Aziz Ansari

From Comedians' Favorite Films to The Walking Dead: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, March 1 The second annual Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival is in town at the Egyptian Theatre through Sunday with a lineup of four feature films (The Butterfly's Dream, Beyond the Hill, Mold and Inside) as well as a series of nine shorts that wer ... More >>

For Anthony Jeselnik, Writing for Kimmel and Fallon Didn't Work. So He Created a Show for Himself

Onstage, Anthony Jeselnik is unlikeable, dirty and downright disturbing. And that's just the way he prefers it. Known for teaching the old-timers a trick or two on the Comedy Central Roasts of Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr, his new TV show with the cable channel, The Jeselnik Offensi ... More >>

Can Holy Fuck Become a Stand-Up Comedy Empire? It's Starting With a Punk-Inspired Album

On any given night in Los Angeles, you can find free comedy shows taking place in bookstores, restaurants, bars and art galleries around the city. In the case of comedian Dave Ross's show Holy Fuck, the venue happens to be a movie theater, specifically the Downtown Independent, which he's managed to ... More >>

Jon Hamm and Adam Scott Host Sandy Benefit, With Performances by Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman and More

See also: *Dick Jokes for Jesus at Comedy Bang Bang's Nativity Pageant *10 Best Standup Comedy Shows in L.A. *5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week "Ladies, please prepare your vaginas," announced actor/comedian Aziz Ansari Monday night at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, introducing masters of ... More >>

Beefsteak 2012: Flank Steak, Gluttony A Meat Troll Wedding

By any standard metric, this past Saturday's Beefsteak dinner at Vibiana was a success. There were hors d'oeuvres from chefs Jason Travi, who turned out truffled eggs and bourbon shots topped with veal broth foam, and Neal Fraser, who presented crab cakes, salmon blini and plump little lamb kidneys ... More >>

Meat Me Downtown: Neal Fraser's Beefsteak Dinner Returns

Last year's Beefsteak dinner at Vibiana's downtown was a pretty epic affair. An ode to old-timey New York, it was boisterous, use-your-hands, all-you-can-eat steak and beer drinking party based on the famous 1939 New Yorker story by Joseph Mitchell. Our former food critic Jonathan Gold even chroni ... More >>

5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week, Including Political Fundraisers For Everyone

See also: *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week This week's list includes lots of last-minute political fundraisers (read: not cheap, but you get to feel good about yourself). 5. Fundraiser for Alan Grayson With Sarah Silverman, Ri ... More >>

Cate Le Bon - Bootleg Theater - 10/2/12

Cate Le Bon Bootleg Theater 10-2-12 Better than: Staying home to do laundry. There were a strong trifecta of performances at everyone's favorite deep Beverly venue the Bootleg Theater last night. L.A.'s The Moor opened the show with a mellow set of piano/guitar/singing, which found every single p ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Feast of San Gennaro, Chinese Moon Festival, L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade, Beer Float Showdown L.A Beer Week Festival

Italian Feast of San Gennaro Jimmy Kimmel and pal Adam Carolla kick off this three-day feast of Italian cuisine and culture on Thursday night (Prima Notte) with all-day festivities through Sunday. Expect lots of sausage, lasagna and cannoli. WHAT: Italian Feast of San Gennaro WHEN: Thursday-Sunday, ... More >>

Aziz Ansari

Hot Cheetos & Takis: Why Junk Food Is Better For Kids If They Rap About It

It's not every day that a group of kids in an after-school program makes a music video that gets a million and a half views on YouTube and is deemed "the summer's final truly great jam" by, um, Rolling Stone. Even more unlikely: The video is about snacks. Well, maybe that does make a lot of sense. I ... More >>

Jack White - The Shrine - 8/10/12

Jack White The Shrine 8/10/12 See also: Our review of Jack White at the Wiltern in May Our review of Jack White at the Mayan in April After getting through the prying eyes and loving hands of the security guards at the Shrine last night, one noticed Jack White's rolling record store selling rare ... More >>

Finally: Gay Bullying Gets Recognized as a Civil Rights Issue

Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani: Nerds of a Feather

Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When Kumail Nanjiani was 18, he came halfway around the world from Karachi, Pakistan, to one of the whitest places on Earth, Grinnell College in Iowa. Appropriately, at 34, he' ... More >>

Ron Swanson of Parks & Rec vs. Nick Offerman: The Food Interview

The Ron Swanson food pyramid.​Like the character he plays on Parks & Recreation, Nick Offerman is a man with a magnificent mustache. Something of a libertarian, most certainly a contrarian and definitely not a vegetarian, Ron Swanson is the gruff but goofy patriarch who viewers have come to id ... More >>

30 Minutes or Less Review

Love Letter Tour: R. Kelly Live at the Nokia Theatre Saturday Night

Colin Young-WolffR. Kelly at Nokia Theatre​ [For more photos, see Colin Young-Wolff's slideshow "R. Kelly at Nokia Theatre".] Who: R. Kelly (with openers Marsha Ambrosius and Keyshia Cole) When: Saturday, June 11, 2011 Where: Nokia Theatre at LA Live Here's what we wrote for the Page Two pre ... More >>

The Paper Magazine Party: Featuring Keri Hilson, the Beautiful People and... the Cobra Snake and his "Boyfriend"?

