Influenza Sorbet' Takes on Chicken Soup

Step aside, chicken soup. An Ohio-based ice cream maker has a sorbet to help with flu symptoms, ABC News reports. Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams' Influenza Sorbet contains honey, ginger, cayenne pepper and orange and lemon juice. Oh, and Maker's Mark bourbon. "My mother and grandmother made something ... More >>

Researchers Paying People to Get Fat on Junk Food

Raise your hand if you'd like to be paid to eat junk food every day. In a study that is proving popular with participants, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are paying people to eat an extra 1,000-calorie fast food meal every day for three months, ABC News reports ... More >>

Marriage Means More Drinking for Women, Less for Men

A study presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Assn. last weekend found that married women drink more than divorced women, but married men drink less than divorced men, ABC News reports. In fact, several women in the study said they did not drink alcohol at all until they met ... More >>

Coffee Might Help Prevent Skin Cancer

Any bleary-eyed 9-to-5er can vouch for coffee's miraculous qualities. But while java is keeping your face from slamming into your keyboard, it also might be protecting you from sun cancer (should you have the opportunity to step outside). A recent study has found that people who drink three or more ... More >>

Omegle Website Used by Men, Including SoCal Teacher, to Troll For Teens, Prosecutors Say

What if we told you there was a website where you could chat about sex with random teenagers? You'd answer that you're totally creep'd out. Then you'd take a shower hoping to soap off any residual sleaze. Correct answer. Unfortunately, one website has turned up in two sex crime cases involving chi ... More >>

'Work It' Canceled: Shark-Jumping Show About Guys Who Dress up as Girls to Get Jobs

Two hairy bros can't get jobs. So they dress up as women to get their high heels in the door. Hilarious. Lets green-light that, said the professional shark jumpers at ABC. Not so fast, said such LBGT groups the Human Rights Campaign and and GLAAD. It's offensive to gay and transgender people (not t ... More >>

Celeb Hotspots Cited for Not Serving Food: Shocking!

Lina LecaroThe scene inside Voyeur.​At Voyeur, strippers used the kitchen as a dressing room. At SBE-owned Industry, a table for the night costs $2,000, but don't expect to eat. At Hyde Lounge, another SBE hotspot, ask a bartender for food and you'll be told they don't serve any. That's accord ... More >>

Japan Tsunami Debris Headed to Southern California Beaches

Curt Ebbesmeyer.​Next year we could see an eerie reminder of one of the world's worst tsunamis when pieces of houses, whole boats, and even toys wash ashore at Southern California beaches. This is according to an L.A.-born oceanographer, Curt Ebbesmeyer, who tells ABC News it's coming our way ... More >>

L.A.s Better Business Bureau Investigated For Giving Non-Existing Businesses Memberships, 'A' Grades

BBBDid the L.A. Better Business Bureau sell 'A' grades?​Their slogan is "start with trust." But the Better Business Bureau of Los Angeles has been accused of abusing the trust of those who rely on it to find ethical retailers and services. After an ABC News investigation uncovered allegations ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Michael Voltaggio to open Ink next year. [Daily Dish] -- Jose Andres blasts Congress over pending school lunch bill. [Chicago Tribune] -- Just one dish: District's spam sliders. [Eating L.A.] -- Divided We Eat, on class and food in America. [Newsweek] -- T minus 3: A laid-back guide to Tha ... More >>

'Dancing With The Stars' Election 2010: Is Bristol Palin The Beneficiary Of A Right-Wing Coup?

ABCThis Palin isn't nailin' her moves: And still she gets votes.​Bringing us flashbacks of Al Gore's 2004 loss to George W. Bush (the horror), there's another controversy brewing over the Republicans' alleged, vote-bending ways: That's right, Palin-gate, 2010. And it doesn't involve Tea Party ... More >>

GLAAD Names CW and MTV As the Most Gay Friendly Networks

​ MTV and the CW are the most gay-friendly channels, according to an exhaustive study by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the Hollywood Reporter reports. GLADD noted in a press release that the survey reviewed 4,787.5 hours of primetime programming from the five major network ... More >>

Abby Sunderland Reported To Be In 'Good Spirits' As Efforts To Reach Her Were Underway

​Southern California teen sailor Abby Sunderland was reported to be in "good spirits" after an airliner spotted her aboard her distressed sailboat and a rescue plane subsequently circled overhead as she awaited sea-bound help in the Indian Ocean Friday. The 16-year-old from Thousand Oaks, who ... More >>

BOB SAGET'S FINEST HOUR SINCE THE ARISTOCRATS

Lawsuit Alleging Orphans Were Ditched After 'Extreme Makeover' Could Be Settled

ABC​A civil lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court that alleges a couple used (and then ditched) five orphans to get a house built as part of the storyline of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition could come to an end with a possible settlement this week. Firipeli and Lokilani Leomiti greed to ... More >>

TV Writers Get $70 Million In Age Discrimination Settlement

​One-hundred-sixty-five television writers jointly received a $70 million settlement Friday in their age-discrimination claim against some of Hollywood's biggest players, including ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and more. " ... With years of disruptive litigation remaining, and all networks and major tel ... More >>

SMOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS

Balloon Boy Story Has Wings

In 1987 we had Baby Jessica, an 18-month-old who fell into a Texas well and remained stuck there between October 14 and 16. Her ordeal provided daily fodder for the relatively new 24-hour cycle of cable news. She was a sensation for days and weeks afterward, and she even inspired a television movie. ... More >>

Did ABC Brass Allow Whitney Houston's Voice to be 'Corrected' Before Airing?

Gawker is reporting that ABC producers in Los Angeles allowed Good Morning, America to digitally correct singer Whitney Houston's vocal track during her performance in Central Park this morning. Relying on an unnamed source, Gawker's Andrew Belonsky writes that GMA post-production "went to extreme m ... More >>

Brothers & Sisters Art Exhibit

IS IT ART? OR JUST NUDIES?

'All My Children' Moves to Glassell Park

Glassell Park is about to turn into Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, as ABC's long-running soap opera All My Children is about to ABC​move from its New York studio to facilities in the Los Angeles neighborhood. ABC TV News reports that the move will occur in December, followed by shooting in the we ... More >>

Worst Oscar Ideas Ever

That’s what happens when the studios pressure the “Acadummy”

Hollywood: Damaged on Wall Street, Weak in Prime Time and Ignoring Tina Brown

A world of hurt

Dark Knight, Late-Night Wars and More: What a Bunch of Jokers:

But for some in Hollywood, the joke's on them

What's Hot: Talks Between Actors and Producers Look DOA

Meanwhile, pilots are vibrantly alive

It's Ugly Out There

Networks throw mad money, but catch only two beauties

The Ensemble Age

Shows of actor armies are taking over prime time

The Mouse Who Whored

Where was George Mitchell while Disney sold out 9/11?

Who's Your Daddy, America?

Big Love and Sons & Daughters — dysfunction in two new models

Alien Nation

Is prime time Lost in space? An ever-growing number of otherworldly series have invaded

Reality Without Apologies

Surf Report

The Gospel Hours

Networks retool primetime for religious Republicanism

To Speak or Not To Speak

A mixed week for free-speech rulings

Soldiers of Fortune 500

The Untold Story

How corporate takeovers make the media less curious

New and Improv-ed

Not the Real World

2001 on TV

Uneasy Rests the Crown

OurTimes, Bye-Bye

Banners Yet Wave

An ad is an ad is an ad

Greetings From Los Angeles

Hey, Fatso

Banners Yet Wave

City draped in ads — for cheap!

Cracks in the Screen

And a little light shone in

Workers Allowed To Join Union