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Barbie Dolls

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Anthony Bourdain: 5 Unexpected Lessons He Taught Us Last Night

    College of the Canyons/Jesse MuñozAnthony Bourdain, giving a rapt audience a window into making No Reservations.​We don't think any stone was left unturned by the end of Anthony Bourdain's speaking engagement last night at Santa Clarita's College of the Canyons. We know his new "death row" m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Battle of the Barbies: Who's Better, Lil' Kim or Nicki Minaj?

    See also: The Boss Vs. The Bawse: Who's Better, Bruce Springsteen or Rick Ross? [Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] Lil' Kim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Iran Bans Barbies; Disgruntled Little Girl Calls Replacement Dolls 'Ugly and Fat'

    L.A.-based toy company Mattell is facing some pushback from the Iranian government, re: the "destructive cultural and social consequences" that its freakishly perfect Barbie dolls have on the little girls of Iran. Reuters reports that the ban was unofficially passed in 1996, but that the "morality ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2011

    A Tubular Christmas Story

    L.A.-based toy company Mattell is facing some pushback from the Iranian government, re: the "destructive cultural and social consequences" that its freakishly perfect Barbie dolls have on the little girls of Iran. Reuters reports that the ban was unofficially passed in 1996, but that the "morality ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Club Runway - Circus Disco - 11/19/11

    Club Runway Circus Disco 11/19/11 Call it '90s club kid redux, compare it to the wacky, avant-garde fashion popularized by Lady Gaga, or simply marvel at the strange beauty of it all. But there's no denying that over-the-top, other-worldly self-expression in nightlife is back in Los Angeles. L.A. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Punk Rock Dads: Fuck The World? Nah, "For The Wee-ones"

    ​Forget about the brutality of slam pits, the relentless touring, and the struggle to maintain a viable career in a collapsing music industry. The scariest, most challenging endeavor many punk musicians have is raising a family. In the new documentary The Other F Word -- premiering tomorrow n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Alice Bag Reading And Performance - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - October 15, 2011

    Lina Lecaro Alice in Wacko land​Most punk fans know Alicia Armendariz as Alice Bag, the lead singer of The Bags, the group featured copiously in 1981 doc The Decline of the Western Civilization, the one about punk. But Armendariz has another story to tell, and her no book Violence Girl- East ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Teen Party Expo: The Multi-Billion-Dollar Coming-of-Age Industry, From Bat Mitzvahs to Quinceañeras

    Star ForemanQueens of the quinceañera​ The Teen Party Expo came to town recently, and the L.A. Convention Center morphed into what the inside of a young girl's brain must look like: Hot. Bright. Crowded. Confusing. Loud. Sort of like hell, only fluorescent pink. Picture it, the giddy schizop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Everybody Loves Lucy: Hollywood Museum/CBS Celebrate Lucille Ball at 100, I Love Lucy at 60

    A. D'Alessandro'Hey Lucy, you sunk my battleship': Lucille Ball memorabilia goes wild with board games​ Within the fandom annals, before Gleeks and Trekkies roamed convention halls, there were -- and still are -- Lucy fans; a fervent bunch that communes frequently to pay homage to TV's greate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Helter Skelter's Gothic Prom, plus Six Reasons Why Goth Clubs Are the Happiest Places on Earth

    Lina Lecaro Helter Skelter Prom King and Queen From Hell 2011​Helter Skelter (born of out the legendary live glam-meets-death-rock destination The Scream) was L.A.'s premiere goth haunt from the evening it opened in '89 and throughout the '90s. So it is no surprise that its dark denizens just ... More >>

  • LA Life

    March 3, 2011

    Keeping Bookstores Alive with Ken and Barbie Mummies

    Lina Lecaro Helter Skelter Prom King and Queen From Hell 2011​Helter Skelter (born of out the legendary live glam-meets-death-rock destination The Scream) was L.A.'s premiere goth haunt from the evening it opened in '89 and throughout the '90s. So it is no surprise that its dark denizens just ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    Music to Pick Up/Download

    Lina Lecaro Helter Skelter Prom King and Queen From Hell 2011​Helter Skelter (born of out the legendary live glam-meets-death-rock destination The Scream) was L.A.'s premiere goth haunt from the evening it opened in '89 and throughout the '90s. So it is no surprise that its dark denizens just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Barbie Doll Electric Chair Science Project: Let Her Fry!

    via Jessyratfink via Instructables​ This is pretty close to being the best science fair project ever. Most kids make exploding volcanoes. Jessyratfink make a fully functional electric chair for her Barbie doll to demonstrate how currents and conductivity work. Her project "completely disgusted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Nick Cave's Grinderman at the Music Box

    Timothy NorrisNo, YOU da man!: Nick Cave and his grindermen​ [For more photos, see Timothy Norris' slideshow "Grinderman @ Music Box"] Nick Cave's merry band of wizard dervishes Grinderman came to a packed-to-the-gills Music Box last night. The crowd was oh-so-Hollywood: like-minded celebs a ... More >>

  • Music

    August 19, 2010

    Nightranger: Stars, Cars & Guitars

    Timothy NorrisNo, YOU da man!: Nick Cave and his grindermen​ [For more photos, see Timothy Norris' slideshow "Grinderman @ Music Box"] Nick Cave's merry band of wizard dervishes Grinderman came to a packed-to-the-gills Music Box last night. The crowd was oh-so-Hollywood: like-minded celebs a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Stage Raw: Summer Festivities

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlSUMMER FESTIVITIES Open Fist Theater Company launches its annual Fist Look Festival this weekend, with The Existents, a rock musical by Douglas Crawford and Jason Wooten, music and lyrics by Ty Taylor. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Stage Raw: Bedroom Farce

