Battlestar Galactica

What Your Favorite Restaurant Says About You

We all have our favorite things that, implicitly or otherwise, reveal a little bit of ourselves. Thus it makes sense that Fraulein Maria would love whiskers on kittens and bright copper kettles, and that Oprah would have many, many favorite things. Which brings us to restaurants that you may consid ... More >>

Hollywood Museum Spotlights Women on TV, Including...a Naked Marilyn Monroe?

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Marilyn Monroe's Seven Never-Before-Seen Mostly Nude Photos Two extremely significant moonwalks took place on television. One occurred when Neil Armstrong took his first extraterrestrial steps. The other occurred when Michael Jackson walked backwar ... More >>

14 Essential Items to Bring to Every Fan Convention

It's that time of year where it seems like there's at least one big fan convention going on every weekend somewhere in the country. Whether you're planning on heading to New Jersey for The Steampunk World's Fair later this month or counting down for San Diego Comic-Con in July, there are a few esse ... More >>

Music Picks: Barry Adamson, Joanna Malfatti Trio, Clare Fischer Big Band

Also, Eleni Mandell, Steve Reich, Call Us Forgotten and others

Mark Crick's The Household Tips of Great Writers: Cooking à la Chaucer, Etc.

Foodforfel/FlickrMark Crick imagines Geoffrey Chaucer's version of an onion tart​When it comes to celebrity cookbooks, we don't have a whole lot of great ones to choose from. But maybe that's more a function of who we consider celebrities these days: if our great writers cooked up food instea ... More >>

How YouTube Turned My Home Video Into a Flight of the Conchords Ad

My YouTube video​Two years ago I assembled a crappy little birthday video montage for my friend, using a combination of Flip clips and ultra-lo-res digi-pics. My masterpiece was set to the tune of the Flight of the Conchords' "Foux Du Fafa" -- with iMovie's Ken Burns effect applied, of course. ... More >>

Was Nathan Gastineau -- Sheriff's Deputy, Accused Rapist and Sci-Fi Geek -- the Victim of a 'Female Teenage Predator'?

cdfcommand.comSan Bernardino Sheriff's Deputy Nathan Gastineau in his "Galactica" gear.​The statutory-rape case of former San Bernardino Sheriff's Deputy Nathan Gastineau, 30, is getting wilder by the minute: Though he's been out on bail since April, fighting six felony charges related to alle ... More >>

San Diego Comic-Con 2011: Torchwood Miracle Day

Dianne Garcia​ Torchwood: Miracle Day is about a day when people keep aging or getting hurt but no one on Earth dies. Having already established itself through its Doctor Who following and growing as its own show, Torchwood is taking this unique sci-fi series from the BBC to the United State ... More >>

Simon Pegg's New Autobiography: Well Done, Nerd!

​ Since he and Edgar Wright unleashed their horror-comedy masterpiece Shaun of the Dead on audiences in 2004, Simon Pegg has become as in-demand a performer here as in his native Britain, not to mention something of an alpha geek amongst genre fans. His deeply-rooted boyhood love of the Star W ... More >>

Team Unicorn: Sexy and Geeky Girls, They Do Exist!

The tagline on the Team Unicorn Facebook page pretty much sums it up: 'Geek Girls: Like unicorns, we're not supposed to exist.' Rileah Vanderbilt, Clare Grant, Milynn Sarley and Michele Boyd are beautiful and talented women who are also proud to be nerds! Their first video, "G33K and G4M3R GIRLS", ... More >>

Artist As Outlaw

The Legacy of Ken Kesey

Cool Costumes, Props and Memorabilia from 'Resident Evil: Afterlife,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Return of the Jedi' and More up for Auction

Saturday morning at 11 a.m., Premiere Props will be hosting a massive prop and costume auction that will be broadcast live on its site. The centerpiece of the auction is the collection of items from Resident Evil: Afterlife, including what Dan Levine of Premiere described as "hero props," items that ... More >>

Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Conned?

