American Idol

Heather Shaw: The Futurist Designer

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. Here's how Heather Shaw spent 2012: She was production designer on her first TV show, a little singing competition called American Idol. She had three installations on various s ... More >>

Elimination Night by Anonymous: Our Book of the Week

According to the people who track these things, there are roughly 170,000 new books published each year in the United States -- an alarming percentage of which arrive, unbidden, at the L.A. Weekly office. Each week, we'll offer a snapshot of a newish book that's caught our attention. Just as there ... More >>

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler: "When I Took Idol, There Was a Lot of Jealousy"

Aerosmith On Their New Album and How Impossible Steven Tyler Is After American Idol While in town filming the last two seasons of American Idol, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler kept a storm of paparazzi busy. But that's not all he was doing during his time in L.A. Following his daily reality show obligati ... More >>

Aerosmith, Cheap Trick

Kota Wade: Oh, to Be Young and Indie

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland decided to put on a show in those classic MGM musicals, they simply found an old barn and fixed it up. But in modern-day Los Angeles, where ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson - Nokia Theatre - 4/3/12

Kelly Clarkson Nokia Theatre 4/3/12 Better than...a Taylor Hicks concert She was once a doughy waitress longing for a chance at stardom, appearing on an unheard-of contest show to make her dreams to come true, but now Kelly Clarkson is a bonafide superstar. After 10 years in the public eye, the wi ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/31-11/4

Flickr/Lauren Manning​In which we highlight the past week in food. In the octagon: 5 Best L.A. ice Cream Shops vs. 5 Best L.A. Gelato Shops."Do you think [Chego's] pastry chef will feel threatened?" "What she doesn't know won't kill her." Momofuku Milk Bar Coming to Chego"Good Luck, the Los Fe ... More >>

The Other F Word Review

Sqirl to Open in Silver Lake: Q&A with Jessica Koslow

Margy RochlinTomato and coriander jam (left), sauerkraut (right).​This Wednesday, what was fleetingly Gus' Lunch Box will officially become Sqirl (pronounced "squirrel"), where you can buy over 15 varieties of owner Jessica Koslow's small-batch jams and preserves. Produced in custom-made coppe ... More >>

2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Fast Five and beyond

Can Reality TV Ever Really Rock?

Lina Lecaro Reality's realest rockin couple (from Cali): Millionaire Matchmaker's Rachel Federoff and Destin Pfaff at Svedka party.​This past weekend, LA played host to the "Reality Rocks Expo," a two-day celebration of "reality, unscripted, factual, and lifestyle" television at the LA Convent ... More >>

Nightranger: Bringing Sounds to the Sea

HUNG- Hang The DJs Herculean Memorial Weekend Happening

In our upcoming Nightranger column (out Thursday) we joined the mainstream masses in a major way (the American Idol finale at Nokia Theatre, a Sex and the City 2 party at Arclight and Jack Johnson on the Santa Monica Pier) but for Memorial Weekend it was all about a homier locale (as in "what up, ho ... More >>

U2 Producer Steve Lillywhite Debases Himself To Be the Next Simon Cowell

Esteemed producer Steve Lillywhite makes an 'Idol' plea and embarrasses music nerds

American Idol Petition Drive: Simon Cowell's Replacement Should Be Steve "Jonesy" Jones

We going to go ahead and say out loud what a few friends have been mumbling privately: Jonesy. We'll say it again, more clearly: Steve Jones, former guitarist for the Sex Pistols, former host of Jonesy's Jukebox on Indie 103.1, honest, no-bullshit music fan, should take Simon Cowell's retired posi ... More >>

Bonamassa to Serenade "King of the Blues" Contestants Tonight @ House of Blues

Gibson.com​Tonight, at the House of Blues, current great white hope Joe Bonamassa will be on hand to perform and mentor the five finalists of King of the Blues, Guitar Center's version of American Idol for fledgling axemen. Roosevelt Collier (Kissimmee, FL), Joshua Gooch (San Diego, CA), Kirby ... More >>

FOR LOVE AND HOOFING

Hollywood Wants Tighter Lips On Twitter

Studios are cracking down on talent and executives that use Twitter and other social networking sites to reveal details about productions in progress, according to the Hollywood Reporter.Twitter, in fact, was the preferred medium when Paula Abdul broke the news of her departure from Fox's American I ... More >>

AREN'T YOU NICK LACHEY'S BROTHER?

From the Archives: Paula Abdul Looking Seductive in Some Sort of Kimono

The West Coast Sound photo archives are legendary among music bloggers. where the majority of sites scour Google Image to find photos for use, we've got a secret weapon: a vast world of file cabinets housing thousands of old press photos. This is an amazing collection that we could use to blackmail ... More >>

BOMBS AWAY!

Life is Good for Seacrest, MGM, Letterman and WME

But for Conan? Not So Much.

WHY ARE BRITISH PEOPLE WHO MOVE HERE SO ARROGANT? DISCUSS.

New Kids on Echo Park Block

Smokey Joe's Cafe

Twilight Freaks and Star Trek Geeks, Handcuffs and Honchos

Just a typical week in Hollywood

WORN OUT: Knocking Us Out With Those American Thighs

Though they're mostly associated with the trendy '80s workout wear resurgence of a couple years ago, the return of the legging –or rather legging(s)- looks to be more than a passing fad. Now that the temps are dipping in LA, we're seeing the booty-hugging Lycra-blend confections everywhere, and af ... More >>

Fallen Idols of All Shapes and Sizes

A Chorus Line

Christian Lander

White people love What White People Like

Green Screen at Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Lessons in Slime

ReLAX... Don't Do It

Time to play catch up kiddies. The holidays are behind us, and so far, the ‘08 social calendar is proving to be more jammed-packed -and jammin’- than ever. But first, in case you didnt' see it, see our look back here. Oh, and here's a little something on what our backs actually looked like. ... More >>

Fresh Voices

The L.A. Children’s Chorus premieres a brand-new opera

What Would Erik Satie Do?

Coping with Linkin Park, gas prices and American Idol in a world where only Muddy Bears make sense

Sweet Emotions

Inspired by Joe Donnelly's awesome new blog, I just had to let y'all know what I'm feeling today: -I'm sad my girl Sicily got booted off of The Search For the Next Pussycat Doll last night. Actually, I'm happy 'cause hopefully that means she'll go back to her band of (real) badass babes-- The Holog ... More >>

In Need of a Good Thanking

Jennifer Hudson snubs American Idol and The Departed's screenwriter forgets to thank the original writers of his story

Ryan Seacrap flaps & flashes

I can take him on American Idol, but when E!'s golden boy gets on the red carpet the verbal diarhea is downright embarrasing. I'll take Isaac Mizahri feeling up starlets over Seacrest's creepy oggling and suggestive remarks any day. Well, actually maybe not. This shit is hilarious! Here's just a few ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson New Face of NASCAR

That's right the American Idol winner was just chosen to be the "it" girl for the racing sport. But you're not really surprised are you? (Not that there isn't a special place in my heart for NASCAR.) According to the press release I just received: "Nearly 50% of NASCAR fans are female and with the ... More >>

An Idol's Story

A Fan's Notes

A salute to a new season for American Idol — and the Dodgers

Gods and Idols

American Idol 1.0

High ’05 in Clubland

Webs of intrigue, Crackberries, ironica — Nightranger surveys the year in nightlife

Nightranger

Letters

American Idolatry

George of the Jungle

Letters

Full Metal Jeer

God, the Marines and American Idol

A Moment Like This