Jena Ardell.Keri Hilson performing at PAPER Magazine's 'Beautiful People' Party.​ There was no shortage of beautiful people attending PAPER Magazine's 14th annual 'Beautiful People' Party at the Standard Hotel in Hollywood last night where Keri Hilson performed poolside:

Time's 140 Best Twitter Feeds: Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Harry Reid Lord Voldemort

If you only have 140 characters, they should be worth reading, no? Depends on whose Twitter feed you read. Time Magazine has just published a list (of course they did) of the top 140 Twitter feeds around the country. No, sorry, neither Charlie Sheen nor Kim Kardashian made it -- Neil Gaiman is #1, S ... More >>

SXSW Day 1: Surprise! Its' Jack White (Again) also Daxx Riggs, Tahiti 80, Free Beer and More

Video by: moreinthemonitor On the first (official) day of SXSW, hipsters awoke to news that Jack White had sprung from a moving truck around noon and played a solo set to a shocked crowd of onlookers, which coincidentally also included celebrities like Aziz Ansari and Alison Mosshart from the Ki ... More >>

Aziz Ansari on Backstage Riders, the Quest for Good Indian, & Being a Spice Pansy

Colin Patrick Smith​ Since our investigation of how that grande dame of comedy, Kathy Griffin, uses Twitter as a culinary concierge when she's on the road, we've noticed that many of our favorite comedians tweet an awful lot about food (and podcast about it and blog and tumble and all the rest ... More >>

Top 10 Bizarre and Awesome Musician Twitter Feeds of 2010 (Part 2)

Top 10 Bizarre and Awesome Musician Twitter Feeds of 2010 (Part 2)

This weekend: Wild Flag, Richard Thompson, Avi Buffalo, Shadow Shadow Shade, Daedelus, Bob Mould, Eisley

Richard Thompson​You (and your fellow audience members) have died and gone to the underworld. You're in a waiting room, waiting to be processed. To entertain you, the gatekeeper drags various unsuspecting souls onto the stage to "perform songs defending their character and existence." And you ... More >>

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APATOW FOR AMUSEMENT

"My Favorite Thing in the World"

Judd Apatow's midLife report

Story of His Life

Q & A: Upright Citizens Brigade Founders Matt Besser, Ian Roberts And Matt Walsh Celebrate UCB Theatre's Five Years In Los Angeles

Steve La(L-R) Upright Citizens Brigade Founders Matt Walsh, Matt Besser and Ian Roberts​Since opening in 2005, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has been the epicenter of comedic influence in Los Angeles. Some of the funniest comedians ranging from Sarah Silverman to Patton Oswalt are all r ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/2-8/6

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Is there caramel soufflé for dessert? There is always caramel soufflé for dessert."

Chick-fil-A Comes to Los Angeles: First 100 Get Free Chicken for a Year

​Aziz Ansari's favorite chicken franchise is coming right to the heart of Los Angeles. On Thursday, August 12th, Chick-fil-A will be opening a new location on Figueroa Street, right next to USC. To help stir up interest, the first 100 adults that are standing in line when the doors open 6 a.m. ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL! CHELSEA PERETTI

Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel: Comedy Tweeting Duo

Countdown to Web TV's 2010 Streamy Awards: Comedian Paul Scheer Confirmed as Host, Beatboxer Rahzel Says VOTE

When world renowned beatboxer Rahzel tells you to do something, you fucking do it. On March 29 after the 10 finalists were announced for this year's coveted 2010 Streamy Awards Audience Choice honor, the "Godfather of Noyze" and web TV enthusiast spit some beats and released this video encouraging ... More >>

Aziz Ansari & Dave Sitek to Drop Raaaaaaaandy Mixtape

Urb.com just posted news of the forthcoming Raaaaaandy mixtape soon to drop from Aziz Ansari. The actor/comedian show off his turntable skillz in the below video, which speaks for itself. via Urb.com

THERE'S SOMETHING FUNNY GOING ON MONDAYS AT 11 P.M.

AWAY IN A MANGER . . . LAUGHING YOUR ASS OFF!

Warm Up To Meltdown

SCOTT AUKERMAN: MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY!

Sizzling Benefit For Taco Zone Fire At Spaceland Friday

Tacos might be the after-dark snack du jour on the Eastside, but apparently not everybody's down for truckin'. Last week, Echo Park's best known mobile Mexi muncher, the Taco Zone, caught fire after two unidentified persons threw some type of molotov cocktail (twice) at the beloved truck, parked in ... More >>

LA People 2009: The Lovable Douche Bag — Parks and Recreation's Aziz Ansari

Buddies with Kanye, filming with Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan, the standup guy is making his name as Amy Poehler's new right-hand man

LA People 2009: This Is LA

The waitresses and starlets ... the tech wizards and rock stars ... the activists, gang survivors, political warriors and policy wonks ... the scientists, teachers and fabulous nerds ... plus the nightlife shapers, art makers and fashion provocateurs

Observe and Report: Scenes From a Mall

Paul Blart meets Travis Bickle in yet another shopper's paradise

Funny Stuff, Then Not So Much

What to do in L.A., January 9-15

Must Be This Funny to Get In

They Might Be Giants