The search for authenticity at Comic-Con 2010

W00tstock 2.4 PWNS Thursday Evening Events at Comic-Con 2010

Nicole CamposLen Peralta's W00tstock 2.4 poster - drawn during the show, right on stage!​For what is typically considered one of the lighter, less big events-heavy days of Comic-Con, this year's must-see-and-do Thursday events in and around the convention center were outrageously plentiful. Yo ... More >>

AMC's 'The Walking Dead' Signs, Seals, Delivers On Hype At Comic-Con 2010

​ With Emmy-winning powerhouses Mad Men and Breaking Bad, AMC is at the forefront of cable TV drama. What fans and geeks have hoped for, this year's Comic-Con audience can attest to, and the rest of the world is about to find out is that the network is poised to break all-new ground in October ... More >>

Top 5 Classic Sci-Fi Characters That Would Have Looked Even Cooler with Mustaches

Lando pimped the 'stache even in a galaxy far, far away​We're nearing the end of Mustache May and as people across the web compare facial hair, we couldn't help but wonder if some of our favorite, classic sci-fi characters would look even cooler with a little (or a lot) of fuzz above the lip. ... More >>

Las Vegas Grows Up: Architecture Review

Comic-Con 2009: Exclusive Photos and Interview with Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer of The Venture Bros.

Shannon CottrellDoc Hammer and Jackson Publick of The Venture Bros.​It's incredibly difficult to avoid being sucked into the cult of The Venture Bros. From its overt homage to Johnny Quest and comic book culture to its subtle references to post-punk music to JG Thirlwell's driving score, the A ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Comic-Con '09, Cosplay, Ninjas and Sexy '60s Spies

If city traffic felt a bit lighter over the weekend there was a reason why -- a majority of Angelenos hightailed it to San Diego for the annual Comic-Con to indulge their inner geek, strap on that Storm Trooper costume, spend their savings on first editions, preview new video games and attend panels ... More >>

Rock Picks: Sly & Robbie, Johanna Kunin, White Rabbits, Daniel Francis Doyle

Also, Blue Jungle, A Camp, Neko Case, Jay Reatard and others

Galactica Up For Grabs: BSG Auction Concludes in Pasadena

View a full gallery of photos in the "Battlestar Galactica Props: Going Once, Twice... Frakkin' SOLD!" slideshow. Nicole CamposFull scale Cylon centurion. And yes, it makes the noise...Tucked away in fairly quiet downtown Pasadena on Sunday morning, the final stretch of the coolest yard sale in t ... More >>

Going Once, Twice... Frakkin' SOLD!: L.A. Weekly's Battlestar Galactica Prop Awards, Auction This Weekend in Pasadena

It's been well over a month since the reimagined Battlestar Galactica drew to its epic close, and for those of us who were along for the entire ride, most still aren't quite over it. Whether they're still fretting over whatever plot twist deviated from their expectations, or simply reeling from the ... More >>

GO LA, the Leonard Cohen Alternative: Mustache Dodgeball and Ron White on Klonopin

Plus, PaleyFest09 and other events to make you forget you fucked up over Leonard Cohen, April 10-16

Good Friday? Try GREAT Friday!

Web TV's Streamy Awards: Next Year It Could Be You Up There

Alexia TsotsisNeil Patrick Harris on stage at the Streamy AwardsOn approach the Wadsworth Theatre looked like it'd been swarmed Saturday night. Upon closer inspection the over 1300 people in attendance were as glamorous as glam could get at a first annual award show, and the critical mass was indica ... More >>

LA People: Wil Wheaton — Child Star, Adult Geek

Talking science fiction over drinks with the guy who calls William Shatner WFS

Best and Worst Fictional Presidential Speeches on Film TV

It’s almost hard to believe that we are, at long last, in the final stretches of the 2008 presidential campaign. No matter which way you are inclined to vote (though particularly so if you skew blue, where the primary race felt almost as long as all seven seasons of The West Wing), there have bee ... More >>

Comic-Con 2008: For Love of the Con

Big crowds, too little sleep and even less food at San Diego's fanboy mecca

Hollywood, UFOs and the Occult: The Impending Something

Coast to Coast's George Noory and other out-there researchers talk Rosemary's Baby, Eyes Wide Shut and worlds beyond our own

Ladies Love Gay Male Porn

Edward James Olmos

The Chameleon

Film Reviews: First Snow, The Last Mimzy, Dead Silence

Also this week's pick, Offside

Jigoku, Spirit of the Beehive

Club Emmy

GOT IT TAPED

L.A. Recording School Nurtures Aspiring Audio Professionals

All the World’s a Stage

What to do from February 24 to March 2

Seven Men From Now

Put a Cork in It

Björn Again

The Intangibles

The Sunshine Boys

Frying with Fu Manchu