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALNEW REVIEW GO  BEDROOM FARCE ​Photo by Ron Sossi The title is apt, since the action occurs in three radically different bedrooms in a 1975 English suburb. Kate (blond and taffy-voiced Kate Hollinshead) an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2010

    ODE TO JUMBO

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALNEW REVIEW GO  BEDROOM FARCE ​Photo by Ron Sossi The title is apt, since the action occurs in three radically different bedrooms in a 1975 English suburb. Kate (blond and taffy-voiced Kate Hollinshead) an ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    March 25, 2010

    SXSW: Gone to the Masses

    Yet fest still has fresh, experimental edge

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Steven Severin Scores Silent Films at Cinefamily

    For two nights in a row, I headed down Fairfax to Cinefamily to sit cramped inside a sold-out movie theater of the pre-stadium seating variety and watch a small handful of silent films scored by former Siouxsie and the Banshees bassist/co-songwriter Steven Severin. Though Severin's reputation certai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Illegal Barbies Stopped In San Diego

    MattelTeresa, the Latina Barbie.​U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced on Thursday they seized 600 illegal Barbie dolls worth nearly $24,000 dollars. It wasn't clear if the undocumented Barbies were from Mexico, so hold off on the illegal bashing. (Besides, Mexican Barbies a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Z-Trip Demos DJ Hero in Las Vegas, Honors DJ AM at Friday Night Residency Debut

    Thursday, October 15, 6:50 p.m. Landed in Vegas, am on way to Palms Hotel from airport. In a half hour, the DJ Hero battle will begin: West Coast Sound vs. Z-Trip. Focus. I've had ten years to learn Technics technique. Countless hours in front of the decks, matching beats, absorbing breaks, tweakin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Mattel Uses Own 'Barbie Labs' to Test for Lead

    The Associated Press reports that El Segundo-headquartered Mattel Inc. has been granted an exemption from a federal law requiring that toy makers have their products tested for lead ​content at third-party laboratories. Instead, the makers of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels will be allowed to test its ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    August 6, 2009

    Movie Reviews: A Woman in Berlin, A Perfect Getaway, Paper Heart

    Also, Fragments, 12 in a Box and more

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Barbie Doll Body Parts as Jewelry: Margaux Lange's Ear Earrings and Hand Necklaces--Like Dahmer's Refrigerator, Only Pretty

    Would you wear these bizarre jewelry items made by Brooklyn artist Margaux Lange? They are made of chopped up pieces of Barbie dolls. They are plasticky, strange, cheerful, and just a bit creepy in a budding serial killer kind of way. I particularly enjoy the earrings made of ears. And the little da ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    LA People 2009: Art-Tart Barbie — Kari French

    Would you wear these bizarre jewelry items made by Brooklyn artist Margaux Lange? They are made of chopped up pieces of Barbie dolls. They are plasticky, strange, cheerful, and just a bit creepy in a budding serial killer kind of way. I particularly enjoy the earrings made of ears. And the little da ... More >>

  • LA Life

    January 29, 2009

    Dyeing the Dead, a Dying Art: And Other Tricks of the Horror-Shop Business at Dapper Cadaver

    A skull for every budget, a hand-wrapped mummy for every personality. Plus, a family pack of corpses

  • Art+Books

    August 28, 2008

    Wading in the Waste Stream With the Center for Land Use Interpretation

    On the bus to the dump

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    10 Musicians Definitely Not on Steroids

    From the New York Times: "When news surfaced over the weekend that 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and other rap stars had been implicated in a steroids investigation, some hip-hop fans were shocked, but to many in the industry the accusations seemed inevitable." Oh, how our collective pride in t ... More >>

  • Music

    November 30, 2006

    Kim.She.Is.

    With her own studio, label and a new home in South-Central, ex—Black Eyed Pea Kim Hill is a woman reborn

  • LA Life

    August 17, 2006

    Waisted

    The corset and the art of Exquisite Restraint

  • Art+Books

    June 1, 2006

    The L.A. Word

    A.M. Homes away from home

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Nightranger

    A.M. Homes away from home

  • Columns

    June 16, 2005

    Semi-Naked Defiance

    A.M. Homes away from home

  • LA Life

    December 18, 2003

    Wrap Star

    A.M. Homes away from home

  • Music

    November 27, 2003

    Laugh Factory

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Stage

    July 3, 2003

    How to Survive a Depression Without Really Crying

    Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth

  • Stage

    June 12, 2003

    Object Lessons

    Angie Schworer’s smart take on a dumb blond

  • Art+Books

    February 6, 2003

    Total War

    Replace the DMZ with the DFZ (Duty-Free Zone)

  • Film+TV

    November 14, 2002

    Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

    Todd Haynes' postmodern tearjerker

  • LA Life

    October 31, 2002

    Tee Time

    Todd Haynes' postmodern tearjerker

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Who Wants To Be a Popsicle?

    Todd Haynes' postmodern tearjerker

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Tilt, Roll Over, Play Dead

    Todd Haynes' postmodern tearjerker

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Barbie's Revenge

    Todd Haynes' postmodern tearjerker

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    Radio, Radio

    Todd Haynes' postmodern tearjerker

  • Music

    January 20, 2000

    But the ''Y'' Looked Cool

    Todd Haynes' postmodern tearjerker

  • Eat+Drink

    July 22, 1999

    Bob’s Big Boy

    Todd Haynes' postmodern tearjerker

  • Film+TV

    July 16, 1998

    Heavy Bad Mojo

    Cowboys, Indians and plastic women

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    All the President's Flings

    Let's separate the women from the girls

  • Music

    February 19, 1998

    Confessions of a Tender Pervert

    Momus' doppelganger loves you

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